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State agency suppressed 725 child death reports over decade
Suffolk County death is latest episode in which state agency concealed analysis of county performance
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Riverhead, N.Y.: Justyna Zubko-Valva is pictured with a photo of her son Thomas Valva at the Arthur M. Cromarty Criminal Court Complex in Riverhead, New York on Feb. 6, 2020. Thomas Valva s father, Michael Valva, and his father s girlfriend, Angela Pollina, were arrested on Jan. 24, 2020. They are charged with second-degree murder of Thomas Valva, 8 years-old.Newsday LLC/Newsday via Getty Images
ALBANY – Over the past decade, more than 700 reviews of child deaths in New York were kept hidden by a state agency, decisions denying the public answers about whether Child Protective Services (CPS) workers failed those children.
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