This is an analysis of criminal punishment system reforms passed in New York in 2019. The public health crisis of COVID-19 that hit NYC in early 2020 has already had a deep impact on the carceral structures of the city and state. The hope is that this abolitionist assessment of these recent reforms can serve as a durable resource for organizers considering progressive-seeming but carceral state-expanding legislation and policies that come about in their locales, both during this COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

Read the full report here.