{"id":233,"date":"2023-06-14T18:45:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T18:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/?p=233"},"modified":"2023-07-06T18:47:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:47:39","slug":"nyc-set-to-end-childcare-program-that-has-been-a-lifeline-to-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/06\/14\/nyc-set-to-end-childcare-program-that-has-been-a-lifeline-to-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC set to end childcare program that has been a lifeline to migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/nyc-set-to-end-childcare-program-that-has-been-a-lifeline-to-migrants\">Gothamist<\/a> &#8211; With many immigrants widely ineligible for federally funded childcare, Promise NYC has been heralded as a vital support \u2013 especially to migrants who have newly arrived in the city. Families with children account for\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/families-with-children-make-up-more-than-70-of-migrants-in-city-shelters\" target=\"_blank\">more than 70%<\/a>\u00a0of those living in shelters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGiven the administration&#8217;s admirable advocacy for work authorization for asylum-seekers, it is befuddling that they are threatening to cut the resource that allows our newest New Yorkers, especially those who are women to go to work,\u201d Councilmember Shahana Hanif, who chairs the immigration committee, said at the hearing. \u201cThis program is an economic driver that will make asylum-seekers more self-sufficient and less reliant on costly city-funded shelter beds.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/nyc-set-to-end-childcare-program-that-has-been-a-lifeline-to-migrants\">Read More<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/nyc-set-to-end-childcare-program-that-has-been-a-lifeline-to-migrants\">Gothamist<\/a> &#8211; With many immigrants widely ineligible for federally funded childcare, Promise NYC has been heralded as a vital support \u2013 especially to migrants who have newly arrived in the city. Families with children account for\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/families-with-children-make-up-more-than-70-of-migrants-in-city-shelters\" target=\"_blank\">more than 70%<\/a>\u00a0of those living in shelters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the administration&#8217;s admirable advocacy for work authorization for asylum-seekers, it is befuddling that they are threatening to cut the resource that allows our newest New Yorkers, especially those who are women to go to work,\u201d Councilmember Shahana Hanif, who chairs the immigration committee, said at the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/06\/14\/nyc-set-to-end-childcare-program-that-has-been-a-lifeline-to-migrants\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}