The first year of Mayor Adams’ after-school expansion shut out a number of high-need New York City schools, prompting an outcry from parents, according to a report issued Wednesday by Comptroller Brad Lander.

Starting this fall, 40 schools will open 5,000 new spots in after-school programs, as part of a $21-million investment in child care after the regular school day. While the expansion is expected to benefit families in the Bronx and low-income areas of the other boroughs, swaths of Brooklyn and Queens were excluded from the funding, as were all Manhattan district schools and programs for students with significant disabilities , the comptroller found.

Lander, a staunch supporter of Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, used the analysis to take a jab at the mayor, who’s opp

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