Lachapell, Meralys 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 8 inspection visits, most recently Jul 27, 2026, with 24 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 Dec 4, 2027 in the state registry. Everything we publish for this record is free.
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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.
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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: The assistant(s) must also be caring for children whenever the numbers and ages of children in care dictate that an assistant be present.
Official rule text — what the state requires: One caregiver may care for a maximum of six children younger than school age, or eight children when at least two of the eight children are school aged.
What this means
Practice One caregiver may care for at most six children younger than school age, or eight children when at least two of the eight are school aged. A citation means the group was larger than that when the home was cited.
Worth asking: How many children are in the group, and how many caregivers are present?
Official rule text — what the state requires: The provider, assistant(s), and substitute(s), must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider:
What this means
Records The provider, assistants and substitutes must each give the program a medical statement from a health care provider, on the state's form or an approved equivalent. The citation concerns those statements, and the public record does not say whose was missing.
Worth asking: Is a current medical statement on file for each caregiver?
Official rule text — what the state requires: Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during the hours of operation of the group family day care home.
What this means
Practice The rule requires evacuation drills at least monthly, during the hours the home is open. A citation means that was not being done when the home was cited.
Worth asking: When was your last evacuation drill?
Official rule text — what the state requires: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.
What this means
Building and equipment The rule requires suitable precautions to eliminate any condition, in areas children can reach, that poses a safety or health hazard. The wording is broad, and the public record does not name the hazard.
Worth asking: What hazard was cited, and what was done about it?
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: Only approved caregivers may be left unsupervised with day care children.
What this means
Practice Only approved caregivers may be left unsupervised with the children in day care. A citation means someone who was not an approved caregiver was alone with them.
Worth asking: Who besides you is approved to be alone with the children?
Official rule text — what the state requires: Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during the hours of operation of the group family day care home.
What this means
Practice The rule requires evacuation drills at least monthly, during the hours the home is open. A citation means that was not being done when the home was cited.
Worth asking: When was your last evacuation drill?
Official rule text — what the state requires: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.
What this means
Building and equipment The rule requires suitable precautions to eliminate any condition, in areas children can reach, that poses a safety or health hazard. The wording is broad, and the public record does not name the hazard.
Worth asking: What hazard was cited, and what was done about it?
Official rule text — what the state requires: All child care programs must have at least one caregiver who holds a valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid on the premises of the child care program during the program's operating hours.
What this means
Practice The rule requires at least one caregiver with a valid CPR and first aid certification to be on the premises during all of the program's operating hours. A citation under it means the program was not meeting that requirement when it was cited.
Worth asking: Who holds the CPR and first aid certification, and when does it expire?
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