Zohran Mamdani: “That's coming from the state. And what that does is it…”

“Day eight, we announced more than a billion dollars in funding for universal childcare. That was a huge bump, by the way. Yeah, that was a huge bump. Where's that money coming from? That's coming from the state. And what that does is it allows us to fix universal childcare for three year olds and deliver it for two year olds. We actually have a mother in the audience, Mallory, who is here with us and who, when the announcement was made, texted her husband to say it might be time for a second kid.” (01:52–02:01)

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