Mamdani makes childcare free for 22K NYC families (gothamist.com)

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[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Damn these socialists! When will it ever stop?

/s for the slow ones

[-] patruelis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Tldr would be great.

[-] joe@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes ago

Why not just read the article? It's pretty short.

Summary:

NYC has childcare vouchers for people earning less than 85% of the median income (which works out to <114k/yr for a family of 4). Depending on how much lower than that amount they make, it can cost anywhere from $0/wk to $15/wk.

Mamdani got rid of the copay entirely. Now it's free for anyone that qualifies for the voucher.

There are about 100k families using this service, but only ~22k paid a copay based on their income.

This change will cost the city ~$5.2M.

[-] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 4 points 2 hours ago

Didya miss the post title?

[-] patruelis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Is that the tldr?

I'm sure there a bit more to it though

[-] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago

There almost always is. If you're looking for some particular info, you need to be more specific about what you want. The article is a bit wide-ranging.

this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2026

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