Mendez, Mery 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 Sep 14, 2026, with 1 violation not yet shown as fixed. 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 Mar 5, 2030 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: 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: No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment.
What this means
Records No child may be accepted unless the program has a written statement, signed by a health care provider, that the child can take part in child care and appears free from contagious disease. The statement must have been completed within the 12 months before enrollment. The citation concerns those statements.
Worth asking: Can you show me that a current medical statement is on file for each enrolled child?
Official rule text — what the state requires: The caregivers, employees and volunteers must be familiar with the regulations governing group family day care. Such regulations must be readily accessible to the caregivers for reference purposes and must be made available for review to a parent of a child in care upon request by a parent.
Official rule text — what the state requires: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection daily attendance records that are filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times;
What this means
Records The program must keep daily attendance records on file at the home, filled out when each child arrives and leaves, with arrival and departure times. The citation concerns that record.
Worth asking: Can I see this week's attendance record?
Official rule text — what the state requires: The program must keep documentation of immunizations the child has received to date, in accordance with New York State Public Health Law.
What this means
Records The program must keep documentation of the immunizations each child has received to date. The citation concerns those records.
Worth asking: Is each child's immunization record on file and current?
Official rule text — what the state requires: The program must obtain a written statement, from the parent of each infant in care, setting forth the breast milk, formula and feeding schedule instructions for the infant and must be updated as changes are made.
What this means
Records The program must get a written statement from the parent of each infant in care giving the breast milk, formula and feeding schedule instructions. The statement must be updated whenever those instructions change. The citation concerns that statement.
Worth asking: Do you have written feeding instructions for each infant, and are they current?
Official rule text — what the state requires: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection: the napping agreement for each child in care;
What this means
Records The program must keep on file a napping agreement for each child in care, available for inspection. The citation concerns that agreement.
Worth asking: Is there a signed napping agreement for my child?
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