De Blasio: Nearly 22,000 register for pre-K on 1st day
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Tuesday that nearly 22,000 New York City parents signed up their children on the first day of registration for pre-kindergarten, a signature program of his administration.
The program is expanding from 53,000 children this year to more than 70,000 this September.
De Blasio said the city is ready for the massive influx of 4-year-olds and touted the rise in early applicants as “an amazing example of how much this has captured the imagination of parents.”