Eight-year-old Thomas Valva died after months of abuse at the hands of his father, an NYPD cop, and his father’s fiancée. Now, a year after the last of the criminal trials that sent the two to prison,

Four years after the heartbreaking death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva​, change is coming to the Suffolk County department blamed for ignoring repeated reports of abuse.

The death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva revealed several failures within Suffolk County's Child Protective Services, which officials are looking to address with several changes and reforms.