Today is Monday, November 10th, 2025
Today’s forecast calls for a mix of sun and clouds, with a high in the mid-50s. Tomorrow will be chillier, with an expected high of only 43, but the mercury should climb back into the 50s for the rest of the week. No rain expected till Sunday.
On this date in 1969, Sesame Street premiered on the National Educational Television network, the precursor to PBS. The show was the first children’s program to use educational goals and a curriculum to shape its content. In the 56 years since its premiere, it has won over 200 Emmy Awards — more than any other children’s program — and is one of the longest-running television shows in the world. In 2018, it was estimated that 86 million Americans had grown up watching it.
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With the fate of November SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits still unclear, thanks to the government shutdown, City Councilmember Gale Brewer’s staff has compiled a spreadsheet of UWS food pantries and soup kitchens, which can be found — HERE. UWSers who want to donate food or volunteer will find contact information for each site on the spreadsheet, but also can email district6@council.nyc.gov (with subject line ‘pantry support’).
News Roundup
Compiled by Laura Muha
Minutes after Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor, parents whose children attend prestigious private schools in the city began actively trying to transfer them to private schools outside of the city, according to the New York Post. The publication interviewed school placement consultant Christopher Rim, who said that one day after the election, 23 parents already had asked for his help in getting their children into schools elsewhere, including several parents whose children attend Trinity School on West 91st Street.
“Within the first 30 minutes of AP announcing Mamdani’s victory, I got three messages from families looking to move,” said Rim, founder and CEO of Command Education.
Many of those planning to transfer their children to schools out of the city are Jewish and are concerned that Mamdani’s election will lead to an increase in antisemitism, according to Rim. “They’re saying they’re worried about safety in their everyday life,” Rim said. “I don’t even think it’s a financial thing. I don’t think it’s the taxes or how much more money they would have to pay to live here.”
He said that the students involved range from third graders on up through high school and currently attend schools such as Riverdale, Horace Mann, Ramaz, and Avenues, as well as Trinity.
Many are looking to transfer their children to schools on the east coast of Florida, but Greenwich, Conn., and Saddle River, N.J., also are of interest, Rim told the Post.
He said he also spoke with parents who took NYU and Columbia off their child’s college application list “because they don’t want their kid to live in New York City” while Mamdani is mayor.
“These are families who have been thinking of leaving, been wanting to leave,” Rim said. “This is just the final thing that pushed them to New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, or even further.”
Read the full story — HERE.
Families who do flee to Florida in the wake of the mayoral election won’t have to travel back to New York in order to get a taste of home: H&H Bagels recently opened its first location in Tampa, Fla.
The famed shop was founded on the UWS in 1972 but became known far beyond the city thanks to appearances on television shows such as Seinfeld, Sex & the City, and The Office. H&H has been expanding geographically in recent years: In addition to seven shops in the city, it has one in California and one in Tennessee. The Tampa location is the third H&H location in Florida, and the only one on the state’s west coast, but the company’s website lists six other Florida locations as “coming soon.”
In honor of the opening of the Tampa shop, Neighborhood News Online, a local site covering neighborhoods in suburban Tampa Bay, sent reporter Gary Nager — a former New Yorker — to try the bagels.
Nager wrote that in the past, he had lived a few blocks from H&H’s Second Avenue location, and that “[t]he company’s kettle-boiled-then-baked bagels in New York were as good as any I had ever had,” so he was eager to see how the Tampa H&H bagels compared.
As it turned out, they measured up beautifully — and in an interview, H&H CEO Jay Rushkin, explained why: “The bagels are made with that famous New York water, boiled, frozen and shipped here.”
Nager placed an order to try one for himself: “a toasted, scooped-out sesame bagel with cream cheese, Nova Scotia salmon and I was surprised and thrilled to be able to add a shmear of real whitefish salad, plus a slice of tomato.”
His verdict? “Just yum!”
Read the full story — HERE.
