City Limits – “Councilwoman Shahana Hanif, chair of the Council’s Immigration Committee, said her office invited OCCF representatives to testify at Monday’s hearing in order to clarify the situation and to provide basic information, like how many detainees have been vaccinated so far at the facility against COVID-19. ‘But they declined our invitation and will not be appearing on Monday’
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Next City – The safest communities are not those with the most police; they are the ones with the most resources from Council Member Shahana Hanif & Rochester Council Member Mary Lupien [Read More]
Inside City Hall – Councilwoman Shahana Hanif joined NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” on Tuesday to talk about some of her legislative priorities. She weighed in on President Joe Biden’s planned visit to the city later this week, saying that she would like him to tour Rikers Island to witness first-hand the deplorable conditions inside the jail complex.
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Brooklyn Magazine Podcast – The first female Muslim city councilor, Hanif joins ‘Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast’ to discuss her path—and her first month on the job [Listen Here].
WBAI – On the January 30, 2022, episode of City Watch on WBAI 99.5 FM, Host Jeff Simmons introduced two of New York City’s new Councilmembers, Crystal Hudson and Shahana Hanif [Listen Here].
Gotham Gazette – “Over Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, 40-year-old Michelle Alyssa Go was pushed from the Times Square subway platform to her death. This tragedy follows a year that saw a 361% increase in anti-Asian hate crimes and came less than two weeks after Mayor Adams announced his plans to increase police presence in the subway system.
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Streetsblog – “The city needs more street treatments to prevent reckless drivers from killing pedestrians like Brooklyn nanny Arcellie Muschamp [Read More]”.
Daily News – “Councilwoman Shahana Hanif (D-Brooklyn) said she spoke with a young man who had been awaiting trial for three years since he was 17. ‘It was gut-wrenching,” she said. ‘People are losing years of their lives at this jail. Programming has been shuttered’ [Read More Here].”
City + State – “Council Member Hanif, also from Brooklyn, appeared shaken while speaking about the conditions she witnessed. ‘I’m still decompressing yesterday’s visit,” she said. ‘It’s important to remember that most people on Rikers are still awaiting trial. They haven’t been convicted of anything’ [Read More Here].”
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