Mr. Myrie, a Democratic state senator, would offer free seats to public school students from 3-K to 12th grade in a plan to make New York City more affordable for families.

"I credit afterschool for keeping me off the streets and paving the way for me to attend college, receive a law degree, and become a State Senator," Zellnor Myrie, a mayoral candidate, said.

It was not immediately clear how Myrie would pay for a dramatic expansion of the city’s child care and work programming. He estimated the plan’s first year — which would include

New York City could well become the first major city in the country to enact a universal child care program, as candidates in the mayoral race line up to support it and advocates roll out a concrete plan to achieve it.

In a video announcing his campaign, Cuomo pitched his return as a way to pull the city from social and political crisis.

Announcing his bid to run for mayor of New York City ... state Sen. Zellnor Myrie, state Sen. Jessica Ramos, state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani and former city Comptroller Scott Stringer.