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Zymere Perkins murder: NYC man found guilty on all charges

  • Jan 16, 2020

Trial wrapping up for Harlem man accused of killing 6-year-old

  • Jan 13, 2020

Man gets 15 years in beating death of 3-year-old NYC boy

  • Apr 2, 2019

Ex-con ACS worker accused of attacking 6-year-old boy

  • Aug 7, 2018

ACS, Foster Care Task Force issue 16 reform recommendations

  • Mar 22, 2018

New investigative reforms to protect abused children, says ACS commissioner

  • Dec 22, 2017

Preschools now directed to call 911 for children in distress after allergy death

  • Nov 13, 2017

Police investigating death of 3-month-old boy in the Bronx

  • Apr 24, 2017

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Zymere Perkins murder: Harlem man found guilty on all charges

  • Jan 15, 2020
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Closing arguments for man on trial in murder of 6-year-old Zymere Perkins

  • Jan 13, 2020
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Brooklyn man gets 15 years in prison for beating death of 3-year-old Jaden Jordan

  • Apr 2, 2019
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Ex-con ACS worker accused of attacking 6-year-old boy in Manhattan

  • Aug 7, 2018
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Ex-con ACS worker accused of attacking 6-year-old boy in Manhattan

  • Aug 7, 2018
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ACS worker accused of assaulting 6-year-old boy

  • Aug 7, 2018
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ACS, Foster Care Task Force issue 16 reform recommendations

  • Mar 22, 2018
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New investigative reforms to protect abused children, says ACS commissioner

  • Dec 22, 2017

Latest Stories

WABC

Up Close: New ACS Commissioner David Hansell

This week, we'll talk with the new commissioner of New York City's Administration for Children's Services, David Hansell.

  • Apr 2, 2017

David Hansell named new head of New York City ACS

He has worked in the administrations of New York mayors Rudy Guiliani and Michael Bloomberg, and Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Hansell also helped oversee federal child welfare programs.

  • Feb 21, 2017

Exclusive: ACS workers say case load too high, blame for child deaths is unfair

Some of the supervisors and case workers said they feel workers on the front lines are being unfairly blamed for the deaths of the children who recently died while under the watch of the city's child welfare agency.

  • Feb 17, 2017

ACS making changes after blistering report, high-profile child deaths

City investigators are probing the workings of the ACS following the death of Jaden Jordan, who was allegedly beaten into a coma in his Graves End home, and the recent classification of a 3-year-old's death over the summer as a homicide.

  • Jan 27, 2017

Investigation into ACS 'foster care panic' in NYC

When news broke last September that 6-year-old Zymere Perkins of Harlem had been bludgeoned to death with a broomstick, calls to the Administration for Children services spiked.

  • Jan 27, 2017