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Juvenile Justice
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Lawyers, Advocates Prod Albany for More Legal Protections for Kids Under Arrest
A broad coalition of groups plan to rally Dec. 15 for a proposed bill that would prevent cops from interrogating minors without counsel or taking them to a precinct without consulting parents first.
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‘Raise the Age’ Youth Jail Consultants Get $1.2M Extension as Situation Worsened
City Hall hired consulting giant KPMG in 2018 to help manage the transfer of teens from adult jails to juvenile detention. How’s that going?
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Youth, Advocates See Pros and Cons in Adams’ Sprawling Public Safety Proposals
Mayor Eric Adams made a last-minute visit to Horizon Juvenile Center in The Bronx on Thursday afternoon, following reports of a hostage situation there early Tuesday morning, as teen detainees allegedly threatened staff with makeshift weapons and stole their keys. The hastily announced trip, which was closed to journalists, was the latest big move for […]
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Who Are NYPD’s New ‘Youth Coordination Officers’ Headed to Schools?
Additional reporting by Suhail Bhat Last month, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a fairly new kind of cop would be sent to city schools following a spate of violent incidents, including five guns allegedly recovered from students within a week. The NYPD initially rolled out the “Youth Coordination Officers” program in 2020, with an early […]
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NYC Adding More Metal Detectors and Police to Public Schools
After a spate of incidents involving students allegedly bringing guns into school buildings, Mayor Bill de Blasio is deploying additional metal detectors to campuses and extra police officers.
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Staff, Advocates Push for Better Conditions at Youth Jails as Rikers Steals Attention
Juvenile lock-ups in the city are facing a staffing “crisis within [a] crisis” as overworked guards manage an aging and increasingly listless population of detainees. Youth advocates and union officials are asking for more staff and structure in the detention facilities as the city’s child welfare agency struggles to maintain a workforce dealing with injuries […]
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Vaccinate Teens Without Parental Consent, City Child Welfare Agency Says
Lawyers for youth and families push back on new policy that allows foster care and juvenile justice homes to give vaccines to 16- and 17-year-olds even if mom or dad objects.
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New School Year Brings New Concerns of Pandemic ‘Educational Neglect’ Child Welfare Probes
With all New York kids set to soon return for in-person classes for the first time in 1 ½ years, Mayor Bill de Blasio tried to reassure nervous parents Wednesday that pandemic-related absences won’t immediately lead to child-neglect investigations. “If in the beginning of the school year, a parent is not ready, we’re going to […]
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School Policing Questioned as Students Return to Classrooms Amid Pandemic Stress and Security Revamp
The restart of fully in-person public school classes in less than a month will bring the return of nearly a million students — along with more than 4,000 school safety agents. That’s reignited a raging debate over what role, if any, cops should have in classrooms, at a time when many children are especially vulnerable and […]