Minor violations — corrected

Williams, Ruth

387 Castleton Avenue, Staten Island, 10301

Williams, Ruth 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 2 inspection visits, most recently Mar 5, 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 Mar 6, 2028 in the state registry. Everything we publish for this record is free.

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Inspection history

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  • 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.
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2026-03-05Violations Found
Violation · §416.13(d)Corrected

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?

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2026-01-15Violations Found
Violation · §413.4(a)Corrected

Official rule text — what the state requires: The following criminal history review and background clearances shall be conducted pursuant to and consistent with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act for any prospective 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 prospective, or who begins to live, in a group family day care home or family day care home:

What this means

Records The state requires criminal history review and background clearances for any prospective operator, director, employee or volunteer. The citation concerns those clearances. It does not say what a check found.

Worth asking: Have all staff and volunteers had their clearances completed?

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Violation · §416.13(a)(2)Corrected

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?

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Violation · §416.13(d)Corrected

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?

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Violation · §416.15(b)(11)(ii)(e)Corrected

Official rule text — what the state requires: two acceptable references;

What this means

Records Among the background check paperwork a program must keep on file are two acceptable references. The public record shows only that line of the rule, so it does not say whose references were missing.

Worth asking: Are the required references on file for every caregiver?

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