Zymere Perkins Archives - Harlem World Magazine

ACS Commissioner And Others Blasts Gov. Cuomo For Capping Child Welfare Funds

NY Daily News reports that a year ago, the city’s child welfare agency was reeling. A string of brutal child deaths revealed serious flaws in the system where caseworkers weren’t following up and the city’s most vulnerable were left in the line of fire.Continue reading

After Zymere Perkins’s Death In Harlem, David Hansell Is Ready To Take On ACS (Update)

NYPost reports that then David Hansell took the helm at the Administration for Children’s Services earlier this year, the city’s embattled child- welfare agency was still reeling from a string of high-profile deaths.Continue reading

Family Of Killed Harlem 6-Year-Old Sues City For $10 Million

The family of a Harlem boy beaten to death last year after enduring months of abuse is suing Mayor Bill de Blasio, the city Administration for Children's Services (ACS) and the Department of Education.Continue reading

HHarlem Man Indicted In Beating Death of 6 Year Old Zymere Perkins

A Manhattan grand jury indicted a Harlem man in connection with the beating death of his girlfriend's 6-year-old son.Continue reading

Boyfriend Of Killed Harlem 6-Year-Old’s Mother Could Face Homicide Charges

The Manhattan District Attorney's office presented homicide charges against 42-year-old Rysheim Smith — the live-in boyfriend of killed Harlem 6-year-old Zymere Perkins' mother — to a grand jury this week, a spokeswoman for the DA's office confirmed to Patch.Continue reading

Mayor Bill de Blasio Remarks Regarding Death Of Harlem’s Zymere Perkins

Statement from NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio on ACS report into the death of Harlem's Zymere Perkins:

“This report uncovered a troubling series of lapses and missed opportunities in ACS’s failed effort to protect Zymere Perkins.

NYC Children’s Services Commissioner Resigns After 2 Abused Kids Die In Harlem And Brooklyn

Gladys Carrión, commissioner of the city Administration for Children's Services (ACS), resigned Monday amid internal investigations and reforms to the agency following the recent deaths of two young boys in Harlem and Brooklyn who had been abused.Continue reading

Harlem’s Little Zymere Perkins’ Death Ruled A Homicide

The city Medical Examiner has ruled that the 6-year-old Harlem boy who died Sept. 26 was murdered, and his death was caused by fatal child abuse syndrome.Continue reading

Funeral For Our Zymere Perkins, Who Left To Early

A funeral was held yesterday, Friday night October 7th, 2016 for our little 6-year-old Zymere Perkins who died way to soon. Continue reading

City Announces Immediate Reforms In Wake of 6-Year-Old Harlem Boy’s Death

Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered a powerful statement at a press conference to announce immediate reforms to the Administration of Children's Services following the death of 6-year-old Zymere Perkins: "The buck stops here."Continue reading

After Death Of Boy In Harlem Mayor Says Blame Lies With Him

Mayor Bill de Blasio had an emotional response Wednesday when discussing the death of a 6-year-old boy. Continue reading

Children’s Services To Be Investigated After Death Of 6-Year-Old Harlem Boy

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer announced that his office will conduct a follow-up investigation on the Administration for Children's Services following the death of 6-year-old Zymere Perkins in Harlem.Continue reading

Gov. Cuomo Announces State Probe Into Harlem’s Zymere Perkins Death

Gov. Cuomo took aim at the city’s child protective agency Thursday as he announced a state probe into the broomstick beating death of a 6-year-old Harlem boy.Continue reading

6-Year-Old Harlem Boy Struck Repeatedly With Broken Broomstick, Held Underwater In Shower (Update)

Allegations of child abuse were raised to multiple agencies leading up to the death of a 6-year-old Harlem boy, CBS2’s chief political correspondent Marcia Kramer reported, as prosecutors said an autopsy showed the boy had several injuries.Continue reading

Mother, Boyfriend Charged In Death Of 6-year-old Harlem Boy (Update)

The NYPD arrested a mother and her boyfriend in the death of her 6-year-old boy Tuesday after he died and was found with bruises and a head injury a day earlier, police said.Continue reading