In other election-related news, billionaire hedge-fund manager (and UWSer) Bill Ackman — who initially supported Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign for re-election, and later announced his support for Andrew Cuomo — made news on election night when he posted on X to congratulate the new mayor.
“@ZohranKMamdani, congrats on the win,” wrote Ackman, founder and chief executive of Pershing Square Capital Management. “Now you have a big responsibility. If I can help NYC, just let me know what I can do.”
During an appearance on Good Morning America the day after the election, Mamdani was asked about Ackman’s offer to help. “I appreciated his words,” the mayor-elect responded. “I think what I find is that there is a needed commitment from leaders of the city to speak and work with anyone who is committed to lowering the cost of living in the city — and that’s something that I will fulfill.”
Read the full story — HERE and HERE.
Hundreds of people gathered in Columbus Circle last week in a candlelight vigil to honor the memory of Omer Neutra, the Long Island native who served in the Israeli army and was killed in the October 7th, 2023, terror attack by Hamas. As part of the recent ceasefire agreement, Neutra’s remains were returned to Israel by Hamas after 758 days.
Neutra, a tank platoon commander, was raised in Plainview, in Nassau County. He died one week before his 22nd birthday.
“After more than two years of anguish and uncertainty, our beloved son Captain Omer Neutra has finally been returned to us,” said his mother, Orna Neutra, speaking from Israel. Neutra was buried in Tel Aviv on Friday.
Read/watch the full story — HERE.
ICYMI:
Here are a few stories we think are worth a look if you missed them last week — or a second look if you saw them. (Note that our comments stay open for six days after publication, so you may not be able to comment on all of them.)
WSR Sits Down With the New Commander of the UWS’ 24th Police Precinct
UWS Community Board Makes Its Official Recommendation on Fate of 135-Year-Old Church
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Wow, lots of anti-Mamdani content here today with nothing in his favor to balance it out. If I wanted to read the Post or watch Newsmax, I would.
Given how the UWS votes, the people commenting on the UWS must be really unrepresentative.
Just turn on MSNBC to make you feel better.
Huh?
When the Berlin wall came down there wasn’t too many flocking to the east side. You folks did a stupid thing in NYC. All because of TDS and a lack of education in the younger people, with a sprinkling of let’s teach our kids to be perpetual victims that need free stuff to survive because they studied useless subjects at college.
The only people who use the term “TDS” are those who are too deep Into their cult and everyone should just know to ignore those comments. They don’t think freely and just regurgitate what their cult leaders tell them to.
Several U.S. cities have free public transportation, though some offer it only on certain routes, for specific groups, or through pilot programs. Kansas City, Missouri, was the first large city to implement a systemwide zero-fare policy for its buses. Other examples include Tucson, Arizona; Albany, New York; Birmingham, Alabama; Worcester, Massachusetts; and Las Cruces, New Mexico. Some cities, like San Francisco and Boston, are testing fare-free programs on specific routes or for certain demographics like seniors and youth.
Imagine having a problem with a free bus ride.
East Berlin is probably the nicest part of Berlin now. People who stayed or invested early, did extremely well. Kreuzberg in particular is awesome.
Very good reply, they just waste their parents money
Maybe people just don’t like him and the policies.
The election suggests otherwise.
What’s to like
Then I guess they should vote.
It’s ok to expand your sources. I subscribe to both the NYT and WSJ and often pick up the Post from a kiosk. Bubbles are for baths, not for people.
Except the NYT and WSJ are legitimate news sources and the Post is not.
Lol..lol..lol..just lie the BBC nothing but the biased truth.
After the overwhelmingly supportive coverage last week on Mamdani’s win, I think that’s called balance.
I mean, he won and won big – “overwhelmingly supportive” = reporting the news
He actually didn’t win “big” by NYC standards. The City is 3:1 Democratic and the usual election is 65 – 35 or more.
