The mayor outraged charter backers in 2014 when the DOE initially blocked several of Eva Moskowitz's planned Success Academy charter schools from
obtaining city space.
Not exact matches
City Hall would agree to make it easier for charters to get public - school
space or
obtain funding to lease private
space, said an education official familiar with the discussions.
But after Mr. Cuomo last year pushed through a law giving charter schools more power to
obtain free
space in
city school buildings, Mr. de Blasio's administration appears wary of doing anything that could jeopardize its biggest priorities in Albany, which include getting mayoral control of schools renewed and securing more aid for prekindergarten, after - school programs and
city schools in general.
But after Mr. Cuomo last year pushed through a law giving charter schools more power to
obtain free
space in
city school buildings, Mr. de Blasio's administration appears wary of doing anything that could jeopardize its biggest priorities in Albany, which include getting mayoral control of schools renewed and securing more aid for prekindergarten, after - school programs and
city schools in general.