NEW YORK, NY\u2014 The City will add more than 1,000 new 3-K seats across 56 ZIP codes this fall, expanding access to free early childhood education in neighborhoods across all five boroughs.<\/p>\n
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the expansion during an event on Staten Island, outlining a plan to broaden the city\u2019s preschool program for 3-year-olds.<\/p>\n
Beginning in September, families in five ZIP codes in the Bronx, six on Staten Island, eight in Brooklyn, 16 in Manhattanand 21 in Queens will gain new access to 3-K seats.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor too long, families were promised universal 3-K but offered seats miles away \u2014 forcing them to pay out of pocket for child care or leave the city,\u201d Mamdani said. <\/p>\n
The expansion adds seats in more than half of the city\u2019s 32 school districts.<\/p>\n
Officials said the program will expand in Bronx ZIP codes including 10461, 10462, 10465, 10469 and 10475.<\/p>\n
Neighborhoods include Westchester Square, Pelham Bay, Morris Park, Parkchester and Co-op City.<\/p>\n
In Brooklyn, expansion areas include DUMBO, Downtown Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, Greenpoint, Prospect Heights and Sheepshead Bay.<\/p>\n
Manhattan neighborhoods gaining access include the East Village, Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Midtown East, the Upper East Side and the Upper West Side.<\/p>\n
In Queens, the expansion includes neighborhoods such as Astoria, Long Island City, Forest Hills, Jackson Heights, Corona, Maspeth and Ridgewood.<\/p>\n
On Staten Island, new seats will reach communities including Port Richmond, New Dorp, Tottenville, Great Kills and Charleston.<\/p>\n
Kathy Hochul said the expansion builds on broader efforts to expand access to child care across the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew York’s families thrive when our kids are supported and families aren’t burdened by the costs of childcare,\u201d Hochul said. \u201cI’m proud to partner with Mayor Mamdani to expand 3-K to more families across all five boroughs, building on our progress to deliver universal childcare and build a more affordable New York for all.\u201d<\/p>\n
City officials said the new seats represent another step toward making 3-K universally available for families across New York City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK, NY\u2014 The City will add more than 1,000 new 3-K seats across 56 ZIP codes this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-159387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}