Mamdani reverses course on mayoral control over NYC schools as he appoints Kamar Samuels chancellor

As he named a new schools chancellor Wednesday, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani reversed course on a key but controversial campaign promise: to end mayoral control of the New York City public schools. “I will be asking the Legislature for a continuation of mayoral control,” Mamdani said during a news conference in northern Central Park to formally appoint Kamar Samuels, a local Manhattan ...