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  June 22, 2023 ABC 7 NY

  89-year-old helped pave the way for LGBTQ+ activism

  David Rothenberg is a man who has been a powerful, consistent force in the fight for equality in the LGBTQ community.

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  June 22, 2023 News 12 The Bronx

  Plan to cut reentry programs from Rikers Island budget raises concerns among advocates

  A plan that helps Rikers Island inmates transition back into society could soon be at risk, according to advocates.

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  June 22, 2023 City and State New York

  Elected officials sound the alarm on proposed city budget cuts to Rikers

  Amid proposed cuts to jail-based programming, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams says the Eric Adams administration is at a crossroads

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  June 19, 2023 News 4 New York

  Correction Officer Training

  Stanley Richards, Deputy CEO of The Fortune Society, weighs in on training of Correction Officers in NYC.

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  June 15, 2023 New York Post

  How I learned to play the piano in prison — with a sheet of paper and my memory

  Chontay Smith taught himself how to play the piano — without a piano.
  The would-be ivory-tinkler was more than a decade into a 24-year bid, back in 2009 at Green Haven Correctional Facility in upstate New York, when he felt the bite of the music bug.

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  June 08, 2023 Yahoo News

  NYC jails no longer announce inmate deaths. Critics warn this could start a ‘problematic trend.’

  New York City’s Department of Correction, which includes one of the United States’ deadliest jails, will no longer inform the public of inmate fatalities, a move that criminal justice experts say could set a harmful precedent for other jails across the country.

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