Thanks to everyone who contributed to this year’s Helping Hands Toy Store with our friends at @jointrellis! Gifts were distributed for 255 kids from Brooklyn, plus another 100 gifts going to our neighbors in public housing and women’s shelters across the… instagr.am/p/CXy48qEKh7B/
"I am relying on folks on the ground who’ve been doing this work and who are the experts to inform the agenda for City Hall. The people closest to the problem are usually the closest to the solutions." @Dianne4NYC committed to staying engaged w/ directly impacted ppl as Mayor
New York law fails to protect children who can’t afford a lawyer during police interrogations, with over 90% waiving their right to remain silent. Albany must protect these children's rights by passing #Right2RemainSilent legislation. @CarlHeastie
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Ever since the Exonerated Five were interrogated as youth and coerced into false confessions more than 30 years ago, New York State has failed to curb deceptive interrogation tactics used by the police. Enact #Right2RemainSilent@AndreaSCousinsyoutu.be/bOuviOJJogw
As the NYS Legislature reconvenes, we are calling on Albany lawmakers to enact #Right2RemainSilent legislation to protect all young New Yorkers' Miranda Rights by providing an attorney before police interrogation. @NYGovCuomojointrellis.org/blog/2021/4/…
Trellis has been advocating for a racial impact study to precede the re-zoning in view of the powerful voice and work that @CuffhAction had been doing in Bushwick
In partnership with @voiceofgowanus we continue to call on this necessary study
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