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Council member Restler acknowledges childcare voucher enrollment achievements and raises concerns
3:58:38
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Council Member Lincoln Restler opens by acknowledging the Administration for Children's Services' achievement in enrolling 55,000 additional families in childcare vouchers. He praises this as a bright spot in an administration facing challenges. However, Restler expresses concern about the potential loss of childcare for many families in the coming fiscal year.
- Highlights the enrollment of 63,000 families in childcare vouchers as a major achievement
- Contrasts this success with other issues in the administration
- Raises alarm about the possibility of many families losing their childcare
Lincoln Restler
3:58:38
Thank you so much, tier Stevens, and thank you for your smart questions and thoughtful advocacy around the looming crisis that we are facing for childcare vouchers in New York City.
3:58:52
I firstly just wanna say that, you know, in an administration that has been hobbled by dysfunction and corruption, one of the few bright spots has been the fact that ACS and your team has enrolled, you know, 55,000 additional families, some 62, 60 three thousand families in child care vouchers to ensure that they have free affordable child care and high quality providers in their communities.
3:59:14
It's been a major achievement of this administration, one that's gotten far too little attention.
3:59:19
And yet it's apparent that we are barreling toward a reality where many tens of thousands of families are about to lose their childcare.
3:59:32
So I'd just like to ask plainly for a number.
3:59:36
Barring additional state support, how many families how many children do you expect to lose their childcare voucher in the coming fiscal year?