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• February 01, 2022 PR Newswire

  NIH Grant Tests Strategies to Limit COVID-19 Spread Among Formerly Incarcerated People

  Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System Researchers Partner with Community-Based Organization to Use On-Site Testing

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  February 01, 2022 NY Daily News

  Former top NYC jails official Stanley Richards says fire correction officers who abused sick leave

  Correction officers who abused sick leave during the Rikers Island staffing crisis should be fired because their egregious behavior does a disservice to both detainees and colleagues, the former No. 2 at the Correction Department tells the Daily News.

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  January 29, 2022 NY Daily News

  Get the guns, but don’t ignore why people shoot

  The Fortune Society stands ready to collaborate with Mayor Adams on smart, effective and holistic ways to reduce gun violence.

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• January 27, 2022 Gothamist

  Adams Once Lobbied For Raise the Age Law – Now His Push to Roll It Back Faces Headwinds in Albany

  In Mayor Eric Adams’ telling, kids are increasingly falling prey to adults who put guns in their hands — an unintended consequence of criminal justice reforms in Albany.

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• January 17, 2022 News Day

  New York’s veterans, disabled and incarcerated focus of new workforce proposals

  A wide-ranging set of proposals from the governor's office aims to create opportunities for historically disadvantaged jobseekers — the disabled, veterans, and the formerly incarcerated among them — for both private and public sector employment.

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  January 13, 2022 AMNY

  ‘A place of inhumanity’: Justice advocates, pols rally in support of Rikers Island hunger strike

  Throngs of elected officials and human rights advocates rallied Thursday outside Rikers Island where hundreds of prisoners are reportedly staging a hunger strike.

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