> childcare is not usually free overall NYC has time and again resisted calls to dismantle the current child care program, which costs the exchequer around $3b

> childcare is not usually free overall NYC has time and again resisted calls to dismantle the current child care program, which costs the exchequer around $3b [0]. Mamdani's plan is to take the current child care program and make it "universal" at $6b. > we need to buy tickets to ride the bus Again, not without a precedent as MTA has ran some routes for free for many months. Besides, MTA sees 40%+ fare evasion, but MTA needs to pay the bills somehow, and Mamdani's proposal, which may go no where, is that rises in corporate tax will fill this ~$800m hole. > rent freezes don't work Depends on what the sought / desired outcome from rent regulation is. In Mamdani's case, it apparently is a stop-gap to control cost of living for the working class, until enough newer housing units can be built despite NIMBYs [1]. [0] https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/spotlight-nycs-publicly-supported-child-care-programs/ https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/spotlight-nycs-publicly-... [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/11/mamdani-housing-rent-control/684790/ https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/11/mamdani-...