Sentences with phrase «about mayoral control»

What I find striking about the mayoral control debate is the false assumption that there exists a wide consensus on the need for it.

Our proposal keeps what works about mayoral control while calling for a system that is more accountable, more transparent and more democratic.

There have been discussions about mayoral control in several upstate cities — including Rochester and Albany — over the years, but they have never gone anywhere.

In what has become a familiar routine, a lengthy hearing held by the state Senate on Thursday about mayoral control of New York City's schools included little discussion of the governance structure of the system, which is due to expire next month unless the Senate renews it.

On Monday, Flanagan said he had questions about mayoral control for New York City, which is due to expire next month.

Mayor de Blasio and NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina speak a state Senate committee about mayoral control on May 4th.

De Blasio said earlier this week that he would not attend because he had already answered four hours of questions in Albany about mayoral control earlier this month.

The intent of the coordinated flood of support by City Hall is to make state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan's public ambivalence about mayoral control seem like an increasingly untenable position.

The administration touched base with REBNY about mayoral control again when the state legislative session was winding down in June 2015.

«I think Leader Flanagan has made clear that he understands what's good about mayoral control.

«So when we talk about mayoral control, and we talk about mayor of the City of New York denying space to charter schools in public buildings and having been overturned virtually every single time that they have done that — yeah I care about every one of those kids,» Flanagan said.

He repeated well - worn remarks about mayoral control enabling the city to implement universal pre-K, establish the «Renewal Schools» program for struggling schools, and create more opportunities for professional development and training for teachers.

But Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (R - Ontario / Seneca) noted that every conversation about mayoral control throughout the year was linked with either charter schools or sales - tax extenders.

Devora Kaye, a D.O.E. spokeswoman who handles inquiries about mayoral control, did not directly respond to Moskowitz's comments, focusing instead on the P.E.P. vote.

The court found that the Department of Education failed to reveal the true impact of closing the schools, as required by a 2009 state law about mayoral control of schools.

The annual extensions have become a pattern, as Cuomo is disinclined to back de Blasio's request, Assembly Democrats have long been ambivalent about mayoral control in general, and Senate Republicans continue to seek revenge whenever possible after de Blasio tried and failed to upend their majority in 2014.

«What would you do about mayoral control in NYC, and do you support mayoral control in other municipalities?»

It also asks broader questions about mayoral control, and the selection process for the education commissioner and the Board of Regents.

What about mayoral control, which would seem to be a done deal — and an insult to Mr. de Blasio, who will be granted less time than his predecessor, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, ever got when he asked to run the city's schools?

In this two - year study, Research for Action (RFA), working in collaboration with Jeffrey Henig of Teachers College, assessed the formation and development of a coalition of organizing and advocacy groups, funded by the Donors» Education Collaborative (DEC), and their impact on the debate about the mayoral control of schools in New York City (NYC).

Any discussion about mayoral control must first be had in Yonkers before making its way to Albany, they said.

«I expect in the upcoming legislative session, there will be discussion about the charter cap, about teacher evaluation and ways to strengthen teacher evaluation, about mayoral control in New York City — each of those are contentious for different reasons, and the board and my successor will need to navigate those, and I think the north star in those conversations needs to be what's best for students.»

Assembly Democrats haven't been crazy, historically, about mayoral control, which began under Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Parsons said he was planning on calling the governor personally to talk to him about mayoral control, and Wylde said members of her group had spoken with «all the officials in Albany about the importance of this issue.»

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.

9) What about mayoral control?