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Administration for Children's Services
Coverage of Administration for Children's Services in the Nexus archive.
- ACS would have to finally cough up critical records for state probers under newly passed bill
A newly passed bill requires the Administration for Children's Services to provide previously withheld records to state investigators through the Department of Investigation. Governor Kathy Hochul has until the end of the year to approve or veto the legislation.
- New York City sued over alleged racial discrimination in removal of children by protective services
Two families filed a class-action lawsuit against New York City, alleging the Administration for Children's Services (ACS) uses emergency removal disproportionately against Black and Latino families. The lawsuit claims the policy allows ACS to bypass judicial review and causes lasting harm to affected families.