Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s drive to expand “free” (city-run, taxpayer-funded) preschool programs is already squeezing private-sector providers, suggesting this “transformation” is more about a government takeover of the sector than anything else.
Consider the private Manhattan day care preparing to hike prices 20% to cover higher costs for qualified workers, as city pre-K competitors push up wages.
The Manhattan Schoolhouse tuition increase was announced just weeks before the announcement of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s 2-K for All plan. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post
