Zohran Mamdani: “Companies are having to provide a service that should be…”

“Well, look, when the city and the state doesn't step in, companies have to put forward childcare benefits, child care services. Why should that be a company's job? You Companies are having to provide a service that should be provided by the city and the state. I mean, quite literally, you have companies that have child care on site. You have companies that are giving annual stipends for, you know, paying towards childcare.” (49:06–49:11)

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