NEW YORK CITY ACS DEFENSE LAWYER

Child abuse investigation? DON’T send in the lawyers By Post Editorial Board November 1, 2019  |  8:43pm Enlarge Image Stephen Levin, chairman of the City Council Committee on General Welfare. William Farrington MORE ON: EDITORIAL Carranza keeps treating his minority critics like they're un-persons Cuomo needs to call out subway union's blackmail bid Sondland's 'bombshell' turns out to be merely his 'presumption' Macron to Europe — unite or die and other commentary Of all the many situations that aren’t improved by bringing in lawyers, the early stages of an Administration for Children’s Services investigation has to lead the list. But City Councilman Stephen Levin (D-Brooklyn), whose committee oversees ACS,   wants lawyers involved  as soon as ACS opens a case. He thinks kids’ safety is ensured by “fully respecting the rights of parents to not have the state unduly infringe on their relationship with their ch...

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The most amount of calls that our office receives is from parents who want to file a complaint against the ACS worker. The ACS Advocates Office website claims to help parents, they can be found here. The website actually informs parents of what they will NOT do: Once a parent contacts the office, a recorded message tells them to contact the ACS worker's supervisor. Thus, all parents get from ACS is a recording telling them to call ACS. This is the dysfunction that permeates this entire agency. Understand that the Office of Advocacy cannot Challenge or attempt to influence a Judge’s decision in your case Conduct our own investigation of an active Child Protective case If the Office of Advocacy cannot help you directly, we will direct you to people who can help.   " Thus, if you have an abusive and rude ACS worker, this office will not help you. In fact, this Office which is supposed to help parents tells them to go speak to an attorney. What to do if yo...