Family Court
Adoption Drop-off
Kathleen McGowan |
Adoption numbers drop off.
Justice
ADOPTIONS FALL DESPITE BEST EFFORTS OF CITY, FEDS
Kathleen McGowan |
Despite pressure to increase the number of adoptions from the pool of children in foster care, the figures have actually dropped this year–and everyone has their own theory as to why.
Bronx
18-B GOOD
Michael Haggerty |
Although a committee has formed to reform the system that provides free lawyers to the poor, until the legislature provides raises, it’s unlikely representation will improve by much.
Bronx
Mommy Nearest
Alyssa Katz |
The city is launching a visionary plan to house foster kids in the same neighborhoods they’ve been taken from. But for it to succeed, foster parents will have to get more than grief for their trouble.
Justice
IT'S OFFICIAL: FOSTER CARE FLOPS
Alyssa Katz |
An independant panel has released its fourth report on the state of New York City’s child welfare system, and the news about how caseworkers perform is anything but good.
Justice
GETTING MEDIEVAL: MOTHER HIDES FROM CITY IN CONVENT
Jarrett Murphy |
With three of her children already languishing in foster care with the case stalled in court, a young immigrant hides among the faithful rather than turn her newborn baby over to the authorities.
Child Welfare
Ex-Con Mom
Shalini Ahuja |
The Administration for Children’s Services softens its stance against allowing ex-offenders to be foster parents.
Family Court
Law & Borders: In Red Hook, a Justice Center Courts an Entire Community
Jarrett Murphy |
This fall a Brooklyn neighborhood will not only welcome a new courthouse–it will become a laboratory. The experiment? Whether criminal justice can be as pervasive as crime.
Family Court
JUDGE DECIDES: FELON CAN ADOPT KIDS, TOO
Shalini Ahuja. |
New York State law prohibits anyone with a felony record from adopting children, but a Brooklyn Family Court judge declared last week that the law was too broad.
Family Court
Directly to Jail
Wendy Davis |
Despite promises for more appropriate lodgings, the city continues to detain teens who’ve committed minor offenses in prison-like facilities.
