Sentences with phrase «blasio over mayoral control»

Torturing de Blasio over mayoral control has been a somewhat lonely quest for Flanagan, a Long Island senator who led the chamber's education committee before becoming majority leader last year.

It was one of the most colorful exchanges Monday besides the back and forth between Republican Senator Terrence Murphy and de Blasio over Mayoral control of City schools.

Not exact matches

«First, we're pleased that the Assembly included a seven - year extension of mayoral control, as well as an increase in school aid and funds for universal pre-K over the Executive Budget,» de Blasio said.

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.

Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year approved a 12 - month extension for mayoral control after Mayor Bill de Blasio sought making the authority over the city education system permanent.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio canceled plans to visit Albany today, but reached out to Flanagan in a phone call to try and end a standoff over mayoral control.

The expiration of mayoral control of city schools could cost the city up to $ 1.6 billion over 10 years — and the city would go after the state for the bill, according to a memo from de Blasio administration officials.

The meetings offered a preview of the debate over mayoral control, which NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio must persuade the state to renew.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has been at odds with Senate Republicans over his political support for a Democratic Senate, was neutralized with a one - year extension of mayoral control.

The bitter stand - off over mayoral control of city schools continued over the weekend with state Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan slamming NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for his resistance to charter schools and de Blasio arguing charters shouldn't be part of negotiations.

Perhaps the biggest takeaway from de Blasio's testimony was his call for a permanent extension of mayoral control over city schools.

De Blasio also delivered an address on the virtues of mayoral control at the United Federation of Teachers» annual spring conference over the weekend.

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.

In 2016, in exchange for granting Mayor Bill de Blasio an extension of mayoral control over schools, the Republicans in the State Senate, to whom Ms. Moskowitz has close ties, inserted broad language in the legislation giving SUNY the power to promulgate regulations for the schools it oversees.

De Blasio's accommodationist streak could also hurt him in upcoming fights over rent - control laws and mayoral control of the public schools, both up for renewal this year.

In a shot directly at Mayor Bill de Blasio, the state Senate Republicans on Friday quietly introduced a bill that would extend New York city mayoral control over the schools for just a year while at the same time giving the governor a role in how the city system is run.

Seeking to claim the moral high ground in his ongoing battle with the Senate Republicans over the renewal of mayoral control, de Blasio skipped a second hearing on the subject held by the conference in Manhattan.

The debate over re-approving mayoral control comes amid increasingly sour relations for Mayor Bill de Blasio and GOP lawmakers in the Senate as well as Cuomo.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was initially scheduled to come up to Albany, presumably for a series of non-public meetings with lawmakers amid renewed tensions with Senate Republicans over mayoral control of New York City schools.

Nevertheless, Senate Republicans got their victories in the state budget process and have little incentive to roll over now on helping their political nemesis, Mayor Bill de Blasio, win a lengthy or permanent extension of mayoral control.

It seems de Blasio is headed for more contentious negotiations over mayoral control of schools.

And by not picking a battle with Cuomo over mayoral control, the Assembly and de Blasio may have more leverage on issues like the tax credit, and, of particular interest to de Blasio, the charter cap.

And as he did last year in the debate over the renewal of mayoral school control, Felder is using as leverage several items that are important to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, including design - build authority for the rehabilitation of the Brooklyn - Queens Expressway and the authorization of more speed cameras near schools.

Massey blamed de Blasio for the current impasse over mayoral control with just days left in the legislative session, but said state senators should nonetheless sign off on an extension of at least six months to a year.

As the Democratic - led Assembly today prepares to vote for a three - year extension of mayoral control over city schools, former Gov. David Pateron is siding with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on making the power a permanent one.

Clergy members, labor unions, technology leaders and over 100 typically de Blasio - averse business executives signed letters calling on Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to pass a multi-year mayoral control extension.

When he did discuss the issue of mayoral control over city schools, de Blasio insisted he «could not express the urgency more,» but said the real work would begin, conveniently, next week.

Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz, who has fought with de Blasio over the role of charter schools in the city, said earlier Wednesday that she agrees with him about mayoral control.

As a proposal to extend mayoral control of New York City schools by three years gains momentum in Albany, Success Academy C.E.O. Eva Moskowitz says Mayor Bill de Blasio has not earned his authority over city schools.

After six weeks of political battle over mayoral control of New York City schools, including press conferences, dueling statements, four - hour hearings and much behind - the - scenes chatter, Mayor Bill de Blasio ended up almost exactly where he started at the beginning of the process.

Now there's a shocker,» Gov. Andrew Cuomo responded on Thursday to reporters who inquired about Mayor Bill de Blasio's concerns over Albany's reluctance to deliver more than simple extenders of policies like mayoral control of schools and rent regulations that impact

Speaking to congregants at Wayside Baptist Church in Brooklyn, de Blasio said mayoral control had given his administration the ability to launch the city's Universal Pre-K program, and played a role in driving up high school graduation rates over the past 15 years.

The meetings offered a preview of the debate over mayoral control, which puts power over the schools in the hands of City Hall, and which Mayor Bill de Blasio — in what has become an annual ritual — must persuade the state to renew.

Virtually all of the deals reached were less than desired as far as de Blasio was concerned, with the one - year extension of mayoral control of schools an especially bitter pill - and perhaps the final nudge over the edge.

Mayor de Blasio canceled plans to visit Albany on Monday, but reached out to state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan in a phone call to try and end a standoff over mayoral control.

ALBANY — In a shot directly at Mayor de Blasio, the state Senate Republicans on Friday quietly introduced a bill that would extend New York city mayoral control over the schools for just a year while at the same time giving the governor a role in how the city system is run.

Moskowitz's argument that de Blasio has not earned the right to hold control of the New York City schools is the precise opposite of the claim the mayor, his allies and even some of his critics have been making as the debate over renewing mayoral control intensifies in Albany.

De Blasio and his senior officials have repeated the argument on a near - daily basis over the last several weeks that support for mayoral control should not depend upon a certain mayor or set of education policies.

Success Academy C.E.O. Eva Moskowitz found a new and politically expedient way to attack Mayor Bill de Blasio over space issues for her charter schools on Thursday by casting doubt on his worthiness to maintain mayoral control of the city's schools, perhaps his administration's most urgent priority in Albany.

For the last two years, Senate Republicans have used the debate over renewing mayoral control as a months - long — and largely unfavorable — referendum on de Blasio's education agenda.

The de Blasio administration has convened a large coalition of educators, business leaders, and elected officials to advocate for mayoral control over the last several weeks, though Mulgrew has been noticeably absent from the chorus of support.

De Blasio's ostensible allies among the Senate Democrats are more aligned with the teachers» union view that mayoral control gives parents and local school boards too little power over city schools.

In the final hours of the session, legislators also agreed to extend mayoral control over New York City schools another year, after Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed, among other things, to allow some high performing charter schools to be regulated by the state, not the city.

A key state senator says that if Mayor de Blasio wants Albany to extend mayoral control over the city's public schools, he's going to have to allow a lot more charter schools in the Big Apple.

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.

While supporters of mayoral control over the schools say it is designed to make one person accountable, Benjamin said that's not always the case, noting de Blasio, because of term limits, is a lame duck for the next four years.

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.

«Albany is continuing its session as we speak,» Mr. de Blasio said, a theme he returned to over and over as reporters pressed him on rent regulation, the 421a tax credit, mayoral control of city schools, and other issues Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a fellow Democrat, indicated that state leaders had settled yesterday.

Negotiations over an extension of soon - to - expire mayoral control of New York City schools have sucked most of the oxygen from the proverbial room — though not the room, of «three men» fame, which sat empty for months, until Monday — leaving little time and attention for de Blasio's other top priorities needing state action.

Arguing for mayoral control, de Blasio sparks a spat over charter school funding Chalkbeat New York, January 26, 2016