Nyc Mayoral Candidate Mamdani Declares War On Charter Schools

Socialist Zohran Mamdani plans to declare war on charter schools if he’s elected mayor, according to a survey he answered — sparking outrage from advocates and parents who called the front-runner’s views “very misguided.” The 33-year-old Queens assemblyman said he would fight efforts to open more charters, which largely educate minority, working-class students, and even opposed the schools sharing space in city-owned buildings. “I oppose efforts by the state to mandate an expansion of charter school operations in New York City,” he said in a Staten Island Advance questionnaire before the June 24 Democratic primary. Mamdani’s hostility to charter schools — which are privately run and publicly funded — puts him in sync with the United Federation of Teachers union, which endorsed him in the November general election following... Andrew Cuomo and others. But charter school parents and operators suggested Mamdani was deviating from his affordability agenda — noting he’ll choke off classrooms that educate mostly black and Latino students from working-class and low-income neighborhoods that he...

(The Center Square) - Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani recently said that if elected mayor of New York City, he would fight against charter schools, leading parents to respond with outrage. “I oppose efforts by the state to mandate an expansion of charter school operations in New York City,” the state assemblyman from Queens said in a Staten Island Advance questionnaire prior to the June... Charter schools, which are publicly funded and often educate lower-income students, would not be allowed to share the same space as city-owned buildings, according to Mamdani. “I also oppose the co-locating of charter schools inside DOE (Department of Education) school buildings, but for those already co-located my administration would undertake a comprehensive review of charter school funding to address the... The mayoral candidate says that charter schools sidetrack public resources, and benefit the wealthy at the expense of lower income families, according to The Hill. Socialist Zohran Mamdani, D-New York, recently said that if elected mayor, he would fight against charter schools, leading parents to respond with outrage.

(The Center Square) - Socialist Zohran Mamdani, D-New York, recently said that if elected mayor, he would fight against charter schools, leading parents to respond with outrage. The NY state rep. said that he would declare war on charter schools if elected mayor of New York City, according to a survey. “I oppose efforts by the state to mandate an expansion of charter school operations in New York City,” he said in a Staten Island Advance questionnaire prior to the June Democratic primary, which he... Charter schools, which are publicly funded and educate lower-income students, would not even be allowed to share the same space as city-owned buildings, according to Mamdani. New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani continues to make waves with his radical agenda.

This time he’s targeting charter schools, producing some strong reactions from parents and residents. In an exclusive report by The New York Post, the newspaper wrote that Mamdani “plans to declare war on charter schools if he’s elected mayor,” according to a survey he answered June before the... The state assemblyman said he would “fight efforts to open more charters, which largely educate minority, working-class students, and even opposed the schools sharing space in city-owned buildings,” the article read. “I oppose efforts by the state to mandate an expansion of charter school operations in New York City,” he said in a Staten Island Advance questionnaire. Mother Arlene Rosado, who has a son in 10th grade at the “Nuasin Next Generation” K-12 charter school in the Bronx, said Mamdani doesn’t know what he’s talking about. It’s confirmed: If Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is elected New York City mayor in November, he’ll wage war on charter schools to the detriment of working-class families.

“I oppose efforts by the state to mandate an expansion of charter school operations in New York City,” the Queens Assemblyman said in a Staten Island Advance survey, according to the New York Post’s... “I also oppose the co-locating of charter schools inside DOE school buildings, but for those already co-located, my administration would undertake a comprehensive review of charter school funding to address the unevenness of our... New Yorkers ought to ask Mamdani how his opposition to charter schools squares with his self-styled image as a tribune to the working class. Charter schools primarily serve black and Hispanic students in lower-income neighborhoods. Parents demand more charter options — a request Albany has denied. Democrat New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani reportedly intends to declare war on charter schools if he wins November’s election.

Prior to the Democrat mayoral primary in June, Mamdani filled out a Staten Island Advance questionnaire in which he made his feelings about charter schools abundantly clear, according to the New York Post. “I oppose efforts by the state to mandate an expansion of charter school operations in New York City,” he wrote in the questionnaire. “I also oppose the co-locating of charter schools inside DOE (Department of Education) school buildings, but for those already co-located my administration would undertake a comprehensive review of charter school funding to address the... BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani says he’ll declare war on charter schools if elected mayor. Socialist Zohran Mamdani, D-New York, recently said that if elected mayor, he would fight against charter schools, leading parents to respond with outrage. The NY state rep.

said that he would declare war on charter schools if elected mayor of New York City, according to a survey. “I oppose efforts by the state to mandate an expansion of charter school operations in New York City,” he said in a Staten Island Advance questionnaire prior to the June Democratic primary, which he... Charter schools, which are publicly funded and educate lower-income students, would not even be allowed to share the same space as city-owned buildings, according to Mamdani. “I also oppose the co-locating of charter schools inside DOE (Department of Education) school buildings, but for those already co-located my administration would undertake a comprehensive review of charter school funding to address the... “The 33-year-old Queens assemblyman said he would fight efforts to open more charters, which largely educate minority, working-class students, and even opposed the schools sharing space in city-owned buildings.” School choices for me, but not for thee.

Far left New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani opposes charter schools in the city, even though when he first came to the United States, he attended the Bank Street School for Children, which,... He went to a private school. pic.twitter.com/4mxs9wwVpg — Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) August 7, 2025 Thousands of charter school leaders, students, parents and staff marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Thursday amid a highly contentious mayoral election in which frontrunner Zohran Mamdani has leveled criticism at the charter movement.

Organizers insisted the timing was a coincidence and the rally was not about electoral politics. But the political undertones — and parallels to another massive demonstration more than a decade ago — were hard to ignore. In 2013, an army of charter advocates took to the same bridge after then mayoral front-runner Bill de Blasio drew the sector’s ire for his unapologetic criticism of the schools. Mamdani’s campaign has said charter networks “siphon resources away from public education, often without real accountability or oversight.” Charter schools are publicly funded but operated independently of the local school system. One charter school leader’s comments seemed squarely aimed at Mamdani.

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