City expands full day 2-K childcare access
In an effort toward having universal, accessible childcare, starting next school year most 2-K seats will operate on a full-day and full-year schedule, city officials said.
“Our movement is built on the belief that universal child care is essential infrastructure in a city that delivers for its people,”
Our movement is built on the belief that universal child care is essential.
ZOhran MaMdani
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani, said in a news release. “Every dollar we invest in our children is an investment in a stronger, more equitable New York City — one where families can afford to stay and grow. When government acts with urgency and purpose, we can deliver real results for working families — and we’re just getting started.”
Launching 2-K
Earlier this year, Mamdani introduced 2-K in partnership with Gov. Kathy Hochul, providing free childcare for thousands of two-year-olds – a major step toward universal childcare for children from six weeks to five years old. Since then, the Mayor has:
■ Announced a groundbreaking procurement process to bring new providers in to join 2-K, and for the first time in five years, expand participation in 3-K.
■ Identified the first four communities to receive 2,000 2-K seats, with plans to expand to 12,000 seats across every borough next year and achieve full universality by the end of the first term.
■ Launched a citywide jingle competition with Cardi B, to raise awareness ahead of the June 2 application opening.
■ Established full-day, full-year programming, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., 260 days a year, as the primary 2-K model to meet families’ needs.
“Child care isn’t just a service — it creates jobs, strengthens our economy and makes our city more affordable,”
Emmy Liss, executive director of the Mayor’s Office of Child Care and Early Childhood Education, said in the release.
Expanding 3-K
Mamdani also announced an expansion of more than 1,000 new 3-K seats in 56 ZIP codes, strengthening and expanding the program.
■ New seats will be added this fall in five ZIP codes including 21 in Queens.
■ The opening of an early childhood center on the Upper East Side will meet longstanding demand in the neighborhood that went unmet under the previous administration.
Cutting Red Tape, Supporting Providers
The administration has moved to reduce bureaucratic barriers and better support childcare providers:
■ Launched a new online childcare center provider permitting portal with the Health Department, replacing a fragment-
ed system and making it easier to open childcare centers.
■ Engaged directly with providers to gather feedback and identify pathways to a more sustainable system.
■ Visited 11 early childhood programs across all five boroughs, highlighting diverse care modes and recognizing educators and caregivers. Mamdani became the first Mayor to visit a home-based family childcare provider.
“The progress we’ve made in early childhood education since January proves two things: there is a need for expansion and City support makes a real difference,” Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels said in the release.
Making Child Care More Accessible
To address longstanding confusion about available resources, the administration has introduced new tools and outreach efforts:
■ Launched the New York City Parent Survey with Robin Hood and the New Practice Lab, giving families a direct role in shaping universal childcare.
■ Introduced a first-of-its-kind childcare map and resource center to help families to find and compare pro-
grams. Since the launch on April 1, over 10,000 unique users have visited the site.
■ Advanced the City's first free, on-site child care pilot program for municipal workers, with applications opening on April 30.
■ Included $70 million in the preliminary budget for preschool special education to ensure continuity of services
These efforts are part of a broader, coordinated outreach strategy to ensure families are aware of available programs. The campaign has included PSAstyle videos, featuring community leaders such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, a joint op-ed by Mamdani and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and multilingual advertising across LinkNYC kiosks, TaxiTV and City ferries.
— Jeffrey Bessen
Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office
Beginning next school year, most 2-K seats will operate on a full-day and full-year schedule. Above, Mayor Zohran Mamdani with the Victory Music and Dance Company on April 9.
Independent Coach Corp. is honored
By AIDAN WARSHAVSKY awarshavsky@liherald.com
For over eight decades, the Independent Coach Corporation has been a model of reliability and community in the Five Towns and surrounding neighborhoods. The Inwood Civic Association honored the company as its Citizen of the Year on March 22. Founded in 1941, Independent Coach is the only charter bus company based in the Five Towns. Its original facilities, at 25 Wanser Ave., in Inwood, and 1145 Railroad Ave., in Hewlett — purchased in 1970 — house more than 225 employees and just as many vehicles. The company transports thousands of children in 18 school districts to and from their school buildings as well as to events and programs. Its network includes HewlettWoodmere, Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls, East Rockaway,
Valley Stream 13 and West Hempstead, and it also helps facilitate transportation for camps and community organizations like the Five Towns Early Learning Center, in Inwood, and Lawrence’s Rock and Wrap it Up!
