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  May 14, 2025 The Fortune Society

  Statement on Federal Court Ruling on Rikers

  At The Fortune Society, our leadership, staff, and participants have experienced the violence and chaos of Rikers Island firsthand, both as people who were incarcerated and as those who work to support and advocate for them.

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  May 14, 2025 Spectrum News NY1

  The Fortune Society Weighs in on Rikers’ Federal Receivership

  The Fortune Society's CEO and President, Stanley Richards, discusses a federal judge's decision this week to take Rikers Island out of the City’s control and place the troubled institution under supervision by an outside official.

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• May 08, 2025 Legal Action Center

  NYS ATI and Reentry Coalition Pleased by Continued Funding for Community-Based Programs in State’s FY26 Budget but Notes Critical Need for Expanding Investments Statewide

  The New York State Alternatives to Incarceration (ATIs) and Reentry Coalition - a network of 14 organizations that serves more than 30,000 New Yorkers each year - is grateful to see baselined funding in the State’s final FY2026 budget at $31.4 million for ATIs and $11.56 million for reentry services.

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  May 01, 2025 Legal Action Center

  NYC ATI and Reentry Coalition Celebrates Restoration of Cuts and Historic Baselining of Funding

  The Fortune Society co-authored a statement with Legal Action Center.

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  April 27, 2025 New York Daily News

  Managing Public Safety in NYC

  Stanley Richards and Jeremy Travis penned a guest op-ed in the New York Daily News on public safety studies.

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