"Parents who get one of the city's first 2-K seats this fall will be able to use the program from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., 260 days a year. This expansion aims to turn the rollout into something closer to full-time child care than a traditional school schedule."
"Mamdani cast the longer schedule as an answer to a basic problem for parents working standard hours. For those New Yorkers with young kids, holding down a nine-to-five and managing pick up and drop off at a traditional 3 p.m. time can be unmanageable."
"What this will do is save working parents at least $20,000 per child, tying the expansion to the $1.2 billion in child care funding the city secured with Gov. Kathy Hochul earlier this year."
On April 9, 2026, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the expansion of the 2-K program hours at the Victory Music and Dance Company in Brownsville. The program will now operate from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., 260 days a year, aiming to provide full-time child care. This change addresses the challenges faced by working parents who struggle with traditional school schedules. The city will launch the program with 2,000 seats this fall, supported by $1.2 billion in child care funding secured earlier this year.
Read at www.amny.com
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