Family Court Archives : Page 6 of 11 : City Limits

FIXING FAMILY COURT

K. Angelova | March 20, 2006

A new report from the Center for an Urban Future and the Center for New York City Affairs.

NEW LIFE FOR LAST CHANCE HIGH:
CITY CONSIDERS ALTERNATIVES

Cassi Feldman | March 20, 2006

What’s next for city teens facing charges in Family Court? City officials plot new program while advocates push a plan of their own.

JUVENILE ARRESTS SPIKE:
NYPD HAULING IN MORE KIDS

Alyssa Katz | March 20, 2006

Zero tolerance in schools, thefts of iPods and cell phones are cited as factors.

SAYING GOODBYE TO LAST CHANCE HIGH:
CITY SHUTTERS TROUBLED PROGRAM

Cassi Feldman | February 21, 2006

Alternative to Detention schools give judges a way to keep kids out of jail. So what happens now that they’re closing?

COURTING TROUBLE: FAMILY COURT
OVERWHELMED WITH NEW CASES

Cassi Feldman | January 23, 2006

City courts face double whammy: a major surge in child protective cases and a strict new state law.

For Their Own Good

Wendy Davis | April 26, 2005

Juvenile delinquents get sent upstate because it’s supposed to be a better environment than their homes. The Department of Probation has a new idea: Fix the family instead.

To get their kids out of foster care, parents who’ve already been through one hell have had to hustle through another: getting help from a series of separate government bureaucracies. Until now. The city is connecting the dots to help families find housing.