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Glenn Martin

Glenn Martin

  • De Blasio Administration Disappoints at Rikers Hearing

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    Glenn Martin & JustLeadershipUSA (photo: @GlennEMartin)


    New Yorkers depend on City Council hearings to hold agencies accountable and to demand transparency from the mayor’s administration. On Monday, what the City Council members of the Fire and Criminal Justice Committee got instead was a dismissive attitude cushioned in lofty rhetoric from a mayor’s office that seems unwilling or unable to make closing the jails on Rikers Island a priority.

    Time after time, representatives from Mayor Bill de

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  • As We Close Rikers, Setting Our Sights on Essential State-Level Reforms

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    Gov. Cuomo at an update prison (Governor's Office)


    Anyone following New York City politics knows about JustLeadershipUSA’s mission to close the jails at Rikers Island. In less than a year, the #CLOSErikers campaign successfully pressured Mayor Bill de Blasio to commit to shuttering the jail complex. It is no longer a question of if Rikers will close, but when. But the campaign has always known that

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