
Susanti Sarkar
NYC Reporter at The Imprint
NYC reporter @theimprintnews | Investigative journalism alum🕵️♀️ @MedillSchool | for stories or tips, [email protected]
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5 days ago |
imprintnews.org | Susanti Sarkar
New York lawmakers have passed a bill that would end a common practice widely despised among foster youth: moving between homes with their possessions dumped in a garbage bag. The bill, sponsored by Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi and Sen. Jabari Brisport, was unanimously approved Thursday by both houses of the New York State Legislature.
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1 week ago |
imprintnews.org | Susanti Sarkar
Nearly 50 legal organizations, nonprofits and scholars are urging the New York State Court of Appeals to weigh in on a rare child welfare case involving a father accused of harming a fetus — by not preventing his pregnant partner’s drug use. Cynthia Godsoe, a Brooklyn law professor and former children’s attorney, is among those who signed on to a friend-of-the court brief this spring in support of a father identified as Joe B.
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3 weeks ago |
imprintnews.org | Susanti Sarkar
New peer support called “The Heartline” was announced today, and it offers New York foster youth a private, anonymous way to seek help when they’re struggling and fearful that sharing information with adults in their lives could make matters worse. Those picking up calls to the “warmline” — similar to a hotline, but for non-crisis issues — are trained peer counselors who have experienced the child welfare system themselves.
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4 weeks ago |
imprintnews.org | Susanti Sarkar
Against the backdrop of a federal government taking aim at public spending on low-income children and families, New York lawmakers have agreed to significant investments in these working poor households. Both houses of the state Legislature passed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s state budget late Thursday night — a $254 billion spending plan finalized after more than a month’s delay.
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1 month ago |
imprintnews.org | Susanti Sarkar
Bronx foster mom Jean Pennant is used to the hectic routine of school pickups and dropoffs. She has taken care of 14 foster children over the last decade. Currently, she has five children in her home, including a 2-month-old baby and an 11-year-old on the autism spectrum who must be taken to school in his old neighborhood more than an hour away in Queens — on top of frequent visits to a neurologist.
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