In late September, the Partnership for New York City, an influential business coalition, organized a meeting between Mr. de Blasio and compromise -
minded charter supporters.
Not exact matches
As the demographics of New York shift more and more toward Democrats — and Republicans continue to hang on to their Senate majority by a thread — there's a growing sense that
charter supporters need to «cultivate change in the hearts and
minds» of the Democratic conference, Brisbane said.
Meanwhile other old - school civil rights groups are rife with constituencies who are
charter school
supporters — and in fact, started their own schools; integration -
minded constituents can rile up anger all they want, but the groups can't afford to alienate school reformers within their own groups without endangering their own pockets.