New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
announced on Monday that his child welfare commissioner was stepping
down after a succession of child deaths that renewed long-running
concerns about the city’s supervision of vulnerable children.
The abrupt resignation of Gladys Carrión
as commissioner of the city’s Administration for Children’s Services is
the latest blow to the mayor’s health and social services team, which
has endured pointed criticism and several high-level departures.
In
a letter to Mr. de Blasio, Ms. Carrión said she was leaving for her
“well-being” and noted “tremendous strides.” Mr. de Blasio said in a
statement that she had an “unparalleled commitment to children and
families.”
But
in recent months, other elected officials have questioned Ms. Carrión’s
effectiveness amid a string of fatalities involving children who had
been on her agency’s radar.
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Source: The New York Times
Statement by Senator Ruben Diaz
“We all know that the innocent
often pay for the negligence of others. In this case, we see Commissioner
Gladys Carrion resign from her duties as the New York City Administration
for Children's Services. Commissioner Carrion publicly wept during
testimony at the New York City Council hearings this past October because
she cares so much for the victims of child abuse and neglect, but no one
came to her defense. Instead, she was treated like a scapegoat.
I am sad to see that Commissioner
Gladys Carrión is paying for the negligence of others.
We should all be crying today because
there are no plans and there is no one to see that the errors at the Administration
for Children’s Services will be corrected and prevent tragedies from occurring
in other families.”
Source: The Office of State Senator Rev. Ruben Diaz
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