In a rare direct rebuke of his successor last week, Andrew Cuomo questioned why Gov. Hochul earmarked $2 billion for inflation refund checks in this year’s state budget, but rejected a request for more state funding for a popular child care voucher program benefitting low-income New York City families.

“They shorted the city on voucher funds this year … but they had the money to give back $2 billion in tax rebate checks?” Cuomo, the front-runner in this month’s Democratic primary for New York City mayor, said in an interview with the Daily News Editorial Board last Friday.

“How can you give away $2 billion in tax rebate checks, which means you just had money to throw away, but you didn’t fund basic services in New York City?”

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