Majority of NYC toddlers eligible for affordable child care aren't enrolled

Plus: Parts of Flaco frozen at natural history museum [View this email in a browser.]( Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? [Consider donating and join today.]( [Majority of NYC toddlers eligible for affordable child care aren't enrolled, report finds]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☀️⛈️ Sunny this morning, potential thunderstorms this afternoon and highs in the upper 70s. It's Wednesday in New York City, where more than 146,000 infants and toddlers who qualify for subsidized child care seats aren't in them. Here's how dwindling outreach, bureaucratic hurdles and a decline in daycares that operate year-round — and for the entire work day — are [standing in the way of low-income families getting the help they need](. And here's what else is happening: - Queens State Sen. Jessica Ramos has [officially declined]( to back Mets owner Steve Cohen's proposed casino and entertainment complex next to Citi Field. - The NYPD said a 15-year-old girl was killed Tuesday after the scooter she was riding with another teen [collided with an SUV]( in the Bronx. - FEMA is giving the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission a $500,000 grant to [protect vulnerable historic sites from climate-related disasters](. - The MTA and NJ Transit are getting $156.5 million and $83.3 million, respectively, in [federal grants]( for accessibility upgrades at key transit stations. - Portions of the remains of Flaco the owl have been transferred to the American Museum of Natural History, where [they'll be kept in the frozen tissue specimen collection](. - Police yesterday were investigating a home on Staten Island after a 911 call to the address led them to find a stash of weapons, including [three inert grenades and multiple guns](. - Manhattanhendge happens again tonight. [Here are the best places to watch it](. - Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday that the city's Department of Investigation is "looking into" THE CITY's report that Winnie Greco, a senior mayoral aide, and Jordan Coleman, the mayor's son, both [stayed in a Queens hotel on the city's dime]( while it was being used as a migrant shelter. - After some unruly and allegedly violent behavior on the Jersey Shore last weekend, Cape May County is [warning teenagers not to return the boardwalk]( if they plan on causing any trouble this summer. - After all that rain on Memorial Day, health officials on Long Island [warned beachgoers to avoid swimming]( until Wednesday at 8 a.m. because of unsafe bacteria levels in the water. - Lawyers for Rudy Giuliani's creditors want a bankruptcy trustee to take over the former New York City mayor's finances to keep him from selling coffee beans through an LLC [and then using that business as an ATM](. - An update on the superfan of the 1982 mystery book "The Secret: A Treasure Hunt" who believed the author buried some treasure on Staten Island: [He dug and dug and didn't find any treasure](. - "Son of Sam" serial killer David Berkowitz [was denied parole]( for the 12th time last week. - In response to South Korean activists who sent balloons carrying anti-regime leaflets and USB drives with K-Pop music into North Korea, Kim Jong Un [attached garbage and possible excrement to 300 balloons]( and sent them back across the border. - Some adults just want to be [picked up and carried](. [“The feeling is that a casino would not necessarily help us build an environment that would be conducive to healthy families.”]( - State Sen. Jessica Ramos on her formal opposition to [A CASINO PROPOSAL FOR THE PARKING LOT ACROSS FROM CITI FIELD]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [Dozens of sailors are racing 3,100 miles from NYC to France]( About 30 sailors will begin crossing the Atlantic on Wednesday to qualify for an every-four-years race around the world that's been dubbed “the Everest of sailing.” [NYC set to launch new migrant program … in Buffalo. Will more follow?]( New York City officials are planning to help move migrants from city-funded hotel shelters in Buffalo into apartments, which some proponents hope will serve as a blueprint for how the city manages the migrant influx moving forward. [We Rely On Your Support]( [The Bronx will soon have only 1 movie theater as a beloved cinema shutters]( The Concourse Plaza Multiplex Cinemas is closing its doors on Tuesday after more than 30 years in business. [Meet NYC’s coolest new street trees — and see where they're going]( The city Parks Department is in the midst of its largest tree-planting spree in nearly a decade, with 9,300 new trees set to take root this spring. [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [New York Public Radio] [WNYC]( | [WQXR]( | [NJPR]( | [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( | [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. All rights reserved. 160 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 [TERMS OF USE]( You can update your [PREFERENCES]( or [UNSUBSCRIBE]( from this list.