“The New York Post used a tragedy to target bail reform activists, rather than point to the challenges of a failed mental health system and poverty.“
The Appeal
October 21, 2019
Read More“A new partnership between the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office and the Brooklyn Museum will allow those arrested for certain minor offenses to avoid prosecution through art. District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced the launch of Project Reset, a diversion program that holds people accountable for minor crimes without prosecuting them. He said a pilot program that launched in 2015 proved to be more effective than traditional prosecution.“
ABC 7 New York
October 2, 2019
Read More“Learning from and underscoring the brilliance of cooks like his grandmother inspires him when creating menus for his EMI dinners. Evans has hosted over 25 dinners, featuring dishes like piri piri prawns and roasted cauliflower and fonio salad, alongside a "chi chi," or a "correctional cake,” a microwaved cake made from commissary ingredients like M&M’s, Oreo cream filling, and mayonnaise, which acts a binder. Evans hopes to show diners the creative depth and ingenuity of incarcerated people, through the lens of cooking. The intent is not to objectify, but rather to illustrate the nuanced reality of the prison experience. “These people are really passionate and resilient," he says.“
Food & Wine
September 13, 2019
Read More“New York City has a tremendous opportunity to reinvest in communities to help them thrive and to make them safer. To get there, we must expand the scope of this discussion and address the root causes of the social problems that we have tried and failed to address through mass incarceration, policing, and criminalization while stigmatizing generations of our fellow New Yorkers. “
Gotham Gazette
June 12, 2019
Read More“‘I can tell you what it meant for me when I came home from prison and tied my first tie,’ The Fortune Society Executive Vice President Stanley Richards said. ‘It meant there was an acknowledgment of my humanity and my participation in society’.“
Queens News Service
May 3, 2019
Read More“But six NYPD officers who reviewed the messages told The Appeal that such language is typical of the new, less explicit methods supervisors use to enforce an unofficial quota system today. “
The Appeal
December 12, 2018
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