Press Release

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  June 24, 2024 The Fortune Society

  The Fortune Society Breaks Ground on Permanent Affordable and Supportive Residence in East Harlem

  70 percent of units set aside for formerly incarcerated individuals experiencing homelessness. The project received $850,000 “Buildings of Excellence” award from NYSERDA for commitment to low-to-zero carbon emissions design.

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  June 05, 2024 The Fortune Society

  RELEASE: Advocates AND ELECTED OFFICIALS call on the city to RESTORE CRITICAL FUNDING TO THE NYC COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

  Advocates and Council Member Chi Osssé held a virtual event, “United We Fight! Defend Human Rights!” to call for increased funding in the City’s budget.

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  May 13, 2024 The Fortune Society

  United Way of New York City, in Partnership with The Fortune Society and the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, Announces $1.5 Million Atlas Workforce Grant

  Today, United Way of New York City (UWNYC) is proud to establish a new partnership and funding awarded to The Fortune Society.

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  December 20, 2023 Fair Chance for Housing campaign

  City Council Takes Historic Action to Tackle Housing Discrimination by Passing the Fair Chance for Housing Act

  The Act Will Allow 750,000 New Yorkers with Past Convictions to Access Stable Housing, Reducing Recidivism and Increasing Safety

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  October 18, 2023 Youth Represent

  Youth, Parents, Advocates, Elected Officials Gather in Support of Critical Legislation to Serve Young New Yorkers

  Youth, Parents, Advocates, Elected Officials Gather in Support of Critical Legislation to Serve Young New Yorkers

  #Right2RemainSilent Legislation Would Ensure that Young New Yorkers Have Access to an Attorney Prior to a Police Interrogation

  The Youth Justice and Opportunities Act Would Expand Alternatives to Incarceration and Record Sealing for Young Adults

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  October 18, 2023 Freedom Agenda

  SURVIVORS OF RIKERS, DIRECTLY IMPACTED FAMILIES, AND ALLIES RALLY BEFORE COUNCIL OVERSIGHT HEARING TO DEMAND INVESTMENTS THAT SUPPORT CLOSING RIKERS

  Late Wednesday morning, as the City Council Criminal Justice Committee prepared to convene their hearing on  DOC and Health + Hospital’s progress (or lack thereof) on opening outposted therapeutic housing units in three hospitals, members of the Campaign to Close Rikers gathered at Foley Square to remind Mayor Adams that closing Rikers by 2027 is a moral and legal obligation, and that the City needs to be moving towards closure with urgency on all fronts, including by expediting the completion of these units designed to house people with acute medical needs.

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