Five employees of the Administration for Children’s Services—two caseworkers, two supervisors and a manager—who were involved in the case of a 6-year-old boy who was beaten to death Sept. 26 were reassigned to desk duty four days later while an investigation proceeds as to why he hadn’t been removed from his troubled mother’s custody after a series of abuse complaints were brought.
The death of Zymere Perkins also raised questions about why the Department of Education hadn’t alerted ACS when the boy wasn’t registered to attend first grade earlier in the month, and subjected ACS Commissioner Gladys Carrión to criticism for the agency’s failures, even as the de Blasio administration declined to make her available to the media.
This item is available in full to subscribers.
We have recently launched a new and improved website. To continue reading, you will need to either log into your subscriber account, or purchase a new subscription.
If you have an active digital subscription, then you already have an account here. Just reset your password, if you've not yet logged in to your account on this new site.
If you are a current print-only subscriber, and want access to our website,click here to view your options for changing you subscription level.
Otherwise, click here to view your options for subscribing.
Please log in to continue |