{"id":180043,"date":"2026-03-30T20:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/180043\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T20:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:16:07","slug":"mamdani-rolls-out-2-3m-day-care-pilot-for-nyc-workers-with-hefty-60k-cost-per-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/180043\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani rolls out $2.3M day care pilot for NYC workers with hefty $60K cost per kid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/30\/us-news\/nyc-ny-politics-live-updates-on-zohran-mamdani-governors-race-more-march-30-31-april-1-2-3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced<\/a> the opening of a new day care center for municipal workers Monday that will cost more than double the average price of child care \u2014 to a tune of nearly $60,000 per kid.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot program will start this fall inside the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building in Lower Manhattan after a $10 million renovation of part of the first floor is complete, with room for just 40 children, ages six weeks to 3 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The childcare center co-ops an initiative of Mamdani\u2019s predecessor, Mayor Eric Adams, that was announced in October.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Zohran Mamdani announcing a new day care center for city workers at the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building in Manhattan on March 30, 2026. Robert Miller for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>A rendering of the day care center at the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building. Robert Miller for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani said the Adams administration didn\u2019t allocate operating funds for the center, which Hizzoner said would have a $2.3 million price tag and will be included in the city\u2019s upcoming executive budget.<\/p>\n<p>That works out to $57,500 per child to attend the day care from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Average annual private <a href=\"https:\/\/comptroller.nyc.gov\/reports\/child-care-affordability-and-the-benefits-of-universal-provision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">day care costs in the city for infants <\/a>come in at $26,000 and $23,400 for toddlers.<\/p>\n<p>City Hall didn\u2019t respond to questions about the soaring cost to the city compared to private center-based programs. <\/p>\n<p>Mamdani claimed that the Adams administration didn\u2019t allocate funds for operating the center. Robert Miller for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Construction underway for the new day care center. Robert Miller for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The center will have room for just 40 children after the $10 million renovation of the first floor is complete. Robert Miller for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The municipal freebie comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/25\/us-news\/mamdani-admin-only-serves-up-200m-in-savings-far-short-of-1-7b-target-amid-massive-budget-shortfall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mamdani claims the city has a $5.4 billion budget deficit<\/a> and that he needs Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature to hike taxes on the rich and corporations to bail the city out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the opening of a new day care center for municipal workers Monday that will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[325,57,9,56,63,65,64,58,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-180043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-day-care","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-ny","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-nyc-headlines","14":"tag-nyc-news","15":"tag-us-news","16":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}