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3/18/2024
Jeremy Loudenback
Longtime advocate for incarcerated youth Barry Krisberg died last month, but his work to overhaul juvenile justice continues to inform systemic reforms nationwide.
12/1/2023
Susanti Sarkar and Adilia Watson
A New York bill that would open the door to communication between children and biological parents whose parental rights have been terminated is being considered by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
11/16/2022
Adilia Watson and Madison Hunt
The head of child welfare and juvenile justice in New York state, Commissioner Sheila Poole, will leave her position in December.
10/26/2022
Madison Hunt and Michael Fitzgerald
This week, the New York’s highest court struck down regulatory hurdles that kept foster youth separated from out-of-state parents.
10/20/2022
Opinion
Nora McCarthy
It’s time for New York city and state to use every tool available to replace mandated reporting with community support, writes Nora McCarthy.
7/5/2022
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech
New York lawmakers have agreed to add six judges to the Family Court bench along with 14 new Supreme Court justices spread across the state.
6/6/2022
Madison Hunt
New York lawmakers did not pass three proposed laws that would have expanded the due process rights of parents in the child welfare system.
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5/19/2022
New York lawmakers are deciding whether to pass legislation that would reduce false allegations made to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment.
1/25/2022
Megan Conn
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill that would have allowed parents whose rights have been revoked to stay in their kids' lives, even when adoptive parents object.
5/22/2020
After nearly two months of shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, much of New York state began reopening in the last week, with the exception of hard-hit New York City, Long Island and the Lower Hudson counties.