The first female majority New York City Council has featured a number of new mothers (and, by the way, its fair share of new fathers).

But as many New Yorkers – and many powerful elected officials – agree, child care is broken in the city. A push for universal child care is an early shared priority for Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul. And child care already emerged as a talking point in the internal race for City Council speaker.

Council Member Julie Menin, who is seen as a more moderate member who wouldn’t fall in line with all of Mamdani’s policies, has named their shared interest in universal child care as something she’s eager to work with him on. Council Member Crystal Hudson, a more progressive member, has backed it too. The current council as a whole is br

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