Hearth Record

Gary, Timothy

A group family day care in Syracuse, New York 13205

134 West Lafayette Avenue, Syracuse, New York 13205. (315) 472-3774.

What New York’s list coversOutside New York City

Programs New York State’s Office of Children and Family Services licenses or registers outside New York City, each county added once it is read in full. Programs in the city’s five boroughs, including the day care centers its Health Department regulates, aren’t here yet.

New York’s own record, on hs.ocfs.ny.gov

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The short answer

Record last released by New York State Office of Children and Family Services on Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 19 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean4
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

10 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 16, 2026.

19 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

19 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

19 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each violation, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 16, 2026: monitoring1 violation
  • All child care programs must have at least one caregiver who holds a valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid on the premises of the child care program during the program’s operating hours.

    Rule 416.14(m).

Sep 13, 2024: complaint investigation1 violation
  • The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection daily attendance records that are filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times;

    Rule 416.15(c)(5). From a complaint.

Jun 28, 2024: fire Safety - Monitor4 violations
  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.

    Rule 416.4(a).

  • There must be an operational smoke detector on each floor of the home.

    Rule 416.4(c).

  • Multi-purpose fire extinguishers of a type approved for use in residences must be maintained in good working condition and placed in the kitchen and outside the furnace room. A group family day care program located in a multiple family dwelling is not required to place or maintain a fire extinguisher outside the furnace room of such dwelling. The caregivers must know how to use the fire extinguishers placed in such home. Fire extinguishers with gauges must show a full charge. Fire extinguishers with seals must have unbroken seals.

    Rule 416.4(f).

  • Operating carbon monoxide detectors must be used in all group family day care homes when required, and located in areas of the home in accordance with applicable laws.

    Rule 416.5(v).

Jun 28, 2024: complaint investigation6 violations
  • Thereafter a medical statement will be required when an event or condition reasonably calls into question a caregiver’s ability to provide safe and suitable child care.

    Rule 416.11(b)(2). From a complaint.

  • The premises must be kept clean and free from dampness, odors and the accumulation of trash.

    Rule 416.11(i)(22). From a complaint.

  • Equipment that is frequently used or touched by children on a daily basis must be cleaned and then sanitized or disinfected, using an EPA registered product, when soiled and at least once weekly.

    Rule 416.11(i)(24). From a complaint.

  • The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: be capable of providing, and agree to provide, safe and suitable care to children which is supportive of the children’s physical, intellectual, emotional and social well-being;

    Rule 416.13(a)(3). From a complaint.

  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.

    Rule 416.4(a). From a complaint.

  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

    Rule 416.5(a). From a complaint.

Jun 27, 2024: annual Unannounced7 violations
  • Thereafter a medical statement will be required when an event or condition reasonably calls into question a caregiver’s ability to provide safe and suitable child care.

    Rule 416.11(b)(2).

  • The premises must be kept clean and free from dampness, odors and the accumulation of trash.

    Rule 416.11(i)(22).

  • Each employee and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required 30 hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions:

    Rule 416.14(c).

  • Applicants for renewal of a license may not be issued a license until an inspection of the group family day care home has been conducted showing compliance with the requirements of this Part and the relevant provisions of the Social Services Law.

    Rule 416.2(e).

  • Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired.

    Rule 416.3(h).

  • All paths of egress on the interior and exterior of the home, including corridors, aisles and approaches must be kept free of obstructions, impediments and debris at all times.

    Rule 416.4(h)(4). Corrected during the inspection.

  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

    Rule 416.5(a).

All 12 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 16, 2026Monitoring1 violation cited
Apr 22, 2026Application - RenewalNo violations found
Dec 22, 2025OtherNo violations found
Dec 16, 2025OtherNo violations found
Sep 4, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Jul 16, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Sep 13, 2024ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited
Jul 1, 2024OtherNo violations found
Jun 28, 2024ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 6 violations cited
Jun 28, 2024Fire Safety - Monitor4 violations cited
Jun 27, 2024Annual Unannounced7 violations cited
Dec 4, 2023Annual UnannouncedNo violations found

Is it licensed?

  • Group Family Day Care, open since Aug 12, 2011.
  • School district: Syracuse.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children.
  • Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
  • Licence 493613, issued Aug 12, 2025, expires Aug 11, 2029.
  • Capacity: 16 children.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

Has New York acted against it?

  • 2 complaints in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Substantiated) (2).
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Sep 13, 2024Complaint (Substantiated)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated).
Jun 28, 2024Complaint (Substantiated)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated).

Who does the caring?

  • New York doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual programs.

Who owns it?

  • New York’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Doesn’t take part in QUALITYstarsNY, New York’s quality rating program.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 404 child care providers in Onondaga County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 19.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 404 in Onondaga County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Davis, Charlese9
Hill, Gloria19
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement14
Mcalpine, Pamela5
Jamison, Caroline14
Gary, Timothy This child care provider19
Bright Beginnings Daycare13
Greene, Claude3
Reese, Ossie7
The Butterfly House of Joy Daycare13
Mrs. Shannon’s DayCare7
Janie’s Child Care1

What the record doesn’t say

  • New York doesn’t grade violations by severity, so read what was cited.
  • New York’s records give the regulation behind each violation, not what the inspector saw.
  • New York’s program pages cover four calendar years; this page shows the last three years.
  • New York doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual programs.

Sources

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: New York State Office of Children and Family Services. New York’s own record is on hs.ocfs.ny.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

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Paid listing

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How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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