National Criminal Justice Association
The Red Hook Community Justice Center received the Outstanding Criminal Justice Award from the National Criminal Justice Association in August 2008.



Justice Served
The Center's website was named one of the top ten court websites of 2008 by Justice Served.

National Association of Drug Court Professionals  
In June 2007, the National Association of Drug Court Professionals honored the Center for Court Innovation with its National Leadership Award, in recognition of New York State's efforts to “go to scale” with drug courts. Also honored were New York State Chief Judge Judith Kaye and the New York State Association of Drug Treatment Court Professionals.

American Bar Association 
The American Bar Association presented the 2006 "Organizational Lawyer as Problem Solver Award" to the Red Hook Community Justice Center. Recipients are acknowledged for their use or promotion of collaboration, negotiation, mediation, counseling, decision-making and problem-solving skills to help parties resolve a problem in a creative and novel way.

Citizens Budget Commission
The Citizens Budget Commission awarded its Prize for Public Service Innovation to the Center for Court Innovation in 2004. The Citizens Budget Commission is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civic organization devoted to influencing constructive change in New York City and New York State government. Through its Prize for Public Service Innovation, the commission seeks to identify and highlight a New York City or State government agency that demonstrates an innovative approach to providing government services.

Innovations in American Government
The Center for Court Innovation received the Innovations in American Government Award from the Ford Foundation, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the Council for Excellence in Government. The Innovations in American Government Awards are given to "exemplary achievements in government problem solving." The award, considered to be among the nation's most prestigious public service honors, recognized the Center for its unique role in fostering court innovation in New York State and nationally. In 2002, the Center for Court Innovation was named one of the top 15 innovations in the history of the Innovations in American Government Award.

Bruner Foundation
The Red Hook Community Justice Center received the 2003 Rudy Bruner Silver Award for Urban Excellence. The Rudy Bruner Award seeks to discover and celebrate urban places that are developed with such vision and imagination that they transform urban problems into creative solutions.

National Association for Court Management
The National Association for Court Management, the largest organization of court management professionals in the world, awarded its 1994 Justice Achievement Award to the Midtown Community Court. NACM's Justice Achievement Award recognizes "exemplary court and individual performance in the improvement of judicial administration."

Broadway Association
The Broadway Association, which has represented businesses in Times Square since 1911, presented its 2007 Golden Scroll Award to the Midtown Community Court in recognition of the court’s 13 years "fostering, promoting, and improving public safety and quality of life in New York City."

Municipal Art Society of New York
The Municipal Art Society of New York, a champion of excellence in urban design, planning and preservation, awarded its Certificate of Merit to the Midtown Community Court in 1996. The Society recognized the Court for its "revolutionary approach to fighting quality-of-life crimes which has been responsible for saving many offenders while providing greater security for all New Yorkers."

Windows World Open
The Midtown Community Court's computer technology received worldwide recognition by taking the top prize at Windows World Open 1995 for public sector innovation. An international competition, the Windows World Open recognizes the best in Windows development.

Computerworld
The Midtown Community Court's computer technology was included in the 1997 Innovation Collection, housed at the National Museum of American History as part of the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards.

National Association for Court Management
The Brooklyn Felony Domestic Violence Court was one of three projects selected to receive an Honorable Mention in the NACM Justice Achievement Award contest in 1999.

National Association of Drug Court Professionals
The Brooklyn Treatment Court was selected by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals as a Mentor Court in 1999. The Mentor Drug Court Network is based on the premise that local drug courts are the best place to educate and train drug court practitioners planning or implementing new drug courts in other jurisdictions.

Kings County District Attorney's Office
The Crown Heights Community Mediation Center received the Jewish Heritage Award in 1999. Given by the Kings County (Brooklyn) District Attorney's Office, the Jewish Heritage Award recognizes people and organizations whose work benefits the Jewish community.

Heart to Heart Award
In 1999, the Midtown Community Court was awarded a Heart to Heart Award from Encore Community Services, an organization that serves the needs of the elderly in Midtown Manhattan. The Court was honored for "improving the quality of life of individuals in the Times Square community."

Council of State Governments
In 1999, the Center for Court Innovation was honored as a semifinalist in the Council of State Governments' Innovations Award Program.

TechGrants Award
In 2004, the Center for Court Innovation received First Prize in TechFoundation's TechGrants program.

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