Want to report a case of child abuse? Better be prepared to give your name and phone number, too.
The state Legislature last month passed a bill that would outlaw anonymous reports to the state’s central hotline for child abuse and neglect.
The bill now awaits Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature.
But the governor should think twice before putting her stamp of approval on this one: The claims of activists pushing this legislation don’t hold up to scrutiny — and discouraging reports of child maltreatment will put more kids in danger.
For years, advocates have claimed that anonymous reports are nothing more than a means of facilitating harassment of innocent parents.
They have insisted that embittered exes, devious landlords seeking to oust tenants, even nosy “Karens” who don’t like the way another person parents can use anonymous reports to unfairly put families in the authorities’ crosshairs.
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