Lhota Would Fund Universal NYC Pre-K Without Higher Taxes

New York Republican mayoral candidate Joseph Lhota said he agreed with Bill de Blasio, the presumptive Democratic candidate, that the city should offer universal, all-day pre-kindergarten. He disagreed that the rich should be taxed to pay for it.

“It's the right thing to do,” Lhota, who was a top aide to former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, said today during an interview on WPIX Channel 11. ``It’s the wrong thing to raise taxes; we’re the highest taxed city in the United States.”