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Mamdani shrugs off ballooning cost of NYC free childcare plan #shorts
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August 5, 2026
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday shrugged off a shocking study that found his free childcare plan will cost taxpayers billions more than anticipated — as he and Gov. Kathy Hochul touted the popularity of their 2-K pilot program.
Mamdani and Hochul announced that offers had been made to fill the 2,000 available seats, out of more than 7,500 families who applied for the first-of-its-kind free preschool program for 2-year-olds launching this fall in select neighborhoods.
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