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@cbsnews.com is advertising an Erika Kirk town hall moderated by Bari Weiss under the tagline: “Can she unite America?” I want us to think about all the whys here and their implications.
December 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
@cbsnews.com is advertising an Erika Kirk town hall moderated by Bari Weiss under the tagline: “Can she unite America?” I want us to think about all the whys here and their implications.
Correcting page proofs now. On shelves May/June 2026…
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Correcting page proofs now. On shelves May/June 2026…
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One hundred and fifty one children under the age of 18 have been arrested between January and October, with a steep increase beginning in May.
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
One hundred and fifty one children under the age of 18 have been arrested between January and October, with a steep increase beginning in May.
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New w/ @alexzimmerman.bsky.social: NYC declared victory on a major class size deadline: >60% of classes under the caps. What they didn’t mention: they only got there by quietly declaring 10,500 classes exempt. W/o those, DOE would’ve been at 59.5% compliance: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Eric Adams declares victory on class size reduction — by issuing 10,500 exemptions
NYC officials quietly issued thousands of exemptions to class size law. Did your school get one?
www.chalkbeat.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
New w/ @alexzimmerman.bsky.social: NYC declared victory on a major class size deadline: >60% of classes under the caps. What they didn’t mention: they only got there by quietly declaring 10,500 classes exempt. W/o those, DOE would’ve been at 59.5% compliance: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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When someone with Andrew Cuomo’s platform uses their power to feed hate and spread suspicion instead of solidarity, it puts lives at risk. The strength of this city has always come from people standing together and refusing to let hate divide us – and we’re calling this what it is, Islamophobia.
October 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
When someone with Andrew Cuomo’s platform uses their power to feed hate and spread suspicion instead of solidarity, it puts lives at risk. The strength of this city has always come from people standing together and refusing to let hate divide us – and we’re calling this what it is, Islamophobia.
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In the country's richest city, more than 140,000 kids don't have stable or permanent housing.
"Every Child and Family Is Known" — a small pilot program that pairs school staff with students and families in shelters — has shown real promise. I will double its funding and scope.
"Every Child and Family Is Known" — a small pilot program that pairs school staff with students and families in shelters — has shown real promise. I will double its funding and scope.
Mamdani education plan would focus on helping NYC homeless students
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the New York City mayoral race, said Wednesday he wants to double the size of a program for homeless students at public schools in a plan shared exclu…
www.nydailynews.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
In the country's richest city, more than 140,000 kids don't have stable or permanent housing.
"Every Child and Family Is Known" — a small pilot program that pairs school staff with students and families in shelters — has shown real promise. I will double its funding and scope.
"Every Child and Family Is Known" — a small pilot program that pairs school staff with students and families in shelters — has shown real promise. I will double its funding and scope.
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So, some thrice failed wannabe local politician here in NYC is disingenuously weaponizing the LGBTQ+ community against the mayoral candidate with the best policy positions for our community. I want to take a moment to get some words out ahead of this in case anyone takes her seriously.
So, some thrice failed wannabe local politician here in NYC is disingenuously weaponizing the LGBTQ+ community against the mayoral candidate with the best policy positions for our community. I want to take a moment to get some words out ahead of this in case anyone takes her seriously.
![Tweet by Maria Danzilo (@Maria4Dist6):
"The word is @GaleBrewerNYC is under pressure to endorse Zohran for Mayor [for] NYC.
We have a huge LGBTQ+ community in NYC and take protecting this community from harm and hate very seriously.
Zohran has not denounced Uganda's harsh laws which until recently actually called for executing gays!
Instead he dishes up word salads and excuses that make me want to choke, they are so dripping with hypocrisy.
He also lies ( yes LIES) to the Muslim community Imams by hiding the fact he strongly supports using taxpayer money to provide medicine and surgery for people who want to change genders ( including..."
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October 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🧵 1/15
So, some thrice failed wannabe local politician here in NYC is disingenuously weaponizing the LGBTQ+ community against the mayoral candidate with the best policy positions for our community. I want to take a moment to get some words out ahead of this in case anyone takes her seriously.
So, some thrice failed wannabe local politician here in NYC is disingenuously weaponizing the LGBTQ+ community against the mayoral candidate with the best policy positions for our community. I want to take a moment to get some words out ahead of this in case anyone takes her seriously.
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I just want to point out again that last night Cuomo effectively said that any NYC family that can do so should move to the suburbs for the schools like he did, I think that might be slightly more important and relevant than his neither innovative nor particularly comprehensive education platform
“There have been constant questions aimed at Mamdani that they haven’t really answered in terms of what an education policy agenda would look like,” one observer said. “Cuomo potentially sees blood.”
Mamdani lacks a clear agenda for NYC schools. Cuomo wants to capitalize on that.
“There have been constant questions aimed at Mamdani that they haven’t really answered in terms of what an education policy agenda would look like,” one observer said. “Cuomo potentially sees blood.”
