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«I think this will make mayoral control better,» he said.
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As for whether to make mayoral control permanent, Heastie said, «We did not come to that conclusion as a conference.»
Assembly Democrats have proposed extending mayoral control for three years, the same amount Cuomo himself suggested, even as de Blasio has been advocating to make mayoral control permanent.
Earlier this year, Mr. de Blasio sought to make mayoral control permanent.
De Blasio started the legislative session by calling on Albany to make mayoral control permanent, but last month said he would settle for a three - year extension that was backed by Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Democratic majority in the Assembly.
De Blasio originally pushed to make mayoral control permanent, but has settled for a three - year extension while still arguing that ultimately the system should be made permanent.
Even Democratic allies have complained of Mr. de Blasio's high - handedness — not everyone thought it was a moral obligation to make mayoral control permanent — and Ms. Wolfe will need to figure out how to keep securing wins in an environment that can be hostile for a big city liberal mayor.
Last year, after de Blasio began the session calling on the Senate to make mayoral control permanent, the Republicans granted just a one - year extension, which was explicitly justified as a referendum on the mayor's education agenda.
The Senate's Republican majority wants online gambling and the Assembly's Democratic majority has made mayoral control of New York City schools a top priority.
Testifying on the fiscal 2016 budget in the state capital Wednesday, de Blasio pushed for making mayoral control of city schools permanent, rather than just extending it for three years, as sought by Cuomo — a move he argued would make state takeover of failing schools unnecessary.
Not exact matches
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday called for a permanent extension of mayoral control for city schools and criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo's approach toward standardized testing and push to make it easier for the state to takeover struggling schools.
Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year approved a 12 - month extension for mayoral control after Mayor Bill de Blasio sought making the authority over the city education system permanent.
While other measures lacked the same urgency or drama as mayoral control, which did not get done this session, lawmakers did approve scores of bills in recent days, like a provision that would make it easier for cancer patients to sue for malpractice, and a ban on e-cigarettes in bars and restaurants.
As de Blasio was making his case to the Legislature, Cuomo held a public cabinet meeting in Albany where he threw cold water on the mayor's idea, arguing that mayoral control is still an experiment and should be extended but not granted permanent status.
Mayoral control was up for renewal in June 2015, and de Blasio asked the unthinkable of Albany lawmakers: take out the «sunset provision» and just make it permanent once and for all.
New Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie made it clear in March that Assembly Democrats wanted to see a mayoral control extension that mirrored the seven years Bloomberg was granted.
De Blasio traveled to Albany in June to lobby for an extension of mayoral control, as well as changes made to the 421a tax abatement and an extension and strengthening of rent control laws in New York City.
«We have made it very clear that we have not only been willing to engage in discussions on mayoral control,» said Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, «but frankly we have.»
«While I appreciate Mayor de Blasio... making time to have a conversation on this important issue, I am no closer to signing off on an extension of mayoral control now than I was 24 hours ago.
ALBANY — The State Senate may not extend mayoral control of New York City schools, let alone make it permanent, according to a prominent Republican senator.
Most of those issues made it into the final deal, with an adjustment of sunset clauses that will prevent mayoral control from being linked to tax extenders in the future.
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«On mayoral control of schools,» Savino continued, «I think we should look at changes to make it better, like doing away with the Panel for Education Policy, which is essentially a staff meeting for the mayor's office.
They hadn't made any decisions on mayoral control.
Although mayoral control in its current form sunsets in 2015 — when Bloomberg is long out of office — the union will need to position itself to try to make changes before that, Mulgrew said.
After mayoral control officially expires on June 30, the city will have to create a new Board of Education with two mayoral appointees and five appointees made by each borough president.
«I think I've made it pretty clear that charter schools should be an integral part of any discussion on mayoral control.
«The governor made some good, cogent suggestions on mayoral control — the details of which I will not discuss — but he is trying to help in the process,» Flanagan said.
Today, he said he'd also made those thoughts known to new Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, and again argued that state receivership was unnecessary in a city with mayoral control over schools.
CECs are the local representative bodies that help inform education policy decision making and have been highlighted during the «Mayoral Control Forums» held by Public Advocate Letitia James in recent weeks.
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.
Assembly: Mayor de Blasio's allies in the Assembly support a seven - year extension of mayoral control, which would make expiration June 30, 2023.
If the law goes belly up at the end of the month, the mayoral control system would be replaced by a return to the old Board of Education that would be made up of two mayoral appointments and one each by the borough presidents.
The Partnership and the Association for a Better New York have sent out letters in support of the charter cap, which de Blasio also does not support, but have made it clear that they do not want the cap or tax credit to be linked to mayoral control.
Cuomo made the announcement on the mayoral control extension as part of a broader agreement on a range of issues, including an extension of state control of the New York Racing Association, testing for lead in school drinking water and new flexibility for charter schools to allow them to switch to the Board of Trustees of State University of New York for oversight.
The New York Times calls mayoral control «among the most successful contributions the Legislature has made to education in New York City in recent history,» and says it needs to be extended — or «ideally» made permanent — now, «while the budget pressure is on, and not put off for another day.»
«I don't think that pushing (for mayoral control) in the last eight weeks of session, disenfranchising the voters of the city of Buffalo, and disempowering nine elected members of the board makes sense,» the senator said, adding that he hoped an additional two board members selected by the mayor would «help to reduce the acrimony» among existing members.
Speaking with reporters, de Blasio had warned against a 12 - month extension of mayoral control, saying such a move would make it a «political football.»
Lanza, however, said a shorter time frame for mayoral control expiring would allow lawmakers to make adjustments as needed.
And while most believe that mayoral control will eventually be restored, the bureaucratic costs of making even an abortive change could be significant.
He's also under pressure to reject another education reform initiative — raising the charter school capthat the Senate Republicans want to make part of a deal on extending mayoral control.
De Blasio asked for mayoral control of the schools to be made permanent.
ALBANY — Mayor Bill de Blasio came to Albany to talk about lots of things: funding for helping the homeless, extending mayoral control, making sure proposed cuts to Medicaid and city university budgets don't «cost the city a penny,» as he and Gov. Andrew Cuomo put it.
When the mayor celebrated the extension of mayoral control — which was due to expire at the end of June, but was extended June 29 — he did not release the details of the charter - friendly promises he was making to Republican state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo, and
«I think Leader Flanagan has made clear that he understands what's good about mayoral control.
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.
De Blasio's comments were a reference to a recent Senate proposal to extend mayoral control only for a year and make the city school budget subject to approval by the Legislature.
Lhota wants full mayoral control of the city's bridges and tunnels, arguing that if the city controlled the bridges, officials could make the Verrazano tolls cheaper by using funds that the city currently spends on rail mass transit.
«Why I should vote for mayoral control, and why I can trust you to make sure we give the 1.1 million kids in New York City the opportunity to succeed, and make sure the [state outlay of] $ 9 billion gets spread out evenly.»
As the Democratic - led Assembly today prepares to vote for a three - year extension of mayoral control over city schools, former Gov. David Pateron is siding with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on making the power a permanent one.