Topic: John Mattingly

Grim work, done well

A good public servant is moving on.. . Administration for Children's Services Commissioner John Mattingly spent seven years leading an agency...

ACS commissioner Mattingly leaving post

The commissioner who presided over the Administration for Children's Services during the high-profile child deaths of Nixzmary Brown and Marchella ...

ACS to probe dog-maul tragedy

Administration For Children's Services Commissioner John Mattingly vowed to investigate the mauling death of 4-year-old Jayelin Graham.. . "This...

Pols say ax kid-welfare chief

Two City Council members demanded Thursday that the Administration for Children's Services chief step down as a result of the agency's tragic...

Baccaglini: Don't blame ACS

When a child dies due to abuse or neglect, as did four-year-old Marchella Brett-Pierce, it shocks the conscience of our entire city. It is a time...

Bronx's notorious Spofford shut down

For 54 years, the gate at Bridges Juvenile Center clanged shut behind troubled youth, confining them to a hulking concrete lockup plagued by fights...
At the H.H.S. City Council hearing just now, the commissioner for the city Administration for Children Services told Council members that under Michael Bloomberg's budget cuts, 21 child care centers will lose substantial funding, and added, Its fair to ...
Scathing Report Exposes Problems at NYC Child Welfare AgencyCity workers charged with investigating child abuse and neglect reports sometimes simply took parents at their word when they denied the allegations. Sometimes they closed cases without even trying to interview people who probably ...