April 9, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mayor Mamdani Announces 2-K Will Be Full-Day and Full-Year 2-K programming will operate from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., 260 days a year, meeting critical demand from working families NEW YORK — Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced that, beginning this fall, most 2-K seats will operate on a full-day and full-year schedule […]
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April 7, 2026 NEW YORK — Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced the launch of a new child care center provider permitting portal, replacing a fragmented and outdated system with a streamlined, fully online process that makes it simpler and easier to open child care centers across New York City. The new portal consolidates application requirements, simplifies
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What you should know NEW YORK — Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced the launch of the New York City Parent Survey, a first-of-its-kind effort to give families a direct role in shaping the future of universal child care. As Mayor Mamdani takes historic first steps toward delivering universal child care across the city – beginning
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March 30, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Approximately 40 children ages 6 weeks to 3 years will receive free, year-round childcare 8 AM to 6 PM Monday – Friday All City workers based out of the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building are now eligible in addition to all DCAS employees regardless of work location Applications will
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February 24, 2026 What you should know NEW YORK, NY — TODAY, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez encouraged families with children turning three or four this year to sign up for 3-K or Pre-K by Feb. 27, 2026, in a jointly released video in Spanish. Applications are open to all eligible families, regardless
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