Adi Talwar
NYC Family Court Administrative Judge Jeanette Ruiz says the addition of nine new judges has reduced the pending caseload per judge from 525 cases in the beginning of 2015 to around 470 cases today.
Nine additional judgeships were added to the New York City Family Court system in 2015, the first increase since 1990—a period over which caseloads swelled by 23 percent.
On Monday, October 17, the Justice for All Coalition (a coalition of concerned stakeholders in Long Island City) hosted a grassroots forum to explore the potential rezoning and issues like affordable housing, union jobs, the proposed BQX light rail, and displacement. Our coverage produced these two videos.
The walls of city buildings often become memorials to children claimed by disease, to adults taken by violence or to the victims of war or terrorist attacks. It’s a way for memories to live on, until the mural itself becomes a thing of the past.
People who get art therapy through treatment programs or hospitals often lose access to it once they leave and need outpatient help.
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