Sentences with phrase «blasio during testimony»

De Blasio during testimony at a State Senate hearing to urge passage of legislation to extend mayoral control.

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During his budget testimony in Albany earlier this month, de Blasio highlighted his administration's attempt at turning around struggling schools: a $ 150 million Renewal Schools program to add academic supports and turn the schools into community schools with social services.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio received a generally friendly welcome from Senate Republicans throughout several hours of testimony in Albany yesterday during a hearing on mayoral control of city schools, for which the mayor is seeking a seven - year extension.

The proposed shifting of funds is dependent on the passage of Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposed $ 2 billion New York State Smart Schools Bond Act, which de Blasio pledged his support for during his testimony in Albany on Monday and which will be on the ballot in November if it is included in the state's final budget agreement.

Mayor Bill de Blasio received a generally friendly welcome from Senate Republicans throughout several hours of testimony in Albany on Wednesday during a hearing on mayoral control of city schools.

Cuomo lashed out after de Blasio, during testimony in Albany last week, claimed the governor and the Legislature weren't pulling their weight in funding city schools to abide with a court ruling.

During his testimony last week, De Blasio also complained that Cuomo's budget plan shifts $ 198.3 million from the city Department of Education to charter schools Cuomo noted that students who attend charters are public school students, too.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio had a bout of memory loss Saturday during his first public comments about the damaging pay - to - play testimony of one of his biggest donors, Jona Rechnitz, though he did call Rechnitz a «liar» and a «horrible human being.»

During his testimony, de Blasio raised several concerns about Cuomo's proposed $ 145 billion budget and pleaded with lawmakers to, among other things, reject the governor's attempt to claw back more than $ 600 million in savings from a recent debt refinancing and his call for the city to provide more per - pupil funding to charter schools.

During his testimony, Mayor de Blasio raised several concerns about Cuomo's proposed $ 145 billion budge.

During testimony on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget before the state Legislature, de Blasio is expected to propose a 2.5 percent property transfer tax for all residential sales exceeding $ 2 million, according to details City Hall officials provided Sunday evening.

During his testimony, de Blasio called his tax plan for implementing universal pre-K an idea «where the city's right to self - determination, to setting and carrying out our own priorities, ought to be honored in Albany.

Most recently, the two tangled over a proposal for a property tax cap — something Mr. Avella favors and Mr. de Blasio does not — during the mayor's testimony on the state budget in Albany last month.

Cuomo's budget - which de Blasio gave mixed reviews during recent Albany testimony - ties a $ 1.1 billion increase in education spending to a number of reforms opposed by teachers unions and their allies.

Cost Shifts & Cuts During his budget testimony, de Blasio pushed back on the more than $ 100 million in cuts and cost shifts to New York City proposed in Cuomo's executive budget, primarily related to placement of foster children and special education services.

The Northeast Charter Schools Network today issued the following statement in response to Mayor de Blasio's comments on charter school funding during his budget hearing testimony.