New York’s child-care debate is being sold as a budget question. It’s not: It’s a child- outcomes question. Credit to Mayor Zohran Mamdani for putting this issue front and center. My party — the family-values party — has been slow at advancing solutions. Child care sits at the intersection of affordability and workforce growth. But the question now is whether Albany will help families, or build another government system that replaces them. First off, let’s stop calling it “universal.” Gov.