On October 18th, we’re going to map out the plan to win 2-Care in 2026!

Join us for a campaign development training and then start building out our month by month 2-Care campaign plan.

This will be a great opportunity to learn how to take your experiences as a parent and would be parent in New York and turn it into power. You’ll also connect with fellow parents and would-be parent leaders from all over the city.

*Free child care is provided but you must RSVP by Saturday October 11th to reserve your spot.

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Join us for a strategy meeting where we’ll hold a media training and then work together to continue to plan our 2-Care campaign!

Communications expert Asya Pikovsky who previously worked on campaigns at BerlinRosen, Center for Popular Democracy, and The Justice Collaborative will be leading our media training.

This is a great place to connect with other parents and would-be parents and to help us shape the fight for universal child care.

*Free child care is provided but you must RSVP to guarantee your spot. RSVP Below:

Join us on Sunday September 7th 10:30am-12:00pm for a rally at City Hall Park to re-launch our campaign for 2-Care!

This year we won a start to 2-Care with $10 million for free child care for 0-2 year olds and we’re not done yet. We’re re-launching our campaign to fight for free child care for all ~60,000 NYC 2 year olds.

This is a family friendly event so please bring your kids, we’ll have activities for them.

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What is 2-Care?
2-Care is free child care for all ~60,000 NYC 2 year olds and would be a full-day and full-year of care.

Why 2-Care?

• Care for 2 year olds costs families an average of $23,400 per year.

• We know how to do it! NYC already created Pre-K for All and Free 3-K . We have the knowledge and experience to take the next step, age down and help families stay in NYC!
  

Help us build parent power in Astoria!

Join parents and would-be parents at Astoria Open Streets Farmer’s Market to gather petition signatures for 2-Care, free child care for 2 year olds.

We are demanding that Mayor Adams implement 2-Care for ALL 60,000 NYC 2 year olds and need your help to get LOUD.

This will be a great opportunity to get to know fellow parents and would-be parents and help us spread the word about our fight for universal child care!

We’ll be there 1:00-5:00PM but feel free to join at any time. *Our table will be set up closer to 34th St on 31st Ave.

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Join us in Forest Hills in front of Forest Cafe for coffee and petitioning! This will be a great opportunity to meet other Forest Hills parents and help us gather 2-Care petition signatures. RSVP below:

Join us for a strategy meeting to plan the next steps of our fight for universal child care! We’ll hold a brief advocacy training and then start planning together.

*Free child care if provided but you must RSVP by Monday 7/21 to guarantee a spot.

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To celebrate and de-brief the wins for universal child care in the final city budget, join us for drinks and bites! This will be a great opportunity to hear about how all of your hard advocacy work has paid off and connect with fellow parents and would-be parents. RSVP below:

UPDATE: Rally has been moved to Monday June 16th at 10am.

In this last stretch before the budget finalizes, join us for a Father’s Day “Cookout” at City Hall! Parents, would-be parents, and elected officials will rally to push for:

-2-Care
-City Council’s proposal to get us on a pathway to universal child care with 3,500 non income tested seats for 0-2 year olds

to be included in Mayor’s final budget.

We need your voice! Will you join us?

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Join New Yorkers United for Child Care and Council Member Shekar Krishnan at Travers Park to learn about our fight for universal child care and how you can get involved!

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We’re in the home stretch of City budget negotiations and child care hangs in the balance. 

We need all hands on deck to ensure that we get the 2-Care funding we have fought for.

Join us on Wednesday, June 4th for a Digital Day of Action to demand City Council Members hold the line and protect the 2-Care seats that could save families thousands in the coming year.

Here’s how you can take part:

⭐Share your story about why 2-Care is important to you on social media
⭐Call your City Councilmember to demand they push for 2-Care in the City budget - including the Council’s proposal for 3,500 non-means tested child care spots for 0-2 year olds.

We’ve made it easy with a toolkit that has sample social media posts and graphics you can share, as well as a call tool to contact your City Councilmember. Make sure to tag @NY4ChildCare so we can lift up your posts! 

Full toolkit for calling and posting here.

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Join us for after work for a data entry pizza party! We did such an amazing job of collecting 2-Care petition signatures on our citywide day of action so now we need to get them all into our database.

This will be a great opportunity to connect with other parent and would-be parent leaders and help us continue to build our membership. RSVP below:

Join us on Saturday May 17th for a citywide day of action where we’ll be gathering 2-Care petition signatures at playgrounds all across NYC to tell Mayor Adams that we want 2-Care! This will be a great opportunity to connect with families in your neighborhood and join the fight for free child care for 2 year olds.

Where to Meet & When:

Astoria: Astoria Heights Playground, 10:00am-12:00pm
BushRidge: Irving Square, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Ditmas Park: Cortelyou Tot Lot, 10:30am-12:00pm
Flatbush: Parade Ground, 11:00am-12:30pm
Greenpoint: McGolrick Playground, 10:30am-12:00pm
Jackson Heights: Travers Park, 10:30am-12:00pm
Middle Village: Juniper Valley Park, 10:30am-12:00pm
Park Slope: JJ Byrne Playground, 10:30am-12:00pm
Sunnyside: Lou Lodati Playground, 10:30am-12:00pm
UWS: Toll Family Playground, 5:00-7:00pm
Washington Heights: Buunni Coffee - Pinehurst (from there will disperse to Bennett Park, Javits Park, J Hood Wright Park, and Anne Loftus Playground), 10:30am-12:00pm
Windsor Terrace: Greenwood Playground, 10:00am-11:30am

How to Join:

-Sign up for a location in the dropdown below.

