Police should not be the default response to every 911 call. Come on Thursday to learn about the effort to bring community responders to Erie County and how you can help make it happen. Dinner provided!

Part 2 - Join us June 6th at the Merriweather Library to learn about and make your voice heard on the needs assessment the County is doing before committing any money to a new jail. Register: https://t.co/yoc3I8EstW

GETTING STARTED: We’re joining lawmakers in the NY Capitol to celebrate parole justice bills passing out of committee today. With majority support for both Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole in both houses, we call on @CarlHeastie @AndreaSCousins to call a vote on the bills.

TONIGHT at 6! See you there. Register at https://t.co/t43q7PCA0w

🗓️3 more days til #nonewjails community forum, have you registered yet? ✍️ https://t.co/cQeXm3VqS3

The #TreatmentNotJail coalition is rallying on the steps of the Million Dollar Staircase to call for passage of our bill this session. 🧵 Coalition member & today’s MC Mark Graham gets us started:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Yesterday, Assembly Speaker @CarlHeastie said: "We will definitely consider Clean Slate before the end of session.” We thank the Speaker for his commitment and call for speedy passage of #CleanSlateNY.

Bring your friends #nonewjails

🚨Tomorrow! Tell @ec_leg #nonewjails 10 am, 92 Franklin St

@GovKathyHochul @AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie A mental health crisis should not be a death sentence. Pls honor Daniel Prude’s memory and the Rochester community by funding the Daniel’s Law pilot program in the final budget. #DanielsLawNY  #MentalHealthMatters #InvestInMentalHealth

It’s not too late to RSVP to join the #CommunitiesNotCages “We Believe In Second Chances” Day of Action on April 25! Here are some songs and chants for you to practice for the big day. RSVP: https://t.co/S9WBtglEU9 https://t.co/h1H9VJgvep

✅Protection of our civil rights ✅Justice for victims and survivors ✅A safer New York ❌Qualified Immunity Sign up to join the fight in Albany next Tuesday! https://t.co/u7DJnxz8EU

Take action:

Mental health & drug use are serious problems for Erie Cnty residents that won’t be fixed by locking people up, no matter what the building looks like. County leaders, reject the proposal for a new jail and instead invest that $200 million in meeting community needs. #NONEWJAILS

As lawmakers negotiate housing, they must include the Housing Access Voucher Program in the final budget. #HAVP will improve the outcomes of families, save the state millions of dollars, and increase shelter capacity. Read the @WINNYC_ORG report:  https://t.co/HVwfuDYcyP

Marvin Mayfield's family invites you to celebrate his life on Saturday, April 8th. The community is welcome to join in person at 11am at the First A.M.E. Zion Church at 54 MacDonough Street, Brooklyn NY 11216. The service will be livestreamed at https://t.co/A7WO6Q8aTJ.

Do you want to honor #MarvinMayfield today? He was a devoted organizer for bail reform and a survivor of Rikers. Take a moment RIGHT NOW to let @GovKathyHochul + legislators know that you oppose her plan to send more Black, brown, poor and working-class people to deathtrap jails.

NYCDS calls on the legislature to hold the line and resist racist bail rollbacks. Read our complete statement on the Gov's attempt to rollback bail in the budget here: https://t.co/Vub3Dv0CPb

NEW: The Legal Aid Society has released a statement urging lawmakers to reject @GovKathyHochul’s punitive and wrongheaded proposal to increase pre-trial detention and undermine New York’s successful #BailReform law.  
Read more: https://t.co/8mQVEtNtMZ

This #TransDayOfVisibility, I'm asking everyone to lift up my beautiful baby sister Layleen Polanco, who died of a seizure in solitary confinement at Rikers. We cannot allow @GovKathyHochul to gut the bail laws so more families suffer like mine has. My statement.