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Legislation passed by Gov. Hochul makes it harder to save the lives of abused children

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23.01.2026

Lissette Soto Domenech’s emaciated 14-year-old sons — whom she wanted “to stay babies forever” — would probably be dead were it not for several anonymous calls to the Administration for Children’s Services.

An investigator responding to those calls in October found that one of the boys weighed 54 pounds; the other 51.

Both were well below the normal height for their age.

Which is not surprising given that the mother was only feeding them infant ­cereal and baby bottles.

One of the boys was also autistic but had never been evaluated or provided any kind of services.

The boys, who were apparently held captive and kept in diapers for their whole lives, had one lucky break: Those anonymous calls came in to the State Central Registry before December.

If they had been made this summer, they would have been ignored, thanks to legislation just signed by Gov. Hochul.

The Anti-Harassment in Reporting Act, pushed by progressive activists for years, was sold to........

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