Return To City Government
On January 11, 1996, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani announced the creation of the Administration for Children’s Services and appointed Mr. Scoppetta the agency’s first commissioner. ACS is the City’s first independent agency devoted entirely to services for children, with a commissioner reporting directly to the Mayor.
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As that I stood before:
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