NYC’s Department of Education delayed its final AI guidance for schools after a June 24 City Council hearing. First Deputy Chancellor Danielle Giunta cited a ‘shifting national conversation’ and nearly 6,500 public comments on the March draft as reasons for the delay. Guidance originally promised by June will now arrive by September at the latest, per Chalkbeat. More than half of the City Council – 29 of 51 members – signed a letter to Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Chancellor Kamar Samuels calling for a two-year moratorium, citing student data privacy gaps, risks to cognitive development, and mental health concerns. The March draft’s traffic-light framework was widely criticized for leaving student-facing AI use largely unaddressed.
