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Elizabeth Barber

Poor Parents Desperate To Get A Slot In Day Care Program Do What It Takes To Hit The Right Income Numbers

This summer, a mother stopped by Tolentine Zeiser childcare center in University Heights, the Bronx, hoping to enroll her child in its new preschool program. But there was a hitch. Her employer at a donut street-stall in Washington Heights paid her just $120 a week, less than minimum wage — so little that it under […]

November 15th, 2012

By Elizabeth Barber

Poor Parents Desperate To Get A Slot In Day Care Program Do What It Takes To Hit The Right Income Numbers

This summer, a mother stopped by Tolentine Zeiser childcare center in University Heights, the Bronx, hoping to enroll her child in its new preschool program. But there was a hitch. Her employer at a donut street-stall in Washington Heights paid her just $120 a week, less than minimum wage — so little that it under city rules disqualified her from

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