Ten months into New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s term, education advocates tell Fox News Digital that the democratic socialist mayor is falling short of delivering on the education promises he made during his campaign."It's not good enough to be the TikTok mayor for 900,000 New York City public school students and their families," said David Bloomfield, former general counsel for the New York City Board of Education."We need movement, not just words."Mamdani, who campaigned on a progressive education platform, was expected to make significant changes to the city's struggling public school system, but education advocates argue that his first 10 months in office have produced few substantive changes to K-12 education.MAMDANI'S EDUCATION PLAN'S 'LACK OF MERIT' COULD FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE STUDENT OUTCOMES: GOP LEADER WARNSNew York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani interacts with Pre-K students at Friends of Crown Heights Education Center on Nov.13, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City.
(Michael M.Santiago/Getty Images)"Mayor Mamdani has not addressed education adequately," Bloomfield said.
"Ten months into his administration, there is no real overwhelming education agenda or, particularly, regarding racial segregation or enrollment decline and school mergers … We're really hearing nothing out of the administration.""Most people who are involved in education advocacy and many parents are disappointed because they really expected a big shift from the last administration.Mamdani ran on a very progressive agenda overall, a kind of activist agenda, and yet we haven't seen many changes from the Adams administration in terms of K-12 education," said Class Size Matters founder Leonie Haimson.Bloomfield, a professor emeritus at Brooklyn College, argued that Mamdani's administration has yet to establish a comprehensive strategy for addressing declining enrollment, racial segregation, overcrowded classrooms and other issues facing the ...