The child, who said her name was "Sidaya," was found at the corner of Prospect Avenue and East 156th Street in Longwood just after midnight Saturday morning.
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Surveillance video showed the child walking with an adult 10 minutes earlier on Leggett Avenue.
Her mother, 32-year-old Sadeekah Abdul Salaam, was charged Tuesday with abandonment of a child, acting in a manner injurious to a child and reckless endangerment.
The girl was evaluated and placed in the care of the administration for child services after she was found this weekend.
Few other details were released.
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