Working to protect New York City residents from the extraction of financial resources, and other forms of exploitation, resulting from contact with the criminal legal system.
Working to repeal New York’s traffic debt suspension laws
Zero Profits is working with the Driven by Justice Coalition to stop New York from suspending driver’s licenses when people cannot pay tickets or appear to contest them.
NYC has eliminated credit card bail payment fees
In April of 2019, the City Council voted to pass Intro 1199, eliminating the payment fees for paying bail with a credit card.
Free phone calls from city jails are finally here
In July of 2018, the City Council passed Intro 741 to make all calls out of city jails free. After 270 days, Local Law 144 went into effect on May 3rd.