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, is “pushing hard” to be the city’s next schools chancellor and is vowing to lead a “revolution in our public schools,” The Post has learned. The bombastic ex-“Squad” member sounded like he had already won the appointment from his socialist soulmate Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Thursday night, when he addressed comrades at the Democratic Socialists of America’s NYC chapter on Zoom.
“I’m an educator, lifelong educator. When we get universal child care y’all it’s going to lead to a revolution in our public schools!” he thundered.“Let’s continue building power. . . . Winning this election gives us and Zohran the right to govern but it doesn’t give us the power.” Bowman, 49, who campaigned heavily for Mamdani, has been leaning on close comrade Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to lobby the incoming mayor to get him the city’s top education gig, a source told The Post. Bowman did some lobbying himself this weekend — he was spotted strolling with two United Federation of Teachers officials at the SOMOS conference in Puerto Rico Friday.Zohran Mamdani's wife uses her art to rage against US 'imperialism,' 'Israeli war crimes'“He’s been pushing for this job for a long time,” the insider said of Bowman’s desire to become chancellor. However, Bowman has run into opposition from another avowed Marxist, former Mayor Bill de Blasio, who doesn’t believe he has the necessary experience for the role. Bowman served as principal of the Bronx Cornerstone Academy for Social Action from 2009 to 2019. State records indicate Bowman was , but he allowed the certificate to expire on Jan. 31, 2014, and did not re-establish his certification until Dec. 16, 2015.In other words, for a period of nearly two years, Bowman operated a public school without a license — a violation of New York law. Bowman has been a vocal supporter of the opt-out movement, which encourages parents to block their kids from taking state exams, calling it necessary “civil disobedience.”He was censured after infamously pulling a fire alarm in 2023 to delay a House spending vote. Bowman also has denied that Hamas raped Israeli women on Oct. 7 and once toutedclaiming on his personal blog that Osama Bin Laden was blamed for the terrorist attack to justify war in Afghanistan.“This is beyond evil, all New Yorkers have something to worry about here, but especially Jews,” City University trustee Jeffrey Wiesenfeld told The Post of the prospect of a Chancellor Bowman.Mamdani has not shown his hand so far in who will lead the nation’s biggest school system — which faces plummeting student enrollment, chronic absenteeism and lackluster test scores on reading and math.Stephen Yang for the New York Post She told The Post that she and the mayor-elect have not discussed whether she’ll stay in her role, but touted her background. “I’m a New Yorker, I’m a New York City public school mom. It’s important to me that the system runs well,” Aviles-Ramos said.Keeping Aviles-Ramos would bring continuity in curriculum initiatives, but she hasn’t yet announced “a long-term vision for the schools,” David Bloomfield, a Brooklyn College and CUNY Grad School education professor, told The Post. She is relying on State Sen. Luis Sepulveda, UFT President Mike Mulgrew and Bronx State Assemblywoman Chantel Jackson to advocate for her, an insider said.Longtime educator and Brooklyn City Councilwoman Rita Joseph also joined the SOMOS conference in Puerto Rico. Joseph, whose district includes Windsor Terrace and Crown Heights, taught at PS 6 in Flatbush for 23 years and chairs the Council’s education committee.Joseph lacks the necessary credentials to serve in the position — a chancellor needs either a state School District Administrator or School District Leader certification — but she could easily get a waiver from Albany, Bloomfield said.Queens Councilman Robert Holden trashed the idea of Joseph serving as chancellor, saying she would just be “more of the same.”Meisha Ross Porter — at her $45,000 gala — served briefly as chancellor under ex-Mayor de Blasio and is vying to return to the post..to serve as schools chancellor after de Blasio tapped her to succeed scandal-plagued Richard Carranza, who abruptly resigned in 2021. De Blasio is pushing Mamdani to reinstall her because she has served as a teacher, principal and superintendent as well as chancellor, an insider aid.that she is under consideration to become CEO of Chicago Public Schools, and will interview with the mayor and the Chicago Board of Education next week.8In 2021, she proposed eliminating the SHSAT — the exam that determines admission into eight elite NYC high schools — charging that it denies entry to many black and Hispanic students.The-Chancellor David Banks appointed Samuels superintendent of District 3 on the Upper West Side in 2022, saying he would “bring a spirit of innovation and out-of-the-box thinking.”However, insiders familiar with Samuels’ tenure trashed his record and said they couldn’t understand why he was being considered for the role. “He’s completely useless, no work ethic, always delegates responsibility, never takes any for himself. Tells everyone whatever he thinks they want to hear, and inevitably the lies blow up in his face,” one insider told The Post.From YouTube to state custody: Viral fame destroys America’s 'most inbred family'Rikki Schlott Politicians on both sides of the aisle are waffling on moral consistency — and it’s time to get a backboneKim Kardashian mocked for exposing her thong in suit in critically panned show ‘All’s Fair’ Jeremy Renner slaps ex-film partner with a cease and desist, threatens legal action after romance claimsWhat Josh Hart risks by playing through hand injury | The Injury ReportCurrent schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos wants to remain on the job under incoming Mayor Mamdani.Meisha Ross Porter -- at her $45,000 gala -- served briefly as chancellor under ex-Mayor de Blasio and is vying to return to the post..
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