News12 New York
N12 Originals
Numbers & Links
Local
Crime
Weather
Power & Politics
Rebuilding Brooklyn
Taking Action
Fair or Mostly Sunny
68°
Local
Crime
Weather
Power & Politics
Rebuilding Brooklyn
Taking Action

Hundreds of ACS workers getting axed in BK, city foster care overhaul

The Administration for Children's Services (ACS) says it is cutting hundreds of jobs in an effort to help Brooklyn and city foster kids find permanent homes. ACS plans to layoff 650 employees who make

News 12 Staff

•

Mar 22, 2007, 12:41 PM

•

Updated

Share:

Top Stories

00:25
99bxbkhatecrimeindictment_2026-09-09-05-25-01

Man indicted for 2 hate crime stabbings near NYC synagogues

01:12
LN F P1 AM 2 10

Warm and breezy today before showers return in Brooklyn

00:24
99bkcarjacking

Officer fires weapon during armed carjacking investigation in Midwood

00:25
LIGSCOOKIES909_2026-09-09-05-40-49

Girl Scouts introduce 2 new cookies, including 1 for dogs

00:23
KLN EXCACATOR FALLS 0908_2026-09-08-21-38-49

Excavator falls through floor at Downtown Brooklyn construction site

00:29
FAKE OSHA CARDS MONITOR2 copy

Two men indicted for making and selling fake OSHA cards

02:07
RTREGBKNotEnoughSchoolBusesMScottSG001

More Than 2,000 NYC students with disabilities could start school without bus service

00:29
010ac541-72ad-4cba-a1ac-3ffcf6e0d6a7

Two Brooklyn residents indicted for alleged sex trafficking of teenage girl

01:54
RTREGBXBKHighHolidaysSafetyGThompson9pm_2026-09-08-21-43-52

Increased security expected in Brooklyn's Jewish community ahead of High Holidays

00:47
RTBXBK911BikeRideBostonToNYCVOSOT9pm_2026-09-08-21-44-36

Hundreds of cyclists ride from Boston to NYC to honor firefighters killed on 9/11

01:38
BKEDRICROB9826_2026-09-08-06-11-37

Bed-Stuy man dies after being shot in the head in Brownsville

00:31
Screenshot 2026-09-08 153635

Bronx man arrested in Crown Heights park homicide

01:54
911 Health Records Portal pkg 0908_2026-09-08-16-56-12

NYC launches portal to access 9/11 documents, portal unveiling air quality concerns at ground zero

00:30
trash bins

City's trash bin rules now in effect. Those who don't comply with be fined

00:18
GENERIC POLICE LIGHTS

2 NYPD officers injured in Crown Heights incident

00:41
RTREGBKSchoolRibbonCuttingVOSOTSG001

Ribbon-cutting ceremony unveils new Gravesend middle school

00:33
fallvaccines0908_2026-09-08-17-07-06

Researchers remind community to receive vaccines this fall

00:21
slashing near barclays center

Man stabbed in the face, hand near Barclays Center

01:50
bkrebuld1

Launch High School moving into former Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy space

00:21
Screenshot 2026-09-08 065737

One person injured in Bushwick collision

App StoreGoogle Play Store

info

Newsletter

Send Photos/Videos

Contact

About Us

News Team

News 12 New York

follow us

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

more resources

Optimum Corporate

Optimum Service

Advertise on News 12

Careers

Content Removal Policy

© 2026 N12N, LLC

Privacy Policy

Terms of Service

Ad Choices