Can proactive policing continue to reduce crime while also limiting the disproportionate number of African Americans currently being arrested and jailed? Our director, Greg Berman, says yes: refine police tactics, engage communities, and invest in community crime prevention.
The Mayor's Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety and the Center for Court Innovation work to improve the environment in which people live, like better building maintenance, having access to necessary services, engaging in civic life, and the community coming together to collaboratively solve problems. The article quotes engagement coordinator, Karla Alonso, and highlights the Harlem Community Justice Center and St. Nicholas housing complex in photos.
A close look at the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety, which is being employed in 15 public housing complexes in New York City with help from the Center for Court Innovation.
A profile of the remarkable multi-year project—part augmented reality, part oral history—of the young coders at our Brownsville Community Justice Center.
Residents react to a surprising city investment in the historically under-served central Brooklyn neighborhood, and a look at the work re-imagining public spaces, led by our Brownsville Community Justice Center, that helped to make the investment possible.
New York Public Radio profiles the young coders in the tech lab at our Brownsville Community Justice Center in central Brooklyn, using augmented reality to tell real Brownsville stories and imagine new possibilities for the neighborhood.