Sentences with phrase «for mayoral control of the public schools»

On the campaign, she has called for mayoral control of the public schools.

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A limited extension of Mayoral control in New York City was not a good sign for a «Mayoral Intervention» plan for the Buffalo Public School District.

Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, includnig student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»

The legislative session is scheduled to conclude next Wednesday, but an agreement on extending the life of mayoral control for public schools remains elusive.

Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, including student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan nudged New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to provide more information on how the city spends $ 9 billion in state funding for education as a precursor to considering an extension of mayoral control of public schools.

«Maintaining mayoral control of city schools is critical to students, parents and employers who all depend on high quality public schools,» said Kathryn Wylde, President & CEO of the Partnership for New York City.

She does believe that mayoral control of the New York City public school system should have been extended beyond the one year that the state Legislature gave Mayor Bill de Blasio «There is an element for the mayor to have some skin in the game,» she said.

Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein announced Wednesday he had introduced a bill that would extend mayoral control of New York City public schools for two years and strengthen Community Education Councils.

In his first session as majority leader, he helped ensure that Mr. de Blasio, no friend of Senate Republicans, will need to go to Albany next year to grovel again for the renewal of mayoral control of public schools.

It also provides for a one - year extension of mayoral control of New York City's public schools.

ALBANY — Mayor Bill de Blasio made a bid Wednesday for permanent mayoral control of New York City's public schools, pitting him against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in yet another high - profile issue that showcased the tensions between the two Democratic power brokers.

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.

The hostilities between the mayor and the governor have only escalated in the last year over a variety of concerns, including mayoral control of New York City schools and proposed cuts in funding to the City University of New York, tumbling into public view with a rare intensity, even for two jobs that are often in conlfict.

The session runs through June, and lawmakers will also have to consider an extension of rent control regulations for New York City as well as mayoral control of public schools.

Sen. Marc Panepinto, who is no fan of the push for mayoral control over the troubled Buffalo public school district, suggested during a CapTon interview last night that there are forces bigger than a certain local assemblywoman behind the effort.

ALBANY — The State Legislature has adjourned for the year without coming to an agreement on mayoral control of New York City's schools, leaving a looming question mark over the chain of command for the nation's largest public school system and its 1.1 million students.

Several big ticket items are up for renewal in Albany this June, including mayoral control of city public schools.

Dedicating a single press conference to the issue for the first time, Mr. de Blasio laid out in dire terms what would happen if New York City reverted to the old system of education that existed before his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, won mayoral control of public schools in 2002.

A coterie of the city's business elite are demanding the State Senate and Assembly extend mayoral control of public schools for at least three years.

«Maintaining mayoral control of city schools is critical to students, parents and employers who all depend on high quality public schools,» said Kathryn Wylde, the president of the Partnership for New York City.

We strongly support extension of mayoral control of New York City's public schools, preferably permanent extension, but for at least three years.

Missing were de Blasio's «mansion tax» and a continuation of the mayoral control model for public schools, which Assembly Democrats attempted to fold into the spending plan.

Thursday night, word began circulating of a «framework» agreement reached between the so - called «three men in a room» — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — that would satisfy at least the minimum requirements for both: The Democratic - dominated Assembly would agree to the first passage of legislation paving the way for a constitutional amendment that would allow for the stripping of public pensions from elected officials and other top officials convicted of public corruption, and the Republican - led Senate would approve a one - year extension of mayoral control of New York City's schools.

And after asking for permanent mayoral control of the public schools, then retreating to a three - year continuation, de Blasio is being made to swallow a puny one - year extension — plus 25 more charter schools.

As for mayoral control of New York City's public schools, it's shaping up to become a game of chicken between both chambers.

Last week, Republican candidate for mayor Laura Lavine proposed mayoral control of Syracuse's public schools.

The Assembly passed the extender, but not so the State Senate, reportedly willing to trade for charter - school expansion and perhaps continuation of mayoral control over New York City public schools.

The «multiple investigations» of Mayor de Blasio are one reason state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan won't agree to extend mayoral control of the city's public schools for more than a year.

First lady Chirlane McCray made her first public pitch for mayoral control of city schools on Wednesday, speaking at a parent forum on community schools in Brooklyn.

Mayoral control of the public schools will probably be extended for three years, with some tinkering.

He applauded Mr. Bloomberg for his «vision and for the energy» spent in expanding the No. 7 subway line; he credited him for a hard - fought victory in winning mayoral control of the public schools; and he even took to Twitter to defend him against the National Rifle Association.

Charter school provisions are often traded for things like mayoral control of city schools or additional education aid to the broader public school system.

When the State Legislature passed the $ 15.3 billion budget in April, it did not include a continuation of mayoral control for public schools.

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.

But during the last year, ever since the Mayor meekly crawled to Albany to beg for a one - year extension, the sticking point in negotiations over the renewal of mayoral control has been the urgency of expanding NYC's public charter school sector, de Blasio's favorite whipping boy, which now serves one out of ten students in NYC, most of them poor and of color.