Who to Call

Sunflower Fact Sheet

Daycare workers & families at 2 locations in Windsor Terrace were notified on Fri 1/20 that there was no more $ to pay workers and the daycare was shutting down.
Workers had to text the families. There was no "official" notice.
The owner of the daycare died the following day, Sat. 1/21. She died of cancer.
Following her death, Ilene's Sunflower Daycare LLC's daycare license is no longer valid
Families and workers had no idea Sunflower was in serious financial trouble or that the owner was in hospice
DOH has given 30+ families less than 1 week to find childcare, extending the license only through Friday
Leading up to the owner's death, workers had not been paid for 3 week. They are owed more than $14,000
Families had made deposits and payments for future childcare. Some paid in advance for care through May 2017. In totally families are owed more than $94,000
The owner's son had collected money as corresponded with families days before his mother died. At least one check from a family was cashed 1/17
The affected families and workers are trying to work together and help each other out. Some goals: Get daycares re-licensed ASAP (but need help of city officials), help workers get paid for their lost wages, collect lost payments for families, transition to a worker-run daycare with help from The Working World.

Below is a list of local and state representatives to call about keeping our daycare open.

Councilman Brad Lander

Mailing Address for District Office

456 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor

Brooklyn, NY 11215

District Office Phone

718-499-1090

District Office

416 Seventh Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11215

718-788-7221

Albany Office

LOB 419

Albany, NY 12248

518-455-5377

DISTRICT OFFICE

3021 Tilden Ave.,1st Floor & Basement

Brooklyn , NY 11226-5107

Phone: (718) 629-6401

Fax: (718) 629-6420

ALBANY OFFICE

188 State Street Room 604, Legislative Office Building

Albany , NY 12247

Phone: (518) 455-2580

Fax: (518) 426-6843