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July 20, 2021 StoryCorpsHonoring the Penniless and Forgotten: A Man’s Reflection On Hart Island
It is estimated that more than one million people are buried in New York City’s Hart Island, the city’s public cemetery, and the final resting place for unclaimed, penniless or unidentified individuals.
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July 20, 2021 The Davis VanguardLeft and Right Wing Coalition Urges President Biden to Grant Clemency to 4,000 on COVID Home Confinement
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July 16, 2021 NPR
Casimiro Torres Remembers Those He Buried On NYC’s Hart Island
More than 1 million people are buried on New York City's Hart Island, making it one of the country's largest cemeteries. The city has used a potter's field there for more than 150 years to bury the remains of unidentified or unclaimed people and those whose families can't pay burial costs.
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July 15, 2021 Broadway WorldThe Fortune Society Presents WE CHOOSE TO BLOOM, a Virtual Arts Festival Next Week
From Monday, July 19 through Thursday, July 22, 2021, experience We Choose to Bloom, The Fortune Society's exciting, free four-day virtual festival celebrating community and healing through the arts.
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July 05, 2021 Times UnionLet’s keep moving forward on criminal justice reform
As Gov. Andrew Cuomo considers the hundreds of bills approved by the Legislature this session, he has the opportunity to make life-saving changes for some of the state’s most underserved and vulnerable individuals by signing into law a handful of criminal justice reform measures.
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