Though policymakers are responsible for establishing the policy frameworks, local agencies and practitioners — court officials, law enforcement, prosecutors, service providers and defense attorneys — are ultimately the ones who carry them out. Their buy-in during the legislative process can ensure policies in theory reach their intended goals in practice.

The study includes feedback on how provisions have shaped policies and practices, along with learned lessons to inform comprehensive legislative reform development.

Blaming violent crime on criminal legal reforms without any evidence has many negative consequences, including increased political pressure to expand unnecessary, harmful and expensive incarceration practices. Equally dangerously, it diverts resources away from understanding the actual causes of crime, including the complex impact of COVID-19.

Abusive partner intervention programs (APIPs) can reduce crime and provide long-term benefits to both parties involved in an abusive relationship and to the community as a whole – if done the right way. It’s not easy. Abusive partner interventions are challenging. But instead of giving up on these efforts to prevent recidivism, we must reinvigorate our commitment to proven methods that get results

Abusive partner intervention programs (APIPs) can reduce crime and provide long-term benefits to both parties involved in an abusive relationship and to the community as a whole – if done the right way. It’s not easy. Abusive partner interventions are challenging. But instead of giving up on these efforts to prevent recidivism, we must reinvigorate our commitment to proven methods that get results

This week, the Manhattan DA’s office is partnering with CUNY’s Institute for State & Local Governance (ISLG) to award 10 community-based organizations with $20,000 each. These investments will engage young New Yorkers with supportive services and work in the community — methods proven to keep young people, and their neighbors, safe from gun violence.

The research presented in ISLG’s newly released report, Justice in Decision-Making: Studying Racial & Ethnic Disparities in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, represents a crucial first step towards developing a more holistic understanding of where racial and ethnic disparities exist in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s (DA’s) Office. This report is the culmination of a years-long partnership between ISLG and the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and highlights the value of these types of collaborations and what can be learned from them.

As part of their work to fill the gaps in data regarding probation revocations, ISLG, in partnership with Arnold Ventures, is excited to announce both the launch of the second phase of the Reducing Revocations Challenge and the release of the research brief that informs it, Pathways to Success on Probation: Lessons Learned from the First Phase of the Reducing Revocations Challenge.

Today, we announced the second cohort of the Kriegel Fellowship for Public Service Leaders. The Kriegel Fellowship is a leadership and professional development program for chiefs of staff of city and state legislators serving the New York City area.