NEWYORK, N.Y., June 21 (UPI) -- Deadbeat parents in New York City may soon be hunted as though they're criminals, The New York Post reported exclusively Saturday.
Starting July 1, the task of tracking down child support evaders is being transferred from the Administration for Children's Services to the Human Resources Administration.
In a memo obtained by the Post, HRA Commissioner Verna Eggleston suggested forcing deadbeat parents whose kids are on welfare to take jobs to pay off their debts.
"We are already proceeding with ... both voluntary and court-ordered work assignments and job training," Eggleston wrote.
Although ACS set collection records by taking in about $2.5 billion in support payments over seven years, about $250 million a year couldn't be tracked.
The threat of arrest, loss of income, suspension of driver's licenses and loss of professional or occupational licenses hasn't deterred the worst deadbeats -- one doctor owes his two children $1.4 million.
