Two employees at a Central New York daycare center are accused of abusing children

Editor's note: This article has been updated with information from the daycare's owner and that the facility has a contract with the Liverpool School District for a preschool program.

SALINA, N.Y. (AP) — Two employees at a Central New York daycare center have been arrested and accused of mistreating children, officials said.

Khadija Abukar, 23, of Syracuse, was charged Oct. 21 with endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree harassment, Tom Newton, a spokesman for the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office, said Thursday.