Mayor Eric Adams announced a $2 billion investment over the next four years in early childcare and childhood education, including allocating funding to undocumented families.
Along with the announcement, Hizzoner established the Big Apple’s first Office of Childcare and Early Childhood Education while also creating career training and professional development opportunities in partnership with CUNY — highlighting his own experiences growing up with few opportunities that forced his family to fend for scraps, just as many city dwellers have been forced to do during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“As a child, my mother had to work three jobs and still find a way to take care of me and my siblings. And during the COVID-19 pandemic, almost 375,000 parents were forced to quit or downshift their jobs because they had no other way to take care of their children,” the mayor said. “Now, my administration is working to make sure no parent has to make that hard choice between child care and putting food on their table again.”
