Celina's Day Care is child care in the provider's own home. New York State licenses this kind of home (“group family day care”) for up to 12 children plus 4 school-age children; an assistant must be on hand once more than eight children are present. State inspectors check it, not the city Health Department. The state's file shows 6 inspection visits, most recently Sep 21, 2026, with 7 violations not yet shown as fixed. Per the state's record, this provider has violations the record does not yet show as fixed. Its license or registration runs through Sep 30, 2030 in the state registry. Everything we publish for this record is free.
Last inspection · record checked against the state's child care registry .
Inspection history
Every state inspection visit on record for this home, newest first, from New York State's public file. We show the record as it stands and don't grade it.
How to read this record
- New York State inspects home programs at least once a year unannounced, when the license or registration comes up for renewal, and after complaints. Every visit is listed with its date and result.
- Violations found means inspectors cited one or more rule violations on that visit. Each one lists the rule, what it requires, and whether the record shows it corrected (fixed) or still uncorrected.
- The state doesn't publish severity rankings the way the city does for daycare centers. Read the description itself, and ask the provider about anything that worries you.
- To double-check anything or request the fuller file, open the official state record or get a pre-filled records-request letter, using the buttons under the inspection list. More in our methodology.
Official rule text — what the state requires: All child day care providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a group family day care home hired after June 30, 2013, must comply with the background check requirements for the register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of Persons with Special Needs pursuant to Section 495 of the Social Services Law.
What this means
Records Providers, employees, volunteers and anyone 18 or older who lives in the home who were hired after June 30, 2013 must complete a background check against the Justice Center's register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect. The citation concerns that check. It does not say what a check found.
Worth asking: Have all required people had the Justice Center register check?
Official rule text — what the state requires: All child day care providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a group family day care home are required to complete a Statewide Central Register database check.
What this means
Records Providers, employees, volunteers and anyone 18 or older who lives in the home, or starts to live there, must complete a Statewide Central Register database check. The citation concerns that requirement. It does not say what a check found.
Worth asking: Has everyone over 18 in the home completed the required register check?
Official rule text — what the state requires: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a caregiver's range of vision except as provided in section 416.8(b) of this Part and that the caregiver be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age, emotional, physical and cognitive development.
What this means
Practice Children must be supervised at all times. The state's wording defines this as awareness of what each child is doing, with every child in a caregiver's range of vision except where the rule allows otherwise, and a caregiver close enough to step in. The public record does not describe what was seen.
Worth asking: How are the children supervised during naps, meals and outdoor play?
Official rule text — what the state requires: When care is provided for children under the age of two years, there must be at least one caregiver present for every two children under the age of two years in attendance.
What this means
Practice When children under two are in care, there must be at least one caregiver present for every two children under two in attendance. A citation means that was not the case when the home was cited.
Worth asking: How many caregivers are present when the youngest children are here?
Official rule text — what the state requires: The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: have a minimum of either two (2) years of experience caring for children under six years of age, or one (1) year of experience caring for children under six years of age plus six hours of training or education in early childhood development. The phrase "experience caring for children" can mean child-rearing as well as paid and unpaid experience caring for children. The term "training" can mean educational workshops and courses in caring for preschool-age children;
What this means
Records The provider, assistants and substitutes must each have two years of experience caring for children under six, or one year of that experience plus six hours of training or education in early childhood development. The state's wording counts child-rearing as experience. The citation concerns that qualification, and the public record does not say which person it applied to.
Worth asking: What childcare experience and training does each caregiver have?
Official rule text — what the state requires: All child day care providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a group family day care home hired after June 30, 2013, must comply with the background check requirements for the register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of Persons with Special Needs pursuant to Section 495 of the Social Services Law.
What this means
Records Providers, employees, volunteers and anyone 18 or older who lives in the home who were hired after June 30, 2013 must complete a background check against the Justice Center's register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect. The citation concerns that check. It does not say what a check found.
Worth asking: Have all required people had the Justice Center register check?
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