After more than a year of remote hearings during the pandemic, arraignments are now fully back to in person across the city.

Observers from Court Watch NYC, which strives to make prosecutors and other law-enforcement more accountable,  are also back in courtrooms.

Yessenia Moreno filed this report for AudioFiles.

Outro music Clark Adomaitis

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