US EditionZohran Mamdani Reveals High-Ranking NYC Appointments Before Inauguration
Kamar Samuels brings 20 years of experience managing NYC schools amid a 100,000-student enrollment decline since 2020, focusing on integration and admissions reform.
- On Tuesday night, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani selected Kamar Samuels as schools chancellor, and his team told City Council Education Chair Rita Joseph an announcement was planned for Wednesday.
- Samuels has two decades of DOE experience, including leadership in Manhattan District 3 and Brooklyn, while Mamdani campaigned to end mayoral control and sought a chancellor who can operate inside the system.
- A Bronx classroom teacher turned leader, Samuels led innovations at P.S. 323 including staggered schedules and iZone-supported tech upgrades, while directing mergers and scaling back gifted programs in District 3 and Brooklyn.
- With enrollment down about 100,000 since 2020, New York City public schools face closures or mergers and a costly state class-size mandate amid federal government funding disputes.
- Supporters and advocates said the pick advances integration goals, with Nikole Hannah-Jones and others hailing it amid national attacks on civil-rights enforcement, while Advocates for Children urged more reading and mental-health services.
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Zohran Mamdani reveals high-ranking NYC appointments before inauguration
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — Just hours before officially taking over as mayor, Zohran Mamdani has announced a key top appointment to oversee the city’s schools. Mamdani on Wednesday announced Kamar Samuels as the chancellor of New York City Public Schools. Samuels started his career as an elementary school teacher in the Bronx, and went on [...]
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