“Deciding our education policy — the future of 1 million students — is perhaps the most important job of a Mayor,” Cuomo posted on X earlier this month. “What’s his plan?” he said in a jab at Mamdani.
In recent weeks, the former governor has promoted his education agenda in the conservative-leaning editorial pages of the New York Post and Wall Street Journal. He has promised prekindergarten seats for 3-year-olds, vowed a push to raise a state cap limiting the growth of charter schools, and proposed replacing the city’s lowest-performing schools with charters or other models — an eyebrow-raising plan, as school closures are often deeply unpopular.
And on Thursday evening, he headlined a virtual education town hall for an audience of close to 100 people organized by Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education, or PLACE, an influential group that favors expanding selective admissions.”
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