City sues over funding pulled by federal government

The city is suing the federal government over nearly $50 million in funding for magnet schools it pulled over the city’s policies regarding transgender students.

The city’s public schools have long allowed transgender students to use restrooms, locker rooms and changing rooms, and play on sports teams, matching their gender identity. But the federal government says that violates Title IX and demanded the city separate students in those spaces based on their biological sex. Doing so would violate state law in New York.

In the filing, the city education department argues the funding had previously been approved, and that the new interpretation of Title IX “puts politics before public schools” and is contrary to the law.

The suit comes after the mayor has previously said he does not believ