GRACE ORTEZ with Freedom Agenda addresses rally attendees. A coalition of organizations hold a rally and vigil at City Hall Park in remembrance of the eighteen people who died in NYC jails so far in 2022. Demonstrators create an installation representing eighteen bodies covered by shrouds that read NYC DOC (Department of Corrections) on the street. Earlier in the week Gilberto Garcia, 26 years old, died while detained at Rikers Island. 18 Hours of Action To End NYCâ€⠢s Death Penalty is an all day rally where organizers call on Mayor Adams and city officials to close Rikers Island now and decarcerate city jails. New York USA - ZUMAr174 20221103_znp_r174_004

November 3, 2022, New York, New York, USA: GRACE ORTEZ with Freedom Agenda addresses rally attendees. A coalition of organizations hold a rally and vigil at City Hall Park in remembrance of the eighteen people who died in NYC jails so far in 2022. Demonstrators create an installation representing eighteen bodies covered by shrouds that read NYC DOC (Department of Corrections) on the street. Earlier in the week Gilberto Garcia, 26 years old, died while detained at Rikers Island. 18 Hours of Action To End NYCâ€⠢s Death Penalty is an all day rally where organizers call on Mayor Adams and city officials to close Rikers Island now and decarcerate city jails. New York USA - ZUMAr174 20221103_znp_r174_004