Zohran Mamdani: “Universal childcare is about 5 or 6 billion.”

“About 45 to 50% of people on the bus are paying for it. And when the MTA did a blue ribbon study as to the nature of fare evasion, what they found is the … Universal childcare is about 5 or 6 billion. … would argue a few things. The first, these are the kinds of expenditures that do happen in city and state politics. Right. I'm running against a man who found $959 million for Elon Musk in tax credits.” (35:40–35:46)

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