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Doris Irizarry has operated a residential-based family daycare in the Bronx for more than 25 years. She is among the child care providers thinking about closing their doors for good.
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NEW YORK — Not long after Crystal Springs started her new job at a large insurance company in midtown Manhattan this year, she realized that a much bigger chunk of her paycheck than she expected was going directly to child care for her 5-year old daughter. Springs had dreamed that the job, which allowed her and her husband to make about $200,000 a year combined, would help provide a comfortable middle-class life for her family in Ozone Park, Queens. But as bills mounted and her daughter’s routin
The soaring cost of child care is one of the few issues that unites New Yorkers across class lines. Pictured from left, Crystal Springs, who has two children,…
The soaring cost of child care is one of the few issues that unites New Yorkers across class lines. Pictured from left, Crystal Springs, who has two children,…