Last chance to apply for 2-K seats: Here's what you need to know
Applications for the first free 2,000 2-K seats in New York City close on Friday, June 26th.
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Applications for the first free 2,000 2-K seats in New York City close on Friday, June 26.
The Mamdani administration is prioritizing high-need districts in The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan for the first phase, and plans to expand citywide in the coming years.
The city says they are working to give families priority to seats in their neighborhood, though they can apply to a program in any neighborhood.
Districts include:
District 6: Washington Heights, Inwood, Hamilton Height
District 10: Fordham, Belmont, Norwood, Morris Heights, Van Cortlandt Village, Kingsbridge
District 18: Canarsie, Remsen Village
District 23: Brownsville, Ocean Hill
District 27: Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Howard Beach, The Rockaways
Parents can apply at myschools.nyc by June 26. Families will be notified of their application status on August 4.
Mayor Mamdani visited with children at Einstein Daycare with 2-K Jingle contest winner, Allegra Levy and her band in a final push to get the word out.
"The response has been great," Mayor Mamdani said, "This is the first time in New York City history where we're offering free childcare for 2-year-olds that could save parents more than $20,000 a year. We're so excited to be bringing this to neighborhoods, whether it's Washington Heights, or Canarsie, or the Rockaways, or Fordham. It's going to be 2,000 seats this fall, 12,000 next fall, and then a seat for every 2-year-old by the end of four years."
Earlier this year, the mayor launched a 2-K jingle contest to help promote the new 2-K program this fall.
Bronx native Cardi B and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda assisted the mayor in judging more than 300 submissions down to five finalists. The public was able to vote their favorite jingle to declare a winner, Allegra Levy a jazz singer and songwriter from Manhattan.
"The message is really important and spoke to me personally, because I have an almost 2-year-old and a 5-year-old and it is so diffcult to live in New York City without affordable childcare, especially as a musician and an artist, it really changes the game," said Levy.
