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10 Wins for Safety and Justice in 2025

Take a look at some exciting new initiatives, milestones, and highlights from our teams across the Center this year.

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Safe, Healthy Homes for the Holidays

Poor housing conditions affect millions of people across the country, but there are ways to support families with getting the repairs they need.

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How Community Ambassadors Help Their Neighbors Secure Stable Housing

Amid a housing crisis that has left many feeling helpless, the Community Ambassadors program in Syracuse restores communication and trust.

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Why Supporting Families Is Crucial to Strong Communities

For many families, contact with the legal system comes after years of struggling to meet basic needs. When we invest in solutions that respond to those needs both inside and outside of the courts, we pave the way for safer, stronger communities.

Reflecting on Strong Starts, 10 Years On

Over the past decade, the Strong Starts Court Initiative has worked to transform the family court process to focus on strengthening parents’ relationships with their babies.

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10 Wins for Safety and Justice in 2025

Take a look at some exciting new initiatives, milestones, and highlights from our teams across the Center this year.

Reflecting on Strong Starts, 10 Years On

Over the past decade, the Strong Starts Court Initiative has worked to transform the family court process to focus on strengthening parents’ relationships with their babies.

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The Justice System Shouldn’t Be a Revolving Door. Here’s How to Prevent That.

These resources give practitioners and reformers new strategies to break cycles of rearrest and create a justice system that leaves people better off.

Professor Alexandra Natapoff of Harvard Law School

Voices of Justice: Professor Alexandra Natapoff on the Promise of Municipal Courts

“A lot of our criminal system takes place off the radar, in places we don’t pay enough attention to.”

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A New Home for Community Justice in East New York

People awaiting trial in East New York can now find vital resources closer to their own communities.

Restorative Justice: Myth versus Reality

Four myths about restorative justice and what they get wrong.

Seven people from our restorative justice team sit in a circle around a tapestry with various objects and trinkets.

How Restorative Justice Circles Help People Heal

Connection and understanding are basic human needs. In the wake of harm and conflict, restorative justice circles bring those needs back into focus.

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Voices of Justice: Why Restorative Justice?

A conversation with Kellsie Sayers, Erica Wright, and Hillary Packer on the transformative power of restorative justice.

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Voices of Justice: Thaddeus Canty on Leading the Red Hook Community Justice Center

A conversation with Thaddeus Canty, Project Director of the Red Hook Community Justice Center.

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A Criminal Record Can Follow People for Life. There’s a Better Path.

Reforms like Project Reset show how we can respond to low-level offenses in ways that strengthen community and put people on track for a brighter future.

Reckoning with Trauma in Court

What would it look like for courts to respond to trauma with care and compassion?

Three artists stand in front of three-panel painting in Midtown courtroom featuring trees, buildings, and a yellow spiral sky.

New Artworks Bring Hope and Joy to a Midtown Courtroom

Six new artworks created by people who have been affected by the justice system have been unveiled at the Midtown Community Justice Center.

10 Wins for Safety and Justice in 2025

Safe, Healthy Homes for the Holidays

How Community Ambassadors Help Their Neighbors Secure Stable Housing

Why Supporting Families Is Crucial to Strong Communities

Reflecting on Strong Starts, 10 Years On

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10 Wins for Safety and Justice in 2025

Reflecting on Strong Starts, 10 Years On

The Justice System Shouldn’t Be a Revolving Door. Here’s How to Prevent That.

Voices of Justice: Professor Alexandra Natapoff on the Promise of Municipal Courts

A New Home for Community Justice in East New York

Restorative Justice: Myth versus Reality

How Restorative Justice Circles Help People Heal

Voices of Justice: Why Restorative Justice?

Voices of Justice: Thaddeus Canty on Leading the Red Hook Community Justice Center

A Criminal Record Can Follow People for Life. There’s a Better Path.

Reckoning with Trauma in Court

New Artworks Bring Hope and Joy to a Midtown Courtroom