The City Council on Thursday endorsed Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s call for the state to pony up more money for childcare programs in the Big Apple — and laid out a series of suggestions for how he could make the system as a whole more effective.

The Council, under the leadership of outgoing Speaker Adrienne Adams, unveiled its reasoning in a 14-page report that could also serve as a roadmap for Mamdani next year as he seeks to make good on his campaign promise to usher in free childcare for all city kids between the ages of six weeks and 5.

Currently, only families of 3 and 4-year-olds qualify for universal childcare programs in the city, and Mamdani’s campaign says the expansion he envisions would cost an additional $6 billion every year.

Mamdani has said the state should provid

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