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PRESS RELEASE, September 15, 2026
(New York, NY) – Today, New Yorkers who have received executive clemency and families of incarcerated New Yorkers, along with lawmakers and a former DOCCS Sergeant, held a rally and march to demand Gov. Hochul fulfill her commitment to grant clemencies.
PRESS RELEASE, May 20, 2026 — (New York State) Today, the New York State Senate Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction passed the Fair & Timely Parole Act, which restores the Parole Board to its original purpose of evaluating people’s readiness for release, rather than denying people based solely or primarily on the conviction for which they have already served their sentence, while preserving the Board’s discretion to make individualized determinations. In other words, it would provide more rigorous parole reviews for incarcerated people who are already parole-eligible, with a focus on current safety risk. The bill passed the committee with unanimous support from committee members of the Senate Majority Conference.
PRESS RELEASE, January 21, 2026 — (Albany, NY) — Today, the National Action Network’s House of Justice, more than a dozen state legislators, crime survivors and formerly incarcerated advocates held a rally to demand passage of Parole Justice legislation to promote transformation and healing, help build safe communities, and end permanent punishment...
A new report from a Queens state senator’s office contends that violence and racism are endemic throughout New York State prison’s system, and calls on the legislature to pass reforms to prevent a repeat of the crises that engulfed the prisons last year.
Dear RAPP family, Following the horrific murders of two incarcerated people, Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi, by prison guards and sergeants, the 2025 legislative session in New York State was …
PRESS RELEASE, MAY 24, 2024: (NEW YORK, NY) –Today, Governor Kathy Hochul granted 13 clemencies, including two to people incarcerated in the New York State prison system and 11 pardons to individuals already living in the community.
The City Council on Wednesday called on the state legislature to pass a pair of bills that would offer thousands of aging and elderly incarcerated New Yorkers new opportunities for release.
State legislators are looking to pick up where they left off last year as the first day of the 2024 legislative session kicks off a new year in Albany on Jan. 3. Lawmakers are hoping to take meaningful action on a range of issues, including housing, health care, cannabis reform and the environment.
By: Sarah Belle Lin, AMNY, Around 500 laborers and workers shut down the Manhattan Bridge during the Monday morning rush hour to push for state legislation that would provide more workers with access to unemployment benefits in times of need.
By: Jacob Kaye, Queens Daily Eagle: Last year, Robert Webster was sitting in prison, facing the prospect of serving two more decades of his 50 year to life sentence. The Queens man had already served 34 years of that sentence, which he was given when he was 17 years old.
On this advocacy day, we’ll celebrate and honor the incredible achievements of formerly incarcerated people who have returned home to give back to their communities, and call for passage of …
January 18, 2023: Press Release FORMERLY INCARCERATED SPEAKERS DECLARE: “WE’RE PART OF THE SOLUTION TO VIOLENCE” AND CALL FOR PASSAGE OF THE ELDER PAROLE AND FAIR & TIMELY PAROLE TO BRING HOME MORE LEADERS TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY SAFETY
