Program Name: ACDS Westchester    License/Registration ID: 767831


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Joaquin Basso-Smith Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Pending Revocation  <
Feb 4, 2025 <
School District: Yonkers
Site Address: Map
963 Scarsdale Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583
First Licensed/Registration Date: Jun 27, 2016
Current Registration Period: Jun 27, 2022 - Jun 26, 2026
Phone: (914) 810-2237
Fax: (914) 472-0783
Total Capacity: 198
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 198
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:

* Important Note: This child care provider has not provided enrollment information for posting on the OCFS website.


To learn about current openings, please contact the program directly.


Care available during non-traditional hours: No
Removed from referral list: Yes
This facility has Non-Patient Specific Auto Injectors.

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Westchester Regional Office
Phone: (845) 708-2400
For additional details and to view the checklist used during an inspection, please click on the Inspection ID links below. Inspection checklists are generated per inspection type and reason. Also note, that any regulatory requirement can be assessed and cited during an inspection and as a result, may not be reflected on the inspection checklist. These items would be reflected in the program's compliance history that is posted.

 Inspection History: (Inspections in the past 24 months)

Date Inspection Type Inspection ID Inspection Result  
Apr 1, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-YRO-009076 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 14, 2025 Monitoring - Enforcement 2025-I-YRO-023705 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 21, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-YRO-018983 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 13, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-YRO-018569 Violations Found
Jan 3, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-YRO-114912 Violations Found
Oct 31, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-YRO-104571 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 9, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-YRO-079655 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 1, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-YRO-077328 Violations Found
Jun 6, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-YRO-051732 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 11, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-YRO-040969 Violations Found
Jan 30, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-YRO-009188 Violations Found
Oct 5, 2023 Annual Unannounced 2023-I-YRO-009278 Violations Found
Aug 3, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-YRO-038900 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 18, 2023 Fire Safety - TA 2023-I-YRO-029079 No violations cited for this Inspection
Additional Inspection History

*Inspections may be conducted outside of program operating hours and/or off-site(where inspector was not on premises where care is provided) for the following reasons:
-Record/File Review
-Interviewing of Staff
-Or Other Investigative Reasons

 Compliance History
Date of Last Inspection: Apr 1, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Jan 13, 2025 418-1.15(c)(5) The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times; Corrected
Jan 3, 2025 418-1.8(a) Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. Corrected
Aug 1, 2024 418-1.10(c) In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, or cause such a report to be made, when such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner: Corrected
Apr 11, 2024 418-1.5(v) All matches, lighters, medicines, drugs, cleaning materials, detergents, aerosol cans and other poisonous or toxic materials must be stored in their original containers. Such materials must be used in such a way that they will not contaminate play surfaces, food or food preparation areas, or constitute a hazard to children. Such materials must be kept in a place inaccessible to children. Corrected
Jan 30, 2024 418-1.11(h)(5)(ix) Storage, documentation of the administration of medication and labeling of the auto-injector, asthma inhaler and asthma nebulizer must be in compliance with section 418-1.11 of this Subpart. Corrected
Oct 5, 2023 418-1.4(b)(1) Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center. Corrected
*Violations are posted on this web site after the inspection results have been finalized in a report mailed to the provider. Violations are listed here as 'Corrected' after the Office has verified corrections with the provider, and a letter confirming the corrections has been mailed to the provider.
For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Westchester Regional Office
Phone: (845) 708-2400

 Enforcement History
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services uses a range of tools to help bring child care programs into compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

The enforcement actions listed on this website only include denial, revocation or suspension of a child care program's license or registration. Fines are not shown on this website. OCFS stops referring families to the program if a program's license or registration is closed, revoked or suspended.

Other enforcement actions such as Corrective action plans and fines are not shown on this website.
Enforcement Actions since April, 2020: Yes