NEW YORK CITY ACS DEFENSE LAWYER

 ACS workers attack daycare centers with baseless allegations. If you own a daycare do not speak to the acs worker of the health department without a lawyer. callus at our hot line 917-519-8417 OCFS divides its responsibilities into two main areas: program and support. The program divisions/offices include: Division of Child Care Services (DCCS), Division of Child Welfare and Community Services (DCWCS), Division of Juvenile Justice and Opportunities for Youth (DJJOY), and the Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped (CBVH). The support divisions/offices include: Division of Administration (Admin), Division of Legal Affairs (Legal), Division of Information Technology (IT), Office of Communications (Communications), Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Development (SPPD), and the Office of Special Investigations (SI). OCFS maintains regional offices in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Spring Valley, Long Island, and New York City to support agency programs and partne...

 In the Family Court of New York, the Judge rules all. While criminal defendants and civil litigants received jury trial, parents who may lose their children have no such right. This is an injustice that must be corrected. In the interim, we will discuss why some Family Court judges are mere rubber stamps for ACS. ACS has a $3 billion dollar budget that must be fed. The ACS agenda includes intimidating judges who they can target. The tactic is simple. They make many baseless allegations against parents and prop up the implied threat to the Judge that if the Judge does not remove the children they will be harmed and the Judge will be on the front cover of The Post.  This is a powerful intimidation tool. Unfortunately, many judges throughout the city and state bow down to the demands of ACS. It is politically safer for a Judge to side with ACS than a parent in most cases. In addition, most parents in the ACS system cannot afford private attorney who can fight for them. They are ...

 One of the favorite tactics of ACS workers is to demand that parents take a drug test. This is done without a court order or any facts that support that the parent uses illegal drugs. All ACS workers require to demand a drug test is an anonymous accusation by anyone against the parent. If a parent passes the test the ACS worker will hide it and still demand that the parent enter into parenting classes. If the parent fails the test the ACS worker will threaten the parents with "court action" and demand to have a meeting to address all of the parents "needs". ACS workers are not here to protect the children. The cases of Nixmary Brown and Zyemere Perkins make that clear. They are simply here to attack parents and justify the $2.9 billion dollar budget the city gives them. If ACS does not have "customers" they lose funding. If you have been contacted by an ACS worker call our hotline at 917-519-8417 MANHATTANACSATTORNEY.COM BROOKLYNACSATTORNEY.COM STATENISLA...

 This is one of the favorite actives of ACS workers. An anonymous call comes in and accuses parents of using drugs. The ACS worker will then barge into the home and demand that both parents take drug tests or they will be "taken to court'. The threat of Court action and removal of the children is a hammer ACS workers are very ready to use. The goal into have the parents be in fear and comply with ACS demands. ACS workers have very limited legal authority under the Family Court Act. The ACS drug test is a weapon that is used against parents, even in cases where marijuana is alleged which is now legal in New York. If an ACS worker has demanded that you take a drug test, call The Law Offices of Michael S. Discioarro, LLC at 917-519-8417 and let us protect your rights. FIGHTACS.COM ACSATTORNEY.COM BROOKLYNACSLAWYER.COM BROOKLYNACSATTORNEY.COM QUEENSACSLAWYER.COM STATENISLANDACSLAWYER.COM

 This is one of the most common questions that we receive. ACS workers will demand that a parent take a drug test based on an anonymous phone call. This allows anyone to accuse you. Where will test be give? Who will receive results? How is the test conducted? The ACS worker will never answer any of these questions. ACS workers will also claim that a parent is positive for drugs when in fact they have been negative. If an ACS worker  demands that you obtain a drug test, contact us at our hotline at 917-519-8417 and lets us work for your rights. ACSATTORNEY.COM BROOKLYNACSLAWYER.COM BROOKLYNACSATTORNEY.COM

 On of the tactics that ACS workers use is in every case, no matter what the allegations, the ACS worker will demand the parent take a drug test. This is simply part of the ACS check list. Often they will ask for a hair follicle test, which can go back as far as a year. If a test is positive for anything, the ACS worker will demand that the parent enter a ACS funded drug program. These highly ineffective programs are contracted by ACS to a third party and are a large part of the ACS budget. This year's ACS budget is $2.7 billion and it must be spent on making "better parents" through questionable services that have no proven effect. If an ACS worker asked you to take a drug test, contact our hotline at    917-519-8417 . FIGHTACS.COM

