'Deeply traumatic': Report finds NYC's child welfare agency is broken for families

WNYC News | Jul 9, 2025

Nearly half of New York City’s Black children will be investigated by child protective services by the time they turn 18, according to a new report published in the Columbia Journal of Race and Law.

The paper concludes that the city’s Administration for Children Services is harming Black and Latino children by subjecting them to unnecessary investigations that violate their constitutional rights. The report was written by lawyers for the nonprofit Legal Aid Society.

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