New Life Adoption Agency in Syracuse closing

Published: Friday, March 25, 2011, 9:33 AM Updated: Friday, March 25, 2011, 9:44 AM

By Charley Hannagan / The Post-Standard

Syracuse, NY -- The board of directors of the New Life Adoption Agency has notified families that the agency is closing.

The Syracuse agency was founded in 1991 and has arranged adoptions of children from China. The agency sent an email March 12 that it was closing. The email says the board of directors is working on a plan to close the agency and will email families once the plan is finalized.

“Due to the reduction in staff, we no longer have the ability to respond to emails or phone calls in a timely manner as we did in the past,” the email said.

The agency’s website is unavailable and phone messages left at its offices have not been returned.

Agency Executive Director Margaret Davies of Charles Town, W.Va., said today she could not comment on the closing.