The New York City Department of Education this week defended its top attorney’s call for donations to a nonprofit that provides legal aid to immigrants facing deportation despite Mayor Eric Adams pledging to work with the incoming administration.

DOE general counsel Elizabeth Vladeck posted on X on Dec. 31: “Your support is essential in furthering our mission to provide free legal and social services to detained adults and unaccompanied children facing immigration removal proceedings. Make a gift to the Florence Project today!”

The department said in a statement that Vladeck complied with the DOE’s social media protocols and that she posted the message “on her own time.”

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