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September 19, 2018 The UptownerNew York [Residents on Parole] Are Registering To Vote, But Not Without Challenges
Executive Order 181 opened the door for about 35,000 New York residents currently on parole for felony convictions to register, the governor’s office has said. Yet many are encountering obstacles as the October 12 deadline looms.
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September 20, 2018 PoliticoSingle Adults in Homeless Shelters are On the Rise
The number of single adults in NYC shelters continues to reach record highs almost every month. Providers and advocates cited factors such as including a housing plan that isn’t focused enough on homeless people, insufficient supportive housing, and a failure to adequately plan for people leaving prisons and jails.
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September 19, 2018 Think ProgressUnderstanding New York City’s Proposal to Close Rikers and Open New Jails
NYC is moving forward with a proposal to instate four new jails as part of a longterm goal of closing Rikers Island for good. Stanley Richards, Executive Vice President, discusses how the city can engage the neighboring communities to best support these new facilities.
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September 12, 2018 The Appeal
In New York, Most [Individuals on Parole] Can Now Vote – But Many County Websites Say They Can’t
In May, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York announced his first round of conditional pardons granting voting rights to 24,086 of the state’s roughly 36,000 [individuals on parole]. But notice of the governor’s message has not filtered down to the state’s county-level Board of Elections websites.
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August 15, 2018 Gothamist
Here Is NYC’s Draft Plan To Build Four Jails And Shut Down Rikers Island
Without much fanfare, on Wednesday the de Blasio administration released its draft plan to build four borough-based jails as part of its initiative to close the violence-plagued facilities on Rikers Island over the next decade.
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August 15, 2018 Wall Street Journal
[Formerly Incarcerated Individuals] Ready to Vote in Coming New York Primary
Individuals on parole can now vote in New York state, and many are taking their right seriously. Last week in Queens, at the Fortune Society headquarters, about 100 [formerly incarcerated individuals] gathered to meet gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon.
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