Many thanks to ACLU NYCLU The National Center for Youth Law for filing this important amicus brief!

Read more about the case here:

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An important op-ed from The Legal Aid Society that applauds our class action lawsuit and explains why ACS's invasive and unconstitutional investigations are 'hurting more children than they are helping.'

'I wake up sometimes from dreams about having to go get my children from a place or from a stranger, she said. 'I'm never in a space of healing. This is not a 'healed thing.' I'm not over it' - Plaintiff Shalonda Curtis-Hackett

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Class Action Lawsuit Charges The Administration For Children's Services (ACS) With Using Coercion That Traumatizes Families.

Plaintiff Shalonda Curtis-Hackett and FJLC discuss on The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast last week.

'The suit claims [Administration for Children's Services] caseworkers lied and withheld information from parents, and threatened to involve police or remove children in order to enter homes without court orders.'

Errol Louis (@errol.louis on Threads)

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“As with any landmark case like this, in an issue area that’s appropriately emerging as truly urgent, I think you’re going to see a lot of people take notice of this legal attack—and quite frankly because it’s deserved...This is the time.”Children's Rights

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ACS 'threaten[ed] to remove her children if Gould didn't allow them in. Once inside, investigators searched every room and even went so far as to strip-search the children, who showed no signs of physical abuse.'

Julia Lurie Mother Jones.

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''When ACS comes, they treat me like a criminal in my own home,' said Shavona Warmington, a Queens mom of six children and one of the plaintiffs.'

Cayla Bamberger reports for New York Daily News.

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BREAKING: Along with @NYU Family Defense Clinic, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP, & Paul, Weiss LLP, we filed a major class action against NYC's ACS for having a pervasive practice of using highly coercive tactics to illegally search families’ homes and strip-search children.

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Many thanks to Cayla Bamberger for covering this important issue. Orrick NYU Law Family Defense Clinic.

A great partnership with Orrick and NYU Law Family Defense Clinic on an important case.

BREAKING: Our client, Ms. W., who is a survivor of domestic violence and not accused of anything, filed an appeal to end unnecessary, unconstitutional, and traumatic surveillance by ACS. Unfortunately, her experience is all too common across New York.

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Enormous thanks to Redlich Horwitz FDN for supporting FJLC's work!

The Family Justice Law Center is hiring a Director of Appeals. Posting here: static1.squarespace.com/static/61e433b…

The Family Justice Law Center is now accepting fellowship proposals for 2024-2025. Posting here: static1.squarespace.com/static/61e433b…

The Family Justice Law Center is hiring a Litigation Counsel. Posting here:
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Many thanks to The New York Community Trust for helping to protect families' constitutional rights.

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Huge thanks to Andrea Elliott, Dorothy Roberts, Joyce McMillan, and Steve Banks for sharing their knowledge with us last week at our panel event hosted by Center for NYC Affairs supported by The David Prize !

UPDATE! The Family Advocacy Day has been rescheduled to May 16th.
New York families deserve policies rooted in equity, fairness, & compassion! Join parents, advocates, & attorneys in Albany to call on the legislature to stand in defense of families.
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Only a few tickets left for tonight's panel event, featuring Dorothy Roberts, Joyce McMillan, Andrea Elliott, and Steven Banks. Get yours now. Center for NYC Affairs The David Prize Urban Justice Center

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