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Erie County

Judge Brenda Freedman

9/15/2022

A Frank Conversation with a Judge on the Juvenile Justice Bench in New York

Adilia Watson

Serving Erie County, New York in the Youth Part and Family Court, Judge Brenda Freedman discusses her career path and changes to the juvenile justice system.

8/12/2020

New York Counties Say Funding Fix on Aging Out Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Megan Conn

Last month, New York’s Office of Children and Family Services offered a compromise to the advocates pressuring the state to allow youth in foster care to continue receiving housing support and other services past age 21, when the financial help typically expires.

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8/20/2019

Teen Arrests Are Falling Sharply Across New York This Year, After Cuomo’s Justice Reform

Michael Fitzgerald and Abe Kenmore

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Raise the Age (RTA) reform law was intended to overhaul the justice system for 16- and 17-year-olds charged with crimes — mandating a new, rehabilitation-focused network of detention facilities, court rooms and punishments for teens who are arrested.

Colorado Considers a Raise the Age Youth Justice Bill

7/17/2019

Some New York Prosecutors Expect a Tricky Year Ahead on Raise the Age

Muhammad Nomani

When Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) signed the juvenile justice law known as “Raise the Age” in April 2017, advocates celebrated that New York would finally catch up to other states moving 16- and 17-year-olds out of adult courts and lockups.

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