In the spring I joked that the real winner of the Mayor's race was @NY4ChildCare, thanks to their organizing for universal childcare. Today's announcement is the culmination of that work. Thank you @GovKathyHochul and @NYCMayor for following through on this commitment, even

“Holy shit! I am floored!” @rebeccabailin saying what every New York parent was thinking today.

@PTBwrites @davidjoemax One of his child care advisers is talking explicitly about it, Zohran said he sees that as being part of the package, and a major local child care advocacy group - @NY4ChildCare — has recommended in their most recent report extending the state’s paid leave program to six months

Nobody claims that poor kids can't learn at all, but poverty does make it harder to learn. The tension arises however because education/human capital is frequently pitched as an alternative to egalitarian distributional policy, which is actually really bad for poverty reduction.

Americans are frustrated with the economy -- and the outlook for 2026. Every consumer sentiment gauge is saying the same thing: Sentiment is down to the worst levels since April (or since inflation summer of 2022). Why? Because the middle class is feeling squeezed. (And

Love to see @EconomicSecProj's Dir. Shafeka Hashash, Fellow Anisha Steephen & alum Rebecca Bailin on the Mamdani transition team. Three stellar humans helping to chart the course for NYC's future. https://t.co/te08wZdxsB

“They got rich while making everything more expensive for you” seems like an absolute layup for Democratic messaging, combining the affordability and corruption angles.

I can understand Trump not wanting to hear about "the affordability." Not only is energy and groceries not "way down," they've each picked up relative to a 2023-2024 trend line.

@DKThomp Agree that Ds need to back up their affordability rhetoric with policies that deliver. The policy work is still early-stage, but it seems like you should at least mention the initial frameworks folks are putting out, with much more on the way. https://t.co/QNEUakrhX7

The votes are in and the result is clear: it’s time to make life affordable for everyone. From New York to Virginia, voters elected leaders who took the rising cost of living seriously and offered concrete solutions rooted in the realities of their communities. 🏙️ In New York,

🩺 Janet from Illinois has a medical implant that costs her $580 a month - in addition her $900/mo insurance premiums and $350/mo supplemental insurance for her husband. Without ACA tax credits, she can't afford that implant, but she definitely can't afford a $36,000 surgery

If you're looking for a smart Sunday read, recommend @chao_becky and @mtkonczal's Affordably Framework. Strong overlap with @econJaredB and my piece on the prices side, and an important treatment of the income side too.

Today @EconomicSecProj released its Affordability Framework by @chao_becky and me. As affordability remains central to economic and policy debates, it's helpful to step back and examine the key drivers of the current crisis to get a theory of the case. This is what we found. /1

1/ Most people are not judging the state of the economy by GDP—they’re judging it by the cost of their weekly groceries. Or their rent. Or their childcare costs. Or the medical bills piling up on the kitchen counter. We’re living through an affordability crisis, and today, we’re

1/ 🎉🧵 BIG WIN: @CAgovernor yesterday signed #AB325 into law! The era of corporate collusion hiding behind computer code is over. Californians deserve fair prices, not corporate price manipulation, and that’s exactly what this bill delivers.

Republicans decision to slash healthcare hurts young people the most. https://t.co/cKZoNi8UU1

The countries where comedians can't mock the leader on late night TV are not really ones you want to live in.

NEW: How did Flint, Michigan save $6.2M and reduce newborn ICU visits by 29% in just one year? Every expectant mother got $1,500 during pregnancy and $500/month for a year, no strings attached. Read the new study here: https://t.co/kanCSRelGy

“Year in and year out, Social Security lifts more than 20 million Americans above the poverty line; tax credits lift 6 million; and food stamps, housing subsidies, unemployment, and Supplemental Security Income payments lift another 2 to 4 million each.”

One reason why Americans might feel that they can’t improve their standard of living is that upward mobility has in fact become less and less common. My @Morning_Joe Chart