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  October 27, 2016 The Washington Post

  ‘Invisible punishment’ hits [formerly incarcerated] people for life; DOJ, HUD fight blanket rental bias

  There’s been a lot of bipartisan talk lately about criminal justice reform. But action is slow. Too slow for Pedro Collazo, dangling in a web of collateral consequences.

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  November 07, 2016 Jezebel

  This probably will end badly

  Earlier this year, New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito formed an independent commission to determine whether the dilapidated and violent city jail on Rikers Island should (and could) be shut down. Now, Politico New York reports, the vultures are circling: real estate developers like Related Companies have expressed an interest in the site.

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  November 10, 2016 Times Ledger

  New study shows Sandy exacerbated mental health and drug use issues

  Kenneth Brown did not think the projections for Sandy could be true. As he visited a friend in the Rockaways on the weekend of Oct. 29, 2012, he said he did not imagine what the following weeks of his life would entail when the hurricane hit the city, causing significant damage along the peninsula.

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  December 03, 2016 The New York Times

  The scourge of racial bias in New York State’s prisons

  The racism can be felt from the moment black inmates enter New York’s upstate prisons. One inmate, John Richard, reported that he was jumped at Clinton Correctional Facility by a guard who threatened to “serve up some black mashed potatoes with tomato sauce.”

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  December 18, 2016 NY1

  Advocates host holiday party for [formerly incarcerated], families in LIC

  One Queens nonprofit is connecting formerly-incarcerated individuals with their loved ones this holiday season and beyond. NY1’s Reena Diamante has the story.

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  January 11, 2017 CityLimits.org

  Some question city’s decision to keep IDNYC documents

  Advocates who opposed a policy of keeping documents submitted by IDNYC applicants believe the doubts they raised in 2014 have been validated by the legal fight over destroying those papers before Donald Trump becomes president.

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