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Luis R. Sepúlveda

32nd Senate District

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12th Senate District

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less is more, Parole, Rikers Island, corrections

Senate Deputy Leader Gianaris To Governor: Speed Up Less Is More Timeline

Michael Gianaris

September 30, 2021

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Rikers Island, Correctional Crisis, Public Health Emergency

NYS Senator Luis Sepúlveda Statement on Rikers Island Correctional Center Crisis

Luis R. Sepúlveda

September 23, 2021

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Rikers, Rikers Island, Close Rikers, Neighborhood Issues, Criminal Justice Reform

Harlem senator calls on state to probe continuing Rikers violence, look into speeding up closure after latest attack

November 28, 2017

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Rikers Island, Criminal Justice Reform, corrections

Statement on Governor Cuomo’s Criminal Justice Priorities in State of the State and City’s Plan for Rikers Jail Closure

January 6, 2018

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Criminal Justice Reform, private prisons, Rikers Island, corrections

State Senator Brian A. Benjamin to Outline 2018 Criminal Justice Priorities

December 28, 2017

State Senator Brian A. Benjamin, standing where he made his campaign promise to #CLOSErikers, calls on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to include closing the facility in the Fiscal Year 2019 budget.

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