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Mamdani’s Child Care Czar on NYC’s First-of-Its-Kind, Universal 2-K Rollout

In New York City, a family needs to make over $330,000 a year — the equivalent of 10 minimum wage jobs — to afford the average cost of child care for a single 2-year-old. During his successful bid for mayor, Zohran Mamdani argued these prices, which have increased 43% since 2019, are driving families out of […]

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Mamdani’s Child Care Czar on NYC’s First-of-Its-Kind, Universal 2-K Rollout

Feb 26

In New York City, a family needs to make over $330,000 a year — the equivalent of 10 minimum wage jobs — to afford the average cost of child care for a single 2-year-old. During his successful bid for mayor, Zohran Mamdani argued these prices, which have increased 43% since 2019, are driving families out of […]