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A group of preschoolers at a child care center in the Bronx gathered on a rug for a memorable story time on Saturday with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former President Barack Obama.

The pair sang an animated rendition of “Wheels on the Bus,” read a picture book about the importance of community and ribbed each other about whose city had the better pizza.

Mr. Obama read aloud about building a sand castle and stopped to ask: “Who has made a sand castle before?”

Many tiny hands shot up, and Mr. Mamdani took the opportunity to plug his affordability agenda, the centerpiece of his campaign last year.

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The event — Mr. Mamdani’s and Mr. Obama’s first public appearance together, and one that came shortly after the mayor marked his 100th day in office — brought together two stars of the Democratic Party to showcase a critical part of that affordability agenda: universal child care.

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