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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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…

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Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 4d

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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.

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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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 14d

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

Chalkbeat @chalkbeat.org · 14d

“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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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 15d

I am watching this forum; there are currently ~50 people in attendance lol

Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 22d

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

Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 22d

Cuomo’s campaign is officially over, this is pure desperation

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gavinhealy.bsky.social @gavinhealy.bsky.social · 16d

Wonder if Maud will disavow the endorsement now???

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gavinhealy.bsky.social @gavinhealy.bsky.social · 16d

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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Chalkbeat @chalkbeat.org · 17d

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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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 18d

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.

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nycmama.bsky.social @nycmama.bsky.social · 18d

“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?

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 18d

“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….

Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 18d

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.

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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

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Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 18d

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/

Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 18d

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...

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

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Families for Change NYC @familiesforchange.bsky.social · 18d

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.

Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 18d

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...

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

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 18d

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...

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

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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 27d

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 › ]

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gavinhealy.bsky.social @gavinhealy.bsky.social · 29d

NYC parents stand up to bullies who tried to marginalize and vilify transgender students.

New York Daily News @nydailynews.com · 29d

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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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · Aug 15

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.

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · Aug 6

@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/

The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · Aug 5

Catch @alexzimmerman.bsky.social on demographics at NYC's specialized high schools.

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.

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Chalkbeat @chalkbeat.org · Jul 31

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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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · Jul 10

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!

Place officers who were described as having left the organization but were really just covering up their affiliation for CEC elections

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Mike Elsen-Rooney @michaelelsenroo.bsky.social · Jun 26

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...

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.

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Yuh-Line Niou @yuhline.bsky.social · Jun 18

All my friends here on bluesky. Do NOT rank Cuomo. And please please please give to the WFP-IE. Every dollar is one voter reached. Halp!

If every one of my followers gave 10 dollars, we would raise a quick 200k! Please help!

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I just gave to WFP National PAC - NYS IE!

Show your support with a contribution.

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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · Jun 17

As New Yorkers vote for a new mayor, the hyper local remains so important. Racists transphobes lost their school board seats. Parents rejected this brand of politics. Reminder that this right wing parents group endorsed Andrew Cuomo. www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/16/n...

NYC school board members with ties to right-wing Moms for Liberty ousted in local election

Fewer than 18,200 parents cast ballots in a school system of close to 1 million children — a 4% decrease in participation since the last election cycle in 2023, the data showed.

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gavinhealy.bsky.social @gavinhealy.bsky.social · Jun 14

Matthew 5:44 - “pray for those who persecute you.”

Luke 6:28 - “pray for those who treat you badly.”

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gavinhealy.bsky.social @gavinhealy.bsky.social · Jun 8

Thought this article was about Andrew Cuomo. The creep must have learned the spider trick from our creepy ex-governor. ag.ny.gov/sites/defaul...

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Mike Elsen-Rooney @michaelelsenroo.bsky.social · Jun 6

If you've been following the story of Dylan, the Bronx HS student detained by ICE, I hope you'll read this follow-up. I followed his school, ELLIS Prep, as they navigated the aftermath — rallying around Dylan while managing the fears spreading to other students.

www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

NYC school rallies to bring back their student detained by ICE

‘They thought no one would miss him. That was a mistake.’ Now, this Bronx school community is rallying around a student detained by ICE.

www.chalkbeat.org

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