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February 27, 2025

Opinion: Transforming Systems of Harm into Systems of Care for Black Families

In honor of Black History Month, CFR co-authored an op-ed in City Limits with Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, The Bronx Defenders, and Brooklyn Defender Services.

December 4, 2024

Tehra Coles: 2024 Nonprofit Power Player

CFR Executive Director Tehra Coles was named a 2024 Nonprofit Power Player by PoliticsNY and amNY.

November 23, 2024

Op-Ed: As Trump vows to target immigrants, NYC must take action now to protect families

CFR and the Immigrant Defense Project wrote a joint op-ed for amNY about the critical legal gaps that New York City must address to keep immigrant families safely together.

October 9, 2024

Child Welfare Officials in New York Get an Earful on Hazards of CPS Hotline Practices

CFR’s Senior Policy Counsel Hannah Mercuris provided testimony on the need to end mandated reporting, the racial disparities embedded in the ways abuse and neglect allegations are reported and investigated, and OCFS' continued lack of transparency about the SCR.

September 16, 2024

“We are Part of the Fabric that Makes this Country”: CFR Staff Members On Hispanic Heritage Month

To commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month, CFR interviewed three of our passionate staff members: Sara Lewis, Senior Staff Attorney; Ysmerlyn Murshed, Social Work Supervisor; and Rosalynn Diaz, Senior Family Advocate.

September 13, 2024

Standing up for low-income New York families facing the courts

CFR Executive Director Tehra Coles was interviewed by New York Nonprofit (NYN) Media about her work for the organization.

August 6, 2024

Don’t remove immigrant kids from their families

CFR and Children's Health Fund wrote a joint op-ed about the alarming trend in Family Court neglect filings against non-citizen parents and subsequent removal of their children into the foster system.

June 27, 2024

CFR Executive Director Tehra Coles in Conversation with “A Thousand and One” Writer & Director A.V. Rockwell

Recently, CFR Executive Director Tehra Coles sat down with A.V. Rockwell, the critically acclaimed director of A Thousand and One, to discuss her debut feature-length film, her perspective on the family policing system, and the portrayal of Black women in her film. Set between the 1990s and 2000s, A Thousand and One focuses on a …

June 5, 2024

This Small Change May Save Domestic Violence Survivors From Partners Who Abuse the Child Welfare System

“[Investigations, even those that don’t result in family separation] can really upend someone’s life. A lot of people lose employment during the investigations, or their employment is compromised or paused and maybe put on probation from their job. CPS can talk to neighbors or schools, really share [a person’s] business around in a way that is really full of shame and stigma,” says Hannah Mercuris, CFR's senior policy counsel, adding, “and can put someone’s housing at risk or make domestic violence survivors less safe.”

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