HERE WE GO: NY Governor Kathy Hochul and Zohran Mamdani Announce Plans to Spend Billions on ‘Free’ Childcare Program (VIDEO)

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and newly sworn in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani have just announced their plans to spend billions of dollars on a ‘free’ childcare program. What could possibly go wrong?

They are doing this as the state of Minnesota is imploding under the weight of a massive fraud scandal which is almost completely focused on daycare centers that received millions in funding even though many of them seem to be nothing more than empty store fronts.

Are New York taxpayers about to get fleeced too?

The New York Post reports:

NY Gov. Hochul announces lofty socialist plan to offer ‘free’ child care — with $4.5B pricetag

New York inched toward socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s lofty promise of universal child care Thursday — as Gov. Kathy Hochul rolled out a multi-billion-dollar plan to vastly expand kids programs.

The proposed “2-Care” program for all 2-year-olds in the Big Apple, along with a buildup of existing pre-K and early childcare in the rest of New York, will ultimately provide care for 100,000 more children across the state, Hochul said.

Mamdani, standing alongside the governor for a back-slapping announcement in the Flatbush YMCA, crowed that the proposals will help families struggling with the cost of childcare in New York City.

“We are now going to be able to fix 3-K, we are going to be able to deliver 2-Care universally across this city over the next four years and we are going to be able to make it easier to raise a family in a city where today it’s a good deal if you can get $22,500 a year for childcare,” he said.

The total price tag for Hochul’s “free” childcare proposals – which will be part of her “State of the State” address next week – will be $4.5 billion statewide, of which $1.7 billion is added spending.

See the video of their announcement below:

Gov. Hochul: "NY childcare spending for this year will be expanded to 4.5 billion" pic.twitter.com/dsQQpUp1Jb

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 8, 2026

Universal child care is coming to New York.

— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) January 8, 2026

Ask any parent and they'll tell you: The cost of child care is too damn high.

I want to make life easier for them.

That's why we're delivering affordable, universal child care for children under five throughout New York State. pic.twitter.com/TVesuJbhsT

— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) January 8, 2026

Do they realize that people will be watching this very closely?

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