As to your first comment, seriously? They should scour the news for an offset to a story that (because Trinity School) directly reflects on the Upper West Side?
(For what it’s worth, I think the story is garbage. People will react, explore options, and overwhelmingly they’ll stay. About once every six months the Post reports that 25 – 40% of NYC is about to leave but the fact is that the City’s population is growing, as are our tax revenues)
Cuomo is a career Dem who ran as an independent in name only after being trounced in the primary. How can you credibly argue 65-35 as though this was like every other NYC mayoral election of Dem vs. Repub?
50 % for him 50% against him not a big win just a equally divided city
Except he was running against two candidates in the general, not one, and still won by mandate.
You should certainly avoid the BBC as a source for accurate information!
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/world-news/bbc-head-tim-davie-resigns-over-doctored-footage-of-trumps-jan-6-speech-in-documentary/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Tell that to those leaving the BBC due to not so great journalism.
The Post isn’t exactly accurate! When I see the Guardian or Axios or the NYTimes telling me that the BBC is regularly inaccurate, I might take it seriously – not if the NY Post says it. The BBC does lean left, I won’t deny that – not as much as other news sources, not nearly as much as the Post or Fox leans right.
The problem is that whatever Trump said that day, he still encouraged the coup attempt, and he should never have held a rally in DC that day, just doing that borders on sedition.
You probably should. You’d get more balance and different viewpoints than if you spend all your time reading the NYTimes and watching MSNBC.
The NYT has been highly anti-Mamdani.
Perhaps you missed the fawning piece in the magazine?
That’s basically a different publication, that long time NYT readers know to not take seriously.
The same magazine published a puff piece on Glenn Beck back when he was a thing.
Then there’s the infamous Milton Friedman article from 1970.
There is nothing remotely balanced in the Post or Fox news.
“Local high school bully thrilled about new crop of nerds after gifted program eliminated”
He’s proposed sundowning G&T for 5th grade and younger, not “high school.”
It was like first or second grade. Your 6 year old is not gifted, nor talented
“These are families who have been thinking of leaving, been wanting to leave,” Rim said. “This is just the final thing that pushed them to New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, or even further.”
And there’s the real truth, folks. Already had one foot (or half their torso) out the door.
The New York Post is a rabid MAGA publication. This story is typical of the kind of anti-progressive, anti-left new it hysterically pushes. I am disappointed that The Rag published it in toto without any evaluation of the source.
The Post, and Fox, live to gin up the right and keep them convinced that cities are dangerous hellholes. I’ve had folk from Dallas, where the murder rate is 3X ours, ask if I feel safe, with genuine concern for fragile me.
Meanwhile, on any given day in Texas and Florida each? More die on the roads than are killed in our subways in a year. Each.
AND? Fox news signed a 20 year renewal of its lease in NYC while Murdoch bought a 30 million dollar condo. While ginning up the readers/watcher into thinking that the National Guard is needed to make places like this safe.
It’s good to leave the far left media bubble.
Post is the right-wing-nut foil of the loony-left Daily News. If you can’t see that both papers are the highly partisan, low-brow equivalents of each other, then you don’t (or can’t) think critically.
Funny that Sesame Street is mentioned, but not the fact that the show was originally shot on the UWS! The old RKO theater (where there is now a Staples): https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3430
Hard to take the NYPost claims seriously, they’ve been the leading voice of hysteria on our new mayor. Vast majority of these folks claiming they will leave NYC are some combination of not serious or on their way out the door for other reasons.
Better than the New Times. What a rag that’s become.
Sure, let’s extol the Post over the Times–because as we know, facts have a definite left-leaning bias!
Saying one thing is better than another is not extolling it. Consider the phrase “lesser of two evils.”
No news source is perfect but clearly the NYPost got their marching orders from Rupert to attack Mamdani. It was the front page story daily with sensationalized or out of context headlines. My favorite one was the hard hitting “scoop” that Mamdani’s Aunt who was scared to wear a hijab after 9/11 was actually his dad’s cousin. Like lmao that’s really all they could dig up??
