Mayor Zohran Mamdani, standing next to Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels, holds a press conference to announce the expansion of 1,000 new 3-K seats in Staten Island on Monday, March 9, 2026. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post
A week after they united in canceling an AI-focused Manhattan public high school over bogus “racial justice” concerns, Chancellor Kamar Samuels proudly joined Mayor Zohran Mamdani to give The Bronx … Hip-Hop High.
Samuels bragged that it and four other new schools will deliver “innovative and culturally responsive instruction” and “build a stronger, more equitable future” for the city.
Which school is more likely to put students on a solid career path?
Next Gen Tech was to be academically rigorous, with a strong math and science curriculum including calculus and coding.
The School of Hip Hop plans to teach “hip-hop foundations,” entrepreneurship, and “civic engagement through music” — blatantly vaporous stuff — with the vague promise that kids will “graduate not only academically prepared,…