4+ hour, 42+ min ago  (497+ words) Mayor Mamdani on Tuesday tapped Rebecca Jones Gaston as the next commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services, New York City's child protective services agency. Jones Gaston is a former President Joe Biden official and frontline caseworker, according to City…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (632+ words) With applications for Mayor Mamdani's free child care program for 2-year-olds opening in June, the social media-friendly mayor announced Friday he is turning to Bronx-born rapper Cardi B to help promote it. Parents will have from June 2 to June 26 to…...

6+ day, 31+ min ago  (437+ words) New York City parents can more easily find a child care program using a new searchable map unveiled by Mayor Mamdani on Wednesday. The platform allows parents to filter programs by location, children's age and cost, and features information on…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (674+ words) Mayor Mamdani on Tuesday announced 1,000 new free preschool seats for 3-year-olds in neighborhoods with unmet demand, including in some of New York City's wealthiest zip codes " an expansion that he said would make the program truly universal for the first…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (608+ words) If you're a New York City parent of a 2022 or 2023 baby, you probably can't look up (or down at your phone) without seeing Mayor Mamdani's face over the last six weeks. He was everywhere. Doing adorable press conferences with preschoolers,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (272+ words) The first cohort of New York City's free child care programs for 2-year-olds will open this fall in five local school districts, Mayor Mamdani and Gov. Hochul were set to announce Tuesday in Upper Manhattan. The priority areas are Manhattan's…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (739+ words) The New York City Council on Monday pressed the Mamdani administration on its plans to bring their vision of universal child care to life " from hiring enough teachers to cutting through red tape. During a nearly five-hour hearing of the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (663+ words) New York City Mayor Mamdani on Thursday announced the opening of an Upper East Side preschool that was completed last summer, but failed to open this school year " despite parents clamoring for free child care in the tony neighborhood. The…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (522+ words) Two weeks into his preschool registration blitz, Mayor Mamdani said 50,000 New York City families had applied for 3-K and pre-K as of Friday, a number that was "currently in line" with the application pool at this time last year. Despite…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1081+ words) Gov. Hochul pledged Thursday to help New York City establish a free child care program for 2-year-olds, a major step toward implementing one of Mayor Mamdani's key campaign promises but without raising taxes as she gears up for re-election. It's…...