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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

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