New York has a long history of trafficking children. The Orphan trains were the precursor to the Foster system. They would take children from poor families and sell them to work as slave labor out west.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_Train
Linda Gordon, a feminist with a PHD in Russian history who teaches at Yale wrote a book about "The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction" I believe her version was slanted. Her twitter page went dark right after the release of the credibly accused list of Arizona pedophile priests. I believe the white women saw what they were doing and said HELL NO. They labelled them racist. It went to the Supreme court and the white women got to keep the children.
https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/linda-gordon.html
http://www.supersummary.com/the-great-arizona-orphan-abduction/summary/