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The New York Civil Liberties Union says the city’s child welfare agency is furthering racial bias, not just reflecting it.

Public defender groups are asking the city for $125 million to go toward addressing low pay and skyrocketing attrition rates.

Family Legal Care has opened “tech hubs” in Brooklyn, Queens, and soon the Bronx.

Parents, lawyers and advocates say the city's Administration for Children's Services is still using marijuana to remove children from their parents despite recent legalization and longstanding policies discouraging separations on the use of cannabis alone.

Lawyers assigned to represent children and low-income litigants in matters such as child neglect and domestic violence are quitting due to low pay. Gov. Kathy Hochul is being urged to increase their hourly rate in the pending April 1 budget.

The incident comes after a report commissioned in the wake of last summer's racial justice protests uncovered pervasive institutional racism within the New York State Court system.

At least some of the complaints were substantiated by the city's Civilian Complaint Review Board, the attorney for one of the defendants said.

Thanks to pressure from conservatives, 16- and 17-year-olds accused of felonies would still end up in criminal court.

The suspect allegedly forced the girl to perform oral sex.

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