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Oops: Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s theories are running into yet another awkward reality \u2014 families don\u2019t seem to want all the new pre-K slots he\u2019s offering, despite<\/em> City Hall\u2019s sales efforts.<\/p>\n

Read more JPMorgan\u2019s Jamie Dimon has blunt message for \u2018ideologue\u2019 Mamdani: \u2018I don\u2019t care what he says\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

He got Gov. Kathy Hochul to shower $73 million in new state cash on his pilot 2-K program, but total pre-K applications only rose 0.3% (172 applications) this year, with 3-K ones dropping by 590, or 1.4%.<\/p>\n

Part of the drop is a decline in pre-K age kids, as ever more young families flee Gotham for areas with better schools and lower living costs.<\/p>\n

Overall, only half of families eligible for a free 3-K slot applied both last year and this, so the city\u2019s outreach campaign to boost\u00a0enrollment had zero impact.<\/p>\n

Read more Owner of day care in viral Nick Shirley video charged as part of $4.6M fraud scheme: prosecutors<\/a><\/p>\n

Mamdani has plenty of excuses for this, including (again<\/em>) blaming his predecessor, but plainly many parents just don\u2019t want what he\u2019s offering, even when it\u2019s free.<\/p>\n

And of course it costs the taxpayers roughly twice what private programs charge.<\/p>\n

Spending more to offer an inferior product or service is the classic<\/em> hallmark of socialist \u201clargesse,\u201d a rule that even social-media magic can\u2019t change.<\/p>\n

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Mamdani has plenty of excuses for this, including (again) blaming his predecessor, but plainly many parents just don\u2019t want what he\u2019s offering, even when it\u2019s free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","category-opinion"],"yoast_head":"\nReality bites yet another of Mamdani's signature fits of genius - Metro Transit Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=73\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reality bites yet another of Mamdani's signature fits of genius - 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