The company is owned by the Fabrizio family, of Lawrence. Nanci Quaas, its president since 1997, is one of the late owner Nicholas Fabrizio’s four children. The company’s goal, Quaas said, has always been to give back to the community.
“We just try to do as much as we can,” she said.
Rosemarie Reo, president of the Inwood Civic Association and a 1974 graduate of Lawrence High School, recalled riding Independent Coach buses as a youngster.
“Organizations like Independent Coach don’t boast about what they do,” Reo said. “People need to know that we have good people in the
community that are civic-minded.”
Over the years, the bus company, in partnership with the Kiwanis Club of the Five Towns, has provided dozens of children at the Five
Towns Early Learning Center with transportation for trips whose destinations range from the Peninsula Public Library, in Lawrence, to the New York Aquarium, in Brooklyn.
Pepper Robinson, the Early Learning Center’s executive director, described the company as generous and helpful. “Independent Coach has been very good to us over the years,” Robinson said. “They are there whenever we ask them.”
tracts.
“The Fabrizios are a great family, and their impact on the community is tremendous,” Mandelbaum said. “They’re a great organization, and their environmental consciousness is what makes them special.”
Independent Coach was founded in 1941, with one bus, by Francis Levett. Fabrizio began working for the company, as a driver and a mechanic, in 1955. He worked alongside Levett until 1973, learning the ins and outs of the school bus business. After a 23-year stint as general manager, Fabrizio and his family bought the company from Levett’s estate.
When it isn’t providing transportation for children, Independent Coach helps deliver donated clothing for Syd Mandelbaum’s Rock and Wrap It Up! Since the early 2000s, the bus company and the nonprofit have partnered to collect clothing worn by members of the New York Giants and Yankees, and Independent Coach has also been involved in Nassau County Veterans Stand Down, which provides clothing veterans in need. The Fabrizios have regularly sent a bus filled with volunteers, driven by Michael Sperber, now the manager of the company’s Inwood office, to help out.
The civic association has hosted the Citizen of the Year dinner since 1963, recognizing individuals and organizations for their service. A seven-member committee makes the nominations, and the honorees over the years have included the Inwood Fire Department and Sanitary District 1. Fabrizio himself was honored in 2019, and now, Quaas said, the honor has come full circle.
Mandelbaum met Nicholas Fabrizio in the 1980s, when he was a Board of Education trustee in the Lawrence school district, and the two negotiated bus con -
“Being selected as a family was very special,” she said. “We were very honored, and remain committed to helping the community however we can through our services.”
Courtesy Rosemarie Reo
Independent Coach Corporation was honored on March 22 for its contributions to the Five Towns and nearby communities.
L.I. Association hosts state transport chief
By NOAH PERETZ nperetz@liherald.com
The Long Island Association hosted state Department of Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez as a guest speaker last week. Dominguez spoke about Gov. Kathy Hochul’s fiscal year 2027 executive budget and policy proposals for the DOT.
Appearing at LIA headquarters in Melville on March 31, Dominguez explained that Hochul’s administration matched the federal funding for New York state’s transportation needs from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021 with a five-year, $35 billion plan. Hochul added $800 million to the plan last year to offset the cost of tariffs and inflation.
“Our federal dollars are expiring on Sept. 30, which presents a unique challenge,” Dominguez said. “We need to make sure that we are positioning New York for the next level of transportation funding.”
She detailed Hochul’s proposed spending plan, which totals $260 billion. Federal funding is down 11.4 percent, or $10.3 billion, and state operating funds have increased by $157 billion. The state is expecting $17 billion more in state revenue over the next two years than earlier estimates.
Transportation department representatives, including Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez, center right, discussed potholes, speeding and other issues.
“The governor is committed to economic growth and making sure there is a social safety net, and funding that social safety net across the board without increasing taxes,” Dominguez said. “In sum, the 2027 Executive Budget successfully balances two simultaneous realities that we have real momentum here in New York, and addressing the volatility that we know is ahead.”