Love or hate the NYTimes they are trying to be a real news source, not a propaganda rag.
Denial.
Maybe more apartments will become available!
Expensive ones that aren’t rent stabilized.
It’s wonderful that several spots are opening up in the private schools , now those family’s are leaving. I hope the spots go to well deserving students.
Absolutely shameless. You should be fighting for a city where everyone feels welcome, not celebrating these peoples departures. The parents’ careers are not even known so for all you know, these could be cancer researchers picking up and leaving.
Entirely their fault for not feeling “welcome”. Delusional people falling for post headlines. Maybe you don’t deserve this city and should leave
“You should be fighting for a city where everyone feels welcome, ”
Does that include Muslims or no, just curious
If a racist want to leave New York. All I have to say is good bye and good riddance. That’s all I have to say.
It breaks my heart that families believe that all Mamdani supporters are anti Semitic and feel for the safety of their children. I voted for Mamdani. I am not anti semitic nor pro Palestine nor pro Israel. I believe in his fiscal policies to tax the rich to address affordability issues. I wish all beings safety, health, happiness and a peaceful life.
How sweet of you. When the rich no longer have any interest in being taxed or facing a hostile crowd, you’ll be left with nothing.
Nothing from nothing leaves nothing
How delusional of you. The rich are going nowhere. Where would they go. Miami!?! lol! When was the last time you were there. It has more than double the crime rate of nyc. And less than a third of the reasons to be there.
I’m so proud of New Yorkers who had the courage to embodied the United States Constitution and say “We the People” have had enough..You are the Light in a world of Darkness. I live in New Jersey…we have no elected officials of the like. ..
I understand that you are quoting a story in the Tampa-based Neighborhood News Online, but it is still disquieting to read faulty or misleading information about H&H Bagels in WSR! Yes, the famed shop was founded on the Upper West Side in 1972 (at Broadway and 80th), but it became widely known for its phenomenal bagels long before it was featured in a 1997 Seinfeld episode! More to the point, one of the two original H&H founders opened H&H Midtown Bagels East on the Upper East Side in 1974; however, when H&H went bankrupt (for the first time) in 1979, a new group took over ownership of the UES H&H location, resulting in a split with the owners of the original and one true UWS location. The original W. 80th location closed in January 2012, which means that ever since that time the entity operating the H&H name is different than the original establishment. Why does this matter? Because the bagels the current H&H Bagels make are nowhere near as good! I live close enough to the UWS location (Columbus between 85th and 86th) that opened in 2016 and was remodeled in 2022 to go there every day if I wanted to. Alas, after several tries both before and after the remodel I never go there. The H&H that is alive today and expanding to other parts of the country just isn’t very good.
The so-called H&H on Columbus is one of the least friendly shops in the neighborhood. They’re really in the business of selling sandwiches and resent when you just want to buy bagels. Which I no longer do. The bagels at the bustling Space Market next door come from who-knows-where, but they’re better than the H&H product.
Jerry, you’re absolutely right. The H&H bagels of today are a horrible bastardization of the originals.
I agree. We used to stop by the H&H on the West Side to get Bagels. It was our neighborhood store. My kids grew up eating warm bagels from that store. I tried the current H&H Bagels and it is NOT the same at all.
For many years “Sesame Street” was taped at the Reeves Teletape studios at Broadway and 81st Street in the building where Staples is now located. Earlier in the late 1950s it was a CBS color studio which originated the highly-viewed broadcast of “Cinderella” starring Julie Andrews in 1957.
I can understand the fear of antisemitism on the part of some parents but surrendering by flight is not the answer. I am surprised that the endorsement of a Democrat Socialist by the United Federation of Teachers has not spurred a parental response in the public school system. One has to wonder what is being ingrained into the children by these educators.
