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Good morning, Mike here with Chalkbeat New York.
It’s a key moment in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s effort to expand city-funded childcare. Offers go out this week for the first year of 2-K, a free program for two-year-olds, regardless of their parents’ income. That timing makes it all the more notable that one of the top officials overseeing that effort, Education Department deputy chancellor of early childhood education Simone Hawkins, is headed for the doors. Today’s top story has more on that departure and what it means.
We also have a story from our friends at The City Reporter offering a vivid look inside a New York City immigration courtroom where children are routinely appearing without lawyers. It’s a reality that’s likely to become more common after federal officials declined to renew a major contract to provide legal services to immigrant youth.
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NYC official overseeing Mamdani’s childcare expansion for 2-year-olds is stepping down
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What We’re Reading
An AI moratorium will hurt our kids, New York Daily News (Opinion)
A mayor exposed New York City Jews to chaos. It wasn’t Mamdani. Forward (Opinion)
Disgraceful Exit, Susan B. Edelman - Substack
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