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Dinowitz frames language and geography barriers to gifted programs

New York City Council · Oct 7, 2026 · starts 0:01:03 · 29 sec

Dinowitz says families must know programs exist, understand consideration, and navigate deadlines often in a second or third language; access should not depend on home language or neighborhood, but city cannot currently say whether it does.

Eric Dinowitz

Before enrolling a child in kindergarten, families must know that early elementary gifted and talented programs exist, understand how a child may be considered, and navigate application deadlines, often in a second or third language.

Eric Dinowitz

Whether a family gets through those steps should not depend on the language spoken at home or the neighborhoods they live in.

Eric Dinowitz

Yet today, the city cannot tell us whether it does.

Eric Dinowitz

This bill seeks to change that.