NYC Spent Nearly $100 Million in Rent and Utilities on 28 Empty Preschools That Never Opened

You’ve seen the show before. A politician gets behind a podium, flashes a practiced smile, and promises the world—usually with some grand, sweeping program that sounds incredibly noble. They talk of investing in children, supporting families, and building a brighter future. Of course, these promises always come with a staggering price tag, but we are assured it’s a moral obligation, paid for by you.

But “good intentions,” as they say, pave a certain road—and it’s always taxpayers who are forced to foot the bill for the pavement. These social engineering projects, disconnected from reality, inevitably collapse under their own bureaucratic weight. The promises evaporate, the cameras disappear, and the only thing left is the bill. And as always, hardworking Americans are left to pay for the rubble of another progressive fantasy.

From ‘The Post Millennial’:

Preschools sitting empty in New York City have cost taxpayers nearly $100 million in rent and utilities. The city has been paying to rent out over two dozen buildings that were meant to be preschools, but years later are still yet to open.

Let’s be clear: this isn’t some rounding error on a spreadsheet. This is a nearly $100 million monument to progressive incompetence, a direct result of former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s disastrous “3-K For All” initiative. While the city bleeds cash to keep the lights on in these ghost schools, the real-world fallout is infuriating. In one Manhattan neighborhood, a city-leased building sits empty after costing taxpayers over $6.8 million, while a nearby preschool had 166 toddlers fighting for just 15 spots.