ALL PRESS

• 

  December 15, 2021 Statement from The Fortune Society

  Statement on the Failure to Pass the Fair Chance for Housing Act

  On Dec. 15, 2021 the New York City Council failed to bring Intro #2047, the Fair Chance for Housing Act, to a vote.

  READ MORE

• 

  December 14, 2021 Department of Correction

  DOC Partners with The Fortune Society to Present the Play ‘The Castle’ to Correction Academy Recruits

  Four formerly incarcerated individuals relate their personal experiences with the justice system through the performance for incoming Correction Officers.

  READ MORE

• 

  December 09, 2021 New York Housing Conference

  New York Housing Conference awards The Fortune Society Nonprofit of the Year

  This award recognizes our work in creating stable housing for people who are formerly incarcerated. Watch the NYHC's video honoring our work developing new models of supportive and affordable housing for justice-involved people.

  READ MORE
• December 02, 2021 Daily News

  What those locked away deserve: The value of giving tablets to people incarcerated at Rikers

  In early November, following reports of increasingly dangerous and inhumane conditions at the city jails on Rikers Island, reporter Kathryn Wylde joined a group of business leaders for a tour of the facilities led by Correction Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi and Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez.

  READ MORE

• 

  November 29, 2021 The Riverdale Review

  Second Chances: Why America Must Move Forward With Criminal Justice Reform

  One city, two very different islands: one whimsical and hopeful, the other grim and isolated. Rikers was out of sight, out of mind for most New Yorkers until a recent increase in chaos and violence there signaled a crisis.

  READ MORE