While what you say is true, there’s a lot of 3-K options that function in private daycares that provide an option to pay to complete the full day (8-6pm). My youngest kid is enrolled in one of them, and while you still have to pay (18k/year in my case) it’s a lot less than I paid with my first where 3-K for all wasn’t available in district 2 yet and the same school cost me 48k/year.

Are you from NYC at all? I’m volunteering to help the migrant families that have been assigned to my child’s public school and after they got their NYC ID they are eligible for free healthcare for which they have signed up (both kids and adults), just like any destitute person in NYC, you don’t need to be a permanent legal resident or citizen to be covered if you’re destitute, just a NYC resident which you can prove with your NYC ID which in turn only needs proof of address. I’m not passing judgement for or against, but while the country may not provide Medicare or benefits the city certainly does.

Not sure if they’re your style but I have some American Needle sweatshirts and some Cotopaxi sweatshirts (Cotopaxi are thicker and warmer) that have held up pretty well. I wouldn’t say they’re bifl because it depends on how often you wear and wash them, but you can get a good 10 years of frequent wear and they’ll still look good.

Are you looking for sweatshirts or knit sweaters?