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November 29, 2023 News 12 BrooklynDigital Divide: New initiative allows formerly incarcerated who missed out on tech boom to catch up
For Laron Rodgers, reintegrating into society after a long incarceration has been difficult. Despite using a computer to get his master’s degree behind bars, he compares his decades long stay in prison to a time warp in which the digital world passed him by.
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November 16, 2023 News 4 New York
Clean Slate Act Signed Into Law
NYS Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Clean Slate Act into law on November 16, 2023. The Fortune Society's Deputy CEO Stanley Richards weighed in on the impact during an interview with News 4 New York.
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November 14, 2023 The City
Help, Not Jail, Now Under Construction for People With Mental Illness
Hope House breaks ground Thursday in the Bronx, promising to be a first-of-its-kind residential alternative to incarceration
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November 13, 2023 City Limits
How a Bronx Election Swerved the Course for Plan to House Formerly-Incarcerated
Political calculus around a City Council race in the East Bronx has slowed the approval process for a plan to house seriously ill people leaving jail, and could cue up a test: whether the Council is willing to override opposition from one of their own.
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November 08, 2023 Queens Gazette
I On Politics
The Fortune Society, one of the nation’s leading nonprofit reentry service and advocacy organizations serving more than ten thousand justice-involved individuals every year, honored President and CEO JoAnne Page, who is retiring after 34 years at the helm of the organization, and founder David Rothenberg as he celebrates his 90th birthday, at their annual “Bold Leadership, Bright Future” gala on October 30, 2023.
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November 02, 2023 New York Nonprofit Media
First Read Morning Newsletter
The Fortune Society, one of the nation’s leading nonprofit reentry service and advocacy organizations serving more than ten thousand justice-involved individuals every year, honored president and CEO JoAnne Page, who is retiring after 34 years at the helm of the organization, and founder David Rothenberg as he celebrates his 90th birthday, at their annual “Bold Leadership, Bright Future” gala on Oct. 30.
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