The budget plan includes automated work-zone speed enforcement with new
speed cameras. Dominguez noted that some drivers have been speeding at over 100 miles per hour through work zones, according to the cameras.
The budget proposes deployment of the cameras on non-controlled-access highways, like Sunrise Highway. It also proposes protections for highway maintenance workers against violent assault.
Dominguez also touched on Hochul’s plan to lower the cost of car insurance.
The plan proposes changes to the state’s auto insurance laws that will punish perpetrators of staged car crashes.
The spending plan also includes funding for filling potholes on main roadways. “We are on a blitz statewide addressing potholes,” Dominguez said. It proposes investments of $107 million for paving on Long Island, including 50 miles of the Northern State Parkway and 35 miles of Sunrise Highway.
Action Long Island representative Michael Rodin suggested more improvements he wanted to see. “We want to make sure public transit is a part of the DOT’s agenda in the future,” he said. “We want roads to be able to accommodate buses as well as more cars — a lot of people take public transit to work.”
When the presentation was open for questions, Dominguez addressed a concern about independent contractors’ coverage under the anti-assault provisions in the budget. “The worker assault provision covers state employees as well as independent contractors,” she said.
“We need to make sure elected officials understand that transit and the lives of transit workers are important, so they fund initiatives to help these efforts and these people,” Marc Herbst, executive director of the Long Island Contractors Association, said. “If we don’t ask, they don’t respond.”
Bessent, Blakeman tout Trump’s tax cuts
By JULIA CAPITELLI
jcapitelli@liherald.com
To promote President Trump’s economic agenda, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent visited Long Island and took part in a panel discussion with Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and business executives from across the county.
The March 30 discussion, at the county legislative building, focused on three aspects of the Working Families Tax Cut Act: the elimination of taxes on tips and overtime pay, the creation of so-called Trump Accounts and the higher cap on the income tax deduction for state and local taxes. Under the law, parents can open and contribute funds to accounts for their children under age 18. As part of the pilot program for the accounts, children born during Trump’s term will receive $1,000 from the Treasury Department.
“It’s something that’s going to help every family in America,” Blakeman, the Republican candidate for governor, said of the program.
The law includes an increase in the state and local tax deduction cap from $10,000 to $40,000. It also allocates roughly $170 billion to carry out the administration’s immigration and border objectives, and raises the federal debt ceiling to $5 trillion.
“That’s the American way,” Bessent said of the tax cuts. “Work harder, keep more of your money.”
The SALT deduction avoids double taxation and allows certain taxpayers to reduce their federally taxable income. To offset the cost created by this and the elimination of taxes on tips and overtime, the law cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid and reduces food assistance and clean-energy incentives.
Panelists shared their perspectives on the law, mostly as it relates to their businesses. Michael Serao, exec-
utive vice president and chief administrative officer of First Central Savings Bank, claimed that Trump Accounts could help students build financial literacy.
But much of the discussion focused on the elimination of taxes on tips and overtime, and the SALT deduction. “I am surrounded by hardworking people, who come into the diner and tell me how happy they are about their tax returns and about how much more money they are getting back,” Gus Tsiorvas, owner of the Embassy Diner, in Bethpage, said.
According to the Internal Revenue Service, the average tax refund this year is roughly 10 percent higher than it was in March 2025. “This means more discretionary spending here in Nassau County,” County Comptroller Elaine Phillips said, “which allows
Bruce not to raise taxes.”
Blakeman reiterated his assertion that Nassau is “the safest county in America where we haven’t raised taxes one penny in four years.”
In a statement about Blakeman’s use of taxpayer resources to campaign as everyday costs escalate, Democratic County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton said the Bessent visit was “as shameless as it gets.”
“Nassau residents aren’t stupid — they feel the squeeze every time they fill up, check out at the grocery store, or pay a bill,” DeRiggi-Whitton said. “The cost-of-living crisis is real, and it’s being driven directly by the disastrous tariffs and global instability coming from the same out-of-touch allies in Washington [Blakeman] continues to stand with.”
Courtesy Nassau County
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and several business executives discussed President Trump’s economic agenda on March 30.
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