former: serving NYC kids via @nycschools. founder @TheNext100. COS of the amazing team at USDOE. daughter of immigrants, native NYer. views my own.
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With summer here, a big congrats to all our students, families and educators on a successful school year. I also want to give some ❤️ to the behind the scenes @NYCSchools Ops + Finance teams - always more to do, always room to improve, but these folks got so much stuff done. 1/
Welcome back to the best kids in the best city on earth and the @NYCSchools staff who make it all happen. Extra thanks to the thousands of custodial staff, school food workers and bus drivers who have been working long before today to make today go smoothly for kids. Also this ⬇️
If ever you start to lose faith in the world, I recommend standing outside a @NYCSchools building on the first day of the year, as all the globe's children--and their adoring parents--place a bet on the future. It will make your day.
I don’t really tweet anymore, but here to say: yay. So well-deserved and so happy for my city. @calfarrell is knowledgeable, smart, patient, kind, GSD, and knows just what to do in the case of…any and everything. We are all lucky to have her having NYC’s back in this new way.
Today, we're proud to announce a new era for emergency management in New York City.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed Christina Farrell as Commissioner of NYCEM—a leader whose experience and vision match this moment.
For more than three decades, Commissioner Farrell has been at the center of New York City's most critical moments. Commissioner Farrell built NYCEM's external affairs and community engagement work from the ground up—forging partnerships with elected officials, community-based organizations, private sector partners, and neighborhood leaders in every corner of every borough. She grew CERT and Ready New York into programs that put preparedness directly in the hands of the people who need it most.
Her record reflects what effective emergency management demands: operational excellence and deep community trust. Plans and logistics that work. Relationships and communication that hold when it matters most.
Under Mayor Mamdani's leadership, we're ready to build on this foundation—strengthening preparedness, deepening community partnerships, and delivering for 8.5 million New Yorkers.
That's the work ahead. That's the city we're building together.
Commissioner Farrell, congratulations. New York City is ready.
Let's get to work.
Our food trucks are better than your food trucks.
And a huge thanks to our amazing @NYCSchools school food workers, who serve close to 850,000 meals a day during the school year, and then pick it back up again for the summer to provide summer meals to young people across NYC.
Our #FreeSummerMeals Food Trucks are open 7 days / week through August 29!
🍎 Manhattan: Sara D. Roosevelt Park (Chrystie St & Forsythe St)
🍊 Brooklyn: Prospect Park (Parkside & Ocean Ave)
🍐 Bronx: Haffen Park (Ely Ave & Hammersley Ave)
Weekdays: 10AM-4PM
Weekends: 10AM-3PM
Please take a sec to learn more about Keisha — and about the work our amazing school food staff do to prep and serve close to 800,000 meals *each day* to students across the city.
Today feels like a good day to thank the exceptional civil servants at the US Dept of Ed, some of the most talented, committed, creative, hardworking folks I’ve had the honor of working with + learning from. Thanks for all you do every day. @arneduncan @JohnBKing @teachcardona
Seems like a good time to re-up this particular point.
While the stakes were higher here, many yrs in gov’t have taught me this is the (unrecognized) norm in a million ways. Here’s to all the gov’t “bureaucrats” who wake up every day and do their jobs. Proud to know you. @NYCSchools @usedgov @Education_44
“Keep your concert performance out of the shower.” Check out some excellent drought advice from @NYCSchools students below.
New York City is now under a #drought warning.
Millions of people rely on our city’s water supply every day.
Let’s join together and “Save Our Drip!” 💧
For more tips on how to save water, call 311 or visit nyc.gov/savewater. @NYCWater
Big thanks to @Mark_Zuckerman for his leadership at @TCFdotorg, and his commitment to building a more inclusive policy space for the next generation via @TheNext100. We appreciate you, Mark. cc: @Zakithebarber @LeviBohanan @RoquelCrutcher @rquiroz4ImEd @MarcelaMulh /1
After nearly a decade of transformative leadership, TCF president Mark Zuckerman will be stepping down in March 2025. bit.ly/3XlJaQe /1
ALT An image of TCF President Mark Zuckerman speaking at a podium. Text reads "TCF Announcement: Mark Zuckerman. TCF's Long-Serving President, to Step Down In Early 2025."
Great news for over half a million @NYCSchools students — thanks @MTA for the partnership.
(Even if I kind of miss the rainbow subway passes. And walking uphill both ways to school.)
New student @mta OMNY cards dropping this upcoming school year! 👀
Tap 24/7.
4 rides per day.
brat green.
Learn more at: new.mta.info/fares/student-o…
This #EarthDay I’m proud to share the work @NYCSchools is doing to create a more sustainable future for NYC + to support the next generation of climate leaders. From more energy efficient school bldgs to electric buses to solar career pathways for our students, we are greening./1
We are creating pathways to green jobs – 10+ CTE programs have launched our new pilot course, “Exploring Sustainability + the Green Economy.” /7
Lots of progress, lots more to do. Thanks to our students and staff (especially the
@GreenSchoolsNYC
team) and our partners at @nycgov (especially the @NYClimate team) for work to date and more to come. /8
While the stakes were higher here, many yrs in gov’t have taught me this is the (unrecognized) norm in a million ways. Here’s to all the gov’t “bureaucrats” who wake up every day and do their jobs. Proud to know you. @NYCSchools @usedgov @Education_44
Let’s go, @NYCSchools.
We secured a $77 million federal @epa grant that’ll QUADRUPLE our electric school bus fleet.
We’ll have a total of 231 electric buses to get our kids to and from school AND advance our progress towards major climate goals. 🔋
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