With focused action from City Hall, we can significantly reduce the number of people in Rikers by August 31, 2027, and put our City clearly back on the path to closing Rikers with urgency!

SIGN OUR PETITION here to tell the Mayor to act NOW to #CloseRikers: bit.ly/closerikers-now

On August 31, one year before the legal deadline to Close Rikers, the Campaign to #CloseRikers held a Countdown to Closing Rikers Day of Action. Writer Kenneth Michael Williams Re/Creation Writers read from his piece "Don't Judge a Book by Its Color" on being targeted by law enforcement as Black man

the billions of dollars currently wasted on Rikers to achieve true community safety.

#CloseRikers #CareNotCriminalization #NYCBudget

We’re glad to have a mayor who recognizes the need to close #Rikers, and we look forward to a budget that reflects that. Listen to Cecilia Teuber with Bronx Connect share how she would reallocate...

#CloseRikers #CareNotCriminalization #NYCBudget

With focused action from City Hall, we can significantly reduce the number of people in Rikers by August 31, 2027, and put our City clearly back on the path to closing Rikers with urgency!

SIGN OUR PETITION here to tell the Mayor to act NOW to #CloseRikers: bit.ly/closerikers-now

On August 31, one year before the legal deadline to Close Rikers, the Campaign to #CloseRikers held a Countdown to Closing Rikers Day of Action. Dancers from campaign partner Flex Dance Program performed an original piece, and were unexpectedly joined at the end by our organizer Edwin Santana 😂🤣

NYC must close Rikers by summer 2027. The Manhattan jail meant to replace it won't open until 2032. Now construction is running into the night. So how far behind is the plan?

See more here: https://bit.ly/4dpRsy6 

#CloseRikers #NYC

We’re glad to have a mayor who recognizes the need to close #Rikers, and we look forward to a budget that reflects that. Listen to Liv Freiwald share how they would reallocate the billions of dollars currently wasted on Rikers to achieve true community safety.
#CloseRikers

With focused action from City Hall, we can significantly reduce the number of people in Rikers by August 31, 2027, and put our City clearly back on the path to closing Rikers with urgency!

SIGN OUR PETITION here to tell the Mayor to act NOW to #CloseRikers: bit.ly/closerikers-now

On August 31, one year before the legal deadline to Close Rikers, the Campaign to #CloseRikers held a Countdown to Closing Rikers Day of Action. Singers from our friends the Broadway Advocacy Coalition sang a special song just for the event, "Can We Afford It?"

We’re glad to have a mayor who recognizes the need to close #Rikers. Listen to Father Jim Sheehan of the New York Archdiocese share how he would reallocate the billions of dollars currently wasted on Rikers to achieve true community safety.

#CloseRikers #CareNotCriminalization #NYCBudget

We’re glad to have a mayor who recognizes the need to close #Rikers, and we look forward to a budget that shows that. Listen to Stephanie Frias at BronxConnect share how she would reallocate the billions of dollars currently wasted on Rikers to achieve true community safety.
#CloseRikers #NYCBudget

We’re glad to have a mayor who recognizes the need to close #Rikers, and we look forward to a budget that reflects that. Listen to Council Member Shaun Abreu share how he would reallocate the billions of dollars currently wasted on Rikers to achieve true community safety.

#CloseRikers #NYCBudget

Please read every word of this thread from @nyclu.org You will NEVER reduce the NYC jail population enough to #CloseRikers if you continue to follow the Eric Adams policies on policing. I’m a broken record on this, but keeping Tisch as head of NYPD was/is the worst decision made by Mamdani.

Really good 🧵 from @mskellymhayes.bsky.social that reminds us that jails/prisons dont help people with addiction issues…almost always making it worse. Treatment > Incarceration 100% of the time. Highlights the urgency here in NYC to #CloseRikers

With focused action from City Hall, we can significantly reduce the # of people in Rikers by August 31, 2027, and put our City clearly back on the path to closing Rikers with urgency!

SIGN OUR PETITION here to tell the Mayor to act NOW to #CloseRikers: bit.ly/closerikers-now

On August 31, one year before the legal deadline to Close Rikers, the Campaign to #CloseRikers held a Countdown to Closing Rikers Day of Action. Our member Khadira Sunni Savage read her poem "My Brother Died" about losing her brother Roy Savage, who died in DOC custody 2 years ago.

With focused action from City Hall, we can significantly reduce the number of people in Rikers by August 31, 2027, and put our City clearly back on the path to closing Rikers with urgency!

SIGN OUR PETITION here to tell the Mayor to act NOW to #CloseRikers: bit.ly/closerikers-...

On August 31, one year before the legal deadline to Close Rikers, the Campaign to #CloseRikers held a Countdown to Closing Rikers Day of Action. Our member Lezandre Khadu spoke of losing her son Stephan, who died in DOC custody in 2021, and the organizing against the system that killed him.

Statement from Freedom Agenda Co-Director Darren Mack, after the announcement of another tragic death in DOC custody, the eighth person this year. #CloseRikers