Class-action Lawsuit Filed Against City’s Administration For Children’s Services

2024-02-26T15:45:47-05:00February 21st, 2024|FJLC News, News|

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

2024-02-26T15:41:02-05:00February 21st, 2024|FJLC News, News|

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

2024-02-26T15:33:37-05:00February 21st, 2024|FJLC News, News|

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

2024-02-26T15:38:06-05:00February 20th, 2024|FJLC News, News|

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

2024-02-26T15:31:15-05:00February 20th, 2024|FJLC News, News|

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

2024-02-21T10:11:04-05:00February 20th, 2024|FJLC News, News|

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."

NYC Closing Down Bronx Public Benefits Office As Processing Delays Persist

2024-02-21T09:17:02-05:00February 15th, 2024|News|

Gothamist

"Maria Wallas, 53, said she used the Mount Eden office when she needed help applying for SNAP. She also volunteers for the Safety Net Project. “These centers benefit the people in the community so they can get the assistance that they need,” she said. “Who suffers [when they close]? I suffer. Everybody that lives around here suffers.”

The New York Community Trust Announces $7.7 Million In Grants To 39 NY Nonprofits

2024-02-21T09:29:16-05:00February 13th, 2024|News|

Harlem World

The New York Community Trust today announced more than $7.7 million in grants to 39 nonprofits... [including] Freedom Agenda: $150,000 to advocate to repurpose Rikers Island and reform the city’s approach to incarceration.