Staten Island Councilmember says it's "shocking" for the borough to be left out of the city's new free 2K childcare program

WNYC News | Mar 9

Some Staten Island officials say they are once again feeling like the forgotten borough after the Mamdani administration excluded it from the first phase of the city's new 2K childcare program.

The roll-out brings free full-day childcare to two thousand toddlers in select school districts in Upper Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens.

The mayor says this initial phase prioritized areas with a high need for the program, as well as a readiness to deliver it, but Staten Island will be included next year.

City Council minority leader David Carr, who represents mid-island, feels the borough was snubbed and joins WNYC's Sean Carlson to talk more about it.

 

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