New Justice Center Brings Community Court to Rockaways

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Beth Fertig
WNYC News | May 28, 2020

For those arrested in the Rockaways, going through the justice system has always involved a long haul. The trip from Far Rockaway to the Queens criminal courthouse in Kew Gardens could take almost an hour and a half by bus and train even before extra logistical hurdles of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

But this summer, young people arrested for misdemeanors on the peninsula will have an option much closer to home. A community court is scheduled to open through a partnership with the Queens District Attorney, two local police precincts, neighborhood leaders, and Queens Defenders.

Read more at Gothamist.

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