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Council passes local daycare-safety measures, urges state to tighten inspections after child’s fentanyl death
Summary
The New York City Council passed two local introductions requiring annual outreach to parents and reporting on inspector training and adopted a resolution urging the state to pass bills to strengthen daycare inspections after the fentanyl death of a 1-year-old in a licensed facility.
The New York City Council passed two local bills requiring annual outreach to parents about child-care rights and public reporting on inspector training, and adopted Resolution 563 calling on the state legislature to approve companion measures to tighten daycare oversight.
Council Member Petrina Sanchez framed the measures around the 2022 death of 1-year-old Nicholas Feliz Domenici, who died after fentanyl exposure in a licensed daycare. “Nicholas should be here today,” Sanchez said, describing the child as “a radiant, joyful child whose life was stolen by fentanyl exposure in a licensed day care facility.”
The local measures described by Sanchez were Intro. 1041a, which she said would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct an annual outreach campaign to inform parents and legal guardians about their rights regarding children in child-care programs in New York City, and Intro. 1042a, which…
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