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Highly-anticipated NYC preschool finally set to open— after mysteriously sitting empty for months
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (263+ words) A brand-new city-run preschool that was scheduled to open years ago is finally set to welcome tots this year " after a Post investigation revealed the site has been sitting empty for months. The former parking garage at 403 E. 65th Street, which is…...
Exclusive | New York’s child care industry second worst in US for cost, overregulation: report
1+ week, 3+ day ago (673+ words) New York state's was ranked second-worst in the US for its costly, stringent rules on child care centers, a new analysis claimed. The right-leaning think tank the Archbridge Institute said the Empire State should be looking to cut down bureaucratic…...
Why NYC teachers are sour on Hochul and Mamdani’s plans to expand child care
2+ week, 3+ day ago (817+ words) Child care in New York City has been in crisis for decades. Ten years ago, City Hall launched universal pre-K for 4-year-olds to help ease parents" high child-care costs. Five years later, 3-K for 3-year-olds aimed to do the same....
$4.5B taxpayer-funded NY plan for pre-K not enough for LI ‘childcare deserts’: Dem pol
3+ week, 4+ day ago (318+ words) Gov. Kathy Hochul's move to spend a staggering $4.5 billion in taxpayer dough on childcare and pre-Ks is far too little to address Long Island's "childcare desert," according to a local Dem pol. State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, who represents Nassau County,…...
Zohran Mamdani unveils $4M plan to open NYC youth health clinics
3+ week, 6+ day ago (337+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the opening of two mental health clinics for Big Apple youths Thursday at an event where he rubbed elbows with Democratic Party rivals. The clinics " which are being supported through a $4 million donation from MetroPlusHealth " will…...
The hidden danger in New York’s ‘universal’ child care plan— and how it can be fixed
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (851+ words) 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-values party " has been slow at advancing solutions....
The Mamdani-Hochul day-care plan is barely ready for nap time
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (451+ words) With Mayor Zohran Mamdani in office for only one week, already Gov. Kathy Hochul is rushing to appease him by embracing state-funded day care for babies and toddlers, a top priority of his "affordability" agenda. In a joint presser Thursday…...
Mortifying moment anti-Trump Minnesota mom suddenly cuts speech short after admitting ‘fraud is bad’
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (226+ words) A Minnesota mother who spoke out Wednesday against the Trump administration's freezing of child care funding ended up abruptly cutting her remarks short after admitting that "fraud is bad." The woman, who identified herself as Deko Nor, told reporters at…...
$2B budget shortfall leaves Mamdani’s freebie-filled agenda with uphill battle: ‘There’s no good news’
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (369+ words) Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is already facing a hurdle to his freebie-filled agenda with a projected $2.18 billion budget shortfall " with bigger funding gaps possible in the years ahead, a new report said. The budget shortfall could balloon to over $13 billion by…...
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani touts $6B universal childcare plan but offers few details — except it’ll be modeled after Quebec
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (614+ words) Big Apple business leaders are "committed" to helping deliver universal childcare, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani crowed Thursday " but offered scant details for his $6 billion promise other than it'll take cues from Quebec. Mamdani rhapsodized about the Canadian province's program and what…...