CFR provides free legal & social work services to enable children to live with their parents safely.
New York, NY
Joined January 2012
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Experiences with city agencies colluding with ICE, like @Center4FamRep client Jennifer & @BronxDefenders Kelvin, for whom the city facilitated detention - or who feel deep fear as increased policing permeates our local schools + institutions, like @MaketheRoadNY youth spoke to;
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The time is always right to stand up for immigrant New Yorkers, but doing so now is particularly urgent.
State leaders must act before the Trump administration begins their cruel campaign of mass deportations.
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NYC’s existing sanctuary laws are crucial for immigrant New Yorkers safety and stability. Join us in urging @NYCCouncil pass @CMShahanaHanif’s Intro 214 to get #ICEOutNYC and ensure accountability when agencies collude with ICE! bit.ly/ICEOUT-214
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Mandated reporters themselves are uncovering the realities of mandated reporting laws, which punish families for needing support or seeking resources.
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New report: The Protective Power of Cash
Shifting Cash Support in New York to Promote Family Well-Being: Lessons from Research on Guaranteed Income and Child Welfare
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TLDR in the thread; 1/
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Sociology and law professor @DorothyERoberts exposes how the child protective system systematically targets poor Black families and argues that abolition of the system is necessary to stop this injustice.
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“Hospitals are dispensing medications to patients in labor, only to report them to child welfare authorities when they or their newborns test positive for those very same substances on subsequent drug tests,” @MarshallProj. Diabolical! #AbolishCPS themarshallproject.org/2024/…
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Jennifer's story of detention and separation from her kids shouldn't have happened- yet it did when an agency violated NYC's sanctuary laws. We urgently need @NYCCouncil to pass @CMShahanaHanif’s Intro 214 for accountability when agencies collude with ICE! bit.ly/ICEOUT-214
NYC schools offer guidance to schools, immigrant parents ahead of Trump’s inauguration
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A critical part of ending both pregnancy criminalization and family policing. #ReproductiveJustice #AbolishFamilyPolicing
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The momentum for Informed Consent is growing.
The practice of secretly drug testing pregnant and postpartum people in medical settings is facing scrutiny nationwide. 🧵
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An upstate New York mother has filed a lawsuit alleging she was drug-tested and reported to CPS for using prescribed addiction medications.
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Parents managing addiction under doctor’s orders with methadone or similar medications are often set up for failure in foster care courts.
Click the link below to read more. Part one of a two-part series.
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Before Trump takes office, NYC must act to protect against his mass deportation agenda. Passing my bill, Intro 214, will create a critical accountability mechanism to uphold our sanctuary city laws. Read more in this op-ed from @ImmDefense and @Center4FamRep in @amNewYork.
“Immigrant New Yorkers in the City’s shelter system will face some of the greatest risk” - "we urge @NYCCouncil to take urgent action to help to make New York City a place of hope and safety for the more than 8 million people who call it home." amny.com/opinion/nyc-must-ta…
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“Immigrant New Yorkers in the City’s shelter system will face some of the greatest risk” - "we urge @NYCCouncil to take urgent action to help to make New York City a place of hope and safety for the more than 8 million people who call it home." amny.com/opinion/nyc-must-ta…
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Mandated reporting laws were founded on the mistaken belief that the policing and surveillance of families prevents child abuse. This approach was flawed 60 years ago and it remains flawed today. 1/3
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A NEW EPISODE with @biancatylek (founder of @WorthRises) is out now!
The demand to end prisons is deeply linked to the abolition of family policing, so we wanted to talk to Bianca who has led huge wins for families against this predatory system.
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This Día de los Muertos, join us in honoring the memory of those who died in immigration detention and jails this year, and fighting like hell for the living.
RSVP at bit.ly/DiaMuertos2024 to attend.
ALT Yellow flyer for Dia de los Muertos celebration, where we will honor the lives of those who died in detention or jail this past year, write letters to those still in detention, and share information about the fight to end detention in New York. This event will take place on Nov. 1, from 4-7 pm at 81 Court Street Brooklyn, NY 11201. There will also be music, crafts, and food. RSVP at bit.ly/DiaMuertos2024.
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"I could not believe what I saw. I have never seen anyone living in these types of conditions. No human being deserves to be treated like this."
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“[Court debt] is a lifelong punishment, and the consequences are felt by the entire family.”
Watch this video op-doc on the perpetual punishment of court debt, then visit nopriceonjustice.org to learn how we can end court fees in New York State.
nytimes.com/2024/10/16/opini…