Posted on 01/10/2026 5:10:28 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
New York inched toward socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s lofty promise of universal child care Thursday — as Gov. Kathy Hochul rolled out a multi-billion-dollar plan to vastly expand kids programs.
The proposed “2-Care” program for all 2-year-olds in the Big Apple, along with a buildup of existing pre-K and early childcare in the rest of New York, will ultimately provide care for 100,000 more children across the state, Hochul said.
Mamdani, standing alongside the governor for a back-slapping announcement in the Flatbush YMCA, crowed that the proposals will help families struggling with the cost of childcare in New York City.
“We are now going to be able to fix 3-K, we are going to be able to deliver 2-Care universally across this city over the next four years and we are going to be able to make it easier to raise a family in a city where today it’s a good deal if you can get $22,500 a year for childcare,” he said.
“Those days are now coming to an end.”
The total price tag for Hochul’s “free” childcare proposals – which will be part of her “State of the State” address next week – will be $4.5 billion statewide, of which $1.7 billion is added spending.
Hochul stressed the funding will come from “existing” state revenues, rather than new taxes. She later told PIX11 that tax revenue from Wall Street bonuses, which proved to be quite healthy, would be used to cover the tab.
The governor also flatly said that taxing the rich – as Mamdani and his Democratic Socialists of America allies have clamored for – was off the table.
“Because I don’t think it makes sense to tax anyone or the wealthy in particular for just the sake of raising taxes,” she said.
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Sorry, already running off the tax base.
Can’t afford it.
Anything free is worth exactly what you paid.
They will start with the small time steal, then work their way to Wisconsin proportions.
That is not "free" dearie.
Quick, start another “day care” money laundering scam to replace what we’re about to lose in Minnesota.
If this is just free daycare...i.e., their is a parent or person old enough to care for the child...they DO NOT get free child care.
Any parent who sends their kid to free daycare is a monster
Unless their kid is already a monster
Hold on to your wallets, the commies have arrived.
Just wait, this “free” service will eventually include “transition services.”
Excuse me while I Barf.
Let the skank do it but make sure that she and her squawds pay for it. It’s their SOB story. They gotta pay.
Another big scam in the making.
Somalis need more money.
Hmmm....
Some things never change.
Then parents wonder what happened to Jane (who used to be Johnny).
It means no daddy. Ever.
This is intentional.
There is no end to the good that do-gooders will do with other people’s money.
Would this be just like the free buses?
$4.5 Billion is $225 dollars from every citizen in New York. Outrageous!
I believe it’s about taking both parents out of the equation. The instant I heard about it.
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