'Shouldn't have to choose': NYC announces universal after-school plan

NYC to Invest $331 Million More in Universal After-School Programs

NEW YORK CITY—Mayor Eric Adams announced on April 29 that a further $331 million will be invested in creating and maintaining after-school programs by the end of fiscal year 2028. Adams made the announcement at a press event in front of a schoolyard playground in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. The mayor opened the event by relating universal after-school programs to his message of making the city safer. “To make New York City the best place to …

Adams takes ride down slide as he announces NYC is expanding free after-school program — as issue becomes central in mayoral race

Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday he wants to make New York City more affordable for families by expanding a free after-school program -- an issue that's grown as a hot topic in the mayoral race.

Mayor Adams pitches ‘after-school for all’ as NYC mayoral race heats up

Adams said he plans to expand after-school to 20,000 students in kindergarten through fifth grade over the next three years.

'Shouldn't have to choose': NYC announces universal after-school plan

New York City parents, rejoice. Mayor Eric Adams announced a sweeping new “After-School for All” plan on Tuesday, one designed to make childcare affordable and accessible to everyday New Yorkers on an everyday basis. The plan, part of Adams’ upcoming executive budget, includes a new $331 million commitment to support the effort to bring after-school to all public school students...

Adams unveils after-school expansion and effort to make it universal, following similar plans from mayoral rivals

Taking a page from his mayoral challengers' playbooks, Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday announced an expansion of the city's after-school program for elementary school students as a step toward making it free for all students who want a seat. Adams, during a Tuesday afternoon press conference at P.S. 20 Anna Silver School on Manhattan's Lower East Side, revealed that he will begin investing $331 million in his upcoming Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budg…