Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Bloomberg
Responding to the city's failure to prevent the death of a 7-year-old girl in a home already under investigation for abuse, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg yesterday announced that retired law enforcement workers would be dispatched to work in child welfare offices and that he would create a new mayoral office to ensure that city agencies work together to prevent abuse. He also said that the city would devote an additional $16 million to the Administration for Children's Services to hire managers and caseworkers and to give more training to current caseworkers and that the city was working to establish a more stringent series of red flags to prompt quicker action, including action at city schools. Responding to the city's failure to prevent the death of a 7-year-old girl in a home already under investigation for abuse, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg yesterday announced that retired law enforcement workers would be dispatched to work in child welfare offices and that he would create a new mayoral office to ensure those city agencies work together to prevent abuse. He said the city would devote an additional $16 million to the Administration for Children's Services to hire managers and caseworkers and to give more training to current caseworkers. He cited faulty communication between officials at Nixzmary's school, who were urgently concerned about her well-being, and the caseworkers at Children's Services, who apparently were not. He indicated that the changes to the child welfare system would not end with yesterday's announcement. He said the city was working to establish a more stringent series of red flags to prompt quicker action.