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Zohran Mamdani: “2,000 seats this year, 12,000 seats by the end of next year…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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BREAKING: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Unveils FY27 Preliminary Budget With Potential Property Tax Hike

Published | Video Starts at 52:04

… with more than $100 million earmarked for that, but also to deliver, for the first time in city history, child care for two year olds for free from city government. 2,000 seats this year, 12,000 seats by the end of next year until we get to every single two year old by the end of year four. We also are continuing, we also continue our focus on making buses not only fast, but free, taking every action we have at the city level to speed up the nation's slowest buses, and continuing to advocate and work on making those same buses free. (52:04–52:12)

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Asserts a phased plan to increase childcare seats to 12,000 by next year and cover all two-year-olds by year four.

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