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NEW NY POST ARTICLE FINDS ACS RESPNSIBLE FOR MORE DEAD CHILDREN
Zymere Perkins (left) and Jaden Jordan (right) both died even
though their child abuse cases were investigated by ACS. Robert Miller; Facebook
Ten kids died despite each being the subject of at least four
abuse or maltreatment complaints to the cityās troubled child welfare
agency in the weeks leading up to the slaying of little Zymere Perkins, a probe by Comptroller Scott Stringerās office has found.
The tragedies were among 38 deaths involving vulnerable children
flagged for high-priority investigations by the Administration for
Childrenās Services, Stringer found in the report, a copy of which was
obtained by The Post.
In a letter to outgoing ACS Commissioner Gladys Carrion ā who announced she was stepping down last week
amid scrutiny of her handling of the agency ā Stringer said his
findings āstarkly illustrate ACSā persistent lack of progress in meeting
its own targets for how those investigations are conducted, supervised
and managed.ā
Without reform, Stringer warned, the bungling āwill continue to prove
fatal for an unknown number of children who will foreseeably need to
rely on ACS for protection from abusive individuals in their own
households.ā
Carrionās abrupt retirement came one day before the state ordered the
appointment of an outside monitor to oversee ACS due to shocking lapses
in the handling of Zymereās case.
Stringerās report, which will be made public Thursday, said his
office looked into 3,692 high-priority ACS probes opened between July 1
and Sept. 25 ā one day before Zymere, 6, was beaten to death in Harlem
following five ACS investigations into abuse allegations against his
family.
Zymereās mom, Geraldine Perkins, and her boyfriend, Rysheim Smith,
have been charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Authorities
suspect Smith fatally bludgeoned the child with a broomstick. Rysheim
Smith in court after being charged with misdemeanor endangering the
welfare of Zymere Perkins. He has yet to be indicted for murder.Steven Hirsch
The comptrollerās probe found that 53 high-priority cases involving
four or more complaints against a household were closed without any
agency employees having āface-to-face contactā with the children in
question.
Stringer also uncovered multiple instances in which ACS failed to
follow official protocol in handling the investigations. The lapses
included 22.4 percent of the 3,692 cases in which there was no
āface-to-face contactā with the child within 24 hours, and 25.9 percent
that were closed without the ārequisite number of face-to-face contacts
with the childā every other week.
In addition, 31.9 percent of the cases were closed without first
being reviewed by a supervisor five times, as required, and 72.5 percent
were closed without being reviewed by a manager even three times.
Those failures occurred despite ACS being so top-heavy with management that supervisors actually outnumber the caseworkers assigned to deal with kids at risk, as revealed by The Post on Monday. ACS also failed to produce a risk-assessment profile within 40 days,
as required, in 68 percent of the cases, according to Stringerās
preliminary findings.
āItās so alarming and concerning,ā Stringer told The Post. āThe sheer
number of kids who have tragically slipped through the cracks makes
your heart break.ā
Since Zymereās death, another child, 3-year-old Jaden Jordan, died from a beating, allegedly administered by his motherās boyfriend, Salvatore Lucchesse.
That abuse was uncovered on Nov. 28, three days after ACS workers
investigated a tip that mistakenly gave the wrong address for the
familyās home in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn.
In his letter, Stringer said the probe was a follow-up to a June 15
report that āfound significant deficiencies in ACSās processes.ā
In addition to Stringerās findings, ACS is bracing for the release of
a report by the city Department of Investigation early next year. Last
week, DOI Commissioner Mark Peters said his probe would reveal āfailures
at the highest levelā of ACS.
Both ACS and Mayor Bill de Blasioās office disputed Stringerās
findings, saying 21 of the 38 deaths Stringer cited had no prior history
with ACS.
They also said seven other deaths stemmed from unsafe sleeping
conditions, two were illness-related, one was determined to be
accidental, and the official cause of two others remained pending.
The existence of five other child death cases cited by Stringer is being disputed by the de Blasio administration.
āItās no surprise that ACSās data was cherry-picked to support a
simplified and largely inaccurate conclusion,ā mayoral spokesperson Aja
Worthy-Davis said.
āThis report contains many inaccuracies ā such as a base
misunderstanding of child-protective review protocols and legal rules
regarding risk assessment.
āOur focus remains on aggressive reform meant to protect every child that we interact with.ā Additional reporting by Bruce Golding
The bulk of the street level work that ACS does is the home visit. ACS workers take this opportunity to attack the parents in any ay that they can. Initially the ACS worker will demand that the parents not record them. They will actually give you orders in your own home. Do not allow them to do this. If you have been contacted by ACS, contact our hotline at 917-519-8417 Do not speak to an acs worker without an attorney!! brooklynacslawyer.com queensacslawyer.com bronxacslawyer.com statenislandacslawyer.com sueacs.com
Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department AD3d Argued - May 17, 2022 FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, J.P. JOSEPH J. MALTESE PAUL WOOTEN LARA J. GENOVESI, JJ. 2021-07543 DECISION & ORDER In the Matter of Lexis B. (Anonymous). Administration for Childrenās Services, petitioner-respondent; Natalia B. (Anonymous), appellant, et al., respondent. (Proceeding No. 1) In the Matter of Joseph B. (Anonymous). Administration for Childrenās Services, petitioner-respondent; Natalia B. (Anonymous), appellant, et al., respondent. (Proceeding No. 2) (Docket Nos. N-1916-21, N-1917-21) Michael S. Discioarro, New York, NY, for appellant. Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, Corporation Counsel, New York, NY (Deborah A. Brenner and Andrea Nishi of counsel), for petitioner-respondent. Anne M. Serby, Long Beach, NY, attorney for the child Lexis B. In related proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County ...
ACS Lawyer Announces Lawsuit Against ACS On Behalf of Innocent Mother The Law Offices of Michael S. Discioarro, LLC Announced Today A Lawsuit Filed Against ACS by The Firm On Behalf Of An Innocent Mother. By: LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL DISCIOARRO BRONX, N.Y. - June 8, 2022 - PRLog -- "These facts are so outrageous they need to be judged by a jury." Mr. Discioarro said. In new lawsuit in the case of X.J v ACS , ACS filed a petition of neglect against and innocent mother, removed her child who had special needs, only to dismiss the case three days after it was filed. "this is an incredible abuse of power, the worst I have seen in a while." Mr. Discioarro said. The mother was completely blindsided by the removal of the child into foster care and fought every step of the way to get the child back. ACS and other child protective agencies receive state and federal funding for each child removed. Thus, the more children they remove, the ...
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