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News & Media Coverage

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"Opening Up Opportunities" - Metropolis Magazine, 4/13/2012


Neighborhood Opportunity Network

"New satellite Probation office brings programs and services probationers need to Central Harlem neighborhood" - New York Daily News, 4/10/2012
"Mayor Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor Gibbs and Probation Commissioner Schiraldi launch first Neighborhood Opportunity Network - NeON - a central element of Young Men's Initiative" - Mayor's Office Press Release, 12/08/2011
"NYC Probation Commissioner Explains Connection With Mayor's Young Men's Initiative" - NY1, 10/19/2011
"First Neighborhood Opportunity Network Office Opens in Brownsville" - New York Observer, 12/08/2011


Community Outreach

"Probation Department to open local offices in exchange for community service, anti-crime work" - Daily News, 12/2/2010


Juvenile Justice

"New York City Seeks Realigned Juvenile Justice System" (in PDF) - New York Law Journal, 02/01/2011
"The Case for Local Control" - City Limits, 01/31/2011
"Bloomberg's Bid to Take Over Juvenile Justice System Gains Steam" - DNAinfo, 01/27/2011
"Reform of the state's juvenile justice system is long overdue" - The Journal News (Westchester), 01/9/2011
"Jails Closer to Home" - New York Times, 12/24/2010
"Andy, It's Ab$urd: Vows to Kill 'Ridiculous' Juvie-Shutter Law" - New York Post, 11/23/2010
"How to keep kids out of jail" - Albany Times Union, 09/3/2010
"Prison alternative is cost-effective" - Albany Times Union, 08/29/2010
"Transforming Juvenile Justice" (in PDF) - New York Law Journal, 08/27/2010
"Poster Aims to Demystify Multifaceted Process Faced by Arrested Teens" (in PDF) - New York Law Journal, 08/4/2010
"Real Justice for Juveniles" - New York Times, 06/1/2010
"Project Zero, an initiative of the NYC Department of Probation that seeks alternatives to locking up young offenders in Juvenile jail" - City Limits, 07/7/2008


Miscellaneous

"Q&A: Vincent Schiraldi" - New York Law Journal, 05/25/2012
"The Bronx To Receive $1M Federal Grant for Domestic Violence Services" - NY1, 10/19/2011
"It's Your Park! Six DoP juvenile clients participated in a community service project at Von King Park on Saturday" - BedStuy Patch, 10/15/2011
"Recidivism in New York" - New York Times, 05/11/2011
"Mayor Bloomberg appoints Vincent N. Schiraldi as Commissioner of the Department of Probation" (in PDF) - Press Release, 11/30/2009
"Freshening up, in West Brighton" - Staten Island Advance, 08/10/2011
"Brooklyn Probation Clients Volunteer Alongside Probation Officers and Staff" - Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 8/5/2011


Paint Straight

"'Paint Straight' program has Brooklyn graffiti vandals turning in spany cans for brushes" - New York Daily News, 2/03/2011
"Brooklyn teens arrested for graffiti get chance to show work at gallery" - New York Daily News, 6/30/2011
"Paint Straight" - WABC, 03/06/2011
"Legal Graffiti Coats the Courthouse Walls" - Brooklyn Eagle, 01/28/2011
"Positive Brush with the Law" (in PDF) - Daily News, 01/2011
"Legal Graffiti - Graffiti Artists Display Their Work Legally in Brooklyn" - WABC News, 01/25/2011
"In a Brooklyn Courtroom, Space for Young Graffiti Offenders' Art" - WNYC, 01/25/2011
"City's Correctional Department Promotes (Legal) Graffiti" - Animal, 09/2/2010
"Art Show Aims to Set Graffiti Writers Straight" (in PDF) - New 12 Brooklyn, 09/2/2010
"Graffiti Artists Learn to "Paint Straight" - NY1, 09/1/2010
"Showcasing Graffiti Taggers' Art, Legally" - New York Times, 09/1/2010


Probation Achievements & Recognition

"RCMS Receives Green IT Award. The Department's Office Information Technology was honored at the 2009 Excellence in Technology Award Program" (in PDF) - Press Release, 10/2009
"Probation Team Wins Customer Service Award" (in PDF) - Press Release, 10/30/2009
"Intel Honored for Helping Take Down Violent Gang" (in PDF) - Press Release, 10/2009
"NYC Probation Honored by the Harvard Kennedy School" (in PDF)  - Press Release, 04/15/2008
"Probation Plays Role in 911 Ceremony" - Press Release, 09/11/2007
"Innovations in Probation: Assessing New York City's Automated Reporting System - The JFA Institute" (in PDF) - JFA Institute (Publication), 07/2007


Showcasing Our Probation Clients

"Young Probationers Tour Arthur Avenue" - Bronx Times, 09/10/2010


Young Men's Initiative

"New academic partnership with Young Men's Initiative helps Bronx agencies serve more at-risk youth"
(in PDF) - Daily News, 2/13/2012
"New City Effort Targets Incarceration" - New York Law Journal, 9/8/2011