The New York Post says Bill de Blasio "allowed" NYC schools to stop using test scores to decide promotion. A 2014 New York State law had already required it.

Verdict: mostly-false. Truth score 0.30. Confidence 0.85.

On July 25, 2026, the Post reported that NYC promotes nearly 100% of students in grades 3-8 while about 40% score below proficiency, and attributed the shift to a mayoral choice. NYS Education Law § 305(47), enacted in Governor Cuomo's FY2014-15 budget as a headline element of the Common Core Implementation Reform Act, directs that no district may make promotion decisions "solely or primarily" on grades 3-8 state ELA and math assessments. The same constraint sits in the Commissioner's Regulations and binds every district in the state. Chancellor's Regulation A-501 was reissued 6/2/2014 — after the statute, not before it. ...