Democratic Socialists of America pols are demanding full-day, “free pre-teen care for all” statewide – with taxpayers footing the $13 billion annual tab, The Post has learned.
Brooklyn state Sen. Jabari Brisport told fellow comrades during an NYC DSA “Tax the Rich” powwow last week that the universal childcare system the party wants goes far beyond what Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned for — serving children from six weeks to 12 years old.
Mamdani’s scheme calls for free universal childcare for kids six weeks to 5 years old.
Brisport estimated the cost of the pie-in-the-sky proposal would range from $8 billion to $13 billion yearly – double or triple the $4.5 billion Gov. Kathy Hochul has set aside to fund free childcare statewide next fiscal year.
The city already provides free childcare and preschool from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for 3- and 4-year-olds through its 3-K and pre-K programs, but the DSA wants a “truly universal system” that extends through regular business hours to help working parents, insisted Brisport.
“It is a full day,” he said. “It does not end in the middle of the day when you’re still at work, and . . . at a bare minimum includes $1.2 billion to begin raising pay for the childcare workers.”
Brisport did not say where the massive sum would come from.
Critics like Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Queens) said the DSA must be confusing cash-strapped New Yorkers for an ATM machine.
“Our taxpayers are already burdened enough as it is, and now the DSA wants to basically double the deficit, so they can start their extracurricular indoctrination of the next generation straight from the womb until junior high school,” she said. --->READ MORE HERE
Proposal would cost taxpayers up to $13 billion annually, double or triple current state funding
Democratic Socialists of America politicians in New York are now demanding a 'free pre-teen care for all' system statewide, which would cover childcare for kids from 6 weeks old to 12 years old. The estimated cost of this proposal ranges from $8 billion to $13 billion per year - more than double or triple the $4.5 billion that Governor Kathy Hochul has set aside to fund free childcare statewide next fiscal year.Why it matters
This proposal from the Democratic Socialists represents a significant expansion of the free childcare plans that have been discussed, going far beyond the 3-K and pre-K programs currently offered in New York City. Critics argue the massive price tag would be an unaffordable burden on taxpayers, while proponents see it as a necessary step towards a 'truly universal' hildcare system to support working families.
The details
Brooklyn state Sen. Jabari Brisport told fellow Democratic Socialists that the universal childcare system they want would serve children from 6 weeks old up to 12 years old, going beyond what Mayor Zohran Mamdani had campaigned for which was free care for kids 6 weeks to 5 years old. Brisport estimated the cost of the DSA's proposal would range from $8 billion to $13 billion annually - more than double or triple the $4.5 billion that Governor Hochul has set aside to fund free childcare statewide next fiscal year. The city already provides free childcare and preschool from 8:30am to 2:30pm for 3- and 4-year-olds, but the DSA wants a 'truly universal system' that extends through regular business hours to help working parents.
- Last week, Brisport discussed the DSA's proposal during an NYC DSA 'Tax the Rich' powwow.
- Governor Hochul has set aside $4.5 billion to fund free childcare statewide next fiscal year.
- Mayor Mamdani and Governor Hochul announced $73 million to support the first 2,000 seats of NYC's new 2K preschool program for 2-year-olds starting this fall....
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