The Center for Court Innovation grew out of a single experiment, the Midtown Community Court, which was created in 1993 to address low-level offending around Times Square. The project’s success in reducing both crime and incarceration led the court’s planners, with the support of New York State’s chief judge, to establish the Center for Court Innovation to serve as an ongoing engine for justice reform in New York. The Center’s founding director was John Feinblatt. It is currently run by Greg Berman, who was also part of the founding team.
Over the years, we have helped design, implement and run over three dozen operating programs (many of which now function independently of the Center, such as the Brooklyn Treatment Court), produced original research about hundreds of justice initiatives, and hosted tens of thousands of visitors interested in justice reform. We are proud to have received numerous awardsfor our work, including the Peter F. Drucker Prize for Non-Profit Innovation and the Innovations in American Government Award from Harvard University and the Ford Foundation.
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