Advocates are now calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to sign a new bill that gives judges more discretion for parents who lose their parental rights after family court hearings, which they say disproportionately affects Black and Latino parents. The Preserving Family Bonds Act, which passed the Senate and Assembly in June, would amend New York law to ensure contact between children and their biological parents in cases where a judge thinks it would be in a child’s best interest.

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