The judgement in a lawsuit brought by a parent is the fist of its kind since marijuana was legalized
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.The Administration for Children’s Services has agreed to a first-of-its-kind judgment after a parent accused the agency of targeting her for marijuana use and taking her newborn son — months after recreational use was legalized statewide, according to the parent's lawyer and court records.
“Even after a judge required ACS to reunite Ms. Rivers with her baby, ACS continued to subject Ms. Rivers to needless court proceedings and a litany of conditions that interfered with her parenting of TW for months, while the unlawful removal of her baby was ratified by senior ACS leadership,” the complaint reads. “This was not because ACS was trying to protect TW; this was because Ms. Rivers is Black.”, signed by a federal judge on Aug.
In her lawsuit, Rivers claimed that hospital staff tested her for drugs without her consent in August 2021, when she was “overwhelmed with happiness and drained by the birth” of her son, TW. After Rivers gave birth to TW, neither one “received any treatment or medical counseling from the hospital related to the marijuana test results,” the complaint reads.
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