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Benita Miller

Benita R. Miller was the founding executive director of the Children’s Cabinet in the New York City Office of the Mayor, and served as deputy commissioner at the Administration for Children’s Services.

3/22/2021

New York City’s Mistaken Child Welfare Priorities

By Anne Williams-Isom and Benita R. Miller Once again, New York City is reeling from the murder of a child. The circumstances around the killing of 10-year-old Ayden Wolfe are eerily familiar – a vulnerable mother, a new partner with a history of violence and the loss of an innocent child.