New York Governor Kathy Hochul is putting support behind Zohran Mamdani’s plans for universal child care in New York City. Talk about a bad sense of timing.
She is doing this as a fraud scandal is unfolding in Minnesota involving billions of dollars and daycare centers. It’s beyond tone deaf, given the enormity of the scandal.
What happens if people start looking into possible similar types of fraud in New York and find it? That could put a damper on Mamdani’s plans.
The New York Post reports:
Hochul throws weight behind Mamdani’s multi-billion dollar universal childcare plan — but doesn’t say who’s going to pay or how
Gov. Kathy Hochul said she’s bullish on Zohran Mamdani and strongly hinted that she plans to make a big splash in 2026 by pushing to enact a multi-billion dollar taxpayer-funded universal child care program — a priority for the incoming socialist mayor.
“I think he [Mamdani] is going to surprise a lot of people,” Democrat Hochul said Sunday on 77 WABC the “Cats Roundtable” radio program.
“Everybody — let’s give him a chance,” she said…
But Democrat Hochul, who is seeking re-election to a second four-year term next year, said “there’s an awful lot of alignment” between her and democratic socialist Mamdani — particularly citing universal child care.
“Affordability and driving down the cost of living in this great city,” she told host John Catsimatidis.
Hochul telegraphed that she’ll make state-funded universal child care a key part of her 2026 policy agenda, which she has discussed at length with Mamdani.
Mamdani proposed to pay for his $6 billion “no-cost” childcare for every New Yorker aged 6 weeks to 5 years by raising taxes on corporations and boosting incomes on the top 1% of income earners, generating an estimated $9 billion combined.
People can’t help but notice the similarity to what is happening in Minnesota.
Look NYC and the state of NY want all that federal money Minnesota got. https://t.co/3X6xqK23qJ
— Eric Pistey (@shawnpisteySC) December 29, 2025
Maybe @Tim_Walz can give him some pointers? https://t.co/Avz1DV2ToQ
— Scott G (@SkidWillie) December 30, 2025
I think we already know the specifics based on the Democrat sponsored child care theft racket in Minnesota….. https://t.co/Dn9Q9JJ40T
— Bax (@MattBaxendell) December 30, 2025
Somalis are going to clean up in NYC. https://t.co/vdCzhG5OBM
— Bruce Schlesman (@BruceSchlesman) December 29, 2025
Mamdani claims he is going to pay for this program by just taxing the rich a little more. We’ll see how that works out.
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