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  September 23, 2025 1010 Wins

  NYC Council to vote on Just Home

  Stanley Richards, President and CEO of The Fortune Society, discusses the Just Home initiative, which will serve people leaving Rikers Island, during an interview on 1010 WINS. The NYC Council is slated to vote on the development on September 25, 2025.

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  September 23, 2025 City Limits

  Housing For Formerly Incarcerated Could Test City Council’s ‘Member Deference’

  After City Hall pulled its support for an East Bronx project to build supportive housing for seriously ill people leaving jail, City Council members are considering overruling one of their own.

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  August 27, 2025 The Fortune Society

  The Fortune Society’s Statement on the Death of Ardit Billa

  The death of 29-year-old Ardit Billa at Rikers Island on Saturday underscores the urgent need for City leadership to focus on expediting its closure and transforming our city’s correctional culture.

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  August 21, 2025 Amsterdam News

  Fortune Society’s Seventh Annual Victor Rojas Block Party honors community ‘inspiration’

  The Fortune Society will host its seventh annual Victor Rojas Block Party on August 22, bringing families, alumni, and local partners together at its Castle Gardens residence in Harlem in honor of a community hero and friend.

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  August 21, 2025 Pix11

  Queens center gives people once behind bars a second chance

  At a time when the city is struggling with recidivism, this center in Queens is focused on breaking the cycle.

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