Legislation passed last year by the City Council requires all the school buses in the city to be fully electric come 2035 and officials at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services see the mandate as an opportunity to make the big yellow rides safer.
DOE officials maintain that the work is proceeding and that it takes time to develop a project of this scale, particularly with the change in mayoral administration.
The shift to Vegan-only Fridays which starts this week will take plant-based eating to another level in city schools, knocking dairy-based vegetarian mainstays like mac and cheese, pizza, and mozzarella sticks off the menu on Fridays.