BREAKING: ~10,500 NYSNA nurses at Montefiore, Mount Sinai, & Mount Sinai Morningside/West reached tentative agreements late Sun/early Mon. Nurses won: enforceable safe staffing, maintain their health benefits, workplace violence protections, and more! www.nysna.org/press/victor...

RELEASE: Today, we held a rally w/community and faith groups & elected officials outside of @governor.ny.gov NYC Office to demand that she immediately sign the Jail & Prison Oversight Omnibus Bill into law. #Jail+PrisonOversight #ShutRikers See the full release: katalcenter.org/2025/12/rele...

New in @nytimes.com: “NY Lawmakers Put Pressure on Hochul to Sign Prison Reform Bills” @nysenate.bsky.social Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins calls on @governor.ny.gov to sign the Jail & Prisons Oversight Omnibus bill into law in response to the crisis in NY prisons. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/n...

Yesterday, the @nytimes.com published a major 2-part investigative report showing egregious assaults and abuse on incarcerated people at the hands of COs in state prisons has significantly increased over the past 3 years. In response, we put out this statement: katalcenter.org/2025/11/rele...

New in @gothamist.com: “60% percent of the nearly 7,000 incarcerated people at Rikers Island in October required mental health services, up from 42% in a 2016.” This data is from our new mental health report w/ the Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay. #ShutRikers gothamist.com/news/rikers-...

NEW in @thecity.nyc by @reuvenblau.bsky.social: A Board of Correction review into the death of 29-year-old Ardit Billa reveals lapses by correction officers, falsified log entries and missed safety checks— failures that advocates say are routine at the troubled jail. www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/25/r...

“One commissioner would have to be formerly incarcerated.… we feel like changing up the makeup of the commission is a necessary step to ensure that it is mandated” said our advocacy director @yonahzeitz.bsky.social.

We can only HOPE that this feud drags on until November and they continue to tear each other apart till there is nothing left! All New Yorkers would greatly benefit from this.

Trump ain’t even trying to hide the quid pro quo at this point. Anyone who backs Adams for mayor is co-signing this facist takeover. If Trump calls you a “very good person” by definition it means you’re consistently fucking over working people. Adam’s track records proves this callous distinction.

“For the fourth budget in a row, Mayor Adams and the City Council have failed to advance the closure of Rikers”

Adams will be remembered as the Mayor who raised our rents and made it harder to shut down Rikers. The literal worst!

🚨 HAPPENING SOON: Join us today, Wednesday 6/25, at noon for our weekly Pro-Democracy Phone Zap on Zoom🚨 Over the weekend, Trump announced airstrikes against Iran, entering the US into an illegal & unconstitutional war against Iran without Congressional approval. Register at katal.info/redalert!

On Saturday, 2 people died at Rikers. Since Mayor Adams took office in 2022, at least 40 people have died in NYC jails. As the crisis on Rikers worsens under Adams, jail oversight legislation now awaits Gov. Hochul's signature. Check out this statement: katalcenter.org/2025/06/two-...

🚨 HAPPENING SOON: Join us today, Wednesday 6/18, at noon for our weekly Pro-Democracy Phone Zap on Zoom🚨 As Trump increases attacks on immigrants, we are fighting back protect our communities. Join us today at noon to contact your elected representatives in DC. Register at katal.info/redalert!

BREAKING NEWS: The @nysenate.bsky.social just passed S856 (@juliasalazar.bsky.social) which expands and strengthens the State Commission of Correction, the watchdog agency responsible for the oversight of jails and prisons across New York. See press release: katalcenter.org/new-york-sta...

Today, May 1st is May Day, also known as International Workers Day and we are taking to the streets! Join us at Foley Square at 5pm to fight for our communities. We are the many. They are the few. 🗓️Today, May 1st 📍Foley Square, NYC ⏰ 5PM Shoot us a message to meet up!

Join us today at noon for our weekly Pro-Democracy Phone Zap. This is a great way to take action ahead of MayDay tomorrow! Register at katal.info/redalert

“ICE Blocked from Rikers as Judge Extends Order Halting Cooperation With Feds” — @thecity.nyc Mayor Adams should be working to protect immigrant NYers and shut down Rikers. Instead, he’s selling out our communities to save his own skin. It’s shameful. #ShutRikers www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/25/i...

🚨Join us TOMORROW, 4/23 at noon for our week Pro-Democracy Phone Zap on Zoom🚨 Together we'll be calling our elected officials in Congress to demand that they take action to defend our Constitution, protect immigrants, save crucial services, and more. Register at katal.info/redalert

Join us tomorrow, Thursday, 4/10, at 12 pm for our monthly #NYCJReformCall. On the call, we'll spend time discussing the state budget, which is 9 days late, and some of the issues currently holding it up, like discovery reform and involuntary commitment. RSVP here to join us: katal.info/newyork

🚨Our next Pro-Democracy Phone Zap is TOMORROW🚨 Join us on Zoom at 12pm EST to call our elected reps in Congress and demand they take action to defend the constitution. Join us and millions taking action to say no to Donald Trump and Elon Musk! No experience needed! Register at katal.info/redalert!

Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services. We're taking to the streets at Bryant Park as part of a nationwide day of action to fight back with a clear message: Hands off!

“This is horrific news, yet it’s not surprising, given the worsening crisis and soaring death toll this month at Rikers,” said Melanie Dominguez in response to the death of Deshawn Jenkins, 27, at Rikers this week. #ShutRikers @nytimes.com @janransom.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/n...

