A formerly incarcerated state lawmaker wants to give released state prisoners $2,500 each to stem the prison-to-shelter tide.  Assemblyman Edward Gibbs (D-Manhattan) has introduced legislation to require the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to create a $25 million “gate money” fund to pay for the stipend.  Currently, people released from […]

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