Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani vowed to end the city’s Gifted and Talented public school program for children five years and younger, his campaign confirmed to amNewYork on Thursday. Andrew Cuomo, who called it “destructive,” and suggested Mamdani was acting hypocritical given his prior education at a specialized high school. “Zohran knows that five-year-olds should not be subjected to a singular assessment that unfairly separates them right at the beginning of their public school education,” Pekec said. He added that, according to Department of Education survey data, a sizable portion of families who left the public school system reported doing so because of a lack of academic rigor. Don’t eliminate the program.”Cuomo also chided Mamdani for “flipflopping” on his position on the specialized high school exam — known as the SHSAT.