Advocates push Mamdani to boost funding for Rikers closure efforts

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Advocates push Mamdani to boost funding for Rikers closure efforts

Over 70 criminal justice, social justice and legal organizations this week called on the mayor to shift at least $35 million in the city’s budget to fund new crime prevention, diversion, and reentry programs as the city prepares to release its updated spending plan later this month.

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Advocates call on courts to cut back on the number of New Yorkers they send to Rikers

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Advocates call on courts to cut back on the number of New Yorkers they send to Rikers

As the population on Rikers Island continues to grow past 7,000 detainees – its highest point since 2019 – a collection of criminal justice groups are calling on judges and the court system to do more to keep New Yorkers out of the troubled jail complex.

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