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September 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I just want to point out again that last night Cuomo effectively said that any NYC family that can do so should move to the suburbs for the schools like he did, I think that might be slightly more important and relevant than his neither innovative nor particularly comprehensive education platform
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I am watching this forum; there are currently ~50 people in attendance lol
ICYMI: with his prospects dwindling and with precious little evidence of the energized IRL-oriented campaign reboot the NYT promised was coming, Andrew Cuomo is instead doing a Q&A with a small and Extremely Online Republican-led, Momz 4 Liberty-connected “parents’ rights” 😉 group
Cuomo’s campaign is officially over, this is pure desperation
September 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I am watching this forum; there are currently ~50 people in attendance lol
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Now he works at the State Dept while chairing the NY Young Republicans Club, which is hosting a group that they are proud to say works to “save German demographics, and return tradition to the German Volk.” MAGA not hiding its Nazi ethos anymore.
September 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Now he works at the State Dept while chairing the NY Young Republicans Club, which is hosting a group that they are proud to say works to “save German demographics, and return tradition to the German Volk.” MAGA not hiding its Nazi ethos anymore.
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The Trump administration is now demanding that NYC change its policies by Tuesday night or else risk losing millions in grant funding for a handful of public schools.
Trump administration to cancel funding if NYC does not alter guidelines for trans students
The Trump administration is now demanding that NYC change its policies by Tuesday night or else risk losing millions in grant funding for a handful of public schools.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Trump administration is now demanding that NYC change its policies by Tuesday night or else risk losing millions in grant funding for a handful of public schools.
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In the waning days of his longshot reelection campaign—and likely his tenure at City Hall—Mayor Eric Adams has suddenly embraced transphobia.
Eric Adams Embraces Transphobia, the Last Recourse of Desperate Losers
And more links for your Tuesday morning.
hellgatenyc.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
In the waning days of his longshot reelection campaign—and likely his tenure at City Hall—Mayor Eric Adams has suddenly embraced transphobia.
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“But why did Borough President Mark Levine just hand control of the council back to the people who backed it?”https://hellgatenyc.com/cecd2-anti-trans-resolution-finally-dead/
Manhattan's Anti-Trans School Sports Resolution Is Finally Dead
But why did Borough President Mark Levine just hand control of the council back to the people who backed it?
hellgatenyc.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“But why did Borough President Mark Levine just hand control of the council back to the people who backed it?”https://hellgatenyc.com/cecd2-anti-trans-resolution-finally-dead/
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“On at least two occasions during executive board meetings of the school's parent group, [Mark Levine’s hand-picked board member Sam Lo] described students on individualized education plans as ‘retards.’”
Wishing I could have my primary vote for comptroller back….
Wishing I could have my primary vote for comptroller back….
The anti-trans resolution that roiled one of Manhattan's public school parent councils for the last year and a half has finally been rescinded.
Does that mean the District 2 council has put messy factional politics behind it?
Nah.
hellgatenyc.com/cecd2-anti-t...
Does that mean the District 2 council has put messy factional politics behind it?
Nah.
hellgatenyc.com/cecd2-anti-t...
Manhattan's Anti-Trans School Sports Resolution Is Finally Dead
But why did Borough President Mark Levine just hand control of the council back to the people who backed it?
hellgatenyc.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“On at least two occasions during executive board meetings of the school's parent group, [Mark Levine’s hand-picked board member Sam Lo] described students on individualized education plans as ‘retards.’”
Wishing I could have my primary vote for comptroller back….
Wishing I could have my primary vote for comptroller back….
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MBP @marklevinenyc.bsky.social had started his term as MBP appointing stellar education advocates to Manhattan and citywide school boards. But he made a deal with vile transphobic, ableist and racist parent leaders to win the comptroller race and is exiting office in shame. 1/
The anti-trans resolution that roiled one of Manhattan's public school parent councils for the last year and a half has finally been rescinded.
Does that mean the District 2 council has put messy factional politics behind it?
Nah.
hellgatenyc.com/cecd2-anti-t...
Does that mean the District 2 council has put messy factional politics behind it?
Nah.
hellgatenyc.com/cecd2-anti-t...
Manhattan's Anti-Trans School Sports Resolution Is Finally Dead
But why did Borough President Mark Levine just hand control of the council back to the people who backed it?
hellgatenyc.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
MBP @marklevinenyc.bsky.social had started his term as MBP appointing stellar education advocates to Manhattan and citywide school boards. But he made a deal with vile transphobic, ableist and racist parent leaders to win the comptroller race and is exiting office in shame. 1/
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A great article that captures the many concerns with the two boro president appointees / future direction of the board (and disappointment in Mark Levine) - even as parents are thrilled with the overturn of the anti-trans resolution.
The anti-trans resolution that roiled one of Manhattan's public school parent councils for the last year and a half has finally been rescinded.
Does that mean the District 2 council has put messy factional politics behind it?
Nah.
hellgatenyc.com/cecd2-anti-t...
Does that mean the District 2 council has put messy factional politics behind it?
Nah.
hellgatenyc.com/cecd2-anti-t...
Manhattan's Anti-Trans School Sports Resolution Is Finally Dead
But why did Borough President Mark Levine just hand control of the council back to the people who backed it?
hellgatenyc.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A great article that captures the many concerns with the two boro president appointees / future direction of the board (and disappointment in Mark Levine) - even as parents are thrilled with the overturn of the anti-trans resolution.
