New York City led the nation when it established free, full-day pre-kindergarten a decade ago and expanded it several years later to add 3-K. But the Adams administration has let these valuable early childhood education programs wither.

Send an email to the mayor, the schools chancellor and the members of the citywide Panel for Educational Policy to demand that they restore funding for 3-K and pre-K seats in the city budget and take proactive measures to market the city’s programs better in our communities and allocate seats where the demand is. No seat should go empty when we have families eager for these educational opportunities for their young children.