Statement from Comptroller Scott M. Stringer on Three-Year-Old Jaden Jordan

“When it comes to child welfare, this is as horrific as it gets. It’s heartbreaking. As our office continues to look into ACS procedures, we call on the agency to be as transparent and swift as possible with its investigation into this specific case. We must know what happened and why, because this is happening too often. We can’t allow a single child to slip through the cracks.”

Comptroller Stringer’s investigation of ACS procedures following the tragedy of Zymere Perkins is ongoing. That follows an audit by the Comptroller released in June 2016 that found ACS conducted inconsistent and incomplete investigations into child abuse.

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