Proposed state legislation would require child welfare officials statewide to inform families of their legal rights before pressuring them to cooperate in the investigative process
ALBANY – Outraged parents are calling on state lawmakers to do something about New York City targeting their families without informing them of their rights during child welfare investigations.
“They purposely withhold your rights from you and scare you with the threat of taking your children,” Tanesha Grant, a black mother of three in Washington Heights, said of her past run-ins with the city agency that never substantiated any of 20 accusations against her. State Sen. Jabari Brisport noted Texas state lawmakers have passed legislation similar to his own proposal earlier this year.The bill is modeled on the “Miranda rights” police must tell criminal defendants upon arrest following a landmark 1966 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Parent advocates say the Administration for Children’s Services routinely disregards the rights of families while pressing them for information about alleged child abuse or neglect.ACS caseworkers can only seek a court order after they try to get parents or guardians to voluntarily respond to allegations of neglect or abuse – a move they pursue in just .2% of the tens of thousands of cases each year,“They claim that the other 99.
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