We can all be certain that kids aren’t learning about the failures of socialist governments throughout history.
Even here on the comments section we typically see people saying things like “no social security for you – no Medicare for you” because supposedly-educated UWSers don’t know the difference between social welfare programs and socialism.
Like Scandinavia, maybe? Democratic Socialist countries. They don’t seem to be failing.
Yes the countries with zero diversity/one culture/tiny population. Just like America!
That’s a product of political campaign rhetoric, negative campaigning, scare mongering, slanted journalism, outright dishonesty and abject ignorance among too many average Americans. Socialism is control of the means of production. Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders and AOC are not socialists! “Democratic Socialist” is a made up term to draw attention to the plight of the working class, as well as the enormous economic inequality that has ballooned in our nation during late-stage capitalism.
are you sure?
A self-described democratic socialist, Mamdani used the phrase “seizing the means of production” during a live streamed conference of the Young Democratic Socialists of America in February 2021.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/jul/03/seizing-means-production-Zohran-Mamdani/
Funny that Sesame Street was mentioned but not that fact that it was originally shot on the UWS! At the old RKO theater on Broadway and 81: https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3430
I’m a Jewish parent with a child in private school who strongly opposed Mamdani, though primarily due to his lack of experience and unrealistic plans. That being said, I don’t think the world is going to end because he is mayor. I think that he handled Jewish-related issues very poorly but I don’t think that in his heart he is anti-Semitic and that he will not tolerate egregiously bad behavior towards Jews.
Please don’t quote ridiculous, sensationalistic NY Post articles – it is beneath WSR. If people are truly dumb enough to be moving immediately because he is mayor, they don’t need to be further glorified by being mentioned here. Good riddance to them.
Thanks for sharing this entirely reasonable take!
It’s fine to have policy disagreements with our new mayor without believing he is a wild-eyed anti-Semitic jihadist like he is portrayed as in the NYPost’s fan fiction
If you dont believe the Post in the danger that Mandami poses to the NY jewish community, perhaps you should trust the local rabbis.
Some of whom opposed Mamdani’s candidacy, others who did not
But I’m not in favor of having any religious figures tell congregants how to vote, be it evangelicals in the south or rabbis in NYC.
Yeah most of the UWS wins are fully opposed to him now
Can’t take seriously the opinion of anyone who scoops out their bagel
I’m surprised at how racist people are, just because the current mayor is not the same religion as you, you will leave. Ridiculous.
They are not leaving because he is a different religion. They are leaving because of things he has said and done as well as the company he keeps. You may not agree with their interpretation of his comments and actions, but don’t resort to calling them racist.
Agreed.
I find this amusing as New York is probably one of the most comfortable and Jewish friendly cities in the world, with schools and colleges with some of the highest Jewish populations in the US. Good luck to you in the South.
Goes to show how many people are driven by fear and other (oftentimes irrational) emotions, versus reason.
“Minutes after Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor, parents whose children attend prestigious private schools in the city began actively trying to transfer them to private schools outside of the city, according to the New York Post …”
A Murdoch-owned publication making up stuff about the victory of a Democrat[ic socialiast]? Say it isn’t so!
Re people moving their children out of NYC private schools, apparently, and very sadly, at least SOME of the racism and fear-mongering about Mamdani has worked.
But Mamdani didn’t run for Congress, he ran for mayor. So his personal views on Israel and Israeli politics are irrelevant, as long as he maintains – as he has consistently – his vow to protect NYC Jews and to fight anti-Semitism at every turn. And I firmly believe he will do so.
Sadly, Islamophobes cannot imagine a Muslim caring about and protecting Jewish people. But the two are not mutually exclusive.
Hear, hear!
It’s feeling to me like that there are people using “fear of anti-semitism” as a way of expressing their bigotry toward Muslims. New York does not need tribalism; where has that ever worked except to breed conflict.
Well said.
