STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The search for a missing Staten Island boy continues.

Patrick Alford was last seen in Brooklyn nine years ago Tuesday while doing chores with his foster mother.

Police released a sketch on Jan. 15 that shows what Alford might look like in 2019. Patrick would now be 16, and has a scar on the top of his left eyebrow.

At the time of his disappearance, Alford was living in an apartment complex in East New York with a foster family, after he and his two sisters were taken away from the Staten Island home of their mother, Jennifer Rodriguez, who was arrested on theft charges.

She could not be reached for comment Tuesday night.

Interviewed by the Advance in 2017, Rodriguez said: “I can’t sleep at night. He was the best thing that ever happened to me.”

Librada Moran -- Patrick’s foster mother -- was the last person to see Patrick, when he took out the trash at 9 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.

Moran told police he disappeared when she turned to answer her cell phone.

One week after Patrick’s disappearance, a Family Court judge jailed Rodriguez, believing she was involved in the case. Rodriguez was released several days later, after the city Administration for Children’s Services determined she didn’t have any connection with the disappearance.

In December, the city agreed to use a $6 million settlement to benefit Patrick if he ever comes home. It can also be used to aid in the search for him.

“We got involved with the case to seek justice for the child,” said Jonathan J. Lerner, a pro bono attorney with the Manhattan-based law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher at Flon, which is the firm that was appointed Alford’s guardians in December 2011 by the court.

The settlement was won in August in the Federal Eastern District Court of New York after a lengthy court battle that involved a lawsuit on behalf of the boy with the city and social service agencies involved in the case, according to court documents.

The NYPD is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or person responsible for the disappearance of the child.

This reward is in addition to the $2,000 offered by Crime Stoppers, bringing the total to $12,000. Anyone with information in regard to this case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESSTOPPER.COM or by texting tips to 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.