🔴 LIVE: "The Path to Universal Child Care"

New York City Council · March 2, 2026

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Call to order and introductions

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Hearing called to order; Chair Jennifer Gutierrez (S2) opens the subcommittee's first meeting and Speaker Julie Menon (S3) welcomes members and frames the hearing as the start of oversight toward universal child care. Menon says she is sponsoring two intro bills (Intro 8 and Intro 9) and references a package of eight items to be discussed.

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First hearing of the New York City Council Subcommittee on Early Childhood Education. City and state officials outlined a plan to expand free child care (including a new 2K rollout), while council members and providers pressed for details on permitting, provider payments, workforce pay parity, special‑education placements and how vouchers/waitlists will be addressed.

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