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Chair asks about early termination; Goodwin says practice is back

New York City Council · Oct 26, 2026 · starts 0:51:33 · 29 sec

Brooks-Powers asks whether DOP is aware that judges may be more inclined to grant early termination motions filed by probation. Goodwin says DOP is looking at all eligible cases and that the early discharge practice has been restored.

Stacey Dessimore

If the young person wants to do boxing, if the young person wants to do...

Stacey Dessimore

creative writing.

Stacey Dessimore

If the young person is interested in cosmetology, we want to make sure that we are targeting that.

Stacey Dessimore

We have wraparound funds for that to make sure we get what the young person needs.

Selvena N. Brooks-Powers

Thank you for that.

Selvena N. Brooks-Powers

Pivoting to early termination of probation, we have been told that judges may be more inclined to grant motions for early termination of probation when those motions are filed by the Department of Probation.