
Katal Center for Equity, Health, & Justice
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Building leadership and organizing capacity with our members, partners, & allies. Fighting for equity, health, & justice. #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY.
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https://katalcenter.org 04-02-2016 15:40:10
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Last night, the New York City Council filed a letter in federal court around receivership at Rikers. For over two years, we've pressured the Council to weigh in on this case and hold Mayor Eric Adams accountable for closing Rikers. #ShutRikers See our statement here: katalcenter.org/katal-respondsā¦


RELEASE: Today we issued a statement in response to Mayor Eric Adams selling out New Yorkers in exchange for a āget out of jail freeā card from Trump. We reject the craven move by Adams to throw our immigrant neighbors under the bus. See our statement here: katalcenter.org/trump-admins-mā¦



RELEASE: After years of advocacy by directly impacted people and advocacy groups, New York City Council submits a letter to the Federal Court urging that any receiver at Rikers be independent and follow the law to close Rikers. #ShutRikers See the release here: katalcenter.org/city-council-sā¦


āKatal & our partners have been fighting for over two years to get the City Council to weigh in on federal receivership at Rikers. The Councilās letter āto the court indicates thatā our sustained organizing has worked," said Yonah Zeitz in Queens Daily Eagle. queenseagle.com/all/2025/2/12/ā¦


Join us for today's February #NYCJReformCall at noon! We'll hear from: ā¾ļøArtie Malkin, Malkin & Ross ā¾ļøL. Cassandra Bocanegra, New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) ā¾ļøFaris Ilyas, The New Pride Agenda ā¾ļøYung-Mi Lee, Brooklyn Defenders ā¾ļøYonah Zeitz, Katal Center Register here: katal.info/newyork

RELEASE: Groups working to shut Rikers join with ICE Out of NYC Coalition to reject Mayor Eric 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-rejeā¦


Today at 12 pm, we're joining Make the Road NY š¦, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice Action, NY Working Families Party, and others at City Hall in NYC to oppose the illegal and immoral moves by Mayor Eric Adams to target New Yorkers. Instead of working to #ShutRikers, Adams is putting Rikers into service for Trump's authoritarian agenda.

Eric Adams Has Betrayed Immigrant NYers Make the Road Action National Jews for Racial & Economic Justice Action NY Working Families Party New York Communities for Change Katal Center for Equity, Health, & Justice NYC-DSA š¹ x.com/i/broadcasts/1ā¦

PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE, a powerful portrait of painting and protest from filmmaker Catherine Gund, continues with more special event screenings, co-presented by The New York Women's Foundation & Center for the Study of Women and Society on Tue, 2/18, & co-presented by Katal Center for Equity, Health, & Justice on Wed, 2/19. buff.ly/4gtpBvt
