00:00Mr. Mayor, I wonder if I could ask you how many two-care seats will be available this year, and
00:06have you identified the high-needs districts that are going to be getting the first one?
00:11So we are anticipating being able to serve around 2,000 children in this city this fall, and that is
00:17going to continue to expand each and every year until we are serving each and every two-year-old across
00:21the city.
00:22And we are going to be in sustained conversations with parents, with child care providers, as we map out the
00:28logistics of the phase-in, and the beautiful thing about this is that every parent knows that we are going
00:34to be able to deliver this for every single child across New York City.
00:37Two-care will be a reality by the end of this first term.
00:39Governor, so this is going to cost $1.7 billion just for the two-year investments that you already announced.
00:48How are you going to pay for this without new taxes? Is that also on the table, potentially also after
00:52you get re-elected?
00:53And is there enough money to give the new mayor his free bus program?
00:57Well, we're focused on this today, and also we're announcing our budget on the 20th of January, so you'll be
01:03able to see the sources of our revenues.
01:07I will say this, that we have managed our finances quite well.
01:11We have been smart about setting aside money to be able to fund some of my ambitious plans, but within
01:18our means.
01:20And certainly we keep an eye on the revenues that only come to light at the end of the year,
01:27which is the bonuses, the taxation on bonuses from Wall Street, and you calculate all that in.
01:32And so we feel very confident that we can afford this program.
01:35Again, this is $4.5 billion.
01:38Much of it had already been committed, but $1.7 in new dollars.
01:42And so we're going to do this. We're going to do this.
01:44We're going to do this, man.
01:44We're going to do this, man.
01:45We're going to do this, man.
01:47We're going to do this, man.
01:47We're going to do this, man.
01:48We're going to do this, man.
01:50We're going to do this, man.
01:50We're going to do this, man.
01:50Gracias por ver el video
