Sentences with phrase «mayoral control of city schools»

The mayor, however, has other fish to fry, including a longer - term extension of mayoral control of city schools.

This bill extends mayoral control of city schools for just one year.

And he sought permanent mayoral control of city schools, but a minimum of three years; he received a one - year extension.

She has proposed mayoral control of city schools and spent much of her campaign focusing on the struggling district.

The issue of mayoral control of city schools was not addressed and will be up for debate again when the legislative session resumes.

The most direct symbol of Heastie's and his New York City - dominated chamber's allegiance to de Blasio comes in the form of a budget that renews mayoral control of city schools for 7 years, delivers a major increase in education funding without Cuomo's proposed reforms, increases pre-K monies, and would deliver a $ 15 minimum wage for the city.

The governor reiterated his support for extending mayoral control of city schools for up to three years, but framed Senate Republicans as opposing the measure, while Mayor Bill de Blasio has called for a permanent extension.

CEO members of the Partnership for New York City today urged legislative action to maintain mayoral control of the city school system for at least three years.

In an extraordinary session, the governor dictates the agenda, and Cuomo has listed just one explicit item: «Enacting legislation memorializing the agreement of the Senate and the Assembly that would extend mayoral control of the city school district of the city of New York for an additional year; specifically extending the effectiveness of chapters 91 of the laws of 2002 and 345 of the laws of 2009 relating to the organization of the city school district of the city of New York.»

In a strong letter to leaders of the State Senate and Assembly, CEO members of the Partnership for New York City today urged legislative action to maintain mayoral control of the city school system — a governance system that expires in June — for at least three years.

Mayor Bill de Blasio negotiated a deal to extend mayoral control of city schools in exchange for a set of administrative actions benefitting charter schools.

Mayoral control of city schools expires on June 30.

Republican mayoral candidate Paul Massey supports mayoral control of the City school system, but doesn't have any preference between the one house bills currently floating on the opaque sea of Albany.

De Blasio once again this session will have to seek a retention of mayoral control of city schools after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature approved a 12 - month extension of the policy.

This past weekend, with mayoral control of the city schools set to expire at month's end if he can't get action, he was off in Miami Beach pontificating on national problems.

With mayoral control of city schools set to expire this year, Albany will have to take up the matter after the budget.

Mr. Cuomo has kept lawmakers in Albany in hopes of reaching a deal on rent regulations and other matters, including expiring laws governing mayoral control of city schools and the 421a real estate tax credit, but so far there has been no movement on those issues.

They are joined by nonprofit leaders who have scrutinized DOE practices for years, including under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who first won mayoral control of city schools in 2002, ending the old Board of Education system.

Seven years later, Assembly Speaker Heastie is thought to be Mayor Bill de Blasio's greatest ally in the fight to renew the system of mayoral control of city schools as is.

The ruling, by the Appellate Division, First Department, in Manhattan, upheld a lower court finding that the city's Education Department did not comply with the 2009 state law on mayoral control of the city schools because it failed to adequately notify the public about the ramifications of the closings.

The controversy has erupted as de Blasio seeks to extend mayoral control of city schools under legislation that expires in June.

As negotiations continue on the rent regulations and other top of the agenda priority issues like mayoral control of city schools, legislators are due back in Albany on Tuesday.

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.

In a nearly thirty minute sit - down with reporters, the mayor spoke on a range of issues that had come before the State Legislature in Albany — specifically mayoral control of city schools and overhauling the 421a tax credit — and argued that it was not Republicans in the State Senate under GOP Senate Leader John Flanagan who had shut them down, but Mr. Cuomo, a member of the mayor's own political party and self - professed friend.

ALBANY — State Assembly Democrats want to create a higher minimum wage for the metropolitan area and extend mayoral control of city schools until 2022.

«While Carl took on [Gov.] Cuomo on behalf of the mayor, he wasn't very effective in doing so because he's basically afraid of the governor, and hence you wound up with just that one - year extension [of mayoral control of the city schools],» the lobbyist continued.

The de Blasio administration sought help from the Real Estate Board of New York in 2015, when the city was engaged in a protracted debate with state officials over whether mayoral control of city schools should be extended long - term.

The mayor's chances of getting anything more than a one - year extension of mayoral control of city schools from state lawmakers look increasingly grim, as the Senate Republicans are not budging from their proposal to extend the power for just a year.

«We've started down the road of mayoral control and we have to continue it,» said Rosa, the former Bronx superintendent, who opposed mayoral control of city schools under Mayor Bloomberg.

The mayor asked Mr. Cuomo to extend mayoral control of city schools permanently — and said it made Mr. Cuomo's proposal for the state to take over struggling schools and school districts unnecessary.

After meeting privately with a bipartisan group of business leaders at City Hall on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio told members of the media that there is widespread agreement mayoral control of city schools must be extended by Albany lawmakers.

It's not clear what the Legislature, now in the midst of a poisonous dispute surrounding mayoral control of city schools, will do on this front.

Indeed, he personifies the principle behind mayoral control of city schools.

But Cuomo said the waiver process undermines mayoral control of city schools, which he fully supports and is working to roll out to other cities across the state.

The bitter stand - off over mayoral control of city schools raged into Sunday with state Senate Republicans slamming Mayor de Blasio for his resistance to charter schools and de Blasio arguing charters shouldn't be part of negotiations.

The Buffalo Parent - Teacher Organization (BPTO) is speaking out against a proposal for possible mayoral control of the city school district.

Mayoral Control of City Schools Before talks collapsed Wednesday, the Daily News had reported that the parties agreed to include in the budget a one - year extension of mayoral control of New York City schools.

Lawmakers left the Capitol last week without renewing mayoral control of city schools.

The ruling, by the Appellate Division, First Department, in Manhattan, upheld a lower court finding that the city's Education Department did not comply with the 2009 state law on mayoral control of the city schools because it failed to adequately notify the public about the ramifications of the closings.

Mayoral control of city schools expires in only one week, but that didn't stop de Blasio from pushing his progressive agenda at swanky beachfront hotels and eateries as part of the 85th - annual meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors.

All three Democratic candidates said they would not support mayoral control of city schools, as Republican candidate Laura Lavine proposed earlier this month.

Lavine, who has proposed mayoral control of the city school district, said bold, outside - the - box thinking is also needed to turn around Syracuse's struggling schools.

The politics of the 2014 elections soured the already tenuous relationship between Senate Republicans and the de Blasio administration, which is fighting to preserve and make permanent mayoral control of city 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.

And while the Assembly Dems and Gov. Cuomo seek a three - year extension of the law governing mayoral control of city schools, Flanagan said that «reforms» to the measure are needed «to guarantee transparency and accountability, and to require that New York City provides enough local funding to underperforming schools.»

By this time in his first term, Michael Bloomberg had banned smoking in bars and restaurants, won mayoral control of city schools and helped shore up the city's economy after the Sept. 11 attacks.