NYC to open hip-hop high school, specialized programs for students with disabilities

Gov. Hochul may not be ready to tax the rich, but more money for NYC schools is on the table

This story made our wood today.

New from me, with a crucial assist by @caylabam.bsky.social: A Queens HS principal accused of sexually harassing and abusing staffers and a student will have criminal charges dropped if he retires and finishes sex offender treatment. He still faces EDNY lawsuit. www.nydailynews.com/2026/05/02/c...

With student A.I. use/abuse now ubiquitous, professors and teachers are killing off take-home essays and papers. Students are writing inside the classroom, often by hand. It's part of the big rethink happening on tech and learning. My new report here: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...

State testing system glitches lock out NYC students ready to take standardized tests www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/29/s...

NYC Council is debating a law that would set time limits on young people's social media use as concerns grow over its effects on mental health www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/21/n...

The first day of NYC public school will be unusually late this fall, according to the official 2026-27 school year calendar released today — forcing families to scramble for child care at the end of summer break. www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/21/n...

As NYC launches free child care for 2-year-olds, Mayor Mamdani will open most of the first 2,000 seats in programs that operate on a full-day year-round schedule, he’ll announce at a press conference later today in Brooklyn. www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/09/m...

AI guidance for NYC public schools is out and, as the DN reported yesterday, includes a "traffic-light" system to help teachers and principals make informed decisions about AI in education. Here's what it says — and doesn't say: www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/24/n...

NYC public schools to release guidelines for AI use in classroom

NEW: More than 11,000. That’s how many US citizen children have a parent who has been detained under Trump, our new data analysis shows. When Doris Flores was separated from her four-month-old who was still breastfeeding, she turned to her pastor for help. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

At the City Council's NYC Public Schools budget hearing, Chancellor Kamar Samuels announces AI guidance coming tomorrow: "Our work to leverage technology responsibly continues with our foundational AI guidance, which will be released tomorrow and will include opportunities for community input."

Dylan Lopez Contreras, the first known NYC student detained by federal immigration authorities as part of President Trump’s mass deportation agenda, has been released after nearly a year in custody www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/18/d...

Chancellor Kamar Samuels is moving ahead with a broader plan to close or relocate UWS schools — as miffed parents question why they haven’t been afforded a second chance.

Mamdani launches $100M 3-K expansion including NYC’s wealthier neighborhoods

Gov. Hochul said that she provided Border Czar Tom Homan today w/ "the names of a number of students who are in detention that we would like to see released." The Daily News asked the governor's office for that list, but they declined to share it.

The NYPD has released body-cam footage of officers encountering DHS agents after last week’s federal immigration arrest of Columbia U student Ellie Aghayeva www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/06/b...

NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels picked his cabinet today, w/ a seasoned education official as his top deputy and major changes to the way superintendents are overseen: www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/05/k...

NYC Chancellor shelves UWS school closure plan that sparked hot mic racial controversy

Former Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos has taken a job as a high-ranking advisor at HMH, a company that does millions of dollars in city business each year as one of three literacy curriculum providers NYC schools were required to use. www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/02/f...

The New York Daily News welcomes letters to the editor, unless of course those letters are critical of the layoffs at the New York Daily News. They won't print those letters, it seems.

Calls to remove a south Brooklyn superintendent are mounting after her husband allegedly posed as someone else on social media to attack a union rep for local teachers. www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/01/h...

Today's the deadline to apply for 3K + preK. More than 75,000 families had submitted apps as of early this week — thousands short of last year's total. We ask: How much will Mamdani’s best efforts to get the word out move the needle on the # of families who apply? www.nydailynews.com/2026/02/25/a...

What the @nytimes.com fails to mention (again) is that the reason for the font change (which extends beyond the wood - aka "page 1" - to the entirety of the paper) is Alden Capital's decision to lay off our entire print production staff.

