Squad 2

Squad 2 oversees City agencies that provide social services to New Yorkers, including the City Department of Social Services, which includes the Human Resources Administration (HRA), and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS). Squad 2 also oversees the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), which includes the Division of Youth and Family Justice (DYFJ). The Squad ensures that agencies fulfill their mandate to provide assistance to the City’s most vulnerable New Yorkers, identifying corruption and other wrongdoing that leads to public assistance fraud, as in the investigation that uncovered a former HRA employee and two others stealing hundreds of thousands in HRA funds, leading to their convictions. This Squad also examines processes used by agencies to deliver services to the public and investigates misconduct and operational failings..

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Squad 2 Reports

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• A Report on Financial Fraud in the Emergency Benefits Check Disbursement Program at the New York City Human Resources Administration

• Review of ACS' Systemic Safety Accountability Mechanisms for Foster Care Providers

• Illicit Activities at Hotels Used by the Department of Homeless Services to Shelter Homeless Families with Children

• Corruption in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program at the Human Resources Administration

• Investigation into ACS's Response to Child Abuse and Neglect Allegations Involving Jaden Jordan

• ACS Policy and Practice Violations Identified in Three Child Welfare Cases

• Inadequate Oversight by the Administration for Children's Services

• Employee Fraud and Program Vulnerabilities at the New York City Human Resources Administration

• Probe of Department of Homeless Services' Shelters for Families with Children Finds Serious Deficiencies