This event is hosted by New York City Family Policy Project.
There has been a dramatic drop in family policing investigations of mamas with newborns for alleged drug use in New York City. This is a clear reflection of the decades of work by impacted mamas and the advocacy of the New York Informed Consent Coalition:
NYC family policing investigations of mamas with newborns for alleged drug use dropped almost 80% between 2020 and 2024.
This drop was even more stark for Black mamas with newborns, for whom investigations for alleged drug use fell nearly 90% between 2017 and 2024.
At the same time, the NYC foster system snatched 30% fewer newborns and infants.
There is no evidence that newborns and infants are less safe because of reduced family separations.
This data comes from a new brief by the New York City Family Policy Project.
This Wednesday (November 12) at 2PM, Nora at New York City Family Policy Project will host an informal chat so you can feel comfortable using this data. Miriam Mack (Movement for Family Power) and Jesse McGleughlin (Bronx Defenders) will join to share more about the advocacy behind these numbers!