The availability of child care staff is a potential barrier to expanding the program. The median income of child care workers in New York City is around $25,000, according to data from 2023. That’s 45 ...

More than 1,000 new seats for New York City's 3-K program were announced Tuesday by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

When Mayor Mamdani rolled out his preliminary budget, he made the trade‑offs painfully clear. New York is staring down a $5.5 ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani have unveiled the first four New York City communities that will receive 2,000 free child care seats for 2-year-olds.

We’re delivering universal child care across New York.” With that post, she doubled down on a multi‑billion dollar effort to expand publicly funded early childhood programs, anchored by a new ...

New York’s child-care debate is being sold as a budget question. It’s not: It’s a child-outcomes question. Credit to Mayor Zohran Mamdani for putting this issue front and center. My party — the family ...