Most eligible families will receive the Summer EBT funds automatically. But last year among NY families required to apply, few submitted applications, according to state data.

Observers raised fears that Adams may face additional pressure to crack down on immigrants and reverberate across the nation’s largest school system.

Several of the city’s borough presidents are trying to expand the representation of young people on community boards. The move comes as New York is expanding civics education.

Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos is concerned about the governor’s school funding plan. She also asked Albany for more money to help implement a statewide student cellphone ban.

The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress reveal the city’s fourth graders are not recovering from pandemic disruptions at the same rate.

Though the city’s Education Department seemed poised to implement a systemwide ban last summer, Mayor Eric Adams pumped the brakes on that plan, spurred in part by concerns over the costs of implementation.

The proposal came Tuesday as Hochul presented her $252 billion 2026 state budget, which called for a nearly $1.7 billion increase in funding for the state’s public schools.

Gov. Kathy Hochul will move to limit cellphone use in New York schools this year, she said during her annual State of the State address in Albany.

The campaign will begin shortly after some advocates criticized Mayor Eric Adams due to the lack of concrete child care policy proposals in his State of the City speech.

The mayor’s speech, which leaned heavily on issues of affordability, public safety, and housing, comes at a pivotal moment for Adams.