'East New York' Stars Amanda Warren and Jimmy Smits on Finding a New Kind of Justice in CBS Drama (Exclusive)

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Jimmy Smits and Amanda Warren are taking to the streets of New York for justice.

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The duo stars in CBS' new police drama, East New York, launching this Sunday, and only ET was on the set of the series this week. 

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The one-hour drama follows newly promoted boss of the 74th Precinct in East New York 

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Regina Haywood (Warren), who is determined to deploy creative methods to protect her community. But first, she has to get her fellow officers and detectives on board 

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some of whom are skeptical of her promotion and others resistant to the changes she's desperate to make.  

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There are a lot of New York ties in the cast, as Smits grew up in the area and Warren is a Manhattan native. One of the big draws to the show for Smits 

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who plays Haywood's mentor, Chief John Suarez, was getting to film in his backyard, figuratively speaking. 

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East New York hails from executive producers William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn, the former of whom worked on NYPD Blue, which Smits starred in.

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