{
  "id": 82543,
  "title": "Mamdani May Need to Find $5 Billion More a Year for Free Child Care",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/mamdani-may-need-to-find-5-billion-more-a-year-for-free-child-care",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-03T07:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/nyregion/mamdani-free-child-care-cost.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A new report by the Center for New York City Affairs projected that a child care system for all children under 5 could cost the city about $9 billion a year.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}