New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels celebrated the opening day of 3-K, and applications for Pre-K on Wednesday.
Mayor Mamdani says the goal is free childcare for every child in New York. It’s a goal he has promised to achieve by the end of his first term, but he told reporters on Wednesday that preschool for 3 and 4-year-olds is widely available, and he is urging parents to apply for it.
“The past administration sought to not only cut funding for the program, but also to cut outreach and advertising about early childhood education as well. The consequences were stark,” Mamdani said. “Thousands of empty seats, especially in the parts of the city with higher numbers of immigrant and low-income families who stood to benefit the most.”…