Speaker Adams Outlines Vision to Prioritize ‘People Over Everything’

By |2023-03-13T19:08:17-04:00March 8th, 2023|News|

NYC City Council

“We know that the safest communities are the ones with the most resources, not the most incarceration,” said Darren Mack, Co-Director of Freedom Agenda, Urban Justice Center. “The long-overdue investments Speaker Adams has outlined – in supportive housing, community-based treatment, and diversion and re-entry programs – will make our communities stronger, healthier, and safer, and keep us on the path to closing the Rikers Island jails."
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Anna Pastoressa Public Comments on Rikers Island

By |2023-03-06T21:13:22-05:00March 1st, 2023|News|

NYC.gov

"My name is Anna Pastoressa, and I am a member of Freedom Agenda. My son spent 6 years on Rikers Island waiting for trial and I visited him every weekend. It was a very stressful and long-lasting process to get to Rikers and one of the most important parts of the visit for me was to bring a package of clean clothes to him..."
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