Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta today released a Report which summarizes the investigations of the ACS Accountability Review Panel and the New York City Child Fatality Review Panel into the deaths of Andrew Cortes, Kevin Mikell, Ceasia Williams, Zachary St. Kitts, Rayvon Evans, and Nadine Lockwood. The Report provides detailed descriptions of each case. As a result of the eight investigations, appropriate disciplinary action has been or is being taken in the case of a deputy borough director, two case managers, ten supervisors and eight caseworkers.
Potential penalties range from reprimand to dismissal.
Sanctions may also include permanent transfer to duties not involving child protection, suspension without pay, and reduction in rank and salary. The evidence developed by ACS' Accountability Review Panel compel us to bring disciplinary actions against these managers and caseworkers. This is a further demonstration that we will hold every employee of the agency accountable, at every level. Of equal importance, however, is that our efforts to reorganize ACS have been greatly informed by these investigations. Many of the reforms and performance measures set forth in our recently released Reform Plan draw, at least in part, on the intensive review ACS conducted in these eight cases.