 One of the most shocking experiences that parents have with ACS is a demand for a drug test. ACS uses these tests to attack parents in every way. A parent will be ordered by an ACS worker to take a drug test based solely an anonymous  report. That means an ACS worker will show up to your home and say " someone said that you do drugs and we are scheduling you for a drug test." This is shocking to many parents. The other issue is that ACS will send you to THEIR drug test centers who they have a contract with. This is simply outrageous. If an ACS worker orders you to take a drug test, contact us immediately. Call our hotline at 917-519-8417 .  We protect your rights as a parent. THE LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL S. DISCIOARRO. LLC. NYCCPSLAWYER.COM FIGHTACS.COM QUEENSACSLAWYER.COM SUEACS.COM

  ACS workers will communicate with parents directly. They prefer to do this by calling on the phone. The reason is simple, there is no record of the conversation. Thus if there is any dispute it is their word versus the parents. This is precisely how ACS workers like to operate. They will often give parents misleading directions in hopes of having the parents violate the court orders. The way to handle this is simply to text them about any issues you may have and ONLY communicate by text. This creates a permanent record that can be admitted into evidence in court if needed. For your families protection, always text the ACS workers. FIGHTACS.COM QUEENSACSLAWYER.COM NYCACSLAWYER.COM STATENISLANDACSLAWYER.COM BROOKLYNACSATTORNEY.COM

 As we have previously discussed, the goal of ACS is not to protect children but to maintain their funding. A large budget crisis is unfolding in NYC. Layoffs by the Mayor have already started. In recent weeks we have seen a disturbing trend by ACS workers. Workers are more aggressive and are removing more children from their parents even during Covid-19. This is a way to try to protect their budget and jobs. Parents must be very aware of this. FIGHTACS.COM NYCCPSLAWYER.COM STATENISLANDACSLAWYER.COM

He Didn’t Abuse His Daughter. The State Took Her Anyway. An unwed father hopes his case will change the way courts decide what it means to be a parent. For the first five years of his daughter Amanda’s life , Ping N., a restaurant manager in Manhattan, lived with his little girl and her mother. He tucked her into bed at night and enjoyed spoiling her with her favorite snacks, like fish balls, egg tarts and ramen noodles. This story was produced in partnership with  The New York Times . But when child welfare officials found that Amanda’s mother had inflicted excessive corporal punishment on her in 2013, they removed the girl from the home. Even though court records show that Ping had never committed abuse and was not present when it took place, a judge later decided that he would lose his daughter, too. Ping could not have custody or any say in her life anymore. The reason was a quirk of New York State law: He and Amanda’s mother were not married when she was born, ...

The average parent receives a knock on his door and an ACS worker is there based on an anonymous complaint. Most parents will panic. The ACS worker will then demand that the parent tale a drug test based on an anonymous tip that the parents use drugs. ACS uses drug tests as intimidation tools. If the drug test is negative, ACS workers will disregard it and keep asking the parent to take more tests. If it is positive, they will use that to attack the parents. We have seen cases where acs workers intentionally hide negative drug test.ACS is deigned to attack the parents not help children. If ACS wanted to actually help children, 32 would not be dead under their supervision. This is a highly dysfunctional agency that must be held accountable. FIGHTACS.COM QUEENSACSLAWYER.COM

Ex-con ACS worker accused of attacking 6-year-old boy in Manhattan Ad Duration 00:00 PLAY PLAY Current time LIVE Duration TOGGLE MUTE Volume SETTINGS PIP TOGGLE FULLSCREEN Candace McCowan, Eyewitness News Updated 39 mins ago KIPS BAY, Manhattan (WABC) --  A child welfare worker is accused of attacking a little boy in Manhattan and Eyewitness News has learned troubling details about his criminal past. Questions remain on how the employee was hired by ACS in the first place after he served 28 years behind bars for second-degree murder. Jacques Edwards, 55, was working Friday at the Nicholas Scoppetta Children's Center on 1st Avenue when the incident happened. EMBED  MORE NEWS VIDEOS NJ Burkett reports on the child welfare worker accused of attacking a little boy in Manhattan. Police say he's accused of pushing a 6-year-old boy in ACS custody into a door, before carrying him to a large metal cabinet...

ACS wrongfully accused a mother of harming her sick child. Queens ACS lawyer, Michael Discioarro, was able to prove to the court that the mother was innocent and ACS was trumping up charges against the family. New York, New York, July 3, 2018 (PressRelease.com) -  The case of ACS v. J.H was a difficult one. The child in question was born ine very difficult manner and as a reult sustained childbirth injuries. As a result, the child underwent numerous surgeries to alleviate the injruies to his head. During one of the hospital stays, ACS witness, Dr. Jamie Hoffman-Rosenfeld, determined that the child was being intentionally injured by someone. ACS lawyers then drafted a petition that accused both the mother and father of abusing their child. The child was placed in foster care for 18 months while the court case dragged on. Finally the case was sent to The Hon. J. Caloras for trial. Because of ACS delays the trial dragged on for months. ACS was represented by attorney Dafna Schind...

