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Mayor Pushes to Fix Childcare Payments | New York City News
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Mayor Mamdani is racing against time to fix a crippling childcare funding crisis in NYC, where delays are forcing centers to take out personal loans just to stay open as the new school year looms. With a new free 2-K program launching next week—eventually expanding to 12,000 seats—the city is injecting $43 million into education procurement and hiring 200 new staff to speed up payments and deliver supplies directly to struggling providers. Mamdani called the delays “unacceptable,” vowing to resolve them before the program begins so families can access affordable, quality care for their youngest learners.
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