It has come to my attention that two of our Assembly colleagues – Helene Weinstein and Charles Barron - have been diagnosed with COVID-19. It is important to note that both members have not been in Albany since early March for separate reasons.
— Carl E. Heastie (@CarlHeastie) March 15, 2020
— Carl E. Heastie (@CarlHeastie) May 30, 2020
A non-violent thief who can post $3,000 bail is no more threatening than one who can't. The money is irrelevant; being poor doesn't make a defendant inherently more dangerous.But as practiced, NY’s legal system has long operated as if poverty equals danger https://t.co/ngJh9KYvUw
— Carl E. Heastie (@CarlHeastie) January 28, 2020
Tomorrow the @NYSA_Majority will take up the HALT Solitary Confinement Act, to end the inhumane practice and get incarcerated NYers the mental health care they need. The practice, considered torture by the UN, has no place in NY and I'm proud that we will end it #HALTsolitary
— Carl E. Heastie (@CarlHeastie) March 15, 2021