Coalition forms to fight de Blasio plan to overhaul elite schools
The Asian-American community in Bensonhurst is growing increasingly concerned about the impact Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposal to overhaul the admissions process into the elite high schools would have on their kids if the policy is ever implemented.
A large crowd of worried parents crammed into the United Progressive Democratic Club in Bensonhurst on Saturday morning for the inaugural meeting of the South Brooklyn Coalition for Quality Education, a new group formed by Assemblymember Bill Colton and Nancy Tong, the Democratic Party district leader of the 47th Assembly District, to fight the mayor.
“I don’t like what the mayor is doing. I think he’s trying to make this about race when all that should matter is how good a student you are and how hard you are willing to work,” one parent, Yan Huag, told the Brooklyn Eagle.