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  September 28, 2023 New York Focus

  Rikers Programs Suffer After Cuts, Despite Mayor’s Promises

  The Adams administration said the city would replace discontinued Rikers courses. “I can say for certain that that’s not true,” one worker told New York Focus.

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• September 22, 2023 Queens Daily Eagle

  Formerly incarcerated man to lead major criminal justice nonprofit

  Stanley Richards, who several years ago became the first formerly incarcerated man to serve as a top executive in the city’s Department of Correction, was this week named the next president and CEO of the Fortune Society. 

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• September 21, 2023 Long Island City Post

  Formerly incarcerated man set to take over leadership of The Fortune Society in Long Island City

  Stanley Richards is set to take over leadership on The Fortune Society as JoAnne Page is retiring after 34 years at the helm of the Long Island City-based nonprofit organization.

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• September 20, 2023 New York Daily News

  Stanley Richards first formerly incarcerated person tapped to lead nonprofit Fortune Society

  Stanley Richards, who served time in prison for robbery in the late 1980s before rising to the number two spot in New York City’s Correction Department, has been named as the Fortune Society’s new leader after three decades with the organization.

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  September 17, 2023 New York Daily News

  NYC Mayor Adams slams the plan to shut down Rikers, but advocates blame him

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  September 12, 2023 Affordable Housing Finance

  People on the Move

  The Fortune Society's JoAnne Page announces her retirement.

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