➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
NY: Advocates For Children Call on Governor Andrew Cuomo
Hudson Valley Press – October 19, 2016
Across New York State, a growing number of children are at risk of abuse and neglect, compounded by the recent rise in heroin abuse, while the very people responsible for their protection – county Child Protective Services (CPS) workers – are often overwhelmed with high caseloads that put our most vulnerable children at risk of falling through the cracks. That’s why a bipartisan group of state and county lawmakers, children’s advocates and union leaders came together recently in Newburgh at a news conference to call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign the Child Protective Services Safety Act, which the Assembly and Senate approved in June.
http://www.hvpress.net/news/126/ARTICLE/16789/2016-10-19.html