Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani(@NYCMayor):This is Cadence on her first day of 2-K last week in Jamaica, Queens. Her mom Christine said she was brave and ready to learn. Stories like Christine and Cadence's aren't fairytales. They're a real family positively impacted by programs like free child care. We believe stories like theirs are worth telling, so we wrote a picture book. Add it to your bedtime reading list:

2026.09.15 17:21

This is Cadence on her first day of 2-K last week in Jamaica, Queens. Her mom Christine said she was brave and ready to learn. Stories like Christine and Cadence's aren't fairytales. They're a real family positively impacted by programs like free child care. We believe stories like theirs are worth telling, so we wrote a picture book. Add it to your bedtime reading list:

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@NYCMayor

2026.09.08 18:46

Meet Cadence. She might be little, but she has a BIG year ahead of her as she starts 2-K this week. Read the full storybook:

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