Study Ways to Speed Up Child Care Center Permits
Enacted on Jun 16, 2026Signed into law by the Mayor.
✦ Plain-Language Summary
This law would require city agencies to study why it takes so long for child care providers to get the permits they need to open and operate. The study would identify obstacles in the permitting process and recommend ways to make it faster and easier. This could help more child care centers open across NYC, making it easier for families to find affordable child care.
Details
- Introduced
- Jan 29, 2026
- Body
- Committee on Education
- Type
- Introduction
- Status
- Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature)
Sponsors (11)
Official Description
This bill would require the Office of Child care and Early Childhood Education Care (“Office”), in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), the Department of Buildings, and the Fire Department of the City of New York to conduct a study on the processes for obtaining permits and licenses or registrations to operate a child care program in New York City. The Office would then submit a report on such study that would identify the steps to obtain a permit from DOHMH and identify the support from the City for child care providers to obtain a license or registration from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. The report would also describe challenges experienced by child care providers in obtaining the permits and licenses or registrations, if any, and provide recommendations for improving the City processes to obtain a permit and license or registration.