How to Support Equitable Child Care in New York State

New York cannot recover or prosper without child care. The pandemic has laid bare what all working families with children - and their employers - have long known: a sound, accessible quality child care system is critical to the health and economic stability of working families and the economy. Families with low pre-pandemic incomes – especially those led by women of color – have been disproportionately impacted as both providers and consumers of child care.