K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Our inept leaders’ irrational decision to close NYC schools.

The incompetent one-two punch of New York City leadership, featuring a dithering Mayor Bill de Blasio and angry Governor Andrew Cuomo, was on full display yesterday as rumors swirled all morning whether schools would shutter.

Hizzoner was hours late for his press conference so Gov. Cuomo went ahead and had his own. Cuomo insulted reporters, acted cagey, and said NYC schools could remain open as the positive rate was only 2.5%.

He looked like a fool when, shortly after his press conference ended, the news hit that Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza had informed principals that schools were indeed closing starting Thursday because NYC had, actually, hit the 3% rate.

Of course the mayor and governor use different data! Doesn’t every state feature that kind of dysfunction by two leaders who happen to be in the same party?

The kicker is that Cuomo and de Blasio apparently spoke before Cuomo’s press conference yet Cuomo plowed ahead with his own numbers anyway. My small children handle their disagreements in a more mature fashion.

Cuomo had a rage-a-thon during his press conference that would have gotten wall-to-wall coverage in old media if he had an (R) after his name: Cuomo lashes out at reporters at briefing, dodges NYC school closure.