“We should have had clearer communication, let me say that at the outset,” city schools Chancellor David Banks said at Tuesday’s press conference.
Hochul and an Adams aide finally speak the truth about the borderNew York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday denied telling students and teachers to “shelter in place” during Friday’sDuring Adams’ first weekly off-topic press conference, Hizzoner was asked why the principals at the city’s 1,400 public schools were not made aware of the “shelter in place” order before he announced it during a late-morning press conference.
“I think what [the mayor] was trying to say to everybody was, ‘Stay where you are. Don’t send kids in … you know, out into the streets,’ but shelter in place, essentially the terminology that says nobody’s allowed into the school as well, which could in fact, create a lot of chaos, and parents and families who are rushing to schools to get their kids as well,” the commish said.
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