3 Bright Horizons Employees Charged With Abusing Toddlers in Manhattan

The Bright Horizons employees sprayed children in the face with bleach, hit them on the head with metal bottles and, in one instance, covered a girl’s mouth with packing tape, prosecutors said.

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Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Is Spreading Again This Summer

Here’s what to know about symptoms and treatment of the infection.

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Free Buses and Child Care. A Rent Freeze. Can Zohran Mamdani Achieve His Plans?

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral hopeful, also promises a $30 minimum wage, but many of his plans are not within a mayor’s control.

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Pronatalists Push Policies to Reward Stay-at-Home Parents

As the Trump administration shrinks federal child care programs, Republicans are backing policies they hope will allow more parents to scale back at work.

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Why Developers Think Child Care Is Good for Business

Placing a preschool or day care center in a building can help sell the development to the community. It also makes the city stronger.

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A New Luxury-Building Amenity the Whole Neighborhood Can Use: Child Care

New York City is facing a shortage of preschool programs. Real estate developers have discovered that providing day care in their buildings can be good for business.

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Why Tariffs Are Hurting N.Y.’s Cannabis Industry

Legal weed is grown in New York State, but items used to grow it are often imported and now are subject to the Trump administration’s tariffs.

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A ‘Life-Changing’ Child Care Program in New York Could Soon Collapse

Child care vouchers for low-income families have been a lifeline amid the city’s affordability crisis. They could vanish unless state lawmakers move quickly to fund the program.

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Zellnor Myrie, in NYC Mayor Bid, Wants Free After-School Care for All

Mr. Myrie, a Democratic state senator, would offer free seats to public school students from 3-K to 12th grade in a plan to make New York City more affordable for families.

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Grei Mendez Sentenced to 45 Years for Fatal Fentanyl Poisoning at Day Care

Grei Mendez tried to delete thousands of messages while she was being questioned by police investigators after a child died in her care. Many were recovered, and they were damning.

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