Sentences with phrase «about mayoral control in»

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

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.

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«Mayoral control in the city of New York was a five year process, so if this is the first year of that process, let's have a community dialogue about it.

Since then it's been a fight every year over whether to renew Mayoral control of New York City schools, with Flanagan and the Republicans dangling it over the Mayor like Lt. Pete Mitchell telling «Charlie» Blackwood in «Top Gun» that the information about his encounter with the enemy Mig was «classified.»

De Blasio, meanwhile, stormed out of a town hall meeting in Lower Manhattan last night, just as the state legislature was about to adjourn for the summer without renewing mayoral control.

Mr. Adams is a longtime critic of mayoral control of schools in New York City — and at times a mayoral foe — but he said his worries about Ms. Mirrer are unrelated to those objections.

Mayor Byron Brown says he is open to mayoral control if that's what it takes to improve Buffalo's schools, but feels a conversation is needed with parents and others in the city — and statewide — about how to reform public education.

Even though the current mayoral control law expires in 2015, we will be talking with legislators who share our concerns about the importance of putting in place as soon as possible a new governance structure.

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.»

When Mayor de Blasio arrived in Albany on Tuesday, he had a lot to talk about: aid to CUNY, cost - sharing for Medicaid, mayoral control of the schools and more.

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

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio characterized the state Legislature's one year extension of mayoral control as «unfair» in an interview with POLITICO New York — his first public comments about the end of the legislative session.

The ruling, by the Appellate Division, First Department, in Manhattan, upheld a lower court finding that the city's Education Department did not comply with the 2009 state law on mayoral control of the city schools because it failed to adequately notify the public about the ramifications of the closings.

She spoke with host Gary Axelbank about her abstention in the vote on mayoral control, the concept of mayoral control, charter schools, how the system mgiht be run to maximum effiency, lessons learned from her tenure as president at Hostos CC, and numerous other topics.

Given the fact there are members who oppose mayoral control for any period of time, the conference simply doesn't care enough about extending the law to expend its political capital on it, several members said in interviews with Capital on Tuesday.

De Blasio introduced the subject of mayoral control by finishing remarks on his son Dante's impending graduation and saying, «let's talk about something a little less sweet; let's talk about the situation in Albany right now.»

«This becomes too much of a political football often in Albany, where the discussion is, unless there's additional changes in favor of charters, people talk about perhaps not extending mayoral control of education,» he said on the John Catsimatidis AM 970 radio show.

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.

Among them was a one - year extension of mayoral control when he wanted at least three and a mandate that the city show it funds each of its schools, which theoretically could prove embarrassing to a mayor who speaks out about income inequality if it shows schools in poorer areas are losing out.

Syracuse mayor Stephanie Miner, a former co-chair of the State Democratic Party who has been an outspoken critic of Cuomo's policies, said mayoral control in her city might improve students» outcomes, but she's concerned about introducing more changes when schools are already overwhelmed.

Topics included his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statement that he is not planning to approve a specific amount of pre-K funding set forth in the state senate proposed budget, how confident he is of pre-K funding, the status of his administration's review of the city's Sandy relief programs, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statements on mayoral control of the city school system and charter schools, the current status of site clearing and the investigation into the cause of the East Harlem building explosion, whether New Yorkers should be concerned about gas leaks, his reaction to a tweet yesterday by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito critical of Governor Cuomo's reaction to the East Harlem building explosion, how the church services he attended this morning for victims affected him personally and the relief efforts being led by his wife, Chirlane McCray, and the Mayor's Fund for NYC.

Lavine: Well in addition to everything else I've talked about, which is to turn the schools around and what I've said is, if I'm elected Mayor I'll be seeking mayoral control of the school district --

Hizzoner stormed out of a town hall meeting in Lower Manhattan Wednesday night, just as the state legislature was about to adjourn for the summer without renewing mayoral control of New York City's school.

Reeher: Laura Lavine, I want to give you a chance and come back in and rebut some of the things because you've put forward something quite specific about mayoral control.

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

While mayoral control is locked in intense political jockeying and electoral reforms are mostly dead on arrival due to opposition from the Republican - controlled state Senate, the de Blasio administration is somewhat optimistic about getting at least some of what it wants on the other three items: design - build, M / WBE contracting, and speed cameras.

This week, Paul E. Peterson talks to Ester Fuchs, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University, about Mayor Bill de Blasio and mayoral control of schools in New York City.

about mayoral control, non-educators running public school systems, Klein's legacy, and who Cathie Black was — and wasn't; we saw Steiner appoint an eight - member panel of experts to advise him on whether to grant a legally - required waiver to non-educator Black, Checker call the need for a waiver «antiquated,» the special panel recommend no waiver, polls showing New Yorkers opposing Black, a flurry of celebs — including Gloria Steinem and Whoopee Goldberg — weighing in to support her, Steiner losing sleep.

If you follow news about the District of Columbia Public Schools closely, you could be forgiven if you thought teacher turnover had increased since the schools were handed over to mayoral control in 2007.

Alexander Russo wrote about the early days of Rahm Emanuel's rule in Chicago and the financial challenge he would face in «Mayoral Control in the Windy City: Rahm Emanuel Battles to Improve Chicago's Schools,» in the Spring 2014 issue of EdNext.

If you follow news about the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) closely, you could be forgiven if you thought teacher turnover had increased since the schools were handed over to mayoral control in 2007.

Also, mayoral control has frequently resulted in complaints from parents and community about losing the ability to give their input to school leaders.

In response to these concerns, David Harris responded that, while he is open to different ideas about governance, that evidence suggests that districts under mayoral control perform better and are more accountable to voters by giving them a single line at the voting booth by which to express displeasure over educational issues.

The ruling, by the Appellate Division, First Department, in Manhattan, upheld a lower court finding that the city's Education Department did not comply with the 2009 state law on mayoral control of the city schools because it failed to adequately notify the public about the ramifications of the closings.

Through secondary analysis, CPE found that mayoral takeovers are «a rare, and largely urban phenomenon,» and out of more than 13,000 school districts in the U.S., only about 20 have come under formal mayoral control in the last 20 years.

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 (NYCIn 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 (NYCin 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 (NYCin New York City (NYC).

«We're seeing in the last year or so that the silver bullets are starting to lose their luster — charter schools, merit pay and mayoral control,» said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers and a major figure in the country's debate about the role of teachers» unions in public education.

So if that is the theater involved in the issue, there remains a central, not often asked, question: What about mayoral control makes it essential for running the nation's largest school system?

· Provide district leaders who are knowledgeable about education and urban contexts and skillful in collaborative and democratic decision - making processes, starting with a credentialed superintendent of CPS, and transitioning from mayoral control to a democratically elected school board that is accountable to the public.