{"id":55264,"date":"2025-11-08T09:45:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T09:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/zohran-mamdani-wants-to-make-universal-child-care-a-reality-in-nyc-heres-a-look-at-the-costs-and-the-savings\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T09:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T09:45:48","slug":"zohran-mamdani-wants-to-make-universal-child-care-a-reality-in-nyc-heres-a-look-at-the-costs-and-the-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/zohran-mamdani-wants-to-make-universal-child-care-a-reality-in-nyc-heres-a-look-at-the-costs-and-the-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani wants to make universal child care a reality in NYC. Here&#8217;s a look at the costs, and the savings."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/live-updates\/nyc-election-results-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">won his way into City Hall<\/a><\/span> on a campaign that <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/mamdani-wins-nyc-mayoral-election-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">promised to make the city more affordable<\/a><\/span> for working class residents. Part of those policies involve something known as universal child care.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani has called on the city to establish free, high-quality child care for children 6 weeks to 5 years old &#8212; something <a href=\"https:\/\/legistar.council.nyc.gov\/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6047887&amp;GUID=C1921E9F-10BE-49BE-8534-62D559E78DFD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">previously introduced in the City Council<\/a>. He also wants to increase wages for child care workers to be in line <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-public-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">with public school teachers<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The best way to keep families in New York City is to make it cheaper to raise one here,&#8221; Mamdani says in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zohranfornyc.com\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a video on his campaign website<\/a>, adding he plans to open more child care centers by sharing space with the Department of Education, subsidizing commercial rent and easing regulations.<\/p>\n<p>His campaign has not provided a price tag for the program, but he says the lack of universal child care cost the city&#8217;s economy more than $20 billion in the last four years, with mothers having to leave the workforce and families leaving the five boroughs altogether.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Mamdani, Hochul aligned on affordability<\/h2>\n<p>While some have criticized the mayor-elect&#8217;s plan to pay for his agenda by <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/nyc-mayoral-candidates-running-2025-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">increasing taxes on the wealthy and corporations<\/a><\/span>, he says it will actually help the business community by making the city more attractive to top talent and their families. Raising taxes is <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/what-powers-nyc-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">not a move the mayor can make unilaterally<\/a><\/span> &#8211; such a decision would have to come from the state legislature in Albany.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What I&#8217;ve heard from a number of business leaders is that the affordability crisis is also affecting their ability to attract and retain talent.  The city&#8217;s inability to provide child care means that businesses often have to provide stipends for that child care,&#8221; Mamdani said in a TV interview the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/zohran-mamdani-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">morning after the election<\/a><\/span>. &#8220;Right now, the absence of universal child care means that a family will pay around $22,500 a year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether Gov. Kathy Hochul and the legislature will go along with any tax hikes, especially <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/elise-stefanik-running-for-new-york-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">in an upcoming election year<\/a><\/span>, but the governor has been a longtime supporter of lowering child care costs. Last year, her administration mailed out $350 million in <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/new-york-empire-state-child-tax-credit-supplemental-payment-checks\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Empire State Child Tax Credit checks<\/a><\/span>, with more than a million eligible families receiving up to $330 per child.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve had our disagreements. But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family. I heard a leader who is focused on making New York City affordable &#8211; a goal I enthusiastically support,&#8221; Hochul wrote in an <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/hochul-endorses-mamdani-nyc-mayors-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">op-ed endorsing Mamdani<\/a><\/span> in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>Of all Mamdani&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/zohran-mamdani-socialist-2026-midterms-means-for-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">democratic socialist<\/a><\/span> policies \u2014 from a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-rent-freeze\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">rent freeze<\/a><\/span> to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">free buses<\/a><\/span> \u2014 universal child care may be among the most achievable, some political experts say.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the easiest things he&#8217;ll probably be able to do is get some sort of deal from Albany on his universal child care program. That&#8217;s something that he and Gov. Kathy Hochul are pretty well aligned on,&#8221; said POLITICO reporter Nick Reisman. &#8220;But there are other items that are going to be a little bit harder for him to enact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Child care out of reach for most NYC families, study finds<\/h2>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fiveboro.nyc\/childcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 2024 report<\/a>\u00a0from the 5BORO Institute found a typical New York City day care cost at least $20,000 a year, and that\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/new-york-city-day-care-costs-study-5boro-institute\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">more than 80% of families could not afford it<\/a><\/span>, even for one child.<\/p>\n<p>The study found minority families were the most impacted, with some forced to leave the city. It also found only 5% of licensed day care providers operate between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., despite 780,000 New York City parents working those hours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In 2022, New York City&#8217;s estimated to have lost $23 billion in economic activity because of parents who left the workforce or had to downshift their careers to take care of children,&#8221; 5BORO Institute Executive Director Grace Rauh told CBS News New York at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Rauh said the study also found day care providers could barely make ends meet. Due to rising costs, the study showed a major\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/nyc-closing-early-child-care-centers-brooklyn-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">decline in the number of available child care providers<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 with only 50% of families able to find licensed facilities.<\/p>\n<h2>NYC&#8217;s ever-expanding fight for child care<\/h2>\n<p>Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/de-blasio-endorses-mamdani-nyc-mayor-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">endorsed Mamdani<\/a><\/span> in the election,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/nyc-3k-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">majorly expanded the city&#8217;s pre-K program<\/a><\/span> during his time in office to include seats for 3-year-olds, in a push known as <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/3-k-for-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;3-K for All.&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams has <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/new-york-city-parents-protest-proposed-budget-cuts-to-3-k-and-pre-k-child-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">come under fire<\/a><\/span> over his administration&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/3k-pre-k-nyc-budget-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">cuts to early childhood education<\/a><\/span>, but he ultimately <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/mayor-eric-adams-nyc-council-budget-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">struck a deal in this year&#8217;s budget<\/a><\/span> to put $10 million toward a new 2-K program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This pilot program is a breakthrough for our city and for our working class New Yorkers,&#8221; Adams said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The city also offers some financial assistance programs for families in need, but advocates of universal child care say many are unaware of the resources available or how to apply.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, New Mexico became <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/new-mexico-free-universal-child-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the first state in the nation to offer free universal child care<\/a><\/span>. 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