Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced which neighborhoods will get 2-K, free child care this fall, with plans to expand citywide.
Back in January, Governor Kathy Hochul announced a new New York State childcare program for two-year-olds, called 2-Care. The plan takes a big step toward universal child care by offering free care for 2-year-olds in New York City and strengthening the city’s existing 3-K program.
The program kicks off this September in neighborhoods that need it most, where child care is especially expensive and hard to find. After that, it will expand step by step, starting with communities City Hall has flagged as priorities and then spreading across the city…