Sentences with phrase «negotiations over mayoral control»

It seems de Blasio is headed for more contentious negotiations over mayoral control of schools.

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Negotiations continued today at the Capitol as lawmakers convene for an extraordinary session of the Legislature on Tuesday as talks continue over a potential broader deal beyond the extension of mayoral control for New York City schools.

The bitter stand - off over mayoral control of city schools continued over the weekend with state Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan slamming NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for his resistance to charter schools and de Blasio arguing charters shouldn't be part of negotiations.

With the fate of mayoral control over the city school system hanging in the balance, insiders are amazed at how little behind - the - scenes negotiations there's been.

ALBANY — With just three scheduled days left in the legislative session and the fate of mayoral control over the city school system hanging in the balance, insiders are amazed at how little behind - the - scenes negotiations there's been.

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.

Negotiations over an extension of soon - to - expire mayoral control of New York City schools have sucked most of the oxygen from the proverbial room — though not the room, of «three men» fame, which sat empty for months, until Monday — leaving little time and attention for de Blasio's other top priorities needing state action.

But during the last year, ever since the Mayor meekly crawled to Albany to beg for a one - year extension, the sticking point in negotiations over the renewal of mayoral control has been the urgency of expanding NYC's public charter school sector, de Blasio's favorite whipping boy, which now serves one out of ten students in NYC, most of them poor and of color.