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The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), a founding member of the Coalition for Reentry Cash, lauded New York Senator Kevin Parker and Assemblymember Edward Gibbs for introducing groundbreaking legislation aimed at transforming the reentry experience by replacing the insufficient amount of 'gate money,' the money people receive when leaving incarceration, with an innovative Reentry Fund.
READ MOREStanley Richards, President/CEO of The Fortune Society, issued the following statement about the restoration of funding for programs on Rikers.
READ MOREStanley Richards, President/CEO of The Fortune Society, issued the following statement about the Fair Chance for Housing Act becoming law.
READ MOREThe Fortune Society applauds the Governor’s proposals to expand transitional housing for people leaving prison and increase community-based mental health supports for some of our most vulnerable fellow New Yorkers.
READ MOREThe Fortune Society remains concerned that many city agencies providing critical services have not been spared from cuts.
READ MOREIndividuals exiting incarceration need more support with reentry
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