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Administration for Children’s Services

9/21/2023

Class Action Lawsuit By New York City Foster Youth Allowed To Proceed

Michael Fitzgerald

A federal appeals court has granted New York City foster youth the go-ahead to proceed with their lawsuit against the city and state child welfare agencies, overturning a lower court ruling denying them class-action status.

Joyce McMillan is an advocate who celebrated the passage of bills protecting parents' rights.

1/19/2021

Pressure Builds to Reduce Racial Disproportionality in New York’s Child Welfare System

Megan Conn

Joyce McMillan rallies the crowd Monday at an “Abolish ACS” rally she planned in Harlem. Photo: Megan Conn
Calls to dismantle child welfare systems that disproportionately impact Black families grew this week, as a group of roughly 100 parents, lawyers and even city social workers gathered on Martin Luther King Jr.

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