It's been a whirlwind 100 days in office for Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and among his biggest victories so far has been the expansion of free child care programs.
The 47-year-old day care operator told police she was cooking food when the child got out of the house through the back screen door.
An unlicensed and crowded day care center in Rockland County has been shut down after town inspectors found children being cared for under dangerous conditions.
The town says the building lacks a certificate of occupancy and is otherwise unsanitary in a summons describing it as a clear and present danger to human life in its present condition.
The mother of a 2-year-old girl in New Jersey wants answers after she picked up her daughter from day care last week and noticed one of her braids was missing.
The child, who has autism and is nonverbal, was 3 years old when the alleged abuse happened at the Happy Dragon Childcare Learning Center in Corona, Queens.