June is National Family Preservation Month and Child Removals Should Be Minimized

June 26, 2023

CFR and other leading public defender organizations wrote a joint op-ed for National Family Preservation Month about the importance of keeping families together and investing in them and their communities.

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September 07, 2023

Brooklyn Defenders Joins Fight Against Racial Bias in NYC Family Policing System

CFR and other leading public defender organizations were mentioned in this piece about our joint testimony condemning the stark racial disparities and inequities that permeate New York’s system of family policing (commonly referred to as the “child welfare” system).

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June 01, 2023

Another Try for Legislation In New York Giving Parents ‘Miranda’ Rights During CPS Investigations

“The system claims that they want to help families, but they push back on providing parents their rights,” said Jennifer Feinberg, litigation supervisor for government and policy affairs at CFR.

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May 15, 2023

Video of NYPD officer pushing father with toddler raises questions about police use-of-force when a child is in harm’s way

Andrew Zahnd, a staff defense attorney at the Center for Family Representation, commented on how, once a parent is arrested, police can often make their own judgements about a child’s presumed safety under their care.

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May 01, 2023

CFR Presented with a $10,000 Grant

“Funding from the New York Bar Foundation enables CFR to provide free legal and social work services to vulnerable families to address issues that disrupt their stable housing and public benefits, impacting their ability to keep their families together.”

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