-The site leader will be in touch as we get closer to the day of action.

-Join our Tuesday 5/13 training 8:30-9:30pm on Zoom!

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To prepare for our Saturday 5/17 Citywide Day of Action, join us for a volunteer training on Zoom. We’ll talk through everything you need to have a great playground petitioning in your neighborhood. RSVP below:

Because of the relentless advocacy of parents, would-be parents, and City Council, we had a universal child care win in the Mayor’s executive budget for the extended day 3-K and Pre-K pilot!

This win means that a few thousand 3-K and Pre-K kids will get FREE full workday seats next year.

Join us and City Council Finance Chair Brannan on Thursday May 8 at 2:30pm at City Hall Park for a rally to thank City Council for fighting for NYC families and to ask Mayor Adams for full workday seats for ALL 3-K and Pre-K families who want one.

Since Mayor Adams won’t fund full workday 3-K and Pre-K seats for all 3-K and Pre-K families, let’s bring our kids to City Hall when the day ends at 2:30pm and tell him take care of our kids!

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Join us for a parent and baby meetup in partnership with BushRidge Moms on Saturday May 3rd 3:00-5:00pm at Washington Irving Library. It will be a great opportunity to connect with local families and also chat about our fight for universal child care, including 2-Care, our campaign for free child care for 2 year olds. RSVP below:

Join us at Angelo Campanaro Playground on Wednesday April 30th at 5:00pm in partnership with Council Member Kevin Riley to gather 2-Care petition signatures and connect with local families! Will we see you there? RSVP below:

Join us for a kid-friendly party to support our work so we can build the power needed to win FREE child care for all!

Join parents and would-be parents for a planning meeting for our upcoming citywide day of action (we’ll be gathering 2-Care signatures at playgrounds all across the NYC)! Our planning meeting will be on a Zoom call (after kid bedtime) on Thursday April 10th where together we’ll start planning for our big day. RSVP below:

Join parents and would-be parents as we continue to build on the powermapping we did together last month. We’ll do a training and then make plans together to take next steps in winning free child care for 2 year olds in New York City!

*Free child care is provided but must RSVP by Sunday 3/16 to reserve spot. RSVP below!

On Wednesday March 12th at 10:00 AM at City Hall Park, please join New Yorkers United for Child Care, United Neighborhood Houses and more for a rally to demand the stabilization of 3-K and ECE and the expansion to 2-Care in this year’s budget. RSVP below!

We need your help getting the word out and telling Mayor Adams that we want free child care for 2 year olds!

Join Council Member Shahana Hanif, parents, and would-be parents at J.J. Byrne Playground in Park Slope on Saturday February 8th 10:30am to gather signatures for our 2-Care petition.

Will we see you there? RSVP below:

We’ll create a power map together and have a training on how to engage your elected officials in the fight to win 2-Care, free child care for 2 year olds! Parents, would-be parents, and kids are welcome.

*Free child care is provided but must RSVP by Sunday 1/26 to guarantee spot.

Stroller Brigade for Child Care!

On Sunday January 12th at 10:30am, join parents and would-be parents at City Hall Park for a stroller brigade rally to launch our 2025 campaign to fight for Universal Public Child Care. Last year we fought to protect $20M from the worst of the Mayor's cuts to free 3K programs and this next year we have even bigger plans to win even more for New York families.  

Can we count on you to show up strong for the affordable NY that we deserve?!

All are welcome: we need parents, would-be parents, grandparents and ALL New Yorkers who care about New York's affordability crisis to come out strong! 

RSVP below to show up for the affordable NYC that we deserve.

Join parents and would-be parents for a strategy meeting to plan our launch for our 2025 campaign!

At our meeting you’ll learn about what makes a great press event and get to connect with other NYUC members who are in the fight for Universal Public Child Care.

*Child care will be provided, but you must RSVP by December 7th (1 week in advance).

On Tuesday, November 19th, we’re rallying for Universal Child Care for all New Yorkers. Join parents, would-be parents and elected leaders to stand for free child care and help families stay in New York …. and we’ll make a special announcement.

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Calling all volunteers! New Yorkers United for Child Care is hosting our one-year anniversary party on Saturday, November 16th from 3:00 - 5:00 PM at BRIC in Downtown Brooklyn and is seeking volunteers to assist with check in, a silent auction, and ensuring the event runs smoothly.

If you sign up, you get into the event FREE!

Volunteers must arrive by 2:00 PM and stay through the conclusion of the event at 5:00PM. If you are interested in volunteer (and attending for free) please complete this Google Form and our team will reach out. 

Help us get the word out about our 1 Year Anniversary Party! At this virtual training, you’ll learn best practices for recruiting your friends and family to support our cause and we’ll work together to invite people to our big day!

Sign up for the Zoom Link here!

Join our monthly orientation meetings tailored to those new to the New Yorkers United for Child Care community. In these meetings, we will share a bit about our history, strategy and goals and how you can get involved.

When: Second Wednesday of each month (*usually)
Time: 8:30 PM - 9:15 PM

To register for an upcoming session, please fill out this zoom registration form. We look forward to seeing you and working together to win free child care for all kids under 5 in New York!