NYC child care abuse cases soar as tot-slot expansion rolls out

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe New York Post reports that substantiated child abuse cases in New York City's regulated child care facilities have skyrocketed, as Mayor Zohran Mamdani ramps up expansion of tot care slots.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNow, I want to be careful, because I believe every number is just a story waiting for a better ending, and this one has a lot of room to grow.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe paper calls it a troubling trend. The report as we have it says the cases are up while the slots expand.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt does not say one caused the other.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRight, so without knowing if the expansion itself is the cause, we're looking at a correlation that could mean anything. Could be growing pains, could be better reporting, could be worse conditions.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA reframe.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'm saying the city needs to pump the brakes and actually investigate what's behind the numbers before they add more kids to the mix. You can't just expand and hope for the best when safety's on the line.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe city is growing the program and the numbers are growing with it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorParents will want to know why, and the story does not answer that. Glitter will not either.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThen who do we trust to watch the children while we figure it out?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe licensed facilities are the ones regulated and inspected. Those are the ones we should be focused on. The answer is better oversight, not fewer options.