We’re overjoyed that City Hall has plainly heeded The Post’s reporting and decided not to hire an “abolitionist” to run the Administration for Children’s Services.
Happy, to be clear, because going ahead would’ve meant needless continued abuse and even deaths of kids the city knew to be in danger.
On Friday, Angela Burton, who calls herself an abolitionist because she thinks ACS enforcers are in practice anti-minority, told The New York Times that she’s no longer in the running to lead the embattled agency.
The other, like-minded “finalist” for the job, Queens Legal Services project director Michelle Burrell, had already dropped out.
The Mamdani administration evidently had the wisdom to rethink its intended course: Hooray!
The Post’s David Spector revealed last month that Mayor Zohran Mamdani was looking to hire a radical activist — who likened child protective services to genocide — to lead the city’s welfare agency for children.
Even earlier, Post contributor Naomi Schaefer Riley warned of the new administration’s plans to replace the agency’s (terrible, but not as horrible) departing chief, Jess Dannhauser, with an even worse pick.
Now those plans are off; the city’s abused and neglected children dodged a bullet.
We hope this inspires Gov. Kathy Hochul to rethink her decision to sign a new law banning the use of anonymous tips in child-welfare investigations: Put repeal on your agenda now, gov!
Mamdani can chart a new course for ACS by appointing a true professional who believes in its mission, puts kids’ needs first and understands that removing vulnerable children from high-risk homes isn’t genocide — it’s salvation.
Find a dedicated civil servant along the lines of de Blasio-era ACS chief David Hansell, and keep the ideologues out.
