Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor, is planning to eliminate the city’s gifted and talented program for public school students in kindergarten through second grade.

Mamdani announced the policy in response to a questionnaire in The New York Times.

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Zohran Mamdani is proposing to eliminate gifted and talented program for kindergarteners

Mamdani's campaign said he'd keep the gifted program for third graders

Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa critcized the proposal, saying they would expand the gifted program

Mamdani’s opponents in the mayor’s race seized on Mamdani’s plans, saying that gifted and talented programs need to expand.

“I believe public education would take a giant step back if Mamdani was elected,” said Andrew Cuomo, the former Democratic gov

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