In one piece of good news, more than 10,000
city day care slots for low - income kids that had been slated for elimination will remain open after heavy pressure from advocates and the City Council, which must approve any budget plan.
Also at noon, IDC Leader Jeff Klein and Sen. Diane Savino will call for a letter grading system for New York
City day care centers and release a alarming investigative report, «The Hidden Dangers in Day Care,» 250 Broadway, Manhattan.
In a pint - sized version of ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg's attempt to ban super-sized sugary drinks, the NYC Board of Health announced dramatically stricter rules for all licensed
city day cares, including a limit on how much juice kids can drink.
Mayor de Blasio can only watch as his rival Cuomo pushes reforms to
city day cares.
Not exact matches
The
city rules establish a 600 - foot buffer between marijuana businesses and schools,
day cares and youth centers.
(i) Unable to restore the power in a few states for more than 10 +
days, since a tornado passed by it (ii) Unable to restore power for 7 +
days in a snowy North Eastern state, since a hurricane passed by it (iii) Having no quality in science, math and technology; depending on «imports» to uplift them (or depending on Jesus to save them)(iv) Horrible crime in downtown, ghettos of any major
city (v) Unemployment of 23 % (vi) Having a president who believes that the earth is 6000 years old (vii) Having a presidential candidate which believes in subjugating women (viii) Having more than 50 % of its 2012 graduates un / under - employed (ix) No public transport, resulting in hell on earth even for a small rise in crude - oil prices (x) A crappy health
care system (xi) A debt of 14Trillion, which corresponds to 50K per US resident.
The annual event is magnificent in its simplicity: Dine at one of the 3,000 participating restaurants in nearly 60
cities across North America and that restaurant will donate a generous portion of the
day's proceeds to fund HIV / AIDS
care, prevention, education, testing, counseling and other essential services in their
city.
Who
care about this Kid when we struggle against the like of Liester
city... You got ta wait, it is only the last 3
days we are active, if any...
Marcus Jr. hasn't yet celebrated his first birthday, but the father points out proudly that the staff at Oklahoma
City's Healing Hearts
Day Care Center considers the toddler unusually adaptive and mature.
At the end of the
day, we will all
care about the result and the fact that the team could find the victory after the loss to Manchester
City but the process of getting the result did not leave anyone feeling great.
The issue there is that rich
cities can afford to provide free
day care to their residents, while poor
cities can not.
In New York
City, there are over 3,900
day care centers, but only a few of them may provide the kind of
care, nurturing, and stimulating environment that you expect.
In previous babysitting jobs I have driven to and forth from the
city to take children to school, prepared lunches and simple dinners, taken
care of kids during parties to limit disruptions, and have spent
days or nights with the children.
What I'd like for Mother's
Day: A weekend for two in the Basque
city of San Sebastian, with childcare all taken
care of.
Grew up in New York
City ran my own
Day care for 11 years.
The mayor wants to extend his pre-K program — promising free full -
day child
care for all
city 3 - year - olds by 2021, but he'll need help from the state and federal governments to pay for it.
A package of
City Councl bills proposed on Mother's
Day aims to make it easier for parents to
care for their kids.
DNAinfo article on the
City working to prevent the closure of a
day care center in Red Hook supported by BP Adams.
Halloran said five
city workers, including two Department of Transportation and three Sanitation Department employees assigned to Queens, told him the
day before that they were asked by supervisors «to take their time» plowing roads because the «mayor's office doesn't
care about them.»
Following a month of abundant citywide community activism and outreach,
City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has submitted to
City Hall more than 10,600 parent petition signatures, dozens of video and audio testimonies and nearly 20 resolutions from Community Education Councils, Community Boards and the Schools Chancellor's Parent Advisory Council, all protesting teacher and
day care cuts.
Waldman said the center, which serves about 50 seniors through its adult
day care program, adheres to state, county and
city regulations requiring monthly meal plans to be approved by a county nutritionist and routine health department inspections.
Just after the legislative session ended in early summer, Cuomo announced state regulations to step up inspections at
day care centers in New York
City.
Senators and Assemblymembers met for the first time since Senator Malcolm Smith was charged with trying to bribe his way onto the Republican New York
City Mayoral ticket, among other things, and Assemblyman Eric Stevenson was accused of taking thousands of dollars to write legislation to benefit developers of an adult
day care center.
