Tag: Reform

Vital City | What To Do (and Not To Do) About People in Crisis on Streets and Subways

How can the toughest problems of urban life be addressed in a serious, sustained way? The purpose of this series, which began with “What To Do (and Not To Do) About Subway Safety” and will continue with installments on disorder, policing and other topics, is to deliver to policymakers the best ideas distilled into steps that can be taken now and longterm changes that must undergird sustained achievement.
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/what-to-do-about-people-in-crisis-on-streets-and-subways

With Alvin Bragg’s re-election under a Mayor Mamdani, ‘justice’ in NYC is about to get worse

While Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has gotten the lion’s share of the media attention these last several weeks, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg quietly sailed through his reelection bid, securing more than 70% of the vote.
— Read on nypost.com/2025/11/05/opinion/with-alvin-braggs-re-election-under-a-mayor-mamdani-justice-in-nyc-is-about-to-get-worse/

Exclusive | Tessa Majors’ young killer locked up at Rikers for assault

The 13-year-old arrested in the infamous stabbing death of Barnard student Tessa Majors has continued his life of violence — thanks to the Raise the Age law — with an attempted murder and an assault on a jail guard added to his growing rap sheet. 
— Read on nypost.com/2025/10/26/us-news/tessa-majors-young-killer-locked-up-at-rikers-for-assault/

US families shoulder nearly $350B in annual costs tied to incarceration, report finds • Ohio Capital Journal

U.S. families lose nearly $350 billion each year due to the incarceration of a loved one in jail or prison, according to a recent report from the criminal justice advocacy group FWD.us. The estimate includes both direct expenses and long-term losses in household income.
— Read on ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/us-families-shoulder-nearly-350b-in-annual-costs-tied-to-incarceration-report-finds/

Get the report HERE