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May 16, 2022 West Side RagState Legislation Pending to Ease Conversion of Distressed Hotels to Permanent Affordable Housing
"The pandemic battered the hotel industry, but has also provided an opportunity to create supportive permanent housing by taking some of the stressed hotels and allowing nonprofits to operate them. The best model for this is the Royal Park Hotel, on 97th & Broadway, purchased by Fortune Society."
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May 12, 2022 City Limits
Opinion: Planned Borough-Based Jails are a Chance for a ‘Radically Different’ System
“Concerns about the creation of ‘mega jails’ have hounded the plans to close the jails on Rikers Island since before the historic vote in 2019. It has served as a useful boogeyman for opponents of the Rikers closure plan, especially in Manhattan. It’s also a fabrication.”
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May 11, 2022 New York Daily News
Why men keep dying at Rikers
The city Board of Correction’s thorough report on the deaths of three men who died this year while in the custody of the Department of Correction (DOC) makes it painfully clear that Tarz Youngblood, George Pagan and Herman Diaz died because of lack of appropriate intervention.
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May 10, 2022 NPR
In today’s hot job market, more employers are giving workers with criminal records a chance
“It offers them the opportunity to … increase their employability skills and move on into other roles,” she said.
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May 08, 2022 Inside Outside
“Inside Outside”: How Incarceration Impacts Families with Andre Ward
Andre Ward joins Nzingha Robertson for an episode of "Inside Outside" and conversation on how incarceration impacts families.
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