DNAInfo: Bloomberg’s Budget Plan Includes Cuts To…Childcare
DNAInfo: Bloomberg’s Budget Plan Includes Cuts To…Childcare
Critics, however, focused in on the cuts, saying they were dismayed to see fire companies back on the chopping block and so many child-care slots at risk.
“Why throw so many kids overboard? It makes no sense,” said Public Advocate and presumed mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, who said that 16,000 day-care seats were set to be eliminated, in addition to thousands of after-school slots, bringing the total to 40,000 fewer kids served.
