In compliance with Local Law 19 of 2018, ACS publishes an annual report on its child fatality reviews. Reports are published 18 months after the end of each calendar year.
Published as per Local Law 19, 2018, this report focuses on the work of NYC's Accountability Review Panel. The Panel reviews fatalities of children whose families were the subject of a child protective investigation or otherwise received services from ACS within the last ten years or at the time of
Pursuant to Local law 115 of 2005, this annual report includes the most current data on injury-related deaths among children ages 1 to 12 years and offers recommendations for preventing child injury deaths.
This report focuses on child fatalities during calendar year 2020. It outlines how ACS responds
to child fatalities, summarizes demographic data, and provides systemic findings from cases
reviewed.
The Child Fatality Review Advisory Team annual report includes the most current data on injury-related fatalities among children ages 1 to 12 years in New York City and closes with recommendations for preventing child injury deaths in NYC.
From 2012 to 2015, injury was the cause of 10% of deaths among infants younger than 1 year old in NYC; among these, 75% were sleep-related. This report highlights the prevalence of unsafe sleep environmental risk factors.
In compliance with Local Law 19 of 2018, ACS publishes an annual report on its child fatality reviews. Reports are published 18 months after the end of each calendar year and are required to be posted on the ACS website.
Local law 115 of 2005 (and its extension of 2012) requires the New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and the Child Fatality Review Advisory Team it chairs to produce an annual report on injury-related child fatalities in NYC.