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CHILD CARE SAFETY INFORMATION
(INTRO 473-A)Introduced: 2004
Passed City Council: January 19, 2005
Passed Mayor: February 1, 2005
In response to the death of 7-month-old Matthew Perilli, who died in a Forest Hills day care facility in August 2004, the City Council passed a series of bills aimed at increasing safety at the city’s 12,500 day care facilities. Intro 473-A requires the Department of Health to make information about the termination of licenses or permits of day care programs available to state or city agencies that refer children to centers. It also requires the city to advise parents seeking information about child care programs to consult information on the city’s Web site or to call the 311 help line.
How Councilmembers Voted :
47-Yes 0-No 0-Abstain 3-Absent
| Name | Party | District | Vote |
| Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. | Democrat | 32 | Yes |
| Tony Avella | Democrat | 19 | Yes |
| Maria Baez | Democrat | 14 | Yes |
| Charles Barron | Democrat | 42 | Yes |
| Tracy L. Boyland | Democrat | 41 | Yes |
| Gale A. Brewer | Democrat | 6 | Yes |
| Yvette D. Clarke | Democrat | 40 | Yes |
| Leroy G. Comrie, Jr. | Democrat | 27 | Yes |
| Bill de Blasio | Democrat | 39 | Yes |
| Erik Martin Dilan | Democrat | 37 | Yes |
| Simcha Felder | Democrat | 44 | Yes |
| Lewis A. Fidler | Democrat | 46 | Yes |
| Helen D. Foster | Democrat | 16 | Yes |
| Dennis P. Gallagher | Republican | 30 | Yes |
| James F. Gennaro | Democrat | 24 | Yes |
| Vincent J. Gentile | Democrat | 43 | Yes |
| Alan Gerson | Democrat | 1 | Yes |
| Eric N. Gioia | Democrat | 26 | Yes |
| Sara M. Gonzalez | Democrat | 38 | Absent |
| Robert Jackson | Democrat | 7 | Yes |
| Letitia James | Working Families | 35 | Yes |
| Allan W. Jennings, Jr. | Democrat | 28 | Yes |
| Melinda R. Katz | Democrat | 29 | Yes |
| G. Oliver Koppell | Democrat | 11 | Absent |
| Andrew J. Lanza | Republican | 51 | Yes |
| John C. Liu | Democrat | 20 | Yes |
| Margarita Lopez | Democrat | 2 | Yes |
| Miguel Martinez | 10 | Yes | |
| Michael E. McMahon | Democrat | 49 | Yes |
| Gifford Miller | Democrat | 5 | Yes |
| Hiram Monserrate | Democrat | 21 | Yes |
| Eva Moskowitz | 4 | Yes | |
| Michael C. Nelson | Democrat | 48 | Yes |
| James S. Oddo | Republican | 50 | Yes |
| Annabel Palma | Democrat | 18 | Yes |
| Bill Perkins | Democrat | 9 | Yes |
| Madeline T. Provenzano | Democrat | 13 | Yes |
| Christine C. Quinn | Democrat | 3 | Yes |
| Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. | Democrat | 47 | Yes |
| Philip Reed | Democrat | 8 | Yes |
| Diana Reyna | Democrat | 34 | Yes |
| Joel Rivera | Democrat | 15 | Yes |
| James Sanders, Jr. | Democrat | 31 | Yes |
| Larry B. Seabrook | Democrat | 12 | Yes |
| Helen Sears | Democrat | 25 | Yes |
| Kendall Stewart | Democrat | 45 | Yes |
| Peter F. Vallone, Jr. | Democrat | 22 | Yes |
| Albert Vann | Democrat | 36 | Absent |
| David I. Weprin | Democrat | 23 | Yes |
| David Yassky | Democrat | 33 | Yes |