“At a time when heightened jail and prison oversight is urgently needed, the [State Commission of Correction] has completely fallen flat while the death tolls soar,” said our advocacy director @yonahzeitz.bsky.social at our press conference in Albany last Tuesday. nysfocus.com/2025/03/29/s...

The press conference starts at 10:30AM on the 4th Floor of the Capitol to demand the legislature take action. Correctional facilities across New York are in crisis and lives are at stake! @juliasalazar.bsky.social @emilyassembly.bsky.social @harveyepstein.bsky.social @votejgr.bsky.social

We’re heading up to Albany today for a press conference to demand greater oversight and accountability in NY’s correctional facilities. We urge the New York Legislature to act quickly to pass S856 (Salazar) / A2315 (Gallagher), which expands and diversifies the State Commission of Correction.

“People at Rikers are suffering now. People are dying now. The crisis is here today and is getting worse every passing week. With this report finally out, the city must act immediately. We will keep fighting until this jail is shut down, our city deserves nothing less.” #ShutRikers

This is dangerous and deadly. These people are pure evil and thousands will suffer as a result.

Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.

I just called @schumer.senate.gov’s DC office and 8 NYS offices and they all went to voicemail. As Trump defies the constitution and uproots the constitutional right to protest, Senator Schumer is avoiding calls from constituents. It’s beyond shameful!

BREAKING: This evening, news broke that Ariel Quidone, 21, died after being incarcerated Rikers. This is the 3rd death at Rikers in less than a month. We demand lawmakers in Albany take swift action to save lives. #ShutRikers See our statement in response: katalcenter.org/3rd-person-t...

This past Saturday, 3/15, we joined thousands to say HELL NO to the trillions cut from federal programs like Medicaid, SNAP, parks, enforcement of workers’ rights, public education, and more, all while giving tax cuts to billionaires. We took the streets to say #StopTheCuts!

Happening RIGHT NOW! New Yorkers March to #StopTheCuts! Join us now at Foley Square, along with @maketheroadny.bsky.social @nywfp.bsky.social @nychange.bsky.social and so many more.

As Congress plans to cut trillions of dollars from federal programs while giving tax cuts for billionaires, New Yorkers will take the streets to say loud and clear: #StopTheCuts! 🗓️Saturday, March 15 ⏰11 AM 📍Foley Square Join us! Register at katal.info/stopthecuts

Join us for our #NYCJReformCall at noon! We'll have: Artie Malkin, Malkin & Ross Jerome Wright, @haltsolitary.bsky.social Tanya Krupat and Tarini Garimella,Osborne @ajjack.bsky.social, Alliance to Protect Kalief's Law Luke Sikinyi, Alliance for Rights and Recover Register at katal.info/newyork

YES!!! Tom Homan is not welcome in New York. Thank you to everyone who disrupted his trip to Albany.

We will not allow this to become normal. The Trump regime is trying to crush dissent beginning with those who speak out for Palestinian freedom. This is a threat to all who believe in justice. Tell Congress to protect students & demand Mahmoud’s release: bit.ly/freemahmoudnow

Join us today at noon to fight back against Trump and Musk’s facist takeover. We’ll be calling our reps in Washington to demand they stop the coup and defend democracy. We’ll be in-community together online taking action and fighting back. #RedAlert

Don’t miss our last statewide call before the budget gets finalized. We’ll discuss protecting #HALTsolitary and discovery, pushing back against the Governors involuntary commitment proposal, & much more. Got questions about what’s happening in Albany? Tune in tomorrow 3/13 at noon. #NYCJReformCall

News just broke that 15 prison guards have now been placed on administrative leave for the murder of 22-year-old Messiah Nantwi. It’s disgusting that CO’s are working to repeal HALT because “they feel unsafe” while at the same time continuing to viciously beat and kill incarcerated people.

Outside of Eric Adams, no single elected official has done more damage to NYC than New York’s #1 Nepo Baby, Andrew Cuomo. Here’s the proof 🧵

RELEASE: Today, we held a protest and rally at City Hall to demand Governor Hochul remove Mayor Adams from office. New Yorkers deserve a mayor committed to defending New Yorkers and protecting immigrants. @nychange.bsky.social See the release here: katalcenter.org/elected-offi...

Today at 12pm we’re holding a protest at Foley Square to demand Gov Hochul remove Mayor Adams from office for selling out NYers to Trump. The Governor must grow a backbone and protect New Yorkers. @nychange.bsky.social @foodandwater.bsky.social @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @thenyic.bsky.social

RELEASE: This evening, another person died at Rikers, the 2nd person to die in a week. Under Mayor Eric Adams, at least 35 people have died in NYC jails, and conditions have gotten much, much worse. #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY See our statement: katalcenter.org/the-2nd-pers...

RELEASE: As Mayor Adams sells out New Yorkers to Trump, another person dies at Rikers – 34th since Eric Adams took office. Gov. Hochul must remove Adams from office now, and Rikers Island must be shut down. Lives are at stake! #ShutRikers See our statement here: katalcenter.org/another-pers...

RELEASE: Last night, groups working to shut Rikers joined with ICE Out of NYC Coalition to reject Mayor Adams's plans to bring ICE officers back to Rikers Island Jail Complex. This move by Adams is callous and dangerous. #ShutRikers See the joint statement here: katalcenter.org/statement-re...