Photo credit: Marla Maritzer

New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr. joined United Federation of Teachers (UFT) President Randi Weingarten and dozens of New York City’s 28,000 home-based child care providers at a City Hall news conference on February 25, 2009 to protest the city’s continued refusal to pay them overdue and state-mandated raises while planning to spend $45 million to retrain unemployed investment bankers, traders and other laid-off Wall Street workers. Pictured (l to r) are: Tammie Miller, Chair, UFT Home Child Care Providers chapter; Weingarten; New York City Council Member Mathieu Eugene; Thompson; and, New York City Council Member Gale A. Brewer.

View the UFT press release
Related release: THOMPSON CALLS ON CITY TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS REGARDING HOME CHILD CARE PROVIDERS’ PAY (12/21/08)

New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. today issued the following statement at a news conference calling on the City to pay home child care providers the wages mandated by the State:

“It is time for the city to stop refusing to fulfill its legal obligation to pay home child care providers the proper wages and start putting the needs of children and families first. Providers are hurting in this tough economy just like the rest of us. And if they cannot afford to continue caring for kids of working families, then the parents in those families will be hard pressed for solutions and more people will be at risk of losing their jobs.”

The City has indicated that it cannot afford to pay the State-mandated wages although it just announced that it would spend $45 million to retrain unemployed investment bankers, traders and other laid-off Wall Street workers.

You can view the full release by visiting www.comptroller.nyc.gov.

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