When a young child is found to have a developmental delay or disability, intervention to help them at an early age can change the course of their life. That’s because the most active stage of brain development happens in the first few years of a child’s life, when more than…

Gov. Kathy Hochul calls herself New York’s “first mom governor.” She has promised that “your family is my fight.” But she has a track record of failing to follow through for thousands of our most vulnerable children: babies and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities.

More than 10 upstate counties will close key child care assistance programs by June, the result of a funding shortfall that advocates have said is up to New York leaders to backfill in the state budget. Experts said that the state-administered Child Care Assistance Program, which uses a mix of…