Sentences with phrase «blasio control of the school system»

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«With the future of mayoral control at stake, Mayor de Blasio has left too many unanswered questions about his stewardship of the New York City school system.»

At 11 a.m., NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio will deliver remarks at a rally on the City Hall steps in Lower Manhattan, urging the extension of mayoral control of the New York City school system immediately.

The Legislature and governor ended the extraordinary session by granting a two - year extension of mayoral control over New York City's schools, ending months of uncertainty over Mayor Bill de Blasio's leadership of the nation's largest school system and its 1.1 million students a day before it was to expire.

Our children's futures hang in the balance,» de Blasio said, warning of dire consequences if Albany doesn't renew mayoral control of the NYC school system.»

She does believe that mayoral control of the New York City public school system should have been extended beyond the one year that the state Legislature gave Mayor Bill de Blasio «There is an element for the mayor to have some skin in the game,» she said.

When de Blasio lost his hold on education policy in June, he warned that corruption and chaos would return if the school system reverted back to the control of its educational board.

But if the principle of mayoral control was enough to ensure that Bloomberg got a total of 13 years as head of the school system, why has Mayor de Blasio had to fight to get even one - year extensions of the mayoral control law?

Mayor Bill de Blasio dug in his heels on charter schools Monday, as the fierce debate threatened to cost him control of the city's school system and bring back the bad old days of the Board of Ed.

He may despise de Blasio but Republican City Council Member, and 2017 mayoral candidate, Eric Ulrich is an unabashed supporter of a long term extension of mayoral control of the school system.

While the state Assembly approved a measure extending mayoral control for two years, the leader of the GOP - controlled Senate sent de Blasio a letter demanding more information on how the school system spends state funds.

And it is widely expected that the Senate will grant de Blasio at least another one - year extension, since returning to the previous system of local control would likely plunge the nation's largest school system into immediate disarray.

When de Blasio came to Albany in February to testify before the Legislature he sold mayoral control as essential to city schools» chance at success, despite the fact he had once voraciously opposed Mayor Bloomberg's use of the same system.

Meanwhile, Mayor de Blasio's bid to continue mayoral control of the city school system has strong support (61 %) from New York City residents, but less statewide.

Cuomo also expressed skepticism that the state legislature will renew Mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools, raising the possibility that a decentralized board of education could re-emerge in running the school system.

State takeover would strip de Blasio of most of his power over low - performing schools, which the mayor has argued would be anathema to the system of mayoral control.

At 11 a.m., NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina wil testify at the second state Senate hearing on NYC mayoral control of the public school system, (de Blasio won't be attending, angering the GOP), Senate Hearing Room, 250 Broadway, 19th Floor, Manhattan.

The Democratic - controlled Assembly approved an extension of mayoral control of the NYC school system, but a far shorter one than de Blasio sought.

De Blasio has ordered his staff to review ways to fire his investigations chief amid a tug - of - war over control of an office that monitors corruption in the public - school system, sources said.

Cuomo shot down de Blasio's pitch for permanent mayoral control of the NYC school system, saying the idea should be subject to review in Albany every few years.

NYC City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina went to bat for de Blasio in Albany, urging state lawmakers to renew the law giving him control of the school system.

Dedicating a single press conference to the issue for the first time, Mr. de Blasio laid out in dire terms what would happen if New York City reverted to the old system of education that existed before his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, won mayoral control of public schools in 2002.

Mr. de Blasio said in a statement, «While one - year extensions are no way to treat our children, families or educators, this action is a crucial acknowledgment by State lawmakers that the education progress we have made in New York City could not have happened without our accountable control of the school system.»

Mayor Bill de Blasio has suggested that if the Legislature leaves Albany on Wednesday without renewing mayoral control of schools, which is set to lapse on July 1, the city's education system will immediately descend into chaos.

Even Mayor de Blasio's Republican opponent Paul Massey says Albany should extend mayoral control of city schools — though he charged Hizzoner has «utterly failed» at leading the public school system.

Michael Mulgrew called the Senate GOP plan to tie the renewal of a law granting de Blasio control over the city school system to an expansion of charter schools «crap.»

De Blasio's aides on Monday warned of chaos in the school system if the mayoral control law is allowed to expire and the city goes back to the old Board of Education system where the mayor appoints two members and the five borough presidents one each.

Mayor Bill de Blasio this week urged an extension of mayoral control of the New York City school system.

ALBANY — The head of the city teachers union dismissed as «a load of crap» state Senate GOP efforts to tie the renewal of a law granting Mayor de Blasio control over the city school system to an expansion of charter schools.

In an unusual moment of agreement Mayor Bill de Blasio and former mayor Rudy Giuliani recently wrote a joint letter to Governor Cuomo and the state legislature urging a continuation of mayoral control of the school system.

Two big fights loom this year in Albany that concern de Blasio considerably: Mayoral control of the NYC school system and the NYC rent laws, both of which are set to expire in June.

A grade fixing scandal at a NYC high school has prompted some state lawmakers to suggest de Blasio's control of the city school system shouldn't be renewed next year.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday said an era of «corruption and chaos» awaits the city's public school system if state lawmakers do not renew a law by Wednesday that grants his office control over city schools.

«This extension is a recognition of the unprecedented progress and achievements mayoral control has delivered for our school system,» Austin Finan, a spokesman for de Blasio, said in a statement late Friday.

A New York Observer editorial discusses several factors de Blasio will need to consider when selecting the next schools chancellor including mayoral control of the education system, UFT pay contracts, and charter schools:

Earlier this week, an Assembly bill was approved that extends the ability of counties to keep a higher sales tax in place, while also continuing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's control over the city's vast school system for another two years.

Under «mayoral control» of the city's school system, only Mayor Bill de Blasio has the power to dump Chancellor Carmen Fariña over the scandalous graduation of a high school student who all but begged to fail and other instances of grade - fixing.

GOP leaders in the state's upper house introduced another proposal to re-authorize mayoral control of the state's largest school system, offering New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio an additional three years but pairing it with a tax credit for donations to private school scholarships — a known poison pill for Heastie and the Democratic conference he leads.

ALBANY — In a potential reprieve for Mayor Bill de Blasio, the New York State Legislature seemed poised to grant two years of mayoral control over New York City's schools, ending a looming uncertainty over the nation's largest school system and its 1.1 million students.

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Joining de Blasio on a press call this afternoon, Duncan insisted that the mayoral control system has both led to improvements to local schools and created a rare kind of electoral accountability for educational performance.

Comptroller Scott Stringer, who has often clashed with de Blasio, argued that his longtime foe deserves continued control over schools «based on his record of managing this system.»

Mayor de Blasio came into office hellbent on rolling back the entire Bloomberg agenda, watering down accountability systems, and handing control of City schools back to the self - interested forces that held them back in the first place.

Early Thursday morning the Senate approved a bill that grants NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio two more years of control of the city's troubled school system.