Child Care Listening Tour
New York's child care industry is in a state of crisis — but with your input we can build a stable child care system that every New Yorker has access to.
Sen. Jabari Brisport is partnering with other state legislators and advocates from across New York on a 10 week state-wide Child Care Listening Tour.
Decades of treating and funding child care as a private service rather than vital public infrastructure has left the system on the verge of collapse. Many child care centers have already been forced to close, and parents are struggling to access the child care they need. Where child care is still available, it is largely due to a dramatically underpaid workforce, overwhelmingly of women — especially women of color — who are paid wages that leave the majority in near poverty.
That's why we have organized this listening tour — to hear directly from child care providers and parents in our communities. We hope that you'll join us when the tour comes to your region so we can have a robust discussion about what it will take to solve this crisis.
TOUR SCHEDULE:
Region |
Date |
Counties |
Population |
RSVP |
Brooklyn |
9/29 |
Kings |
2.7m |
[This event has past, but you can still provide input by |
Queens |
10/6 |
Queens |
2.4m |
[This event has past, but you can still provide input by |
Manhattan/ |
10/13 |
New York, Richmond |
2.2m |
[This event has past, but you can still provide input by |
Bronx |
10/20 |
Bronx |
1.4m |
[This event has past, but you can still provide input by |
Long Island |
10/27 |
Nassau, Suffolk |
2.9m |
[This event has past, but you can still provide input by |
Hudson Valley |
11/3 |
Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, |
2.4m |
[This event has past, but you can still provide input by |
11/10 |
Cortland, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oswego, |
1.4m |
[This event has past, but you can still provide input by |
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Western NY & Fingerlakes |
11/17 |
Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, |
2.6m |
[This event has past, but you can still provide input by |
Labor Night |
11/22 |
Open to all union members |
[This event has past, but you can still provide input by |
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12/01 |
Albany, Columbia, Greene, Warren, |
2m |
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