New York City's Department of Education will expedite reimbursement of preschools and childcare centers following weeks of criticism that providers have taken out loans or dug into personal savings to cover costs, cut staff, or even fold altogether.
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Many operators were still waiting for funding to cover expenses from the school year that ended in June when they reopened their doors in September. “We have contracted providers who got contracts for 100 students and have no students,” Banks said. Education officials estimate a total of some 40,000 early childhood seats in the city are empty.
Banks suggested the de Blasio administration’s goal was to trumpet a total number of seats rather than matching care with need. As the providers’ unpaid bills have accrued, educators and advocates have questioned the Adams administration's commitment to early education. , noting that the de Blasio administration planned to rely on federal stimulus money to expand the program, but that money is scheduled to run out.in the head of the education department’s early childhood division, Kara Ahmed. The powerful teacher’s union said her tenure has been “beset by disorganization, confusion, [and] managerial incompetence.”
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