I hope all these wealthy private school parents leave and take their tax revenue with them.
Let’s see Mamdani pay for all his proposed nonsense when the wealthy leave.
And I have many friends who are seriously considering leaving the city.
Yes, free child care for every New Yorker aged 6 weeks to 5 years is nonsense! How could any wealthy New Yorker stand for that! Can you imagine such a thing? /s
As a Jew, I am tired of the ignorance, lack of humanity and prejudice of my fellow Jews. Mamdani is not anti-semitic; it is the Jews threatened by him who are anti-Palestinian. Everyone has a right to their beliefs about Israel; however, having taught in NYC private schools for over 30 years, I believe that this exodus has more to do with pocketbook fears than religious ones.
Well-said.
So Jews who feel threatened by Mamdani are anti-Palestinian?
Is logic simply out of vogue?
There’s very understandable logic to that if you follow that the charges of antisemitism against Mamdani flow directly from his opposition to Israel as it’s currently constructed vis a vis the Palestinian people. I personally do not agree with all of Mamdani’s views on the Middle East, but I see clearly how so many supporters of Israel view the conflict as a zero sum game and translate their revulsion of Hamas (which it should go without saying is entirely justified) into overt prejudice against Palestinians. Mamdani has also been deeply critical of Benjamin Netanyahu, and it is extremely difficult to support or defend Netanyahu’s policies without dehumanizing Palestinians.
That’s some pretty creative logic.
The Riverdale Country School is located smack-dab in the middle of Fieldston, the richest neighborhood in the Bronx, where the various mansions are primarily owned by Jews. Horace Mann isn’t far from it, nor are the Hebrew schools called SARS. If the families of students there are skipping town, it may be because they are mucho rich and balk at paying extra Mamdani taxes, because their kids are perfectly safe in Riverdale.
IDK not rich enough to pay 2% more? haha
Will be great to get these people out, and go back to call it NEW YORK.
Hicklib Transplant City has a decent vibe.
I’m NOT a fan of H&H Bagels but the taste and quality of all bread products are dependent on the flavor and quality of the water used in production. An H&H bagel made in Florida will not be any better than any other bread product in Florida! This article really made me laugh, reading about H&H locations popping up around the country… Bagels made west of the Mississippi River??? Made In LA??? No Thank You!!!! A GREAT bagel only comes from the Tri-State Area!!!!!
I recall going to a pizza place in Philly that claimed they brought in the water used in the pizza from NYC as that made their pizza better. I was very doubtful but give them points for their effort…
Like the (quite good) ice cream place at 78th and Broadway that says all their ingredients come from Italy. Seriously?
H&H bagels aren’t anything close to the original, so what does it matter that some one who owns the name does in Florida?
We need to get a recall option established in NY. After the George Santos fiasco it should’ve been on the ballot this year.
to recall Trump?
1) Bill Ackman sounds like a patronizing, oversolicitous jerk with an unsubtle agenda. Don’t fall for it, Zohran! 2) Wealthy mostly-Jewish, parents all “suddenly” planning to move their private school students away, “for their safety”? Again, a very unsubtle agenda, by what may be a coalition, giving marching orders to their bloc.
I hear they have good private schools in Israel.
Priceless. DEI for years and years. Now it’s here and the truth is apparent.
I’m curious why parents waited until after the election to attempt to transfer their kids. The teacher’s union backed him months ago, that’s when we got our kids out.
Not just NYers taking NYC schools off college list — we are out of state and my senior and friends have all decided to take NYC schools off list. Not Jewish but parents and kids agree not worth the risk in safety . RIP NYC.
Good. Will maintain the culture of this city. Too many lames like you bringing down the vibe
NYC isn’t dangerous, what are you on about? Or are you listening to Trump too much?
I’m very happy with the win of Mamdani. I’m Jewish and in my early 60s’. I don’t buy in to the racism or fears of anti-semitism. I think some of his ideas are excellent and like his positive energy. And most particularly, his competition was lacking. Sliwa’s a joke and Cuomo just didn’t get that New Yorkers are not interested in him any more.
