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NYC kindergartners will now get $1,000 for college under Mamdani's first budget deal
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (775+ words) New York City public school kindergartners will automatically receive $1,000 for college expenses, up from $100, under a budget deal announced Tuesday between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council. The budget also restores a handful of education programs that Mamdani did…...
Applications are open for 2-K. Here’s what NYC families need to know.
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (688+ words) Applications opened Tuesday for the inaugural year of New York City’s free childcare program for 2-year-olds. Part of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s affordability campaign for free universal childcare, 2-K will for the first time in the city’s history offer free care…...
NYC’s new 2-K program will run 10 hours a day, year-round, Mamdani says
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (733+ words) Most of the 2,000 initial seats available through Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new free child care program for 2-year-olds will run 10 hours a day, year-round, officials said Thursday. The full-day and full-year coverage sets the 2-K program apart from the city’s 3-K…...