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COMMUNITY OP-ED APRIL 21, 2023 | The Indian Eye 14

Helping Working Families

Access Child Care through a new

online platform and service

The first phase of MyCity is focused on providing access to child care assistance for
low-income New Yorkers. For the first time, New York City families who need help paying for child

care can apply in one place, with one digital application

ERIC ADAMS

ew Yorkers work hard twen-
ty-four hours a day, seven
Ndays a week. They should
expect their city government to work
at their pace — not the other way
around. New Yorkers shouldn’t have The first phase of MyCity is focused on providing access to child care assistance for low-income New Yorkers. For the first time, New York City
to navigate layers of government bu- families who need help paying for child care can apply in one place, with one digital application (File photo)
reaucracy or fill out pages of paper
forms to have access to the services
their tax dollars pay for. Yorkers. For the first time, New York more than ten languages. It’s so us- for jobs and access business services
City families who need help paying er-friendly, you can do it all while as well. They will be able to check el-
My Administration is commit- for child care can apply in one place, holding your child on your lap! igibility qualifications, complete ap-
MyCity is fully online, and doc-
plications, track service status, and
with one digital application.
ted to making it easier for New Before, families had to visit mul- uments are securely stored. To save securely store personal information
Yorkers to access city services, tiple websites, navigate different city time, families can also complete an all in one place.
agencies, and send paper documents. easy screening tool to see if they
This is what it looks like to use
wherever they are, and on their Many would later find out they had might be eligible for child care assis- the power of technology to reduce
schedule. That is why we’re been rejected—and have to start the tance even before starting the appli- paper workload, bureaucracy, and
whole process over.
cation process.
red tape.
launching MyCity, an online Many may not have known This is what government is sup- New Yorkers deserve easy, con-
portal where New Yorkers can which documents they needed to posed to do – make life easier for venient access to the services they
working families. I promised we
include, or realized that they had
pay for through their tax dollars. I
search, apply for, and track city mistakenly submitted an incomplete would get this done on the campaign am proud to say that we are getting
services right from their smart- application. trail and I am proud that we are de- it done.
livering on that promise.
No more. It’s time that govern-
Visit mycity.nyc.gov to get start-
phones and computers. ment worked for working families. Applying for child care subsidies ed and find out how your city can do
When you log onto MyCi- is just the beginning of how MyCi- more for you and your family.
The first phase of MyCity is fo- ty, things are going to be different. ty will help New Yorkers access city
cused on providing access to child The application process will now services and benefits. New Yorkers Eric Adams is
care assistance for low-income New be secure, fast, and accessible in will soon be able to find and apply the Mayor of New York City, NY

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