Annual reporting on unlicensed child care facilities closed by the dept of health and mental hygiene.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to annual reporting on unlicensed child care facilities closed by the department of health and mental hygiene

This bill would require annual reporting from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to the Speaker of the Council, or via the Mayor’s Management Report, relating to licensed and unlicensed child care facilities. This reporting would be required to include the number of licensed child care facilities, the number of inspections of these facilities performed, the number of complaints of unlicensed child care facilities, the results of such complaints, and the number of unlicensed facilities that were closed. The Department would also be required to publish the address of child care providers that received cease and desist orders or were otherwise closed due to their unlicensed operation.