{"id":3985,"date":"2025-06-22T02:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T02:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/3985\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T02:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T02:02:11","slug":"nyc-socialist-mayoral-candidate-zohran-mamdani-a-fan-of-abolishing-shsat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/3985\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani a fan of abolishing SHSAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Socialist\u00a0NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani once pushed to abolish the city\u2019s admissions test for\u00a0Gotham\u2019s elite public high schools\u00a0because he thought it was racist, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The Queens assemblyman \u2013 who is second only to ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in most polls heading into Tuesday\u2019s Democratic mayoral primary \u2013 hasn\u2019t said much about the topic on the campaign beyond telling Chalkbeat last week<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/newyork\/2025\/06\/13\/nyc-mayoral-candidates-education-platform-school-system-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u00a0he\u2019d support an independent study of the Specialized High Schools Admission Test <\/a>for signal out gender and racial bias.<\/p>\n<p>However, when asked by the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club in February 2022 to describe legislation and policy changes he supports to address \u201cthe ongoing effect of slavery, racism, colonialism and discrimination\u201d Mamdani \u2013 a former specialized test tutor \u2013 singled out spiking the SHSAT.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49707602;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36310776\" width=\"883\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-sen-bernie-sanders-made-106652192.jpg\" alt=\"Zohran Mamdani, NYC mayoral candidate, speaking.\" class=\"wp-image-36310776\"  \/>Socialist\u00a0NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani once advocated for abolishing the city\u2019s controversial admissions test for\u00a0Gotham\u2019s elite public high schools\u00a0because he feels it\u2019s\u00a0too racist. Paul Martinka<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a graduate of Bronx Science, I have personally witnessed just how segregated New York City public schools are, especially our specialized high school,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/jimowles.org\/news\/candidate-answers-to-joldc-zohran-mamdani-for-ny-assembly-district-36-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">he said at the time. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI support measures to integrate our public schools and fully fund our education system, including the abolition of the SHSAT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The SHSAT under state law is the sole criteria for entry into the city\u2019s eight elite public high schools, including Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant and Brooklyn Tech.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36310777\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/andrew-cuomo-speaks-rally-buildings-106677696.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Cuomo speaking at a rally.\" class=\"wp-image-36310777\"  \/>Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the favorite to win the Democratic mayoral nomination, has long supported keeping the SHSAT.  Erik Pendzich\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said the ex-gov has been and \u201ccontinues to be in favor to keep the exam is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former far-left Mayor Bill de Blasio tried twice to change the law while Cuomo ran the state, failing both times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His chosen chancellor, Richard Carranza, once called the elite high schools<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/08\/asians-americans-are-inconvenient-for-social-justice-ideologues\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cthe epicenter of privilege,\u201d <\/a>citing a lack of black and Latino representation.<\/p>\n<p>Reps for Mamdani did not return messages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Socialist\u00a0NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani once pushed to abolish the city\u2019s admissions test for\u00a0Gotham\u2019s elite public high schools\u00a0because&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5297,5298,5299,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,80,5300,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-3985","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-andrew-cuomo","10":"tag-bronx-high-school-of-science","11":"tag-elite-high-schools","12":"tag-metro","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-politics","20":"tag-standardized-testing","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-us-news","27":"tag-usa","28":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114724558823470107","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}