InDepthNH.org (https://indepthnh.org/page/2/?s=david+vicinanzo)
The victims of childhood sexual abuse who survived New Hampshire’s juvenile detention system can’t stop the State from changing the rules for the Sununu Youth Services YDC Settlement Fund, according to an order issued by Merrimack County Superior Court Judge Daniel St. Hilaire Friday.
September 19, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/09/19/judge-st-hilaire-sides-with-state-against-ydc-survivors/In an effort to avoid paying the $38 million awarded to David Meehan by a jury last year, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office argues that the 200 rapes Meehan suffered as a child, and the subsequent decades of coverup by state employees, is no different than one oil spill caused by negligence.
September 8, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/09/08/state-argues-200-child-rapes-at-ydc-same-as-one-oil-spill/Gov. Kelly Ayotte was asked about the state’s role in helping Claremont schools, comments to InDepthNH.org by former state Supreme Court Justice Broderick about her involvement in changing the YDC settlement fund and its administrator, and whether President Trump has asked her for National Guard troops, among other questions.
August 27, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/08/27/ayotte-talks-to-press-on-claremont-schools-murdered-woman-changes-to-ydc-victims-fund/Former Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court John Broderick took the witness stand Wednesday and blasted state officials like Attorney General John Formella and Gov. Kelly Ayotte who changed the rules for survivors of sexual abuse.
August 20, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/08/20/state-used-broderick-to-draw-ydc-claims-retired-chief-justice-testified/Men and women who survived sexual abuse as children at the hands of state employees inside the Sununu Youth Services Center -then called YDC – say the new rules for the YDC Settlement Fund betray their trust all over again, and they are not alone.
August 7, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/08/07/9-11-fund-admin-says-nh-ag-engaged-in-clear-ydc-conflict-of-interest/New Hampshire is looking at more than 1,530 pending abuse claims in the settlement fund that individuals believe the damage done to them is worth $1.8 billion, according to the final quarterly report from outgoing YDC Fund Claims Administrator John Broderick that was released Thursday.
July 24, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/07/24/state-faces-1530-pending-ydc-claims-as-broderick-exits-settlement-fund/There are more unanswered questions about how the YDC Settlement Fund will operate during the transition from independent administrator John Broderick to how it will function under the revised law in which Gov. Kelly Ayotte will appoint an administrator who serves at her pleasure with the attorney general having veto power over claim amounts.
July 14, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/07/14/shift-to-political-ydc-administrator-causes-confusing-settlement-hearings-paused/Three people who survived horrific sexual abuse while held in the Sununu Youth Development Center, then called YDC, as children say Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s budget deal violates their settlement fund agreements.
June 27, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/06/27/ydc-abuse-victims-say-ayotte-breaking-settlement-agreement/First responders who were hired in the state since 2011 have been pushing hard to change back the terms of their retirement plan and Monday moved one step forward when the Senate Finance Committee agreed to an amendment to the House budget which will delay payments by six months.
June 2, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/06/02/group-ii-retirement-and-ydc-fund-administrator-change-dominate-senate-finance/