The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) announced plans last week to create an oversight board to serve as a watchdog for the city’s juvenile detention centers and placement facilities. ACS is accepting applications for this new board of volunteers, which the agency says will include at least one parent of a young person who has [...]
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After Negotiations with Residents, the NYPD Slashed Trespass Stops in Public Housing
Over a two-year period, the New York Police Department (NYPD) cut the number of trespass stops on public housing grounds by nearly 60 percent. The drop came after a series of negotiations between police and public housing residents. In general, people on public housing properties are far more likely to be stopped and questioned by [...]
Child Welfare in the Storm: What Happens to Vulnerable Families after a Disaster?
The day after Hurricane Sandy blew through the eastern seaboard, a social worker in Manhattan was frantic to track down a little girl on Long Island. The child is 2 years old and lives with her foster mother in a neighborhood that had been slammed by the storm. She had a tracheotomy when she was [...]
For Years, Half of all NYPD Trespass Stops Were in Public Housing
People in New York City public housing are subject to more than double their share of police stops, according to government data recently filed in a class action lawsuit over police practices in public housing. Tenants of the New York City Housing Authority make up about five percent of the city’s population. In each of [...]
A First in NY: Residence for Young Offenders with Mental Illness
Last week marked the opening of the first psychiatric residence for juvenile delinquents in the state’s custody. Most of the handful of young people who have moved into the new home in Brooklyn are transferring from juvenile justice facilities upstate. Some have been waiting for weeks or even months to move in, says Michael Pawel, [...]
New Coalition Wins Fight for Childcare and Afterschool Programs
After months of high-stakes volleying, a new coalition of childcare and afterschool advocates has won a decided victory in the latest round of New York City budget ping-pong: Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council announced a deal on Monday to save slots for about 47,000 children in programs that were set to be slashed in the [...]
What’s the Matter with Staten Island?
Over the past two years, the north shore community of Staten Island had more children placed in foster care than any other community district in New York City, according to a Child Welfare Watch analysis of Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) data. In 2010, the neighborhoods of St. George and Stapleton, near the Staten Island [...]
Preparing New Group Homes for Young Lawbreakers
The Bloomberg administration is swiftly moving on its plans to establish several new group homes that will house New Yorkers aged 15 and under who have been sentenced for crimes. The city has chosen 11 nonprofit providers to operate the nonsecure, residential centers, which will open as early as September. This leaves the organizations just [...]
Action in the Legislature on Raise the Age
The effort to keep nonviolent 16- and 17-year-olds out of adult court has moved to the state legislature, which is considering two new juvenile justice bills. One, based on a proposal by the state’s chief judge, would establish permanent youth courts that prevent those tried for nonviolent offenses from picking up permanent criminal records, but [...]
A Clearer View of Bloomberg’s ‘Close to Home’ Plan
It’s been more than a year since Mayor Bloomberg announced that he wanted to pull New York City kids out of state-run juvenile justice facilities, sending them instead to a new system of programs and lockups controlled by the city. Until recently, details of the city’s plan have been scarce: What would the city’s system [...]
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A Need for Correction: Reforming New York’s Juvenile Justice System
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For Years, Half of all NYPD Trespass Stops Were in Public Housing
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Preparing New Group Homes for Young Lawbreakers
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