CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: ‘Close Rikers’ Eschews Real Reform for a Real-Estate Drama
Lynn Ellsworth |
‘The ‘Build New Jails’ advocates have adopted a two-step Bait and Switch political strategy that is oddly familiar.’
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Criminal Justice Reform Hits Critical Juncture in Albany
Jarrett Murphy |
As the governor and state lawmakers wrestle with weighty issues like congestion pricing and marijuana legalization during the state budget process, hope has slightly dimmed that they will address the problems playing out in courtrooms and jail cells.
ACS
Tragedy, Advocates, Pols Paved Way for Bid to Keep Detained Youth Closer to Home
Jarrett Murphy |
A report says complicated backstory of the city-state Close to Home program—and its early success–are a model for youth-justice systems around the country.
arrest
CityViews: Jazmine Headley Case Exposes Flaws in a Justice System that Rushes to Charge
Nick Encalada-Malinowski |
After a video emerged showing a violent arrest, officials rushed to free Jazmine Headley from jail. But why was she behind bars before anyone had a chance to investigate the charges that put her there?
Justice
Low Pay for Public Defenders and Prosecutors Seen as Threat to Justice
Harry DiPrinzio |
Inadequate salaries for public defenders and junior prosecutors lead to a system staffed by less skilled and experienced attorneys and potentially worse outcomes on both sides.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Courts Have to Force More Change at the NYPD
Rikia Evans |
Landmark decisions about the policing of public housing and stop-and frisk put the NYPD on a path of reform. But, the author argues, the department needs a stronger push from the outside to make real changes.
Aging
They Say Legal Guardians Ripped Them Off—and the State AG Let Them Down
Alisa Partlan |
Alleged victims of guardianship abuse and trust fraud have come forward to say that Eric Schneiderman’s office refused to investigate their complaints.
The Global Squeeze
Hijacked Buildings and ‘Shock and Awe’ Tactics in Johannesburg’s Low-Income Black Neighborhoods
Daylin Paul |
After apartheid, many Blacks left South Africa’s townships in a search for a better life in the big city. Now they see government, landlords and private-security firms banding together to drive them out.
Brooklyn
Video: Council’s Lancman on Next Steps to Close Rikers
Jarrett Murphy |
Also: Marking the anniversary of Malcolm X’s death.
bail
Observers: Brooklyn DA Still Pushes for Bail Too Often
Theodore Hamm |
As the candidates for Brooklyn district attorney prepare to debate, defense lawyers and a bail advocate say that cash bail is still requested too often under acting DA Eric Gonzalez.
