Community Conversations with Freedom Agenda
FPCFH
"Join us during our service as Marcos Barrios of Freedom Agenda discusses criminal justice and mental health. May 21, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 70-35 112th St, Flushing, NY 11375."Assemblywoman Latrice Walker continues her NYS State/Bail Reform hunger strike
Amsterdam News
“It’s unbelievable that Governor Hochul is holding the whole budget hostage just to lock up more Black and brown people in these deathtrap jails,” said Lezandre Khadu, advocate and member of Freedom Agenda."Imagining a World Without Prisons
Atmos Earth
"There are more promising steps with the feasibility studies regarding the plans for the island once the jail has been closed that look at the wastewater treatment plants and the renewable energy proposals... Freedom Agenda is one of the main organizations doing lots of advocacy and holding the city to account."Former inmates and lawmakers hold bail reform rally
News 12
"Groups at Thursday's rally include New York Communities for Change, VOCAL-NY, and Freedom Agenda. They stood alongside the former incarcerated persons, including D'Juan Collins, who says he was at Rikers Island for 15 months when he couldn't afford his $30,000 bail."Riley Leads Press Conference at City Hall to Close Rikers
Norwood News
Riley, who represents parts of the north Bronx, and Restler, who represents parts of Brooklyn, were joined at the event by advocates from the Freedom Agenda..."Closing Rikers is a foundational part in addressing the injustices of systemic racism in our criminal justice system...” said Riley.How many N.Y.ers should be in jail?
NY Daily News
"As of April 6, there were 1,080 people who had been in Rikers awaiting trial for a year or more.“So far, the mayor has failed to tackle these issues and the City Council is taking direct action here,” said Darren Mack of the Freedom Agenda."More people will die at Rikers if Hochul rolls back bail reform
City&State
"We are family members of people who died at Rikers. If Rikers had killed white people, the governor would close it, not condemn more people there." - Co-Authors Tamara Carter and Lezandre Khadu are members of Freedom Agenda.Lessons of loss from Rikers: The inhuman jail must be closed in 2027
NY Daily News
"The pain of losing my son has been unimaginable. But it deepens my pain to hear Mayor Adams talking about creating a “Plan B” to closing Rikers, and pointing to shootings like those that killed my son as the reason.” - Peggy Herrera, advocate and member of Freedom AgendaNew Yorkers sound off on lengthy and expensive Brooklyn borough-based jail proposal
Queens Daily Eagle
“Six more years of humanitarian catastrophe at Rikers Island is unacceptable,” said Edwin Santana, a community organizer with Freedom Agenda."