NY Tackles $26,000 Child-Care Cost With Plan for Two-Year-Olds

New York City’s child-care costs, among the highest in the country, are a factor in families deciding to leave the city. Local and state officials say their plan to offer free care for all two-year-olds will provide a reason for them to stay.

“I don’t want any more families to leave New York,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul said during a visit to a Queens child-care center last week. “We want them to stay, but we have to work as a government to make life more affordable for them.”

Earlier this month, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Hochul announced the new program, ...