2026 Amended ChalleNging Wrongful Convictions Act
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VOCAL-NY Demands Passage of Meaningful Systemic Justice Reforms Before Session Ends
CONTACT: Mariah McGough, mariah@vocal-ny.org VOCAL-NY DEMANDS PASSAGE OF MEANINGFUL SYSTEMIC JUSTICE REFORMS BEFORE SESSION ENDS Legislative Leaders Must Step Up and Create Pathways for Prison Release An Estimated 75 Deaths Have Occurred in NYS Prisons Since Robert Brooks’ Death NEW YORK — VOCAL-NY members and leaders are frustrated by the failure of the Governor and the legislature to advance systemic reforms
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Formerly Incarcerated New Yorkers, Advocates and Legislators Demand Albany Take Action to End Mass Incarceration in New York State
CONTACT: Nick Encalada-Malinowski / 347-259-4835 FORMERLY INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS, ADVOCATES AND LEGISLATORS DEMAND ALBANY TAKE ACTION TO END MASS INCARCERATION IN NEW YORK STATE Community Members Call for the Immediate Passage of Popular Legislation ALBANY, NY – Formerly Incarcerated New Yorkers, allies and elected officials rallied in Albany on May 28th at 11AM to highlight the
2025 VOCAL-NY Civil Rights Union Platform
The VOCAL-NY CRU is building a base of directly impacted people and developing them to lead our fight to both change the narratives around mass incarceration and advance concrete policy wins at the local, state and federal levels to decrease the number of people currently incarcerated as well as the number of people who come
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Associated Press: NY governor vetoes bill that would make it easier for people to challenge convictionsAssociated Press:
Nick Encalada-Malinowski, the civil rights campaign director for VOCAL-NY, a grassroots organization, said the bill would have removed various barriers for folks who got their wrongful conviction cases dismissed on procedural or technical grounds. The bill, he said, would have given them a chance to get their cases heard on the merits. “The problem of
Common Dreams: NY Governor Hochul Vetoes Wrongful Conviction, Immigrant Rights Bills
“Gov. Hochul’s failure to sign the Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act only shows that she believes that innocent people should be in prison,” Roger Clark, who leads the activist group VOCAL-NY, said in a statement. “There’s no excuse for her not to sign this bill.” “We will be back in Albany in January to continue our
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Hochul Blocks Justice: VOCAL-NY Statement on New York Governor Veto of the Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act
CONTACT: Nick Malinowski-Encalada, nick@vocal-ny.org HOCHUL BLOCKS JUSTICE: VOCAL-NY STATEMENT ON NEW YORK GOVERNOR VETO OF THE CHALLENGING WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS ACT NEW YORK — In response to Governor Hochul vetoing The Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act – legislation championed by VOCAL-NY leaders, elected officials in the Senate and Assembly and New York State voters, VOCAL-NY released the
The Appeal: NEW YORK CAN STAND UP FOR THE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED—AND AGAINST CLARENCE THOMAS
Inaction on this bill is a policy choice to deny wrongfully convicted people the chance to present evidence that shows their innocence. New York can do better than Justice Thomas’s vision of injustice. Read More
City & State: Poll: New Yorkers support Wrongful Convictions Act
Criminal justice advocates lauded the new poll as evidence Hochul should sign the bill. “This polling shows definitively what we’ve been saying for years: passing the Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act is both good policy and good politics,” Nick Encalada-Malinowski, civil rights campaign director at VOCAL-NY, said in a statement. “The legislature has done its part
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VOCAL-NY APPLAUDS DISMISSAL OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS TIED TO CONVICTED NYPD OFFICERS; CALLS ON ASSEMBLY TO PASS CHALLENGING WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS ACT
CONTACT: Mariah McGough, Mariah@vocal-ny.org VOCAL-NY APPLAUDS DISMISSAL OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS TIED TO CONVICTED NYPD OFFICERS; CALLS ON ASSEMBLY TO PASS CHALLENGING WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS ACT Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Dismissed Over 300 Cases Brought by NYPD Officers Convicted of Crimes Related to Their Work NYS Assembly Will Come Back Into Session to Discuss Remaining Legislation Including