3 DAs Unite in B’klyn to Scrutinize Child Abuse
JAY STREET — Today, three New York City district attorneys came together with crime survivors in Brooklyn to announce a new report showing the extent of child abuse and neglect across New York state.
They also emphasized the benefits of voluntary home visiting services, which can reduce child abuse and neglect by as much as 50 percent.
On behalf of the program “Fight Crime: Invest in Kids,” Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes, Richmond County District Attorney Daniel M. Donovan Jr. and Queens County District Attorney Richard A. Brown released a report indicating that at least 77,000 children in New York state suffered abuse and neglect in 2010 — more than 200 every day. Of those, 114 children died as a result of the abuse.
“We are concerned about child abuse and neglect as a reality for far too many children, not just statistics on a sheet of paper,” Hynes said. “Nationally, there were almost 700,000 confirmed cases of child abuse and neglect that claimed the lives of 1,560 in 2010, and 114 of those kids were from New York. That number should shock the conscience of every one of us.”