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Gun Violence as Public Health Threat

Gotham Gazette

The Gotham Gazette looks at New York City's plans for new anti-gun-violence initiatives cites Save Our Streets Crown Heights as a successful model.

Spotlight on Experimental Courts after Juvenile Crime Law Falters

Thomson Reuters

An article from Reuters profiles the Adolescent Diversion Program, a pilot court program that the Center helped the New York State Unified Court System develop to assist 16- and 17-year-old nonviolent offenders.

Picturing Public Policy

Gotham Gazette

A story from the Gotham Gazette on comic books as a way of explaining public policy features the Center's "I Got Arrested! Now What?"

Held Hostage in Brownsville: Residents Too Afraid to Leave their Homes Because of Gun Violence

NY Daily News

The New York Daily News spotlights Brownsville, Brooklyn and quotes James Brodick, project director of the Brownsville Community Justice Center.

City Council Funds Program to Stop Gun Violence in the South Bronx

DNAinfo

An article from DNAinfo on a new initiative to replicate Save Our Streets (SOS) Crown Heights, which treats gun violence as a public health crisis, in the 40th precinct in the Bronx. The article quotes Amy Ellenbogen, director of the Crown Heights Mediation Center, which runs SOS Crown Heights: “We stand together to say we want to stop this plague.”

Penalty for Rule-Breaking Bicyclists: A Remedial Class

The New York Times

Article from The New York Times on the Midtown Community Court's remedial class for rule-breaking cyclists.

A Community Court Transforms a Neighborhood

Park Slope Civic Council

An article from the Park Slope Civic Council describes the Red Hook Community Justice Center's transformative role in Brooklyn.

G.I. Go Program Looks to Save Newark’s Homeless Veterans from Infamous ‘Heroes Highway’

The Star-Ledger

The Star-Ledger includes a photo of Sienna Cuyjet, of Newark Community Solutions, interviewing a homeless Air Force veteran.

Chicago Police to Partner with Anti-Violence Group CeaseFire to Curb Shootings

msnbc.com

This article from msnbc.com quotes Amy Ellenbogen of Save Our Streets Crown Heights, a program replicating CeaseFire in Brooklyn, New York.

MoMA Exhibit Puts Spotlight on Women Arrested for Prostitution

DNAinfo

Artwork made by clients of the Midtown Community Court is on display at the Museum of Modern Art.

Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Transition Back to Life in Harlem

whitehouse.gov

Eugene Schneeberg, of the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Justice, on the Harlem Parole Reentry graduation.

A Jury of Their Peers

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle covers the Greenpoint Youth Court's graduation ceremony.

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