NEW YORK (AP) - New York authorities say a city child-welfare worker has been arrested on charges she faked reports to cover up that she wasn't doing home visits.

The state attorney general's office says Stephanie Sabouni worked with cases involving chronic school absences. As part of her job, she was required to make home visits within 48 hours of the report. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says she faked computer records to show that she'd visited with families she hadn't even met. Sabouni is charged with seven counts of tampering with public records.

Sabouni's attorney wouldn't comment on the charges because of the pending legal matter.

The city department of investigation recommended regular supervisory review of case records, citing a report made after the death of Nixzmary Brown, found beaten and starved on Jan. 11, 2006.