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There is a dire shortage of psychiatric care for adolescents that has led to conflict and crime in a Westchester County town. And while residents demand a solution, the teens meanwhile are being...

The number of children separated from their families due to parental substance use has more than doubled in the past two decades and accounted for one-third of all removals in 2019, according to a...

While murders and shootings continue to fall citywide, the results of this month’s elections made clear that crime remains a top concern for many members of our communities. On Tuesday, my of…

In our series “Unprotected: Inside the Child Welfare Crisis,” NBC News’ Antonia Hylton follows 21-year-old Christina Abraham’s journey leaving the foster system. Abraham shares her experience trying...

Thousands of New York City children lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19. They and other at-risk kids still aren’t getting the support they need.

No, most children in foster care haven’t been rescued from abuse

Questions remain about how the city will spend the remainder of billions in federal COVID stimulus funding on New York City’s school system.

Black, Hispanic and Asian children in the city are around three times more likely to have lost a parent or caregiver compared to their white peers, a new analysis reveals.