US EditionMamdani, AOC team up to encourage New Yorkers to sign up for 3-K, Pre-K as deadline approaches
New York City has received over 75,000 applications for free 3-K and pre-K programs, with efforts underway to reach families in under-enrolled neighborhoods before the Feb. 27 deadline.
- On Feb. 25, 2026, Mamdani urged New Yorkers to apply, with more than 75,000 families enrolled but thousands short of last year's 95,000 before the Feb. 27 deadline.
- As part of his affordability agenda, Mamdani has coordinated with Gov. Kathy Hochul to expand 3-K, with applications opened Jan. 14 and nearly two-thirds submitted in the first two weeks.
- Advertising has included city streets, public transit and even the ferry, while local organizations, faith leaders and homeless shelter staff host workshops and outreach events.
- A City Hall spokesperson said applications are not first-come, first-served, and the figure was released on a delay, raising questions about outreach effectiveness.
- Tied to his affordability agenda, the drive aims to close access gaps citywide by expanding universal child care and targeting immigrant families through local organizations, faith leaders and homeless shelter staff.
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Amid Mamdani outreach, applications for NYC 3-K, pre-K programs running short of last year’s tally
The 75,000-plus families that have signed up for New York City’s free 3-K and pre-K programs are still thousands short of last year’s final count with only two days to go until the deadline, the Daily News has learned. The city received 95,000 total applications last year, a figure that has held relatively steady over the last three years. Applications are not first-come, first-served, so it’s not uncommon for parents to register closer to the d…
Mamdani and AOC prove who’s really the party of family values
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'Regardless of ... immigration status': Mamdani and AOC push free pre-K for illegal aliens in awkward Spanish ad
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) released a Spanish-language video Tuesday urging families to enroll their children in the city’s free 3-K and pre-K programs before Friday’s deadline, explicitly emphasizing that eligibility applies “regardless of ... immigration status.”The roughly two-and-a-half-minute video, posted to Mamdani’s official X account, features the two Democrats speaking entirely in …
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