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Lawsuit accuses NYC schools of using child protective services to coerce ‘difficult’ Queens mom

January 22, 2026 | New York Daily News

‘We Cannot Throw the Constitution in the Garbage:’ NY High Court Defends Parents’ Right to Effective Lawyers

December 5, 2025 | The Imprint

September 30, 2025 | The Imprint

New York Lawmakers Hope to Speed Responses to Public Records Requests

'Enormous Power to Separate': Advocate Files Petition for NYC's Child-Removal Info, But Agency Says Data Isn't Easily Retrievable

September 5, 2025 | New York Law Journal

August 13, 2025 | wNYC News

NYC Child Welfare Agency Illegally Surveilled Domestic Violence Survivor

Another NY Appeals Court Rejects Family Court Orders Monitoring Parents

July 28, 2025 | New York Law Journal

NY Court Bars Monitoring of Domestic Violence Survivors

July 24, 2025 | Law360

February 25, 2025 | New York Law Journal

NY Courts Sued for Access to Directives on Setting Emergency Child Separation Hearings

New York Appeals Court Halts CPS Supervision of Parents Whose Partners Have Been Abusive

February 7, 2025 | The Imprint

Intrusive Parental Supervision Orders Are Illegal, NY Appeals Court Says

February 7, 2025 | New York Law Journal

February 6, 2025 | Law360

NY Court Puts A Limit On Child Welfare Agency Surveillance

ACS can’t supervise domestic violence survivors not accused of wrongdoing: Judges

February 5, 2025 | New York Daily News

Child Welfare Agency Has No Right to Target Abused Parents, Court Rules

February 5, 2025 | New York Times

December 13, 2024 | The Imprint

New York Appeals Court Case Focuses on Non-abusive Parent Being Subjected to Home Supervisions

She Kicked an Abusive Partner Out Only to Find Herself Under ACS Supervision

December 6, 2024 | New York Daily News

Domestic Violence Victims Reported Abuse. Caseworkers Watched Them Too.

July 31, 2024 | New York Times

February 28, 2024 | The 74

NYC Child Abuse Investigators Violate Parents’ Civil Rights, Lawsuit Alleges

NYC Parents File Class Action Suit Against Child Services

February 26, 2024 | Scripps News

Lawsuit over ACS Practices

February 22, 2024 | WNYC The Bryan Lehrer Show

February 21, 2024 | Spectrum News NY1

Class-action lawsuit filed against city’s Administration for Children’s Services

NYC child welfare investigators coerce, traumatize families, class-action lawsuit claims

February 21, 2024 | Gothamist

Parents Are Suing New York City Over Coercive, Traumatizing Home Searches

February 21, 2024 |  Mother Jones

February 20, 2024 | NY Daily News

ACS routinely violates NYC families’ rights during child welfare investigations: lawsuit

Child Abuse Investigators Traumatize Families, Lawsuit Charges

February 20, 2024 | New York Times

NYC family court blasted for ‘dehumanizing’ culture, ‘unconscionable’ delays

January 6, 2024 |  NY Daily News

November 7, 2023 | NY Law Journal

New Nonprofit to Use Civic-Improvement Prize Money to Hire Legal Talent

Two winners talk about David Prize award

October 28, 2023 | Spectrum News NY1

He’ll Use His $200,000 Prize to Fight for Children

October 25, 2022 | New York Times

October 13, 2022 | ProPublica

Police Need Warrants to Search Homes. Child Welfare Agents Almost Never Get One.

New Law Center to Fight Illegal Family Separation by NYC Child Welfare Agencies

April 29, 2022 | The 74

New Civil Rights Organization Dedicated to Families’ Rights Launches in New York City

March 23, 2022 | The Imprint