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  August 10, 2022 Crain's New York

  Council considers ban on criminal background checks by apartment landlords

  The proposed bill would make it illegal for landlords and co-op boards to ask about or request records showing a prospective tenant's criminal history.

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  August 02, 2022 WHCR Radio

  Stanley Richards on WHCR Radio

  The Fortune Society's Deputy CEO Stanley Richards appeared on WHCR 90.3 FM Radio's Unlocked with host Ricky Jones on July 27, 2022 to discuss Fortune's work to support successful reentry from incarceration and promote alternatives to incarceration.

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  July 15, 2022 AMNY

  ‘We come out here over and over again:’ Advocates call for Rikers Island closure amid rising death toll

  A litany of human rights organizations rallied Thursday outside of City Hall to demand immediate solutions amidst a rising death toll inside New York City jails.

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  July 13, 2022

  THE FORTUNE SOCIETY STATEMENT ON THE TENTH PERSON TO DIE THIS YEAR WHILE UNDER CARE OF NYC DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION

  (July 13, 2022, New York, N.Y.)–The Fortune Society issued the following statement today after the most recent death of a person in the care of the New York City Department of Correction.

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  July 13, 2022 The Crime Report

  What Will It Take to Stop Inmate Jail Deaths?

  So far this year, we have seen the deaths of ten people who were in or recently released from the custody of the New York Department of Correction (DOC).

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