Alana Sivin

Senior Legal Analyst and Host

Alana previously served as Senior Legislative Counsel to the Criminal Justice Committee at the New York City Council, where she focused primarily on drafting legislation intended to reduce incarceration and improve jail conditions. Prior to that experience, she worked as public defender at New York County Defender Services in Manhattan, where she represented indigent New Yorkers charged with crimes. She has spent much of her free time outside the workplace advancing progressive electoral campaigns—both by co-founding Amplify Her NYC and helping launch Tiffany Cabán’s campaign for Queens district attorney. Alana has an undergraduate degree in political science and education from Columbia University and a JD from Brooklyn Law School. Prior to attending law school, she worked as an elementary school teacher in East Harlem.

Families Urge Cuomo to Release Loved Ones from Prison During COVID-19 Pandemic

In addition to the releases he has already ordered, the New York governor can grant commutations to free more incarcerated people to protect them from the disease. He has issued only three since the pandemic began.

Alana Sivin, Joshua Vaughn

Nov 25, 2020

A Media Guide For Free And Fair Election Reporting

The media, more than ever, has an important role in preserving our democracy during this election season. The more that members of the media expose false, misleading, or manipulative claims for what they are, the less likely it is for Americans to fall for President Donald Trump’s insidious tactics on and after Election Day.

Alana Sivin, Anna Kurien, Emily Galvin-Almanza

Oct 29, 2020