Hochul at Divide with Lawmakers on Child Care, Once A Top Priority
Child care used to be Hochul’s marquee issue. Now, she’s proposing a modest expansion—but only if Congress doesn’t act.
Sam Mellins · January 12, 2022

Hochul visited a daycare in Syracuse to advocate for affordable child care in July, a month before she became governor. | Courtesy of CNY Central

Brisport and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins at St. Peter’s Child Care Center in Yonkers, November 2021
| Office of Senator Jabari Brisport

Sam Mellins is senior reporter at New York Focus, which he has been a part of since launch day. His reporting… more
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