In Queens, one Committee on Special Education can mean two different buildings. Both Queens CSEs split their districts between two offices, so a parent can call the right committee and still dial the wrong phone. If your child's IEP services were not delivered and you want to ask for compensatory (make-up) services, here is who to contact in Queens and how the process generally runs. This site is free for families. It is independent: not the Department of Education, not a law firm, and nothing here is legal advice.
CSE 3: Districts 25, 26, 28 and 29
From the city's committees page:
- Districts 25 and 26: 30-48 Linden Place, Flushing, New York 11354. Phone 718-281-3461.
- Districts 28 and 29: 90-27 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York 11435. Phone 718-557-2724.
School-age email for CSE 3 is CSE3@schools.nyc.gov; preschool is CPSE3support@schools.nyc.gov.
CSE 4: Districts 24, 27 and 30
- Districts 24 and 30: 28-11 Queens Plaza North, 5th Floor, Long Island City, New York 11101. Phone 718-391-8405.
- District 27: 82-01 Rockaway Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Ozone Park, New York 11416. Phone 718-642-5715.
School-age email for CSE 4 is CSE4@schools.nyc.gov; preschool is CPSE4support@schools.nyc.gov.
Matching your child to an office
The page assigns a school-age child by the district of the school they attend, and a preschooler by home address. Children who are homeschooled, not attending school with an IEP, or attending school outside the city are assigned by where they live. To find a district number, the page sends families to the city's GOAT tool (Function 1B, then "School District").
The committees coordinate special education for a set list of students: preschoolers, children in private, parochial or charter schools, children placed outside the city, those on home or hospital instruction as their placement, homeschooled children and children not in school. A student at a Queens district public school is not on that list, so for them the conversation usually begins with the school's IEP team.
Asking for make-up services from Queens
The order matters less than the paper trail. Families who get somewhere tend to have:
- A list of every IEP service, its weekly frequency, and the dates it did not happen (see how to document missed services).
- A written request to the school, dated, naming the missing sessions and asking how they will be made up.
- For students the CSE serves, an email to the correct Queens inbox above. The city asks for the child's name and date of birth, any language need, whether the parent is deaf or hard of hearing, and the reason for writing.
When the school and committee do not resolve it, a parent may file a due process complaint and ask an impartial hearing officer to decide. Our overview of due process complaints explains what that involves in general terms. For the full sequence, read how to get compensatory services.
Finding a provider in Queens
Awarded hours often arrive as an RSA for related services such as speech or occupational therapy, or a P4 letter for SETSS. Either way the family finds an independent provider. Queens is spread out, and a session across the borough can take more time to reach than it lasts, so ask any provider early whether they work in the home, at their own location, or online. Ask too which languages they work in, since many Queens families need sessions in a language other than English. Our RSA guide and award hours calculator can help you plan how many sessions a week fit before an award runs out.
Official background: Committees on Special Education and Committees on Preschool Special Education, NYC Public Schools
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