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…