Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a historic announcement Thursday that puts New York one step closer to providing universal child care for all families.
Hochul said the state will pick up the cost to launch a program called “2 Care” in the city starting in September. It follows the Trump administration saying it is freezing child care funding in the city and other blue states.
The program will work with home-based providers and build on the existing 3-K program to provide child care for 2-year-olds…