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.
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Nicole Javorsky is a City Limits staff writer and a corps member with Report for America. She covered environmental issues as a staff writer for The Hill’s online section, Changing America. Before writing about climate change and public health as a ClimateDesk fellow at Mother Jones, Javorsky reported for the environment section of CityLab through The Atlantic’s editorial fellowship program. After growing up in Queens, she stayed in New York City for college. As a student at Barnard, she enjoyed exploring more of her hometown on her own, whether on freelance assignments or walks that spanned hours.