Thursday, November 4, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm |
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Please join us for an important conversation with the Honorable Jonathan Lippman, Chair of The Independent Commission on NYC Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform. Judge Lippman will update faith community leaders on the city’s progress toward closing the Rikers Island jails, and the essential work that remains to be done. Sponsored by: The New York Board of Rabbis, A More Just NYC, The Interfaith Center of New York, Trinity Church Wall Street, Freedom Agenda, The Jewish Community Relations Council of NY – Jewish Coalition on Criminal Justice Reform, and BronxConnect. To learn more about this pressing human rights issue, click here to read a letter from over 100 NYC faith leaders to mayoral candidates Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa, calling on them to close Rikers Island and reform our criminal justice system. And click here for coverage of the letter in the New York Times (click and then scroll down for coverage). |
