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The city faces billions in financial pressures in the coming years that threaten to worsen inequality across the nation’s largest school system.

Councilmembers say the new bill could prevent families from leaving NYC, but some Brooklynites have questions about the bill’s true intentions

NEW YORK — Ellis Lariviere was an eighth grader at Saint Ann’s, an elite private school in Brooklyn Heights, and he had a lot going for him. Teachers praised him as an “abundantly talented” artist, in a school that trumpeted the arts, and they described him as a positive presence in his classes. He had friends at school and an older brother who was thriving there. Ellis liked to cook for his family, and he imagined himself one day being a professional. He also had dys...

An eighth grader was asked to leave Saint Ann’s, a prestigious private school in Brooklyn. Three months later, he ended his life. Now his parents are suing the school.

Now the city will consider all incumbent superintendents in the finalist pool of candidates.

Thousands signed a petition supporting district superintendent Philip Composto, and hundreds attended a virtual rally on Thursday.

The draft regulations provide multiple pathways for non-public schools to demonstrate...