Eric Adams
A waitlist for child care vouchers in NYC has grown to 10,000 children, revealing a crisis that is hurting working parents and child care providers. Can Mayor-elect Mamdani fix it?
Chalkbeat identified 60 schools that likely took in the largest shares of migrant students from 2022 to 2024. Their enrollment has fallen by 11% this year, according to preliminary data.
Mayor Eric Adams has lost control of New York City’s school board. He no longer has a majority of appointees, and members have rejected several proposals recently.
The schools will also be paired with financial educators who will help lead workshops and offer information about topics from money management basics to spotting financial scams.
Enrollment fell by about 22,000 students, or 2.4%, this year. The city will not claw back more than $250 million from schools with fewer students than projected.
Over 50 schools will receive technology that will directly alert 911 services in cases of an active shooter, the Adams administration announced on Monday.
The 240 new free child care seats are part of a $10 million pilot program to expand access, regardless of families’ income levels.
As mayoral candidates debate the future of NYC’s gifted and talented classes, a new Chalkbeat analysis shows that low enrollment in programs is costing the city millions.
The city’s legal challenge is notable because Mayor Eric Adams previously signaled that he agreed with the Trump administration’s position that the city’s protections for trans students go too far.
Eric Adams’ decision to exit the race means the nation’s largest school system will be overseen by a new administration when he leaves office in January.
The bump in reading scores is good news for Mayor Eric Adams’ literacy overhaul. But the results can’t definitively show whether curriculum changes are driving the gains.
Education Department officials released the admissions statistics shortly after Chalkbeat published a story about the delays.
The delays have raised eyebrows among school integration advocates, government accountability groups, and even former department officials.
Adams said the Trump administration’s move to freeze billions in federal education spending would not slow his effort to expand after-school programs.
City officials are under pressure to show that Eric Adams’ curriculum overhaul is working. New data paints an encouraging picture but should be interpreted with caution, experts say.
Mayor Eric Adams announced the ‘fly’ initiative to bring financial educators, free counseling, and in-school banking to NYC students, starting with 15 districts this fall.
Offers for New York City’s free preschool programs went out last week. In some neighborhoods, demand outstripped supply, but in others, thousands of seats will go unfilled.
A funding shortfall in the state budget forced New York City to freeze enrollment for a popular child care voucher program for low-income families.
Overall, Adams’ executive budget proposes roughly $18.3 billion in city funding for the Education Department’s operating budget, a $670 million increase from this year.
The mayor’s reading and math curriculum mandates will cover all middle schools by fall 2027. It will likely fall to his successor to implement them.