DHS agents entered a residence hall and detained a Columbia University student this morning, after making "misrepresentations" to gain entry, President Claire Shipman said. www.nydailynews.com/2026/02/26/f...

It would be great, too, if the @nytimes.com media desk would spend even half the effort it took to write this story on providing coverage of this month's layoffs at the Daily News.

Hunter College prof. Allyson Friedman, who was caught on hot mic making racist remarks at an Upper West Side school board meeting, has been placed on leave, the college president wrote to students and faculty today. www.nydailynews.com/2026/02/25/c...

FBI agents raided the home of Alberto Carvalho, the schools superintendent who in 2018 was tapped NYC's next chancellor — only to back out right after. apnews.com/article/los-...

"Should a dad be deported for leaving his toddlers alone at home for a half hour 15 years ago? The Trump administration says yes in a pending court case with sweeping implications for both the immigration and child welfare systems." www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Parents, officials gather to condemn racist remarks at UWS school board meeting

Mamdani knocked for quickly reopening schools after blizzard as student attendance down

Theology Prof. Christopher Denny pushed back against the idea that pulling recognition of the unions was part of St. John’s Catholic mission, quoting Pope Francis: “There are no free workers without a union.'” He called the union busting "cafeteria Catholicism" @caylabam.bsky.social in NYDN

NYC’s deputy chancellor for family engagement, Cristina Meléndez, is leaving her role on Feb. 27, she wrote in an email today. It seems she’s the first cabinet-level edu official to depart since Chancellor Kamar Samuels started in Jan. (Chatter is Samuels could build out his own cabinet by summer)

Today, SaferWatch CEO Geno Roefaro and former NYPD School Safety Cmdr Kevin Taylor were indicted by the feds for an alleged bribery scheme to get the firm a contract with the city.

Back in September '24, @caylabam.bsky.social, @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social and I broke the news that SaferWatch -- which hired the brother of a deputy mayor & the school chancellor as a consultant -- had been raided by the feds.

This morning, Executive Editor Andrew Julien, citing a "a highly competitive media landscape," told NYDN staff to expect layoffs. The first cuts are primarily hitting our National Desk, but we're also losing some metro staffers and more cuts are expected — more than 25% of the unionized newsroom.

Mamdani takes first step in launching promised 2K program, though key questions remain

In today's paper, @richiefife.bsky.social call's Alden Capital's NYDN Font Gate "another visible marker of a paper steadily abandoning its identity, its readers, and its responsibility to this city."

WHAT THE FONT Daily News readers and reporters alike awoke this morning to pages and fonts we could barely recognize. Apparently our hedge-fund owners thought New York's hometown paper needed to look more like generic mid-market wire copy. Sunday vs. Monday, below:

I am immediately filled with sadness and rage. Something in me just died, to be quite honest, and it was a murder. I once again feel so bad for my friends who remain and were forced to send the pages to the plant like that. At least we have the DN Union fighting the good fights.

NYC schools to reopen Tuesday after remote learning ‘snow day’

New from me -- after NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani plugged "Heated Rivalry" in his snow day press conference, downloads through the New York Public Library surged. NYPL tells me downloads of the eBook and audio book increased by 529% Sunday after the mayor spoke. www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/26/a...

NYC schools to close Monday due to snowstorm, shift to remote learning buff.ly/xeOZt1z

After Mamdani reversal, Gov. Hochul proposes 4-year extension of mayoral control over NYC schools

Gov. Hochul’s budget proposes record school aid, but NYC kids may still get shortchanged

Rita Joseph is expected to be tapped to lead the Council's less prominent Committee on Higher Education, a post Dinowitz used to hold

The Trump admin opened an investigation today into NYC public schools over a policy that allows trans students to participate in sports aligned with their gender identity, federal officials announced in a news release. www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/14/t...

Mamdani slams Adams outreach efforts at 3-K, pre-K application launch

Gov. Hochul proposing expansion of free community college program with focus on nursing