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Naomi Schaefer Riley

Naomi Schaefer Riley

The Atlantic

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How NYC’s lax child-protection standards failed Promise Cotton

New Yorkers care about their neighbors — when we see something, we do in fact say something. But our public servants do not always respond.

22.04.2025 10

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

This court ‘win for mothers’ puts CHILDREN’S lives at risk

The court ruled that unless the mother herself abused her child, ACS can't compel her to accept any kind of check-ins to make sure an abusive...

28.02.2025 10

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

Harvard takes small, vital step to revive open dialogue

Harvard will restore delivery boxes for campus publications "as a way of honoring the labor and creativity of our students while fostering the...

18.02.2025 6

Boston Globe

Naomi Schaefer Riley

Why the riskiest situation NYC foster kids can face is visiting their birth parents

Between 2020 and 2023, there were 2,154 cases of substantiated abuse and/or neglect of foster children in New York City. When New Yorkers read that...

14.12.2024 4

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

Another child is dead in NYC, as officials care more about ‘social justice’ than protecting kids

Jahmeik Moore, 4, is the sixth child to die of maltreatment in the city in the last three months.

16.10.2024 1

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

NYC’s child protection agency is coddling troubled parents, leaving kids to die

Lax policies at the city's Administration for Children’s Services have caseworkers supporting drug-addicted and mentally ill parents at the expense...

22.08.2024 2

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley