STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It’s “universal,” in the local sense.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has snubbed Staten Island, with only four of five boroughs getting free 2-K seats in the city’s “universal” childcare rollout.
Neither the mayor’s office nor the Department of Education responded to requests for comment about why Staten Island was left off the initial rollout or when locals should expect any kind of inclusion in what’s viewed as a cornerstone project of Mamdani’s first year in office…