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The state of licensed child care in New York

Updated July 2026 · computed from official New York licensing data · methodology · download the dataset (CC0)

Headline numbers

New York has 16,810 licensed childcare facilities in our data. New York does not yet publish machine-readable violation records — this page covers the licensing landscape, and violation analysis will be added when the data becomes available (coverage details). 70.8% are family home providers;

Violations per facility, by city

Cities with at least 10 licensed facilities, ranked by recorded violations per facility.

CityFacilitiesViolationsPer facility
Wappingers Falls 1900
Bronx 369600
Brooklyn 213100
Lancaster 1000
Binghamton 4300
New York 94400
Staten Island 27600
Ridgewood 4900
West Hempstead 2300
Huntington Station 1600

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All numbers on this page are computed from official state licensing records and are free to cite with attribution to DaycareLens. Journalists: the underlying dataset is openly licensed (CC0), and we can provide custom cuts — press@daycarelens.com.