Overview

• In Monday interviews, Mayor Eric Adams said the 'radical left' has 'hijacked' the Democratic Party and reiterated he would change the city's school bathroom policy if he had the authority.
• Adams said he will review the rules and would use whatever power he has to stop boys and girls from using the same restroom at the same time if that is permitted, while denying his stance was prompted by President Trump and citing his mother as his influence.
• Current New York City Public Schools policy allows students to use facilities consistent with their asserted gender identity, a position the schools chancellor recently reaffirmed as guided by state law and district values.
• A letter from NYC Public Schools General Counsel Liz Vladeck asked the U.S. Education Department’s civil-rights office to explain how Title IX interpretations justify targeting $35 million in Magnet Schools Assistance Program grants and requested a 30-day extension.
• Reporting notes a broader risk to roughly $2.5 billion in federal education funding and places Adams’s position within the context of his reelection campaign.