NYC mayoral opponents slam Mamdani’s plan to phase out gifted program

The opponents of Zahran Mamdani in New York City mocked his plan to gradually get rid of the talented city program for sports in public schools.

Mamdani, the Democratic Democratic Candidate in New York City, will host the plan of former mayor Bill de Palacio for the year 2021 to gradually get rid of the talented program for primary schools if he was elected in November, according to the New York Times.

Mamdani said that he will stop the talented program for kindergarten coming next fall, while former state governor Andrew Como and Republican candidate Cortis Salwa said they would keep it.

“The last proposal from Zahran Mamdani to eliminate a talent and talented program in New York City is not just another political trick – it is devastating and full of the deeper problem in the Democratic Party today – the surface appearance of the city of enough voters in New York City.

But Slawa said that Mamdani and Komo “Bazan in Jarab,” on the pretext that Komo is “the chameleon trying to deceive the inhabitants of New York.” Sliwa accused the former ruler of staying silent while De Blasio initially tried to gradually get rid of the talented program in 2021.

A new survey revealed that Mamdani still holds a two -digit leadership in the New York City mayor’s race

Sliwa received support only from 11 % of the voters registered in New York City in the latest Fox News. Among the registered voters, Mamdani got 45 % support, while Komo increased by 27 %, Sliwa maintained 11 % and the mayor of Eric Adams was 8 %.

Adams, who was like Como, was working as an independent, Go out of the race Last week, heat the already controversial mayor elections.

“Why get rid of our children the opportunities that helped form your future?” Adams asked in response to Mamdani’s plan to reduce the talented program.

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Adams expanded the talented and talented primary program during his term, which reflected the DE Blasio plan to gradually get rid of the program and stop testing 4 -year -old children.

“The era of judgment has ended on the 4 -year -old children based on one test,” De Pacio announced at the time, similar to the talented program to “separating students if they are classified as” talented. “

Former state governor Andrew Komo sit on stage during a Democratic Democratic Forum at Midgar Evepers College in New York City on April 23, 2025. (David Deljado/Reuters)

But Adams rejected this idea in a statement on Thursday, on the pretext that it “gave thousands of black and brown children a real shot to excellence.”

“This is a progress that we must build on, not to demolish it,” Adams wrote to Mamdani on Friday.

Mamdani enrolled in Bronx Secondary School of Science, a specialized high school in Bronx. His campaign did not respond to the Fox News Digital comment.

When he was asked to clarify his position in the program during a press conference on Friday, Mamdani explained that kindergarten, in particular, should not be separated by testing.

“As for kindergarten, we should not have a talented and talented program that separates them on the basis of this evaluation,” said Mamdani.

The Adams plan includes two points to enter the talented and talented program: kindergarten and third grade.

“The commitment is only on the issue of kindergarten,” said Mamdani.

But Mamdani told the New York Times that he would renew the Di Placio plan, which canceled the talented and talented test, and chose a world -class test.

Republican mayor Cortis Celuca was interviewed by Fox News Digital in New York City on August 18, 2025. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)

“I will return to the previous policy,” said Mamdani.

In a statement issued on Thursday, Komo said, “Our children deserve clarity, not chaos, when it comes to teaching them.”

“If there are tens of thousands of applications to get the Ltd. G & T sites, parents tell you something: they want more of it, and not less. The answer is not in the words of these families good. If there are problems with how to choose young children, they reach that and expand opportunities-give more at the beginning of education and more on platforms at a later time. Don’t eliminate the program.”

The former ruler said, “Eliminating the opportunities for excellence does not help the disadvantaged children, as it sustains the problem,” adding that the Democratic Party has a tradition in providing “more opportunities for historically marginalized students to reach these programs.”

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Komo said, if the mayor of an elected, he wants to double the number of specialized secondary schools in New York City, and expand preparatory programs for neighborhoods deprived of services and maintain the admission test in specialized secondary schools.