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To boost enrollment in the city’s free preschool programs, Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched a media blitz. He argued his predecessor, Eric Adams, hadn’t done enough to get the word out. But despite the push, the number of students who received offers to the city’s public preschool programs remains virtually unchanged.
Still, the mayor said more families are getting offers to programs close to home and the city plans to keep expanding seats for 3 year olds. Read more in today’s top story.
Local News
NYC preschool offers flat despite Mamdani push to expand enrollment
About 100,000 NYC families received preschool offers this year, nearly unchanged from last year despite a major enrollment push from Zohran Mamdani.
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What We’re Reading
Another vacant NYC preschool finally set to open after years-long delay in ‘huge win,’ New York Post
Hochul's School-Choice Choice, Vital City
Hochul’s schools sellout subverts public education, Daily News (opinion)
As sexual misconduct cases spike in NYC schools, an investigator wants more social media boundaries, CBS
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Thumbnail image by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.
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