He is a Trojan horse…his acceptance speech tone revealed his true nature
I agree. Jewish and in my late 60s, not Zionist at all. I think the anti-semitism is exaggerated, and I think there’s just as much Islamophobia. I like Mamdani’s positive energy. Not quite so sure about some of his ideas – I think subsidies (child care, buses, rent-stabilized housing) should be means tested, not available to all. Free CUNY tuition, too – others have proposed that.
But we really need the new energy in politics, and younger people. Okay, I am a bit nervous about his inexperience – I hope he has the sense to surround himself with really experienced people. But I think it’s a good thing for the old white guys to move on (fortunately NY electeds aren’t as white and male as federal elected are) and I’m looking forward to what comes next.
The UWS H&H and UES locations were not ever connected and aren’t now. 2 separate owners and businesses. Ask Jay.
Mamdani comes across as an articulate and intelligent person. The GOP is demonizing him and he’s not even in office. People are just tired of the status quo of politics where nothing ever gets done and those that are of modest means are marginalized more and more! This bigotry has got to end. Did all of the Muslims flee NYC when Bloomberg was Mayor? Don’t make Mamdani out to be the Boogeyman. Give him a chance. If he’s a total disaster then vote accordingly and remove him from office! That’s how it’s supposed to work in a democracy. VOTE!!!
Well, I have ruthless advice about Mamdani, and no expertise.
23 parents contacted this Rim guy to say they’re thinking of leaving.
There are 200,000 private school students in NYC. It’s a non story,
It’s hard to call Rikki Scott of the NYPost a reporter, even though the Post labels her as such. Is Michael Goodwin really a reporter?
Also pretty hard to imagine that wealthy Trinity parents (of any background) have never heard boarding schools like Andover, St. Paul’s, Choate, or even the “hippy” Putney.
The post article looks like marketing for a secondary school consultant.
I see, irony, that that Collegiate School is missing from the concern “articles'” list.
Given that the upper west side went to Mamdani and the vast majority of Jewish New Yorkers voted for Mamdani. It’s kind of pandering to paranoia and his homophobia spend the space highlighting those parents here. Not to mention that going to Florida, one of the most bigoted states right now, is very telling.
I think all racism is a terrible thing. So if a bunch of racist want to leave the city because of mamdani’s win I see no downside to that.
Fleeing New York City to Florida and Connecticut because of fear of anti-Semitism? Oof good luck.
Forgive me if I’m skeptical about that private school story. Christopher Rim is a very young and very talented self-promoter – a quick Google search finds him being quoted in the past by Fortune (“This millennial was rejected from 200 jobs—now he makes millions charging wealthy families six-figures to get their kids into the Ivy Leagues”), New York magazine (“Inventing the Perfect College Applicant”), Bloomberg (“Ultra-Rich Buy Ultra-Luxury Counseling to Get Kids Into Harvard”), the Bergen Record, Business Insider, several U.K. papers, and at least two earlier stories in the New York Post (“Ivy League slashes price of ‘donor door’ from $20M to $2M after antisemitism storm,” “Beating the odds: How students stand out and get into the Ivy League”).
Rim, like all of us, knows that the Post wants Mamdani to fail. What better way to get his name in that paper than to say Post readers need to turn to consultants like him right now if they want to beat the (real or imaghinary) rush to suburban schools caused by the allegedly evil and allegedly anti-Semitic new mayor?
I’m not buying it. I’m sure a few parents are panicking, but 23 clients? Maybe, maybe not.
“consultant Christopher Rim, who said that one day after the election, 23 parents already had asked for his help in getting their children into schools elsewhere”
Sure, Christopher, sure. You’re not advertising for your business or anything…
Stop watching the news and you will quickly realize NYC is perfectly safe.