Reposted by Gavin Healy
The anti-trans resolution that roiled one of Manhattan's public school parent councils for the last year and a half has finally been rescinded.
Does that mean the District 2 council has put messy factional politics behind it?
Nah.
hellgatenyc.com/cecd2-anti-t...
Does that mean the District 2 council has put messy factional politics behind it?
Nah.
hellgatenyc.com/cecd2-anti-t...
Manhattan's Anti-Trans School Sports Resolution Is Finally Dead
But why did Borough President Mark Levine just hand control of the council back to the people who backed it?
hellgatenyc.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The anti-trans resolution that roiled one of Manhattan's public school parent councils for the last year and a half has finally been rescinded.
Does that mean the District 2 council has put messy factional politics behind it?
Nah.
hellgatenyc.com/cecd2-anti-t...
Does that mean the District 2 council has put messy factional politics behind it?
Nah.
hellgatenyc.com/cecd2-anti-t...
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Manhattan school council rescinds 2024 vote on trans athletes https://gothamist.com/news/manhattan-school-council-rescinds-2024-vote-on-trans-athletes
Manhattan school council rescinds 2024 vote on trans athletes
Maud Maron, 3rd fronm the left behind Tulsi Gabbard, led an effort in 2024 to ban trans athletes form girls' sports in NYC.
Manhattan Community Education Council 2 voted last year asking city schools to reconsider allowing trans girls to play according to their gender identity. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Manhattan school council rescinds 2024 vote on trans athletes https://gothamist.com/news/manhattan-school-council-rescinds-2024-vote-on-trans-athletes
NYC parents stand up to bullies who tried to marginalize and vilify transgender students.
NYC school board votes to rescind resolution on transgender students in school sports
NYC school board votes to rescind resolution on transgender students in school sports
Manhattan’s Community Education Council 2 voted 7-3 to repeal its request for a review committee on the school district’s inclusive gender guidelines.
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September 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
NYC parents stand up to bullies who tried to marginalize and vilify transgender students.
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A student at Public School 89 in Queens was detained along with her brother and mother at an ICE check-in in lower Manhattan this week — the first known ICE arrest of an NYC child under the age of 18 during the second Trump administration.
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ICE Ships 7-Year-Old Queens Student and Mom to Texas Detention, Prompting School Principal’s Plea for Their Release
An older brother is detained in Newark while two other siblings remain in New York, “unprotected and traumatized” after arrests at immigration check-in.
www.thecity.nyc
August 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A student at Public School 89 in Queens was detained along with her brother and mother at an ICE check-in in lower Manhattan this week — the first known ICE arrest of an NYC child under the age of 18 during the second Trump administration.
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@alexzimmerman.bsky.social flexes a deep knowledge of the complicated dynamics of the SHSAT, but in particular his answer at the very end of the show is probably the clearest thing I’ve ever seen in the media about the limits of test prep on a 100% norm referenced test 1/
Catch @alexzimmerman.bsky.social on demographics at NYC's specialized high schools.
www.wnyc.org/story/segreg...
www.wnyc.org/story/segreg...
Segregation at NYC's Specialized High Schools | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Alex Zimmerman, reporter at Chalkbeat New York, reports on the ongoing issue of segregation at specialized high schools, and how the mayoral candidates say they'd like to tackle it.
www.wnyc.org
August 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
@alexzimmerman.bsky.social flexes a deep knowledge of the complicated dynamics of the SHSAT, but in particular his answer at the very end of the show is probably the clearest thing I’ve ever seen in the media about the limits of test prep on a 100% norm referenced test 1/
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Last year, 10 Black students received offers to Stuyvesent High School. This year, 8 did.
NYC specialized high school admission offers dip for Black and Latino students
Last year, 10 Black students received offers to Stuyvesent High School. This year, 8 did.
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July 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Last year, 10 Black students received offers to Stuyvesent High School. This year, 8 did.
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PLACE NYC has posted their 2025–2026 officers, and lo and behold you’re not gonna believe this
placenyc.org/our-team/
Lying pays off!
placenyc.org/our-team/
Lying pays off!
July 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
PLACE NYC has posted their 2025–2026 officers, and lo and behold you’re not gonna believe this
placenyc.org/our-team/
Lying pays off!
placenyc.org/our-team/
Lying pays off!
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Schools across NYC are celebrating graduation this week.
At ELLIS Prep, which still has a student in ICE detention, national immigration politics loomed large over the ceremony: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
At ELLIS Prep, which still has a student in ICE detention, national immigration politics loomed large over the ceremony: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
How national immigration politics hung over the graduation ceremony of one Bronx high school
While ELLIS Prep’s principal celebrated the accomplishments of graduates, she also paused to acknowledge the ongoing ICE detention of ELLIS student Dylan Lopez Contreras.
www.chalkbeat.org
June 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Schools across NYC are celebrating graduation this week.
At ELLIS Prep, which still has a student in ICE detention, national immigration politics loomed large over the ceremony: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
At ELLIS Prep, which still has a student in ICE detention, national immigration politics loomed large over the ceremony: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...