Meisha Porter

Porter will lead the Bronx Community Foundation as the Adams administration takes over.

City officials said 95% of NYC public school staff had gotten at least one COVID shot by Monday — 18,000 of them over the past 10 days.

The mayor is returning to once-a-week COVID testing in schools, and making it easier for unvaccinated students to stay in class.

New York City's Department of Education is reporting the majority of its classrooms’ ventilation systems are working as designed. But that leaves hundreds of classrooms and whole buildings still under repair.

The updated testing strategy is considerably dialed back from the previous protocol that held weekly testing of each school’s entire population.

The policy will not feature an alternative for weekly testing.

The city will invest $635 million this year to help kids catch up from 16 months of pandemic learning

State lawmakers also introduce legislation to ensure Asian American history is taught

New social distancing rules will allow more students to be in class together.

"I'm not interested in informing parents, I'm interested in engaging with parents, I'm interested in being a part of conversations with parents."