An MTA bus driver’s fatherly instincts kicked in early Monday when he helped reunite a 6-year-old girl and her 11-year-old brother with their parents after they boarded his bus in East New York before sunrise, wearing pajamas and shorts. Marvin McLaurin, a dad of four, told THE CITY he was stunned when he saw the […]
Administration for Children’s Services
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What to Do When Children’s Services Comes to the Door
Every year, the Administration for Children’s Services visits families in New York City tens of thousands of times. Typically, those investigations start with a knock on the door as staff members of the child welfare agency try to assess reports of abuse or neglect by a parent or other family member. That first moment is […]
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NYC Child Welfare Agency Says It Supports ‘Miranda Warning’ Bill for Parents. But It’s Quietly Lobbying to Weaken It.
Despite publicly claiming to support a measure that would require child protective services agents to read people their rights, the city’s Administration for Children’s Services has privately proposed gutting the bill.
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City Employees Make Mass Move to Sunset Park in Latest Assist to Ailing Landlord
A massive industrial building — until recently home to a Bed Bath & Beyond — is slated to get an influx of government employees relocating from Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn.
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City’s Newest Migrants Head Underground Looking to Survive
Mothers with small children — and some tykes by themselves — have become common in the subway system.
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600 Children Would Lose Child Care With End of Free NYC Program for Undocumented Families
Mayor Eric Adams’ proposal to cut Promise NYC has confused providers, advocates and some City Council members.
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Council Bill Would Make ACS Track COVID Toll on Kids Who Lost Family
Citing THE CITY’s MISSING THEM reporting on the pandemic’s effect on children who’ve lost parents or other guardians, Council members want the child welfare agency to deliver quarterly reports on minors placed in foster care due to the coronavirus.
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Families Probed for Child Neglect After Keeping Kids Out of School Over COVID Concerns
The impact of child welfare investigations on already traumatized families can be severe: charges stay on records for decades and may affect future job prospects. Parents say they are trying their best to keep their kids safe and educated.
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City, Union Push Back on Informing Parents of Rights in Child-Welfare Probes
A so-called Parental Rights package of legislation is scheduled to be voted on by the City Council on Thursday, seeking to “empower families in the [child welfare] system… to know their rights.” But two key bills will be conspicuously absent from the vote. Both would require city Administration for Children’s Services workers to advise parents […]
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New School Year Brings New Concerns of Pandemic ‘Educational Neglect’ Child Welfare Probes
With all New York kids set to soon return for in-person classes for the first time in 1 ½ years, Mayor Bill de Blasio tried to reassure nervous parents Wednesday that pandemic-related absences won’t immediately lead to child-neglect investigations. “If in the beginning of the school year, a parent is not ready, we’re going to […]