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Project Reset funding and services
3:33:42
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Council Member Salaam inquires about the $4 million in baseline funding for Project Reset. MOCJ officials explain the purpose and benefits of the program.
- Project Reset provides pre-arraignment diversion services for low-level misdemeanors
- The program invests in people by providing services and reduces the number of cases brought into the court system
- It helps keep arraignments within the 24-hour time frame and allows the criminal justice system to focus on more critical cases
Yusef Salaam
3:33:42
The plan includes $4,000,000 in baseline funding for project reset.
3:33:48
What specific services will these funds support?
Nora Daniel
3:33:54
Project We Set is early, it's prearrangement diversion.
3:33:58
So it provides services for low level misdemeanors for people who are entering the system that way.
Deanna Logan
3:34:09
Moreover, we just want to make sure that you're aware chair that not only does it invest in people by providing them services, it also is part of case processing as the number of cases that are arraigned each year is reduced by the individuals that never actually get brought into the court system.
3:34:30
And so, it is a vital part of not only serving New Yorkers, but also ensuring that the criminal justice system is addressing the cases that they most need to look at and keep us within our twenty four hour time frame for arraignment.