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In a rare appearance alongside mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani Tuesday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul backed the Democratic nominee’s campaign pledge of rolling out universal childcare.

“That is still a fight that my children are facing today, young families are facing today,” Hochul said. “I’ve had conversations with Assemblymember Mamdani about how we can get to universal childcare. I believe we can. I believe that,” she said.

The declaration occurred at the Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens in Astoria, Mamdani’s district, and coincided with an

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