Mother Files Lawsuit Against New York Hospital, Fights To Bring Her Baby Home
19th News
“They are abused by their partners, and then they are abused by the system which is supposed to help them.” - David Shalleck-Klein, executive director and founder of the Family Justice Law Center [part of our 2022-2024 Social Justice Accelerator cohort].Legal News Roundup: Lawsuit Over ACS Practices
WNYC
David Shalleck-Klein, founder and executive director of the Family Justice Law Center at the Urban Justice Center, discusses the class-action lawsuit charging the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) uses coercion, traumatizing families, and is joined by Shalonda Curtis-Hackett, a plaintiff in the lawsuit.Class-action Lawsuit Filed Against City’s Administration For Children’s Services
Spectrum News
Shalonda Curtis-Hackett, one of the named plaintiffs, and David Shalleck-Klein, executive director and founder of Family Justice Law Center [part of UJC's Social Justice Accelerator '24 cohort] joined NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Wednesday to discuss the suit.Parents Are Suing New York City Over Coercive, Traumatizing Home Searches
Mother Jones
"Parents are left humiliated and “unable to protect their children in their own homes,” says David Shalleck-Klein, executive director of the Family Justice Law Center [part of our 2022-2024 Social Justice Accelerator cohort]...He noted that ACS should be able to search families’ homes—but only when they follow legal procedures."NYC Child Welfare Investigators Coerce, Traumatize Families, Class-action Lawsuit Claims
Gothamist
“ACS leaves in their wake real fear, real trauma, and real consequences that need to be accounted for,” said David Shalleck-Klein, an attorney for the nine families bringing the suit and the founder and director of the Family Justice Law Center [part of our 2022-2024 Social Justice Accelerator cohort]."NYC Parents Sue City’s Child Welfare Agency For Intrusive, Distressing And Degrading’ Search Practices
Courthouse News
"The plaintiffs are seeking damages on claims of Fourth Amendment unreasonable search violations. They’re being represented by David Shalleck-Klein of the Family Justice Law Center [part of our 2022-2024 Social Justice Accelerator cohort]."NYC Child Protection Agency Uses ‘Coercive Tactics’ To Bully Parents Into Allowing Warrantless Searches
Reason
"According to the lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday [by the Family Justice Law Center, part of our 2022-2024 Social Justice Accelerator cohort), ACS employs a widespread policy of coercing families under investigation to allow case workers into their homes."Child Abuse Investigators Traumatize Families, Lawsuit Charges
NY Times
"Ms. Gould, 35, and the other plaintiffs are represented by the Family Justice Law Center, an organization dedicated to preventing unnecessary family separation. Its executive director, David Shalleck-Klein, said that the suit was not meant to stop A.C.S. investigations altogether, but to focus on illegal searches."She Kicked An Abusive Partner Out Only To Find Herself Under ACS Supervision
NY Daily News
David Shalleck-Klein, executive director of the Family Justice Law Center [part of UJC's Social Justice Accelerator] and one of her attorneys, said ACS supervision is a frequent requirement for survivors of domestic violence to maintain custody — but is often deeply misguided.