Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee, plans to terminate the gifted and talented program for elementary school students in public schools if elected as mayor, according to the New York Times .

Mamdani said in a statement that he would embrace phasing out the gifted program, which has been widely criticized for exacerbating segregation, according to the paper. Mamdani's position first came to light after he responded to a questionnaire that the Times sent to the leading candidates in the race about major issues the city is facing.

Students who are in gifted classes, which offers accelerated academic instruction to students starting in kindergarten, would remain in the program, but there would be no gifted program for kindergartners next fall, his campaign said to the Times o

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