Raise the Age
New York Must Raise the Age!
Did you know that New York and North Carolina are the only states in the country where all children 16 and older are treated as adults in the criminal justice system? Did you know that children as young as 7 can be found to be juvenile delinquents in N …
Raise the Age Fact Sheets
CCC is part of a Campaign urging the State to Raise the Age of criminal responsibility in New York. Currently, New York is one of only two states (the other is North Carolina) that treats all children as adults in the criminal justice system once they …
BROAD CAMPAIGN CALLS ON ALBANY TO “RAISE THE AGE”
Contact: Mandela Jones, 646.200.5316, Mandela@berlinrosen.com BROAD CAMPAIGN CALLS ON ALBANY TO “RAISE THE AGE” NEW YORK IS ONE OF ONLY TWO STATES TO TREAT ALL 16- AND 17- YEAR OLDS AS ADULTS WHEN ARRESTED; 50,000 CHILDREN IMPACTED EACH YEAR CHIDREN’S …
2012 Polier Symposium: Rethinking Juvenile Justice
The keynote speaker for CCC’s 2012 Polier Symposium was Chief Justice Jonathan Lippman, who spoke about his vision for raising the age of criminality in New York. The Chief Judge spoke of a juvenile justice system being more responsive and how that vis …
CCC Testimony: City Council Hearing on Resolution 1067: Supporting New York State Chief Judge Lippman’s Call to Raise the Age of Criminal Responsibility for Non-violent Offenses to 18
CCC testified at a Juvenile Justice Committee Hearing on November 2, 2011 in support of the Council Resolution supporting Chief Judge Lippman’s proposal to raise the age of criminal responsibility in New York to 18 for non-violent offenses, but CCC als …
