“Raise the Age” [nearly] 5 years Later: A Focus on Diversion and Support in the Youth Justice System of New York City

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Nancy Andiloro, Ph.D. has nearly 20 years of research experience in criminal justice and criminology and is the Director of Research for DOP, designing and executing research projects to monitor and evaluate operational and policy initiatives. Dr. Andiloro earned her Ph.D. at the Graduate Center—CUNY, specializing in Quantitative Research Methods, she earned her M.Phil. in Educational Psychology there, her M.A. in general psychology at Queens College—CUNY and a B.S. in psychology at Wagner College.

Amy Blackman is a Supervising Probation Officer in the New York City Department of Probation (DOP)’s Youth Part that oversees the intake and diversion services for young people [ages 16 and 17] in Brooklyn in support the implementation of the state-wide legislation to Raise the Age (RTA). Prior to her role supervising probation officers in Brooklyn, she served as a Probation Officer in the Queens Youth Part and has over 10 years of experience supporting young people and families in various NYC systems.

Stacye Desamours is the Citywide Youth Part Director at the New York City Department of Probation (DOP) and has more than 30 years of experience working with young people and families in community supervision and child welfare. In her current role, she oversees the city-wide intake, diversion, and pre-disposition intensive community monitoring teams that support the implementation of the state-wide legislation to Raise the Age (RTA). Ms. Desamours was also a key partner in the development of the new RTA law in 2018 and helped to guide new policies and procedures related to probation practice by serving as a committee member in the re-writing of the New York State Juvenile Probation Intake Rules and Regulations for OPCA. Ms. Desamours is a graduate of New York Institute of Technology NY. BA Behavioral Sciences, MPS Human Relations-Clinical Counseling.