Supreme Court denies emergency bid in NYC high school admissions case

Yi Fang Chen’s civil suit claims that changes in New York City’s Discovery program intended to lower Asian enrollment and raise Black and Hispanic enrollment.

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The Supreme Court has denied an emergency request from a Brooklyn mother seeking to enroll her son at an elite New York high school amid her legal challenge against the city’s admissions rules.

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Acting for the court on Sept. 28, Justice Sonia Sotomayor gave no reasons for rejecting Yi Fang Chen’s request for an order tha…