{"id":160603,"date":"2026-03-11T18:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/160603\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T18:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:35:13","slug":"these-ues-zip-codes-are-getting-new-free-3-k-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/160603\/","title":{"rendered":"These UES ZIP Codes Are Getting New Free 3-K Seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPPER EAST SIDE, NY \u2014 New York City will add more than 1,000 new, free 3-K seats across 56 ZIP codes this fall, and three of the ZIP codes are on the Upper East Side. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-york\/new-york-city\/new-3-k-seats-coming-nyc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new seats<\/a> are part of Mayor Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s plan to expand access to early childhood education in neighborhoods across all five boroughs and broaden the city\u2019s free preschool program for 3-year-olds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For 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,&#8221; Mamdani said. &#8220;By making 3-K truly universal, we\u2019re building a city where every New Yorker can afford to raise a family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Upper East Side ZIP codes with added free 3-K seats are: <\/p>\n<p> 10021 \u2014 Lenox Hill10065 \u2014 Lenox Hill10128 \u2014 Carnegie Hill\/Yorkville <\/p>\n<p>The expansion adds seats in more than half of the city\u2019s 32 school districts.<\/p>\n<p>New York Governor Kathy Hochul said the expansion builds on broader efforts to expand access to child care across the state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;New York&#8217;s families thrive when our kids are supported and families aren&#8217;t burdened by the costs of childcare,&#8221; Hochul said. &#8220;I&#8217;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Families who have already applied to 3-K do not need to take any action at this time, according to city officials. <\/p>\n<p>As new programs are confirmed and added to the online portal, <a href=\"https:\/\/myschools.nyc\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MySchools<\/a>, NYC Public Schools will notify families in those communities, officials said. <\/p>\n<p>Families may update their online applications to include newly available programs until April 24th, according to Mamdani&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>Additional reporting by Ainsley Martinez. <\/p>\n<p>For questions, email Miranda.Levingston@Patch.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPPER EAST SIDE, NY \u2014 New York City will add more than 1,000 new, free 3-K seats across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-160603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-city-news","12":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160603","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=160603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}