Advocates for Young Sue New York City

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Advocates for Young Sue New York City

New York Times (12/14/95) P. B1
Bernstein, Nina

Two advocacy groups for abused and neglected children-- Children's Rights Inc. and Lawyers for Children--filed a class action suit on Wednesday, seeking a takeover of New York City's child welfare agency by a court-appointed receiver. The advocates claimed that the death of six-year-old Elisa Izquierdo--who was beaten to death in November despite reports to the child protection agency that she was at risk--marked only the most recent failure of a system filled with illegal practices, mismanagement, and indifference to children. The groups are requesting, on behalf of more than 100,000 children, that a receiver be given complete authority to restructure the Child Welfare Administration. The lawsuit's 11 representative plaintiffs include a five-year-old girl in a similar situation to Izquierdo's, though she survived; an orphaned 17-year-old boy dying of AIDS without adequate care; and a two-year-old girl who has been the subject of uninvestigated reports of neglect and abuse and who still lives with her drug-abusing mother.

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