The Imprint | Mamdani campaign
Although Mamdani hasn’t said much on the campaign trail about foster care, in the last two years he co-sponsored critical pieces of legislation that aim to scale back the number of families that come into contact with Child Protective Services — populations that are disproportionately Black and low-income. Among his legislative efforts are three bills that would: curb anonymous reporting to the child protection hotline; provide Miranda-style warnings to parents under investigation; and ban nonconsensual drug-testing of pregnant and birthing moms. Only the anonymous reporting bill passed the Legislature this session, and it hasn’t been signed into law yet.