Amsterdam News

“Freedom Agenda co-director Darren Mack, who was formerly incarcerated and is a key proponent of closing Rikers, told the AmNews that the city can chip away at the problem by shuttering defunct Rikers jails to consolidate operations and lean more on the 6-A early Rikers release program..."

City Limits

“White has worked as an advocate with Urban Pathways, the New York City Continuum of Consumer Care and the Safety Net Activists, an organizing group that’s part of the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project. “The number one thing is we have to stick together as a people, right?"

AM NY

“Darren Mack, co-director of “decarceration” advocacy group Freedom Agenda, said the decision is a victory for immigrant New Yorkers and for “all who believe that no one should be doubly punished with incarceration and deportation.”

Queens Daily Eagle

“Mayor Adams, how many more New Yorkers have to die at Rikers before you take action?” Darren Mack, the co-director of Freedom Agenda, said in a statement.

AM NY

"In response to these images, Emma Kaplan of the Freedom Agenda bashed Trump for his deportation agenda. “Trump is laughing and going along with his life while people are being terrorized and thrown in concentration camps."

AM NY

“Freedom Agenda, an organization that supports decarceration, highlighted that 45 people have died in custody since Mayor Eric Adams took office and again called for Rikers’ closure alongside other justice advocates.”

NY Daily News

“Freedom Agenda Co-Director Darren Mack blamed the city’s policing strategies for increasing the jail population. The population has grown 39% from 5,354 in January 2022 to 7,492 as of Aug. 1.”

Gay City News

“New York-based organizations receiving the grants include...[the] Sex Workers Project, Urban Justice Center, which provides free immigration legal services to current and former sex workers and trafficking survivors.”

The 19th

"The Domestic Violence Project at the Urban Justice Center, which regularly helps victims file applications, projects that someone who filed in 2020 should expect to get a final decision in 2033, while someone who files this year could be waiting nearly two decades at the current rate."

The Latin Times

"You don't see a police officer walking into a restaurant and writing a criminal ticket to the worker or the manager there," said Mohamed Attia of the Street Vendor Project..."