Sentences with phrase «fight over mayoral control»

ALBANY — State Assembly Democrats have effectively backed down from a fight over mayoral control of New York City schools.

Since the state legislature is on repeat — glossing over ethics, fighting over mayoral control and feverishly working late nights to finish on time — the podcast is following their lead and sharing clips from past episodes (but with a new introduction).

Not exact matches

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.»

«Same song, different day,» Heastie told the Daily News last week when asked if he was disturbed that Cuomo seemingly was siding with the Senate Republicans in the mayoral control fight over his fellow Dems in the Assembly.

New York City waits Meanwhile a number of issues important to New York City will be before the Legislature this year - rent laws and mayoral control of schools are each set to expire and while most legislators say they expect to renew both, major battles will be fought over the details of each.

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.

That sowed the seeds for a number of policy battles, the biggest of which was over the re-approval of mayoral control — a fight the mayor eventually won.

The fight over extending mayoral control of New York City schools is heating up with state Sen. Majority Leader John Flanagan said he can't consider the issue until he knows how the city spends $ 9 billion in state funds.

Squinting into a bright noon sun, the former LaFayette School Superintendent reiterated the main talking points that have defined her candidacy up to now: more police on the streets to fight crime, mayoral control over a struggling school district, and ethics reform.

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.

She embarrassed the administration during a public fight over charter school space in the spring of 2014 by enlisting the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo, and she undermined the mayor on his frustrating bid to extend mayoral control over city schools in the latest legislative session.

Just look back to the fight over renewing mayoral control of schools in 2009, the administration staunchly resisted governance changes.

She embarrassed the administration during a public fight over charter school space in the spring of 2014 by enlisting the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo, and she undermined the mayor on his frustrating bid to extend mayoral control over city schools in the latest legislative session.