NY lawmakers want action on child care subsidies
ALBANY— Citing the need for reliable child care by New York working families, the state Assembly leader and several Democratic lawmakers issued a report Monday advocating more subsidies for care and for paid family leave.
“We have heard firsthand that the single largest obstacle to maintaining employment of parents, particularly mothers, is access to reliable, safe and nurturing child care that hard-working families can afford,” said Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. The report, saying New York “is in the throes of a child care crisis,” followed talks with advocates and others statewide.
The Assembly’s Democratic majority is committed to changing that, Silver said. The working group that produced the report included Assembly members Catherine Nolan, Carl Heastie, Michele Titus, Aileen Gunther, Donna Lupardo and Addie Russell. All chair key Assembly committees.