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To the states!
Kay W.
January 08, 2026
With the far-Right takeover of the federal government and the (apparent) inability of the opposition party to actually oppose anything (due to some real structural issues and some fake learned helplessness) I think most of the action in the coming years will be state and local level.
That will be a hard realization for Democrats. We have been the “federal government” party since the civil rights movement, where the federal government has protected us from the worst excesses of far Right states. That’s gone. Now it will be up to states to protect us from the fascist feds.
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City parents may soon have access to free child care for their 2-year-olds, under a plan set to be unveiled Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
The two Democrats are expected to detail the program at a news conference Thursday morning, along with a pledge from Hochul to pursue a wider, statewide child care initiative.
“There’s one thing that every family in New York can agree on, the cost of childcare is simply too high,” Hochul said in a statement, adding that she is “proud to partner with Mayor Mamdani and leaders across our state to make this a reality, turning that foundation into a concrete roadmap that will transform the lives of working parents and kids across our state.”
For Mamdani, the announcement is the first step in fulfilling one of his trademark campaign promises, marking a major boon for the mayor just days after he took office with the promise of implementing a transformative agenda centered on making the city a more affordable place to live.
“This victory represents much more than a triumph of city and state government working in partnership — it is proof that when New Yorkers come together, we can transform the way government serves working families,” he said in a statement.
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