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March 19, 2026 Supervised Visitation Press Conference.

Assembly Member Andrew Hevesi, member of the Permanent Commission on Justice for Families, looks on as Senator Shelley Mayer delivers remarks in the NYS Capitol building.

(Clockwise from back left) Cathy Cramer, Esq., Commission member and Chair, NYC Bar Association Council on Children; Deana Tietjen, Esq., Deputy Executive Director, The Children’s Law Center; Rebekah Nellis Kennedy, President-Elect of Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York; Commission member Assembly Member Andrew Hevesi; and Senator Shelley Mayer

Commission member Cathy Cramer, Esq., explains the need for a statewide supervised visitation program.

February 2, 2026 Commission Meeting and Reception

Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas, Aiyana Coard, Statewide Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Coordinator, NYS UCS, and Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives Hon. Edwina G. Richardson.

(L-R) Hon. Caren Loguercio, Supervising Judge, Suffolk County Family Court; Commission Executive Director Louise Feld; Hon. Anne-Marie Jolly, Commission Co-Chair and Administrative Judge, New York City Family Court; and Hon. Fatimat O. Reid, Monroe County Family Court.

Executive Director Louise Feld, Esq., addresses the Commission.

Judy Gerber, Esq. Director Family Court Practice Institute, CJI addresses the Commission.

Commission members Shomari Ward, Esq., Piyali Basak, Esq., and Tehra Coles, Esq., compare notes.

Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives Hon. Edwina G. Richardson warmly greets Commission member Tehra Coles, Esq.

Hon. Alicea Elloras-Ally, Supervising Judge, New York County Family Court, with William Silverman, Esq., Pro Bono Partner, Proskauer Rose, LLP.

(L-R) Hon. Caren Loguercio, Supervising Judge, Suffolk County Family Court; Jennifer Gilroy Ruiz, Esq.; Hon. Peter Passidomo, Chief Magistrate, NYC Family Court; and Prof. Emily Haney-Caron.

(L-R) Hon. Richard Rivera, Commission Co-chair and Statewide Coordinating Judge for Family Court Matters; Hon. Anne-Marie Jolly, Commission Co-Chair and Administrative Judge, New York City Family Court; Louise Feld, Esq., Commission Executive Director; Dawne Mitchell, Commission Co-chair and Chief Attorney, Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Practice; and Hon. Adam Silvera, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts.

Prof. Martin Guggenheim chats with Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson.

John Kraigenow, Esq., and Sarah Tirgary, Esq., the Directors of the Office of Attorneys for Children, Appellate Division, Third and Second Departments, respectively.

Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts Adam Silvera speaks with Commission Co-chair and Statewide Coordinating Judge for Family Court Matters Hon. Richard Rivera and Kings County Family Court Judge Hon. Nisha Menon.

Hon. Tandra L. Dawson, NY County Supreme Court, Integrated Domestic Violence Part, and Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson at the Permanent Commission on Justice for Families reception following the meeting, Monday February 2nd, 2026, at the Law Offices of Proskauer Rose, LLP.

February 5, 2025 Inaugural Commission Meeting

Commission member Deonna Jones, Esq., shares insight into her Family Court experiences with inaugural meeting attendees, including, from left to right, Commission Executive Director Louise Feld, Esq.; Commission Co-Chair Hon. Anne-Marie Jolly; Commission Co-Chair Dawne Mitchell, Esq.; Commission Member Kenny Carter of F.A.I.T.H.; and Commission Judicial Co-Chair Hon. Richard Rivera.

Hon. Tandra Dawson, Justice, NY County Supreme Court, Integrated Domestic Violence Part, speaks to the inaugural meeting attendees, as Commission Members Cathy Cramer, Executive Director of Family Legal Care; Hon. Dean Kusakabe, Judge, Queens County Family Court; and Hon. Gayle P. Roberts, Justice, Bronx County Supreme Court, Criminal Term Youth Part, look on.

Hon. Audrey Stone, Justice, Bronx County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, makes a statement to the inaugural meeting attendees. Surrounding Judge Stone, clockwise from left, are Commission Members Hon. Liberty Aldrich (ret.), Executive Director of The Children’s Law Center; Jennifer Gilroy-Ruiz, Esq., Chief of the NYC Law Department’s Family Court Division; and Stephen Weisbeck, Esq., Director of the Juvenile Justice Division of The Legal Aid Society of Rochester, New York.

Commission Member Arique Dross, Esq., of The Dross Law Firm, details his personal and professional experiences with the Family Court system.

Commission Member Cathy Cramer, Executive Director of Family Legal Care, introduces herself at the inaugural meeting. Surrounding Ms. Cramer, clockwise from bottom left, are Hon. Nisha Menon, Judge, Kings County Family Court; Stephen Weisbeck, Esq., Director of the Juvenile Justice Division of The Legal Aid Society of Rochester, New York; Eileen Stack, Deputy Commissioner, Child Support Services, NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance; Hon. Dean Kusakabe, Judge, Queens County Family Court; Hon. T

Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Edwina G. Richardson, who leads the NYS Unified Court System’s Office for Justice Initiatives (OJI), addresses members of the Commission during introductory remarks.

Commission Member Nicole Velazquez, Esq., Deputy Director of The Bronx Defenders Family Defense Practice, introduces herself to attendees at the Commission’s inaugural meeting. Watching, from left to right, are Commission Members Hon. Jacqueline Deane, Judge, Brooklyn Family Court; Commission Co-Chair Dawne Mitchell, Esq.; Prof. Martin Guggenheim, Professor of Clinical Law Emeritus, NYU Law School; Dr. Karen Cort, Director, NYC Family Court MH Clinic; and Commission Executive Director, Louise Feld, Esq.

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