Bronx
FAMILY COURT ABOUT-FACE STUNS LAWYERS, GRANNY
Matthew Strozier |
A high-profile case turns against a grandmother’s hope to reconnect with her two grandchildren when a judge changes his mind.
Family Court
GOING, GOING, GOSHEN: TEENS THROWN IN TOUGHEST JAIL
Wendy Davis |
Goshen Secure Center has all the trappings of a maximum-security prison for teenage boys. But the kids being sent there these days are in for minor offenses like a fist fight.
Citywide
Cityview: Full Court Press
Jeanne Mullgrav |
How the fragmentation of New York’s courts does injustice to families.
Bronx
MAYOR GIULIANI TO JUDGE: ORDER OUT OF COURT
Alyssa Katz |
What caused the mayor to dismiss a fiery judge from the Bronx family court: two controversial incidents or her criticism of city policies?
Family Court
WITH NO VACANCIES, CITY THROWS GROUP HOME TEENS IN JAIL
Wendy Davis |
Teenage girls appearing in Family Court are being rerouted from a group home to maximum-security jails, and the judges aren’t too happy about it.
Family Court
Code Blues
Wendy Davis |
Slum landlords can rest easy. The corps of city lawyers that defends tenants against code violations has been slashed from 45 attorneys to 18 in the last four years.
Staten Island
Impaired Judgment
Alyssa Katz |
The city’s child welfare agency is funneling borderline cases into an already overwhelmed Family Court system. The result is more kids are in foster care-and they’re staying in limbo longer.
Family Court
New Havens
Dylan Foley |
A Park Slope battered women’s shelter is reaching out to two very different groups of women: lesbians and Arab Americans.
Family Court
CITY LIMITS IN COURT
City Limits |
In the current issue of City Limits: an overview of what’s wrong with New York City’s Family Court.
Justice
ADOPTION BILL ORPHANED IN STATE CAPITOL
G. Thrush and A. Katz |
Governor Pataki and the State Assembly each have their own version of a new state law that will implement tougher federal adoption rules–but either will speed up the current system dramatically.
