Day-Care Without Careful Screening

Child safety concerns in all five boroughs once again. Most New York City day-care centers and pre-schools are not doing proper pre-employment background checks and not verifying children’s immunization histories. In addition, they’re hiring unqualified teachers and staff. Since last July, the Department of Health has issued 11,000 violations to 2,100 facilities. All types of centers were cited from small operations to well known, established day-care facilities that can cost parents up to $27,000 per year. Widespread irresponsibility and dangers are now out in the open for parents and politicians to see. Let us see who from among these groups will act like responsible adults to better safeguard our children, to punish those who put our kids at risk and to work towards assuring that this won’t happen in the future. We're watching.