ACS receives an anonymous call to their hotline stating that a parent uses drugs around their children. The ACS worker will within 24 hours go to the parents home and demand that they take a drug test. What should you do? To begin with ACS workers do not have the legal power to order you to take a drug test. Only judges can do that.  All the ACS worker will do is threaten you if you don't take the test. Also, ACS will hide the results if they are negative and come back and demand that the parent do parenting classes to resolve the case. If you are contact by an ACS worker and told to take a drug test, refuse and contact an attorney as soon as possible. LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL S. DISCIOARRO 11 BROADWAY SUITE 615 New York, NY 10004 FIGHTACS.COM

We are asked every day how to sue ACS. The biggest challenge is that ACS holds certain state given immunities. Thus suing ACS and winning is very difficult. Many attorneys will not take an ACS lawsuit case in most instances. We only defend parents and do not bring suit in court. An effective way to hold ACS accountable is to file suit in federal court. The courts have offices that a assist pro-se litigants. ACS has much less power in federal court. They must adhere to the judges schedule or face punishment. If you believe you have a lawsuit against ACS, but no attorney will take your case, consider filing pro-se. You will have to pay all of the associated fees and costs of a lawsuit which can run into the thousands of dollars. Contact federal court today. Click on the links below. http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/prose?contact https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/pro-se-office

Given the headlines that a dead child makes and the fact that the Mayor and the state have thrown millions of dollars at ACS, one would think that they could find a way to right the ship and actually protect children. This theory would apply to almost any agency, but not ACS. There is a structural reason for this and after 17 years of handling hundreds of cases and dealing intimately with ACS workers and lawyers, we have some answers. BLAME THE PARENT AT ALL COSTS The major reason that ACS fails and children die is that the focus is not on protecting the child. Once a report of child abuse comes in, the ACS worker will go to the home and immediately star t attacking the parent. The agenda of ACS workers is to make every parent a bad parent and demand that they enroll in services. This does not leave any time to actually focus on the children that are in true need. In fact, ACS workers, the majority of whom are poorly trained and lazy, would rather attack a healthy family then one w...

ACS has a special way that they use domestic violence cases to try and remove parents from the home. No matter how minor the situation is, ACS will demand that the parents, (usually the man), leave the home. Then they will tell the other parent that they must attend domestic violence classes through various useless agencies that will charge the parents for their services.  This is done blindly with no investigation of any kind. ACS workers simply check off boxes and demand that parents comply. Do not fall for their trap. Call an ACS lawyer as soon as ACS contacts you. BRONXDOMESTICVIOLENCELAWYER.COM QUEENSDOMESTICVIOLENCEATTORNEY. COM

The ACS worker's main goal is to enroll parents into "services" These useless classes run by third party organizations do nothing expect allow ACS to make pretend that they are doing their jobs. In reality, these services are not effective and are only there to suck more funding out of city and state governments. The biggest of these services is a "parenting program." These are classes held throughout the city by social services organizations that rely on ACS to fund them . They teach nothing about parenting and are simply another box for acs to check off. Another big target for ACS workers is to send parents for drug treatment even if they do not have a drug problem. These programs last for years and a are a total waste of tax payer time. Lastly, the favorite service of ACS workers is the "mental health" services. This allows the ACS worker to claim that the parent is not well mentally and needs "treatment" If an ACS worker is trying t...

One of the most basic questions we receive is; do I have to talk to the ACS worker. The answer is a clear no. There are several important reasons why you should not. - ACS workers are trained to intimidate and attack parents - ACS workers do not record the conversation in any way. This allows them to claim that the parent made statements that they did not. - ACS will demand that  parents obey their directives without any judicial authority. - ACS will constantly move the goal post, never telling the parents what the real story is. - ACS will tell you that you do not need a lawyer. This is simply a way to obtain your cooperation. BROOKLYNACSLAWYER.COM

David Hansell to head NYC’s embattled child welfare agency Mayor de Blasio is set to name David Hansell to run his embattled child welfare agency. BY Greg B. Smith NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, February 20, 2017, 1:51 PM Mayor de Blasio is set to name a lawyer with management expertise to run his embattled child welfare agency, officials said Monday. David Hansell, a Yale Law School graduate who oversaw child welfare programs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will start at the city’s Administration for Children’s Services in the coming weeks, officials said. ACS has been without an appointed commissioner since Feb. 3, when Gladys Carrión left amidst growing concerns about the agency’s bungling of several cases involving child deaths. On Monday the Daily News revealed that caseloads for child protection specialists had grown beyond levels deemed acce...