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NYC Subway Safety Plan Targeting The Homeless Shows Hints Of Promise But Significant Problems
NY Daily News
"The vast majority of homeless people's interactions with outreach teams don’t result in transport to shelter, according to NYPD data obtained via a Freedom of Information request by the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project."Rikers Closure Looms While Correction Officials Confront Immediate Problems
NY1
“We’re here because Mayor Adams proposed a budget which is a recipe for keeping Rikers open by maintaining the Department of Corrections bloated budget,” said Darren Mack, co-director, Freedom Agenda at the Urban Justice Center."NY State Child Abuse Hotline Shortfalls Lead To Unnecessary Investigations: Report
NY Daily News
"Advocates at the New York City Family Policy Project [part of UJC's 2022-2024 Social Justice Accelerator cohort] are pushing agents who field the calls to ask more questions before putting a family through a traumatic investigation."