Cuomo Slams Assembly and de Blasio ‘Political Agendas’ in Daycare Reform Fight

 

By Will Bredderman

Gov. Andrew Cuomo trashed Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Democrat-dominated Assembly over their efforts to block a daycare center regulation package—as the governor prepared to sign “emergency regulations” instating the new rules over their resistance.

Addressing the press after an unrelated event at Grand Central Station, the governor bashed his fellow Democrats and praised the Republican-run State Senate, which backed proposals he laid out in February to allow the state to more easily shutter babysitting facilities. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie initially endorsed the measures, but declined to bring them to the floor for a vote following heavy lobbying from the mayor’s office.

The de Blasio administration was ostensibly concerned that the proposal would deprive low-income New Yorkers of childcare options, but may have been alarmed at the potential for further Cuomo incursions into city business. 

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Source: Observer (News and Politics)