by Communications Team | Nov 21, 2019 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – Rosemary Rivera, Co-Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, released the following statement in response to calls by prosecutors and sheriffs to delay justice for New Yorkers by placing a moratorium on new bail, discovery, and speedy trial...
by Communications Team | Nov 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Ivette Alfonso, President, Citizen Action of New York, and Rebecca Garrard, Statewide Housing Organizer, Citizen Action of New York Last week, four homeless New Yorkers were brutally beaten and murdered in New York City while they slept, and a fifth man was...
by Communications Team | Nov 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
by Clyanna Lightbourn Clyanna Lightbourn, Statewide Civil Rights Organizer for Citizen Action of New York, and John Legend, Founder of Free America, attended an MSNBC Town Hall event with Lester Holt on criminal justice reform at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New...
by Communications Team | Nov 7, 2019 | Press Releases
Albany, NY—In response to State Senate Republicans’ introduction of bills intended to undermine historic pretrial reforms passed this year in Albany, Stanley Fritz, Political Director of Citizen Action of New York, has issued the following statement: “Senate...
by Communications Team | Oct 10, 2019 | Press Releases
Community Group Urges Voters to Support Candidates Who Commit to Advancing Justice in Hudson Valley Kingston, NY — Citizen Action of New York has endorsed Pat Ryan for Ulster County Executive, Dave Clegg for Ulster County District Attorney, Steve Noble for Kingston...