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Mayor Mamdani Chooses a Chancellor

Mayor-Elect, and only hours away from Mayor Mamdani began briefing insiders re his choice for chancellor, Kamar Samuels, a Department of Education lifer. See NYT here and Gothamist here. On the cynical side I’m asked, “Whose his rabbi?”  You don’t make it to the finish line without the right push.  Chancellors these days run the…

Will Mayor Mamdani, City Speaker Menin and Governor Hochul “Play Nice?”

As the ball drops and Mayor/Elect Mamdani becomes Mayor Mamdani and on New Year’s Day his block party and inaugural speech to tens of thousands of NYers: a victory lap and rolling out his platform: affordability and public safety will be at the top of his list.  A week later the 51-member City Council will elect…

Putting the Cart Before the Horse: Should We Take “The Road Less Traveled?”

Our current chancellor is aggressively campaigning to be continued in her job: the first question should be, are we satisfied with the current education model? Eric Nadelstern, a former deputy chancellor offers prescient advice, Mamdani’s biggest mistake at this time would be to focus on a governance system before his administration has come up with a better system of…

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