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

New York City’s child welfare agency routinely uses “coercive tactics” to search families’ homes and even strip-search their children, according to a landmark class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday that aims to fundamentally transform how the city investigates reports of child abuse and neglect. The nine named plaintiffs claimed in Brooklyn federal court that caseworkers from the Administration . ....

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

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OPINION: Justice falls short for women and victims of domestic abuse in Athens

I stared blankly at the judge while fidgeting with my fingers. He slid the paperwork back across the table to me and motioned for me to leave. I stood, gathered ....

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