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  December 15, 2025 The Imprint

  Why is New York City So Safe? And What Can That Tell us About Achieving Safety Elsewhere?

  Over the past three decades, New York City has witnessed its crime and incarceration rates plummet to depths unthinkable in the crime and incarceration-ridden days of my youth growing up in Brooklyn.

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  December 11, 2025 Amsterdam News

  How Harlemite Helen Taylor became an NYC champion for supportive housing

  “My new life is going to cost me my old one,” recited Harlemite Helen Taylor in a poem she wrote about moving on.

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  December 09, 2025

  The Fortune Society’s Statement on Robert Brooks and Aramis Fuse

  Today marks the anniversary of the tragic death of Robert Brooks at the hands of Corrections Officers at Marcy Correctional Facility. Just two days ago, Aramis Fuse died on Rikers Island. These deaths, occurring in different facilities and years, reflect persistent and well-documented failures within New York’s carceral system.

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  December 05, 2025 McGill

  Internship Spotlight: Alexander Harshbarger – The Fortune Society

  I chose my internship at the Fortune Society in New York City because of my deep interest in law and commitment to justice reform.

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  December 02, 2025 Legal Aid Society

  Young People, Attorneys, Advocates, Providers, Clergy, Unions, and Impacted New Yorkers Unite in Coalition to Defend New York’s Landmark Raise the Age Law

  Young people, attorneys, advocates, service providers, clergy, unions, and impacted New Yorkers — representing organizations across the state — today unveiled The Coalition to Protect Raise the Age: Build Futures, Invest in Youth, a statewide alliance of 221 organizations committed to preserving New York’s landmark Raise the Age law, combating misinformation, and promoting investments in youth that deliver true community safety across New York State.

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