Are child-welfare investigations traumatic for families? How should we weigh that trauma against learning if children are in danger and ensuring parents change their behavior? New York City’s ...

Child welfare advocates have sounded the alarm for years about staffing at agencies that work with at-risk youth, arguing the high turnover rate – worsened by employee burnout in the wake of the COVID ...

Socialist state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has made a splash in the race for New York City mayor. A relentless social media campaign has helped him raise big dollars, despite his long-shot odds ...

This week Mamdani appointed longtime advocate for foster youth Melanie Hartzog as one of four co-chairs of his transition ...

Last Tuesday, a four-year-old boy living in a homeless shelter died after being rushed to the hospital. The questions about the case keep piling up. Authorities charged his parents, Miriam Elkayam and ...

To reduce firearm-related injuries, deaths and suicides among children, child welfare agencies across New York are distributing gun locks.