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  February 23, 2022 Off The Grid

  Taking a Closer Look at “Fortune and Men’s Eyes”

  Telling the stories of incarcerated young men in the 1960s, Fortune and Men’s Eyes was a drama written by John Herbert in 1967 to process and analyze his own experience in Canada’s prison system

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  February 22, 2022 Trinity Church Wall Street

  Keeping Us Safe: The Facts on Bail Reform

  Stanley Richards, Deputy CEO of The Fortune Society, joined a panel of experts hosted by Trinity Church Wall Street for a conversation on how bail reform keeps us all safer.

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  February 21, 2022 Newsday

  Study: Over half of jobless men had arrest records by 35, hindering prospects

  More than half of unemployed young men in the United States, including thousands on Long Island, have some sort of a criminal record by their mid-30s, according to new research.

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  February 17, 2022 New York Yimby

  Mayor Adams Shutters Illegal Hotel At 258 West 97th Street, Announces New Affordable Housing Building On Upper West Side

  New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced plans to construct a new 82-unit affordable housing property at 258 West 97th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

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  February 16, 2022 West Side Rag

  City Touts Victory Over ‘Illegal Hotel Operator’ with $2M in Fines, 82 Affordable Units Planned; But Owner Has Sold the Buildings for Over $70M

  On Monday, Mayor Eric Adams and the Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement (OSE) issued a press release announcing the City had “shut down illegal hotel operator” Hank Freid, concluding a protracted legal battle. 

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