The governor is also relying on some one - time revenues from bank settlements after the financial crisis, to pay for improving the New York
City subways, funding hospitals and other health
care providers, and paying for some
day - to -
day state operating expenses.
State Sen. Marty Golden (R - C - I, Bay Ridge) blasted the most recent decision by the State Parole Board, regarding the release of Christopher Thomas, who is, according to Golden, responsible for one of New York
City's most infamous mass shootings and is scheduled reside next to a
day care center upon his release.
Stevenson pocketed thousands of dollars to help pressure Con Edison into expediting the extension of a gas line, recruit seniors to attend a Westchester Avenue center, liaise with the Department of Buildings, and draft a legislative moratorium on the construction of any more adult
day care centers throughout New York
City, documents show.
City Council members proposed a package of 10 bills on Mother's
Day that would provide resources for moms and dads ranging from breastfeeding rooms to discounted child
care.
A large coalition of early childhood education advocates and elected officials took to the
City Hall steps on Wednesday to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio — again — to fund pay parity between teachers at all pre-Kindergarten and
day care centers in New York
City.
Contracts between early childhood education providers are negotiated between the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, the
city's principals» union and the
Day Care Council.
The case sent shock waves through the
city and cast a spotlight on the decisions — often informed by word of mouth — that New Yorkers from all walks of life make every
day when they leave their children in the
care of others.
«This report is evidence of the strong determination the
City Council and the Department of Education share to ensure that the children parents entrust to schools»
care, return to them safe at each
day's end,» said Council Member Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., the law's lead sponsor.
Each year the Independent Democratic Conference analyzes violations in
day cares using data available from the New York
City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
De Blasio last week managed to kill a deal by state leaders that would have reformed
day -
care oversight in the
city — highlighting the tensions between him and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Albany leaders reached an agreement on dramatic reforms to
day care oversight in response to a Daily News series on hidden dangers in
city child
care facilities.
Thousands of
day care centers across the
city will have to post report cards highlighting their safety records under a new law sponsored by IDC Leader Jeff Klein and signed into effect by Cuomo on the last
day of 2016.
«When it comes to the safety and sanitation of
day care centers, New York
City parents are truly left in the dark.
The Independent Democratic Conference's alarming report found that a total 18,102 violations were issued to 2,271 group
day care centers throughout the
city between 2013 and 2015.
Violations are posted a few clicks into the
City's Health Department website and many parents are unaware
day care health inspections are readily available.
New York, NY — State Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) and State Senator Diane Savino (D - SI / Brooklyn) today released an investigative report, «The Hidden Dangers in
Day Care,» revealing the worst and most persistent violators in the
city.
Mayor de Blasio announced Monday that he wants to extend his pre-K program — promising free full -
day child
care for all
city 3 - year - olds by 2021.
Also at 10 a.m., nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses
Day with a «
Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality
Care Act, Buffalo
City Hall, 65 Niagara Square # 218, Buffalo.
The mayor's signature program has been an undisputed boon to the teachers» union and the
city's politically, um, grateful not - for - profit sector — but how many kids have been helped (apart from the free
day -
care)?
«I also led the charge to place report cards on every
day care in New York
City, letting parents see vital information right at the door,» Klein said.
Also at 1 p.m., nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses
Day with a «
Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality
Care Act, Schenectady
City Hall, 105 Jay St., Schenectady.
In his statement, Klein made note of a separate bill, which would require report cards on
day care facilities in New York
City, that has been approved by both chambers.
From
day care centers to food pantries to senior centers, thousands of nonprofit groups that depend on New York
City for their livelihood are bracing for the most ambitious change in a generation as the Bloomberg administration prepares to dismantle the way it awards $ 4 billion in contracts every year.
Free all -
day programs can also be a lifeline to parents struggling with sky - high child
care costs, points out Brian Jones, a former New York
City elementary school teacher, current Green Party candidate for lieutenant governor of New York State, and parent of a young child approaching preschool age.
CITY HALL —
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn promised more affordable
day care for middle - class families and a new approach to education in her annual State of the
City address Thursday, which was widely seen as a preview of her anticipated run for mayor.
Corey Driscoll, deputy director of code enforcement, said a single complaint about overgrown weeds or illegal trash dumping could often generate a
day's worth of phone calls and emails among
city officials just to figure out who was taking
care of the problem.
The governor also is relying on some one - time revenues from bank settlements after the financial crisis to pay for improving the New York
City subways, funding hospitals and other health
care providers, and paying for some
day - to -
day state operating expenses.