Sentences with phrase «mayoral control bill»

He introduced two mayoral control bills earlier in the week to give the appearance of compromise.

Speaking with reporters in Poughkeepsie, Cuomo reiterated his support for his own mayoral control bill that extends the program for the next three years.

Panepinto's proposal doesn't go as far as the full mayoral control bill Peoples - Stokes» office has said she's still drafting — an effort that faces an uphill climb in Albany.

Senate President Malcolm Smith says the Rochester mayoral control bill is just one vote short of passing.

Flanagan's already done this in his new mayoral control bills.

Senate Republicans, meanwhile, have passed multiple mayoral control bills that all include provisions boosting charter schools.

And after the first mayoral control bill was introduced last week, it proved so politically unpopular that Flanagan was left alone to defend it day after day in Albany.

In addition, Sen. Jeffrey Klein, the Bronx Democrat who heads a group of eight breakaway Dems aligned with the GOP in a leadership coalition, has introduced his own mayoral control bill that would extend the law two years while also giving community parent boards more power.

Asked whether Flanagan believes the reaction to his mayoral control bill is harming his conference, a spokesman for the senator reiterated Flanagan's commitment to children.

Late last Friday, Flanagan and his conference proposed a mayoral control bill that would extend the system for a single year and create an independent «inspector» with oversight power over the city's 1,800 schools.

Senate Republicans could very well try to jam the Assembly and pass both of their mayoral control bills and leave, forcing the other chamber to pick one.

Gov. David Paterson introduced Rochester's mayoral control bill.

Duffy said the bill took into consideration some of the more controversial elements of NYC's mayoral control bill and created a «shared governance» system with the City Council, eliminating the school board but also giving parents a «whole lot more opportunity to get involved.»

Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy insisted he's in the Capitol today merely to «advocate» for the «hybrid» mayoral control bill that passed the Assembly last week but is facing some roadblocks in the Senate.

Several lawmakers, who did little more than announce their attendance at roll call when the chambers convened around 1 p.m., noted the absence early on of the governor's mayoral control bill that was the purpose of their return.

This time, it became a bargaining chip, since last week Assembly Democrats linked it to a mayoral control bill that excluded a charter school expansion, which the Senate Republicans wanted.

«The mayoral control bill and the pension bill are both issues that New York City needs to get resolved,» he said.

Senate Republicans, who have warred with de Blasio, offered up three mayoral control bills that had strings attached, including pro-charter school provisions, which the Assembly Dems vehemently opposed.

At the same time, the county governments need state lawmakers to extend sales taxes and other local tax issues, which had been packaged with a mayoral control bill approved by the Democratic - led Assembly in May.

The Senate majority leader explains the intent behind a provision that the Senate inserted into the mayoral control bill is to give charter schools freedom from some state and city requirements.

The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle calls on Sens. Joe Robach, James Alesi and George Maziarz to «put the politics aside» and support a mayoral control bill.

The Senate has already begun separately passing the individual local tax extenders the Assembly wrapped in its mayoral control bill.

«We passed our mayoral control bill last month,» Whyland said in an emailed statement.

The splinter faction slapped back at the comptroller, noting Klein had proposed his own mayoral control bill.