Eric Lee - Center for Justice Innovation

Eric is the founder of Bennett Midland LLC, a management consulting company based in New York City. He has developed innovative solutions to address problems in urban planning, community and economic development and criminal justice, working with mayors and other civic leaders in New York City and across the United States. Eric Lee served as senior policy advisor for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and was part of the founding team of the Center for Justice Innovation. He also serves on the board of directors of the Center for an Urban Future. Eric is a graduate of Vassar College and holds a Master’s degree in Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Eric's Updates

Siegel Scholars Announced (and Other News)

Developed in partnership with the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the Alfred Siegel Scholarship Fund honors Alfred Siegel, the Center for Court Innovation’s deputy director who passed away last year.

Meaningful Alternatives to Incarceration

Each year, the Center for Court Innovation helps to reduce the use of jail in New York by providing meaningful alternatives to incarceration to tens of thousands of defendants.

The Center for Court Innovation’s work to prevent violence in New York.

A few years ago, the Center for Court Innovation opened Save Our Streets (S.O.S.) Crown Heights.

Who Commits Misdemeanors?

Today's Wall Street Journal features an op-ed entitled A Surprising Portrait of the Misdemeanor Criminal by Greg Berman.