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  May 26, 2022 Office of the NYC Mayor

  Mayor Adams, Governor Hochul Announce Completion of $84 Million Affordable Housing Development for Seniors in The Bronx

  Trinity-Reverend William James Senior Apartments in Morrisania Features 153 Affordable Apartments, Including 57 Homes with Supportive Services for Formerly Incarcerated Seniors

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  April 14, 2022 Manhattan DA's Office

  D.A. Bragg Announces Launch of Post-Conviction Justice Unit Application Process

  New Post-Conviction Justice Unit Will Conduct Collaborative Investigations with Impacted Individuals.

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  March 23, 2022

  The Fortune Society Testifies At New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice Oversight Hearing on the FY 2023 Preliminary Budget 

  Andre Ward, Associate Vice President at the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy at The Fortune Society, testified before the New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice at an oversight hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Fiscal Budget on March 23, 2022. 

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  March 28, 2022

  The Fortune Society Testifies at New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice on Reducing Violence Among Young Adults in City Jails

  Andre Ward, Associate Vice President at the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy at The Fortune Society, testified before the New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice on March 28, 2022 at a hearing on reducing violence among young adults in City jails.

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  March 23, 2022

  20 LEADING CRIMINAL JUSTICE GROUPS CALL ON GOVERNOR HOCHUL TO ABANDON UNNECESSARY, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE ‘TEN-POINT PLAN’

  The Fortune Society and 19 other leading criminal justice reform groups across New York state sent Governor Kathy Hochul a letter urging her to protect the progress achieved on Raise the Age, Bail, and Discovery reform

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  March 21, 2022 The Fortune Society

  MacKenzie Scott Awards a $10M Gift to The Fortune Society, In Recognition of Fortune’s Transformative Services and Successful Advocacy Work

  Fortune announced that philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has awarded $10 million to the New York nonprofit in recognition of the organization’s longtime work supporting successful reentry from incarceration.

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