Mom Haiku #782 (3/1/26)
Summer dreams warm us
with camp adventure visions,
until expense burns.
Big win for NYC parents! $10M for child care for kids 0–2 has passed the City Council!
I was proud to join @ny4childcare.bsky.social earlier this summer, talking to parents and collecting signatures advocating for its passage.
We’re not done yet. Let’s make universal child care a reality for NYC!
1/ Something is fundamentally wrong when families are spending MORE on childcare than a mortgage or rent. Childcare is a textbook example of a broken market, failing parents, providers, and kids alike.
💸 Families are drowning in child care costs—and NYC has had enough.
Universal, free child care isn’t just a talking point—it’s a demand.
📢 Join the fight. Get Organized for city families can afford
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📺 Meanwhile in Brooklyn, Borough President Antonio Reynoso just dropped a six-figure TV + digital ad.
His message? Save our child care centers.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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👀 Even Andrew Cuomo—who once opposed universal pre-K and 3-K—is now campaigning for mayor on a promise to expand it.
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🚨 NEW from @madinatoure.bsky.social @politico.com : Mayoral candidates are competing to be the “child care candidate.”
From pledges to expand 3K/Pre-K to all kids under 5 to backing extended hours, they’re all feeling the pressure from parents—and voters.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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With costs crushing working families, candidates from mayor to borough president are scrambling to show they have a plan. Universal child care isn’t just popular—it’s politically essential.
Child care affordability is dominating the 2025 NYC elections. Here’s proof⬇️
This past weekend, we joined parents, children, and advocates at Lou Lodati Playground in support of funding free 2K @ny4childcare.bsky.social (1/4)
"As an expecting mother myself, I worry the cost of child care will drive my family out of New York.... Child care shouldn't be a luxury reserved for the rich. It should be every mother's right." Rebecca Bailin, @ny4childcare.bsky.social
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