AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Mamdani's universal childcare program will cost billions more than he promised, independent study finds
An independent cost study pegs Mayor Zohran Mamdani's flagship universal childcare plan at roughly $9 billion a year, about 50 percent above the $6 billion figure he sold voters on the campaign trail. The Center for New York City Affairs, a nonpartisan research group affiliated with the New School, released a report estimating that New […] The post Mamdani's universal childcare program will cost billions more than he promised, independent study finds appeared first on American Almanac .
An independent cost study pegs Mayor Zohran Mamdani's flagship universal childcare plan at roughly $9 billion a year, about 50 percent above the $6 billion figure he sold voters on the campaign trail. The Center for New York City Affairs, a nonpartisan research group affiliated with the New School, released a report estimating that New York City would need between $8.7 billion and $9.3 billion annually to deliver the free childcare program Mamdani made the centerpiece of his mayoral bid. That is approximately $3 billion more per year than Mamdani's own number, and it lands at a moment when City Hall has yet to produce its own official cost model for the program. The New York Post reported that City Hall declined to comment on the $9…Open