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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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  August 20, 2025 The Daily News

  NYC’s nonprofit housing for the justice-involved

  The Fortune Society, Housing Works, and HousingPlus deliver quality living accommodations, care, and — when needed — substance abuse and mental health services. But the work doesn’t stop there — and neither does its impact.

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  August 15, 2025 City Limits

  Funding Boost Could Fulfill City’s Pledge to Expand Housing for New Yorkers Who Cycle Between Shelter and Jail

  The city’s latest budget includes funds to grow the number of apartments in the Justice-Involved Supportive Housing program (JISH) from 120 to 500. That expansion was among the commitments the city made in its 2019 agreement to close Rikers Island.

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