Queens Eagle

“Darren Mack, the co-director of Freedom Agenda, said in a statement. “We need every part of city government to be working with urgency toward closing Rikers. That includes passing a budget that makes real and substantial investments in prevention and diversion..."

The Creditor Justice Project filed a lawsuit in Queens Supreme Court on behalf of a group of home health aides, asserting claims for violations of the Labor Law and Debtor and Creditor Law. The suit alleges that the workers were for years only paid for 13 hours of their 24 hour shifts, even though the Labor Law required compensation for all 24 hours. The suit further alleges that after the individual operator of the corporate employer became aware that she might be sued, she transferred four properties with collective market value exceeding $4 million to Limited Liability Companies and a trust that she and her husband controlled. CJP is co-counseling the case with the National Center for Law and Economic Justice and the firm of Getman, Sweeney & Dunn, PLLC.

Gothamist

“Under state law, a physician can hold someone in the hospital for up to 72 hours if they appear to pose a danger to themselves or others and for up to 60 days with the corroboration of a second physician, though such psychiatric holds can be challenged in court, said Jennifer Parish,  the director of criminal justice advocacy at the Urban Justice Center’s Mental Health Project.”

News 12

“Darren Mack, co-director of the Freedom Agenda, and Tara Brown-Arnell, director of BronxConnect, discuss the first 100 days of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's term in office and the timeline of Rikers Island.”

Queens Eagle

“Closing Rikers is not just important in general, it's essential to the mayor's economic justice agenda,” said Darren Mack, the co-director of Freedom Agenda.”

Queens Eagle

“Closing Rikers is not just important in general, it's essential to the mayor's economic justice agenda,” said Darren Mack, the co-director of Freedom Agenda.”

NY Times

“The new structure suggests that City Hall does not appreciate the difference between “safety in public” and “safety behind closed doors,” said Madeline Garcia Bigelow, the founder and managing director of the Domestic Violence Project at the Urban Justice Center.”

NY Focus

“Diana Ramos, an activist with Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project and a SNAP recipient from the Bronx, called the ongoing rollout of the new rules in New York City a “chaos bin.”

City Limits

“They’re now saying, ostensibly, we want you to wait a year and a half. You’re more than doubling the time that the person has to wait,” said Amy Leipziger, project director at the Urban Justice Center’s Free to Be Youth Project.”

AM NY

“Calvin Michael, an activist with the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project, a collective of people who are currently and formerly unhoused, told amNewYork that if it weren’t for the CityFHEPS program that he would still be living in crowded, often unsafe city shelters.”