{"id":39264,"date":"2026-01-08T17:37:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=39264"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:37:28","slug":"mayor-mamdani-governor-hochul-to-launch-free-child-care-for-two-year-olds-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/39264","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani, Governor Hochul to launch free child care for Two-Year-Olds in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEWYORK: Governor Hochul announced an unprecedented investment as the next step to deliver affordable, universal childcare for children under five years of age across New York State.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Governor will partner with Mayor Zohran Mamdani to deliver free\u00a0child care\u00a0for two-year-olds in New York City, in addition to strengthening the existing 3K program to achieve universal care\u00a0and ultimately, serve\u00a0all families across the city.<\/p>\n<p>In 2026, the state will continue to expand access to high-quality\u00a0child care\u00a0programs throughout the state, through a diversity of models, saving New York families billions of dollars each year.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking office, Governor Hochul has already taken major steps to expand access to affordable\u00a0child care\u00a0for families through an\u00a0$8 billion\u00a0dollar investment in the state\u2019s\u00a0child care\u00a0infrastructure, dramatically expanding access, as part of laying the groundwork for the implementation of universal\u00a0child care\u00a0statewide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s one thing that every family in New York can agree on, the\u00a0cost of childcare is simply too high,\u201d\u00a0Governor Hochul said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs New York\u2019s first mom Governor, fighting for New York\u2019s families has always been at the core of my agenda. Since taking office,\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0put families front and center, fighting to make our state more affordable and\u00a0laying\u00a0the groundwork to deliver universal childcare. Today,\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0proud to partner with Mayor Mamdani and leaders across our state to make this a reality, turning that foundation into a concrete roadmap that will transform the lives of working parents and kids across our state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past 14 months, a movement was born to fight for a city where every New Yorker could afford a life of\u00a0dignity\u00a0and every family could afford to raise their kids. Today, Governor Hochul and I\u00a0meet\u00a0that movement as we celebrate our joint commitment to universal\u00a0child care,\u201d\u00a0Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis victory represents much more than a triumph of city and state government working in partnership\u2014it is proof that when New Yorkers come together, we can transform the way government serves working families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Governor Hochul\u2019s State of the State investments will commit to delivering affordable childcare for\u00a0nearly 100,000 more\u00a0kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYORK: Governor Hochul announced an unprecedented investment as the next step to deliver affordable, universal childcare for children under five years of age across New York State. The Governor will partner with Mayor Zohran Mamdani to deliver free\u00a0child care\u00a0for two-year-olds in New York City, in addition to strengthening the existing 3K program to achieve universal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,31,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york","category-news","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39265,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39264\/revisions\/39265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}