The Riverside Church is actively engaged in the #LessIsMoreNY campaign to reform New York's parole system. As the NY legislative session is currently underway, the #LessIsMoreNY campaign is making a big push to get the bill passed this session.
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This bill will:
- Restrict the use of incarceration for technical violations.
- Bolster due process.
- Provide speedy hearings.
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Provide earned time credits.
To highlight the broad-based support of this campaign, we are helping to lauch the first #LessIsMoreNY Faith-Based Day of Action. Given the continued spread of COVID-19 in jails and prisons, the stark racial disparities in people being re-incarcerated for the technical violations of parole, and the immense cost-savings of the bill, we are demanding the legislature pass this bill immediately!
Join us from 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM TODAY, Wednesday, February 17th, for a #LessIsMoreNY Day of Action led by Faith-Based Groups Across New York. By giving each congregation a small list of legislators to target, we plan to call every Assemblymember and Senator during this hour! There will be a brief training at 11:30 AM on Wednesday and the remainder of the hour will be spent calling legislators.
If you are interested in participating in the calling legislators hour, please register here or at the link below.
Also, please click on any of the links below to locate more information about the #LessIsMore campaign, the proposed legislation, the list of legislators Riverside members will contact, and the call script we encourage everyone to use on Wednesday.
Please save the date for this important day of action!
