Oppose NYC Jail Construction:
Turn out to City Hearings and Email your Council Members
Alongside other residents and community organizations, Critical Resistance New York City (CRNYC) has long taken the position that the city must work to immediately close Rikers without constructing new jails. Despite growing community opposition to jail expansion, Mayor de Blasio continues to push forward his plan for four new borough-based jails. We will continue to demand that the City invest instead in life-affirming resources and work to reduce imprisonment and policing. On Monday, opponents to this jail plan came together in a strong showing of unity to demand: No New Jails in New York City!Help us build our power and grow the movement to defeat jail construction.
Join us at the below hearings and call or email your council members.
Talking points and support for testifying will be provided at the hearings.
Borough of Brooklyn, Sept 20, 6:00 PM
P.S. 133 William A. Butler School
610 Baltic Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Borough of Queens, Sept 26, 6:00 PM
Queens Borough Hall
120-55 Queens Boulevard, Kew Gardens, NY 11424
Borough of Manhattan, Sept 27, 6:00 PM
Manhattan Municipal Building
1 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007
Borough of the Bronx, Oct 3, 6:00 PM
Bronx County Courthouse
851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451
Can't attend? Take action by emailing these City Council Members or by printing and mailing the below postcard to the NYC Dept of Correction (DOC).
Sample email or phone message:
Dear Council Member,
My name is __________ and I am a resident of ___(neighborhood, district, borough)___. I am very concerned with the Mayor's plan for four new borough based jails as this would result in more imprisonment and criminalization of our community members. Investments must be made in life affirming resources such as housing, education, health and mental health care, and social services. I call on you, and all our Council Members, to work towards closing Rikers without building or expanding any jails in neighborhoods across New York and to firmly reject the Mayor's proposal.
Corey Johnson - NYC Council Speaker
Email: SpeakerJohnson@council.nyc.gov
Phone: 212-788-7210
Diana Ayala - The Bronx
District 8: El Barrio/East Harlem, Mott Haven, Highbridge, Concourse, Longwood, Port Morris
Email: dayala@council.nyc.gov
Phone: 347-297-4922
Karen Koslowitz - Queens
District 29: Rego Park, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill
Email: koslowitz@council.nyc.gov
Phone: 718-544-8800
Margaret Chin - ManhattanDistrict 1: Battery Park City, Civic Center, Chinatown, Financial District, Little Italy, the Lower East Side, NoHo, SoHo, South Street Seaport, South Village, TriBeCa & Washington Square
Email: mguerra@council.nyc.gov
Phone: 212-587-3159
Stephen Levin - Brooklyn
District 33: Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Downtown Brooklyn, Dumbo, Fulton Ferry, Greenpoint, Vinegar Hill, Williamsburg.
Email: slevin@council.nyc.gov
Phone: 718-875-5200
Send a postcard to oppose the jail plan!
Written comments on this plan will also be accepted by the DOC through October 15, 2018, and can be sent to Howard Fiedler at 75-20 Astoria Boulevard, Suite 160, East Elmhurst, NY 11370 or emailed to boroughplan@doc.nyc.gov.
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