ACS Routinely Violates NYC Families’ Rights During Child Welfare Investigations: Lawsuit

“ACS has been operating for decades with a no harm, no foul mentality. That when they conduct an investigation, and the caseworkers don’t find anything concerning, ‘Well, we did our job,’” said David Shalleck-Klein, an attorney for the plaintiffs and the founder and executive director of the Family Justice Law Center [part of our 2022-2024 Social Justice Accelerator cohort]. “What families that have been impacted have been saying — for years now — is that there is harm, and there is foul.”