STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced $100 million will go toward a program to expand child care across New York state, including New York City.

Hochul announced on Tuesday the launch of a new Child Care Capital Construction Funding Program designed to increase the availability of quality care and expand the capacity of child care, including school-age programs, across the state by funding the construction of new child-care facilities or expanding existing ones.

The initiative is expected to add between 6,000 and 10,000 new child-care seats for New York families.

“I deeply understand how important it is for New York State to continue to address the critical child care shortage that makes it difficult for families to find the safe, quality child care services they ne

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