Sentences with phrase «debate over mayoral control»
A heavyweight political force stepped into the debate over mayoral control of Buffalo schools on Monday.
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The debate over mayoral control has often seemed especially surreal because none of its opponents have proposed a viable plan for replacing it.
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.
The meetings offered a preview of the debate over mayoral control, which NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio must persuade the state to renew.
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The bill is the opening salvo in a debate over extending mayoral control, which the Republican - backed Senate is expected to support for 12 months.
Most of the policy facing lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo is wrapped up in a broader debate over extending mayoral control of New York City schools.
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.
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.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signaled today that the contentious issue of mayoral control over New York City public schools — along with several other major policy debates — will «more likely» be decided during the regular legislative session, after the state budget deadline of April 1.
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.
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.