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Mayor Adams: We Demand Universal 2-Care

Dear Mayor Eric Adams:

We the undersigned, parents, would be parents, grandparents and New York City residents demand that you implement FREE child care for ALL 2 year olds in New York City.

Free Child Care for 2 year olds means NYC families are eligible as soon as their child turns two; just like Pre-K and 3-K. 2-Care would help ~60,000 NYC 2 year olds and be a full-day and full-year of care. 2-Care can draw on existing licensed capacity and scale up in child care deserts.

NYC families are at their breaking point. We are losing young families and would-be families to other states and we cannot wait for the state or federal government to act.

We can’t afford not to do this.

State-wide we are collectively spending $14 billion a year on child care costs. In 2022, NYC’s economy lost $23 billion as parents left the workforce, or the state entirely, due to child care costs .

We urge you to allocate $1.3 Billion a year to provide FREE Child Care for all 2 year olds.