Opinion

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  May 12, 2022 City Limits

  Opinion: Planned Borough-Based Jails are a Chance for a ‘Radically Different’ System

  “Concerns about the creation of ‘mega jails’ have hounded the plans to close the jails on Rikers Island since before the historic vote in 2019. It has served as a useful boogeyman for opponents of the Rikers closure plan, especially in Manhattan. It’s also a fabrication.”

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  May 02, 2022 City Limits

  Opinion: Supportive Housing Can Help Break the Cycle Between Homelessness and Incarceration

  “Deeply affordable housing with supportive services for this population has a proven track record of success and hits all the Adams administration’s goals of efficiency, smart government, addressing problems at their root, and getting things done.”

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  April 14, 2022 The West Side Spirit

  We Need More SRO Conversions Like The Royal Park Hotel

  Programs like this – combining safe affordable housing with services – have proven to be very effective in overcoming the significant barriers facing homeless individuals.

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  April 04, 2022 City Limits

  Opinion: We Cannot Afford to Play Politics With Young People’s Lives

  “I know firsthand the toll that adult prosecution takes on teenagers. When I was 17 years old, I was arrested, charged, and sentenced as an adult, and ultimately spent 10 years in adult prisons."

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• January 15, 2022 Daily News

  Adams’ obligation to Rikers Island

  CEO and President JoAnne Page pens an opinion piece on NYC Mayor Adams' obligation to solve the crisis on Rikers Island.

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  January 12, 2022 New York Times

  ‘Mr. Mayor, Treat the Tumor on Rikers Island as Your First Priority’

  CEO and President JoAnne Page in the New York Times Letters to the Editor.

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