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Featured Program Partner NY Family Court
OUR PROGRAM PARTNER
New York Family Court
New York Family Court is part of the New York State Unified Court System. The mission of Family Court is to protect children and support stronger families. Family Court works to provide the just and timely resolution of all matters brought before the court, including cases involving adoption, custody, visitation, paternity, child support, child abuse and neglect, domestic abuse, criminal offences committed by children, juvenile immigration, and other issues of child and family welfare. They recognize that families who appear in court may be experiencing a crisis, and strives to create a court environment that conveys respect and confidence.
In 2010, Creative Art Works was invited by New York Family Court to beautify the walls of a waiting area in the courthouse at 60 Lafayette Street. Rather than simply installing some paintings, CAW developed a programmatic relationship wherein Youth Apprentices create art that is both personally cathartic and inspiring to all those who journey through the halls of the court. Since then, CAW has developed a restorative and social justice platform that has employed hundreds of young people to deliver messages of hope to other young people in crisis, as well as the judges, lawyers, social works, law enforcement offices, and staff, who toil daily to address such struggles.
OUR 2021 HONOREE
Karen Lupuloff, Supervising Judge, New York Family Court, Manhattan Division
Judge Karen Lupuloff, Supervising Judge of New York County Family Court, was first appointed to the bench in 2005. Judge Lupuloff presided during her first year in Manhattan Criminal Court and has presided since that time in New York City Family Court, both in the Bronx and in Manhattan. Judge Lupuloff specializes in Child Protection but has also specialized in custody, domestic violence, and juvenile delinquency cases. Judge Lupuloff serves as a member of The Richard C. Failla LGBTQ Commission of the New York Courts.
Before her appointment to the bench, Judge Lupuloff served nine years as an assistant district attorney at the New York County District Attorney’s Office, where she prosecuted street crimes, sex abuse and child abuse cases, and investigated and prosecuted international drug cartels. She then worked for five years at the Office of the Special Commissioner of Investigation for the NYC School District, investigating crimes and corruption in the school system. As a Deputy Commissioner for that office, Judge Lupuloff supervised attorneys, investigators and support staff. Judge Lupuloff served for five years at the New York State Office of the Attorney General, first as the deputy chief of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and subsequently rising to the level of deputy chief of the Criminal Division. Judge Lupuloff received her B.A. from American University and her J.D. from Temple University School of Law.
— Judge Karen Lupuloff addressing CAW Apprentices at the unveiling of youth-created art for New York Family Court, Bronx Division
