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  May 16, 2023 New York Daily News

  $17M in social programs to be slashed from NYC jails, DOC to provide services in-house, city says

  The city Correction Department has proposed slashing $17 million from five major social service providers in the jails, including the Fortune Society and the Osborne Association, claiming the agency can provide the same services in-house.

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  May 11, 2023 New York Amsterdam News

  Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams’s budget briefing leaves CBOs ambivalent about funding and bail reform

  Community-based organizations (CBOs)—including leading gun violence interrupters and reentry nonprofits—were at the table for Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams’s budget briefing on public safety in Inwood last Wednesday, May 3.

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  April 26, 2023 City Limits

  HUD Rule Changes Will Ease Housing Barriers for Tenants with Criminal History, Officials Say

  Through updated policies, HUD will require landlords—including public housing authorities like NYCHA, and property owners who accept HUD-affiliated housing vouchers—to take a more holistic approach when vetting potential renters.

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  April 11, 2023 The Chief

  ‘Clean Slate’ legislation on the docket

  Assembly sponsor Cruz hopeful of passage this year

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  April 10, 2023 Daily News

  NYC Council members propose steps to reduce Rikers population; union boss calls it ‘socialist manifesto

  A group of City Council members is introducing a series of proposals Tuesday aimed at reducing the jail population from the current level of just under 6,000 to 3,300.

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  April 07, 2023 Advocate

  HISTORY 1973: When the LGBTQ+ Movement Caught Fire

  1969 is etched in LGBTQ+ history as a landmark year because of Stonewall, but there’s another year that’s just as significant or maybe more so — 1973.

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