Michael Blake: “There has to be an approach around universal child care…”

“You are effectively penalizing people to do better and well in New York City because if they make too much, then they come off these subsidies, which is wrong and not acceptable. Lastly, child care, There has to be an approach around universal child care, which again, we can pay for these elements. So to your question, that is how I would actually be intentional around how we do this. Then the question is, which I have not heard anyone else articulating as directly as I am, how do you pay for this?” (08:43–08:48)

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