Teens take over the Met Museum with free art-making, silent dance parties, selfies, and more
Teens will take over the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Friday for an evening full of free creative and educational events. “Teens Take the Met!” takes place at the Upper East Side museum on May 20 and offers a jam-packed schedule of art-making, music and dance, theater, and more, including a silent dance party in […]
NYC Allows Donors to Help Kindergartners Save for College
Starting Friday, the program, which was launched by former Mayor Bill de Blasio and continued under Mayor Adams, began allowing parents and others to place money in the accounts of more than 65,000 kindergarten students. “I knew nothing about a college savings account as a child,” Adams said Friday at P.S. 169 in the Bronx. “But […]
City, NYC Kids Rise to donate $100 for every kindergartener’s college savings account
Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that New York City and the NYC Kids RISE program will put $100 into the college savings account for every kindergartener attending a public city school. The contribution comes after the city announced every kindergartner and their families will receive access to a New York City Scholarship Account.
Adams plants financial literacy seeds for public school students
Mayor Eric Adams this week has been on a mission to help kids across the city learn to read and save for their futures. Adams gathered with parents and lawmakers at Baychester Academy in the Bronx Friday to promote the citywide expansion of the NYC Kids Rise Save for College program, which will give most of the […]
City launches $6.5 million universal college scholarship program for NYC kindergarteners
The city’s expansion of a scholarship program for kindergarteners will disperse $6.5 million to 65,300 kids this year.The Save for College Program will automatically give each kindergartener in New York City public and participating charter schools a $100 deposit into a scholarship fund invested in a NY 529 Direct Plan savings account which can only […]
Mayor Adams Announces 97% of Kindergartners Citywide now Have an NYC Scholarship Account for College and Career Training
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced investments in the future of New York City children, giving 97 percent of kindergartners across the city access to a New York City Scholarship Account to save for college and career training in the future. Families can now activate their kindergarteners’ NYC Scholarship Accounts from the Save […]
65,000 NYC kindergarteners now have $100 college savings accounts
The college savings program, introduced last year by former Mayor de Bill Blasio, aims to defray the costs of higher education and encourage long-term investing by giving each of the city’s public kindergarten students a seed investment that they can access when they enroll in college. The accounts were funded at the end of April. Families […]