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Kathy Hochul: “We took $7 billion over four years [to invest in childcare].”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Governor Hochul Delivers Remarks at the 5BORO Child Care Summit

Published | Video Starts at 05:46

So I decided when I first became governor four years ago that I was going to invest heavily in childcare. No other governor before me even talked about it. And We took $7 billion over four years [to invest in childcare]. And what we had to do was to build up the entire child care ecosystem because it was decimated during the pandemic. Decimated? So many facilities were shut down, they didn't make it. (05:46–05:51)

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