Metzger, Raizel 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 4 inspection visits, most recently Jul 10, 2026, with 8 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 Nov 28, 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.
- 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: The initial medical statement for providers, assistants, and substitutes must include the results of a Mantoux tuberculin test or other federally approved tuberculin test performed within the 12 months preceding the date of the application. Thereafter, tuberculin tests are only required at the discretion of the employee's health care provider or at the start of new employment in a different child care program.
What this means
Records The first medical statement for providers, assistants and substitutes must include the results of a tuberculin test taken within the 12 months before the application. After that, a test is only required at the discretion of the person's health care provider or when the person starts work at a different child care program. The citation concerns that statement. It does not say anyone tested positive.
Worth asking: Is each caregiver's medical statement on file?
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: CPR and first aid certifications must be appropriate to the ages of the children in care. All certifications in CPR and first aid must contain an in-person competency component.
What this means
Records CPR and first aid certifications must be appropriate to the ages of the children in care, and must include an in person competency component. The citation concerns those certifications.
Worth asking: Who is certified in CPR and first aid for the ages in care, and are the certificates current?
Official rule text — what the state requires: the forms necessary for the Office to inquire whether the applicant is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment on file with the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment,
What this means
Records Among the background check paperwork a program must keep on file are the forms needed to ask whether an applicant is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment at the Statewide Central Register. The citation concerns that paperwork, and the public record does not say what was missing.
Worth asking: Are the required background check forms on file, and who reviews them?
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: CPR and first aid certifications must be appropriate to the ages of the children in care. All certifications in CPR and first aid must contain an in-person competency component.
What this means
Records CPR and first aid certifications must be appropriate to the ages of the children in care, and must include an in person competency component. The citation concerns those certifications.
Worth asking: Who is certified in CPR and first aid for the ages in care, and are the certificates current?
Official rule text — what the state requires: the forms necessary for the Office to inquire whether the applicant is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment on file with the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment,
What this means
Records Among the background check paperwork a program must keep on file are the forms needed to ask whether an applicant is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment at the Statewide Central Register. The citation concerns that paperwork, and the public record does not say what was missing.
Worth asking: Are the required background check forms on file, and who reviews them?
Official rule text — what the state requires: the forms necessary to check 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 Among the background check paperwork a program must keep on file are the forms needed to check the Justice Center's register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect. The citation concerns that paperwork, and the public record does not say what was missing.
Worth asking: Are the required background check forms on file, and who reviews them?
Official rule text — what the state requires: a criminal history record check with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services;
Official rule text — what the state requires: Within five days of a household member turning eighteen (18) years of age or a person eighteen (18) years of age or older beginning to live in the residence, the program must: submit the State Central Register of Child Abuse And Maltreatment database check forms necessary to complete required screening by the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment to determine if the person is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment; and
What this means
Records Within five days of a household member turning eighteen, or an adult beginning to live in the residence, the program must submit the forms for a State Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment check. The citation concerns those forms.
Worth asking: If an adult moved in or turned eighteen in the household, were the checks submitted?
Official rule text — what the state requires: Within five days of a household member turning eighteen (18) years of age or a person eighteen (18) years of age or older beginning to live in the residence, the program must: submit the forms necessary to check 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; and
What this means
Records Within five days of a household member turning eighteen, or an adult beginning to live in the residence, the program must submit the forms to check the register of substantiated category one cases kept by the Justice Center. The citation concerns those forms.
Worth asking: If an adult moved in or turned eighteen in the household, were the checks submitted?
Official rule text — what the state requires: Within five days of a household member turning eighteen (18) years of age or a person eighteen (18) years of age or older beginning to live in the residence, the program must: submit the necessary fingerprint image necessary to complete the criminal history review required pursuant to section 413.4 of this Article.
What this means
Records Within five days of a household member turning eighteen, or an adult beginning to live in the residence, the program must submit the fingerprint image needed for the criminal history review. The citation concerns that step.
Worth asking: Were fingerprints submitted for every adult in the household who needed them?
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