Sentences with phrase «on mayoral control»
Was there ever a thought to delay your honeymoon when it seemed like it could coincide with a vote on mayoral control?
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As the budget process moved into crunch time, the focus was less on mayoral control and more on education reforms the governor was seeking.
They hadn't made any decisions on mayoral control.
The annual Rite of Bashage on mayoral control of city schools is upon us.
Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan blasted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for not attending the second planned public hearing on mayoral control of city schools the GOP conference is holding on Thursday.
Cuomo hopes to have a deal on mayoral control before it expires this week — despite his criticism of de Blasio's management of city schools.
The mayor also noted he sat for hours of questions at a public hearing on mayoral control in Albany that was a largely cordial event.
Lanza, along with Brooklyn's Marty Golden and Democrat Simcha Felder, is among the trio of GOP conference members from New York City and has been involved in the discussions on the mayoral control issue.
ALBANY — After they walked away last week without taking action on mayoral control of New York City schools or renewing local tax authorizations, state lawmakers will convene Wednesday — at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's command — for a special session.
Cuomo made the announcement on the mayoral control extension as part of a broader agreement on a range of issues, including an extension of state control of the New York Racing Association, testing for lead in school drinking water and new flexibility for charter schools to allow them to switch to the Board of Trustees of State University of New York for oversight.
Interesting article from Politico criticizing Dirty John Flanagan's phony position on Mayoral Control of NYC schools.
ALBANY — The State Legislature has adjourned for the year without coming to an agreement on mayoral control of New York City's schools, leaving a looming question mark over the chain of command for the nation's largest public school system and its 1.1 million students.
Flanagan indicated that de Blasio's vocal support of Democratic candidates in the 2014 State Senate elections has hurt his chances of securing the cooperation of the Republican majority on the mayoral control issue.
The mayor said that while he was encouraged by the Assembly's votes on one house bills earlier this year on both mayoral control and rent regulations, the governor and the Republican - controlled Senate were stalling.
The administration clearly views Flanagan's position on mayoral control as designed to hurt the mayor rather than to boost the city's educational system.
The Senate will hold another public hearing on mayoral control on May 19 in New York City.
«This morning, I had an opportunity to review the Senate Education Committee's public hearing on mayoral control for New York City held yesterday in Albany.
The no - names battle between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo continues, with the current chapter focused on mayoral control of city schools.
Cuomo, who has been largely absent from the Capitol lately, weighed in on mayoral control during an interview on the cable news channel NY1.
The only current Senate proposal on mayoral control would extend the system just a year, with the new condition that city school budgets would have to be approved by the Legislature.
Senate Republicans not only stuck it to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio on mayoral control of the public schools, but also handed a victory to his nemesis, Success Academy charter school network founder Eva Moskowitz by allowing charters to hire more uncertified teachers.
The Legislature also hasn't come to a consensus on mayoral control of New York City public schools, which expires at the end of the month.
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.
As of Tuesday morning, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan left the Assembly with two options on mayoral control: pass a one - year extension with few conditions, or approve a three - year extension laden with non-starters.
All of the Senate's bills on mayoral control include provisions to strengthen charter schools, which Flanagan said are an integral part of the public school system.
Team de Blasio's response to that was that they did start early, and the mayor testified in February in Albany on mayoral control of schools and rent control.
We've linked to this before, but here's a very different take on mayoral control from Vincent Wojsnis, a teacher at MS 399 on East 184th Street.
Top de Blasio administration officials, though not the mayor himself, worked the state Capitol hallways on mayoral control yesterday.
«If I were betting, I would bet right now the plan would be to come back at the end of the year to do the sales tax extenders and see if there's any movement on mayoral control,» Cuomo said.
Earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan attempted to set the record straight on his mayoral control stance.
Thursday's hearing in New York City, the second on mayoral control this session, was no exception.
Senate Republicans are holding a second hearing today on mayoral control in New York City after Majority Leader John Flanagan was deeply critical of the appearance de Blasio put in at the Albany hearing earlier this month.
They have little incentive to deliver on mayoral control or renewal of rent regulations as only two of their members hail from the city and they appear to be holding onto a grudge against de Blasio.
Said Klein: «We're still just talking, generally, about how we can get there on mayoral control — hopefully with a two - year extender.»
Public Advocate Letitia James held a series of «Our School, Our Voices» public forums on mayoral control across the five boroughs earlier this year.
«Should there be safeguards, should there be caveats on mayoral control, and then how long?»
They say that in a typical year there might be major campaigns on mayoral control but instead the bandwidth on education issues has been largely monopolized.
James» office is expected to release a report with recommendations on mayoral control sometime in May.
«The governor made some good, cogent suggestions on mayoral control — the details of which I will not discuss — but he is trying to help in the process,» Flanagan said.
«I think I made my views known on mayoral control of education, I made my views known on the Dream Act.
In 2009, both houses of the state legislature held a combined 12 hearings on mayoral control renewal, and in 2016, just the Senate is holding two hearings.
De Blasio will also have just a few months to re-assemble the large coalition of allies he convened on mayoral control this year, including a large swath of elected officials, business leaders and even former mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Finan said the administration checks in with all such stakeholders on matters of importance to the city, as it did with REBNY on mayoral control.
Earlier this month, the mayor traveled to Albany to personally lobby on the mayoral control issue.
It's going to be another interesting day in Albany as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is due to be questioned before the Senate Education Committee on mayoral control of city schools and the future of the program.
Mr. Flanagan went on to blame the Assembly for its posture on mayoral control, but the fault for the lack of an agreement seemed likely to be spread among the many feuding parties in Albany and beyond, including the leaders of the state Senate and Assembly, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, and Mayor Bill de Blasio, both Democrats.
Cuomo and others were confident that lawmakers will return to renew them even if they haven't agreed on mayoral control.
It was left in limbo after Assembly Democrats shot down a Senate Republican attempt to tie the renewal to a set of measures that would benefit charter schools; Republicans in turn refused to pass a standalone measure on mayoral control.