New York Regulations
The state’s regulatory information listed below is verified as of June 8, 2012

New York has six different documents regulating health and safety in child care.
Effective Date
Part 413:Child Day Care Definitions, Enforcement and Hearings 1/31/2005
Part 414: School- Age Child Care 1/31/2005
Part 416: Group Family Day Care Homes 1/31/2005
Part 417: Family Day Care Homes 1/31/2005
Part 418_1: Day Care Centers 1/31/2005
Part 418_2: Small Day Care Centers 1/31/2005


State Licensing Contact

Office of Children and Family Services
Division of Child Care Services
52 Washington Street North Bld. Third Floor
Rensselaer, NY 12144
or
New York City Department of Health
Bureau of Child Care
2 Lafayette Street, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10007

Phone: (518) 474-9454 / (212) 676-2444 (for 5 boroughs) or to find the phone number for your regional office, please go to http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/childcare/regionaloffices.asp
Web Page: http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/childcare/daycare_regs.asp



Links to other New York State Child Care Contacts
Healthy Child Care America
State Child Care and Development Fund
Child Care and Development fund Tribal Plan for 2012-2013
State Child Care Resource and Referral Agency
State Early Learning Guidelines:
Preschool Planning Guide: Building a Foundation for Development of Language and Literacy in the Early Years (1998)