Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center, Inc.
A day care center in Lockport, New York 14094
51 High Street, Lockport, New York 14094. (716) 478-4750.
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.
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The short answer
Record last released by New York State Office of Children and Family Services on Oct 30, 2026.
- 4 violations in the last three years
- Aug 312026 the latest visit on record
- 54 children, its licensed capacity
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?
20 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Aug 31, 2026.
4 violations cited in the last three years.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
4 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
Sep 24, 2026: complaint investigation2 violations
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The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident,
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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.
Jul 25, 2024: application - Renewal1 violation
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Prescription medication labels must include the following information or be available through the licensed authorized prescriber on the form provided by the Office or equivalent form:
May 30, 2024: monitoring1 violation
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Windows above the first floor that are accessible to children and present a fall hazard must be protected by permanent barriers or restrictive locking devices to prevent a window from opening fully thus preventing children from falling out the windows.
All 21 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | Complaint | Complaint (Investigation Pending); 2 violations cited |
| Aug 31, 2026 | Fire Safety - TA | No violations found |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 16, 2026 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Self-Report | No violations found |
| Feb 13, 2026 | Self-Report | No violations found |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 28, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Fire Safety - Other | No violations found |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Self Reported Serious Incident | No violations found |
| Oct 24, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jul 25, 2024 | Application - Renewal | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 13, 2024 | Fire Safety - Renewal | No violations found |
| May 30, 2024 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 15, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 8, 2023 | Monitoring | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Aug 22, 2014.
- School district: Lockport.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 54 Preschoolers.
- Approved by New York to give medication.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 705518, issued Aug 22, 2024, expires Aug 21, 2028.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
Has New York acted against it?
- 1 complaint in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Investigation Pending) (1).
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | Complaint (Investigation Pending) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Investigation Pending). |
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.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 101 child care providers in Niagara County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 4.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Agri-Business Child Development | 1 |
| Sweet Angels Day Care, Inc. | 1 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 4 |
| Mommy Day Care | 0 |
| KANDY LAND KIDS, INC. | 1 |
| YWCA of the Niagara Frontier, Inc. | 2 |
| Little Lambs Child Care Center | 4 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 10 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 3 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 1 |
| YWCA of the Niagara Frontier, Inc. | 4 |
| Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center, Inc. This child care provider | 4 |
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
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New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs (cb42-qumz).
Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history.
Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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.
This copy of the record was made on Oct 30, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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Paid listing
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