Minor violations — corrected

Lewis, Gwendel

504 West 134th Street, Manhattan, 10031

Lewis, Gwendel 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 3 inspection visits, most recently Aug 27, 2026, with no uncorrected violations on file. Per the state's record, this provider had violations in the last 3 years, all shown as fixed in the record. Its license or registration runs through Apr 6, 2027 in the state registry. Everything we publish for this record is free.

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Inspection history

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2026-08-27No Violations Found
2026-08-25Violations Found
Violation · §416.8(a)Corrected

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?

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Violation · §416.8(j)(2)Corrected

Official rule text — what the state requires: Two caregivers must be present when more than six children, none of whom are school age, are in care.

What this means

Practice Two caregivers must be present when more than six children, none of them school age, are in care. A citation means that was not the case when the home was cited.

Worth asking: What happens when more than six young children are here at once?

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Violation · §416.15(a)(1)(ii)Corrected

Official rule text — what the state requires: Each group family day care home must operate in compliance with the regulations of the Office and all other applicable laws and regulations.

2026-07-10Violations Found
Violation · §413.4(d)(4)Corrected

Official rule text — what the state requires: The clearances required pursuant to this section, other than those for which on-going criminal history results are provided, shall be conducted for any existing operator, director, employee or volunteer at a child day care center, small day care center, school-age child care program, group family day care home or family day care home, as defined in section (2) of this part, and any person age eighteen (18) or older living in a group family day care home or family day care home at least once every five years in accordance with a schedule developed by the Office.

Violation · §416.7(l)Corrected on-Site

Official rule text — what the state requires: Other than for school age children, sleeping and napping arrangements must be made in writing between the parent and the program. Such arrangements shall include: the area of the home where the child will nap; whether the child will nap on a cot, mat, bed or a crib; and how the napping child will be supervised, consistent with the requirements of section 416.8 of this Part.

What this means

Records Except for school age children, sleeping and napping arrangements must be made in writing between the parent and the program. They must name the area of the home where the child will nap, whether the child will nap on a cot, mat, bed or crib, and how the napping child will be supervised. The citation concerns that written agreement.

Worth asking: Do you have a written nap arrangement for each child, and where do the children sleep?

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Violation · §416.11(b)(1)Corrected

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?

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