NYC Socialist Mayor Eyes Activist Who Called CPS ‘Genocide for Black People’ to Lead Child Welfare Agency
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is considering Angela Burton, a 65-year-old activist known for her criticism of Child Protective Services (CPS), to lead the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS).
Burton has described CPS as a form of “slow extractive genocide for black people in America” in a 2023 X post and likened it to “child slavery” in another post from July 2023.
“Leave Black people alone. Your numbers and methods are treasure. Racist garbage in, racist garbage out. We don’t need CPS. CPS is Slow extractive Genocide for Black people in America. We know what you’re up to,” Burton wrote.
Leave Black people alone. Your numbers and and methods are treasure. Racist garbage in, racist garbage out. We don’t need CPS. CPS is Slow extractive Genocide for Black people in America. We know what you’re up to.
— AngelaBurton (@SankofaRose) June 12, 2023
#FOHWTBS, disregard of fundamental freedom of Black folks & no legal protections for HUMAN, civil, &constitutional rights is THE key feature of family policing (“child protective services/CPS”) system.
SAME AS CHATTEL SLAVERY. #AbolishCPS#EndFamilyPolicing#RepealCAPTA
— AngelaBurton (@SankofaRose) July 9, 2023
Currently, Burton serves on Children’s Rights’ New York Mandated Reporting Working Group, which seeks to narrow mandated reporting laws to reduce what it calls over-surveillance and family separations, particularly affecting Black, Latino, and low-income families.
Burton has also posted on X calling CPS a “grave and imminent threat” to children and families, accusing CPS employees of racism, and advocating for defunding police and the abolition of the “foster care industrial complex.”
And to #DeFundACS #AbolishFosterCareIndustrialComplex #BlackFamiliesMatter @AmyMulzer pic.twitter.com/rzcSj0wQnC
— AngelaBurton (@SankofaRose) June 9, 2020
“CPS investigations terrorize over a third of all children & OVER HALF (53%) of all BLACK children with invasive, traumatizing, generational documented harm. CPS is a grave and imminent threat to children and families,” Burton wrote in 2024.
CPS investigations terrorize over a third of all children & OVER HALF (53%) of all BLACK children with invasive, traumatizing, generational documented harm. CPS is a grave and imminent threat to children and families. #RepealCAPTA #PassFamilyMirandaNow #StopStateChildAbuse
— AngelaBurton (@SankofaRose) June 7, 2024
Previously, Burton worked as special counsel for interdisciplinary matters in the New York State Office of Court Administration’s Justice Initiatives department, focusing on child welfare and juvenile justice. She claimed in a July 2023 X post that she was fired in 2022 after planning to speak against investigating abuse claims at a government panel.
The ACS oversees investigations into suspected child abuse and manages the city’s foster care system.
Burton is reportedly in the final stages of the interview process for the position.
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