Sentences with phrase «mayoral control law»

The current mayoral control law is set to expire at the end of the month.

Even though the current mayoral control law expires in 2015, we will be talking with legislators who share our concerns about the importance of putting in place as soon as possible a new governance structure.

The Assembly, over Senate GOP opposition, included a two - year extension of the expiring mayoral control law in a bill that also contained dozens of local taxes in counties across the state.

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox ripped into Cuomo for suggesting last week that he'd call for a special legislative session to address the expiring mayoral control law if lawmakers «go home and they are not assaulted by the residents of their district and chased back to Albany.»

New York lawmakers wrapped up the 2016 legislative session at around 5 a.m. Saturday morning, agreeing to take steps to cancel the pensions of convicted lawmakers in the future, legalizing daily fantasy sports and extending New York City's mayoral control law for another year.

The Daily News on Monday quoted a source close to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan raising the possibility the Senate would end the annual session on June 21 without a new mayoral control law in place if the Assembly does not come to the negotiating table.

State Senate Republicans, who have been at war with de Blasio, plan this week to unveil a resolution outlining their budget priorities that does not include a provision for an extension of the NYC mayoral control law that expires in June.

In a radio interview, a Brooklyn church appearance, and on Twitter, de Blasio urged the state Legislature to extend the so - called mayoral control law before the end of this year's legislative session on Wednesday.

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox Sunday ripped into Gov. Cuomo for suggesting last week that he'd call for a special legislative session to address the expiring mayoral control law if lawmakers «go home and they are not assaulted by the residents of their district and chased back to Albany.»

State lawmakers wrapped up the 2016 legislative session at around 5 a.m. Saturday morning, agreeing to take steps to cancel the pensions of convicted lawmakers in the future, legalizing daily fantasy sports and extending New York City's mayoral control law for another year.

The Daily News on Monday quoted a source close to Flanagan raising the possibility the Senate would end the annual session on June 21 without a new mayoral control law in place if the Assembly does not come to the negotiating table.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said he favors a three - year extension of New York City's mayoral control law, while the Assembly Democrats pushed during the budget battle for seven years.

But if the principle of mayoral control was enough to ensure that Bloomberg got a total of 13 years as head of the school system, why has Mayor de Blasio had to fight to get even one - year extensions of the mayoral control law?

The resolution, called «Blanket Approval of Purchases Through Contracts of the City of New York and Its Agencies,» asked the panel to weaken one aspect of a power it was granted last year under the mayoral control law, its ability to approve or veto all contracts that are not competitively bid.

De Blasio's office on Sunday said the mayoral control law, which expires in June, should be extended on its merits — and not linked to other issues.

And even as Assembly and Senate leaders have raised the possibility of leaving town on Wednesday without extending the mayoral control law, there's still a possibility the two houses will agree to yet another one - year extension without tying it to another issue, sources say.

New Yorkers across the state support extending the mayoral control law, which expires in June, by just a 45 % to 39 % margin.

«Under the mayoral control law as it existed until this week, the mayor had total control over co-locations and school sitings,» said David Cantor, an education consultant and former Department of Education press secretary under Bloomberg, who won mayoral control of schools in 2002.

The mayoral control law expires next Saturday.

The state Legislature last week ended its annual session without extending the mayoral control law.

Mayor de Blasio, who has been pushing for an extension of the mayoral control law, expects similar battles from both sides if the community school boards are reconstituted.

Flanagan's comments set the stage for what are likely to be contentious negotiations over the fate of the mayoral control law, which expires in June.

De Blasio's aides on Monday warned of chaos in the school system if the mayoral control law is allowed to expire and the city goes back to the old Board of Education system where the mayor appoints two members and the five borough presidents one each.

The mayoral control law is set to expire later this month.

While the Legislature has scattered, there's still a week before the mayoral control law lapses on June 30.

And lawmakers still differ on extension of New York City's mayoral control law.

The Assembly has already passed legislation for a straight two - year extension of the mayoral control law.

With the mayoral control law set to expire at the end of June, the Senate bill would extend it another year through June 30, 2017 — smack in the middle of de Blasio's re-election campaign.

We have recommended a series of changes in the mayoral control law that would help restore a system of checks and balances to the system.

The Assembly wants to pass a straight, no - strings - attached extension of the mayoral control law that is due to expire on June 30.

In considering the governance changes needed in New York City, we debated whether to put forward only modest proposals now and to fight for more sweeping changes when the mayoral control law expires in 2015.