Sentences with phrase «over city charters»

Last year, when de Blasio was at his most vulnerable, Cuomo chose to play a decisive role in the mayor's most embarrassing political defeat to date by siding with charter school executive Eva Moskowitz in a high - profile fight over city charters.

It may not have reached the ear - biting level, but a wrestling match between NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council over the City Charter is heating up, with both sides moving to create their own revision commissions.

Not exact matches

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.

Negotiations in Albany were also bogged down over how to divide increased education funding, the details of an affordable housing and development tax credit in New York City and whether to increase the number of authorized charter schools.

While the Assembly bill introduced Friday would extend mayoral control over the schools for three years, the Senate has been pushing a one - year extender that would be tied to an increase in the number of city charter schools.

Republican state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan will insist that more charter schools be allowed to open in New York City as part of any deal to extend Mayor de Blasio's authority over the public - school system, The Post has learned.

Thus the new budget manipulates future aid formulas in a way that one advocate says will cost city charters some $ 1.7 billion over the next several years.

At Success Academy, the charter school network in New York City, current and former educators say the quest for high scores drives some of them over the line.

Teachers» unions and Democrats who dominate the Assembly were pleased to beat back the tax credit, while the religious organizations and charter school advocates who supported the measure were tided over with money and changes that will allow more charter schools to open in New York City.

The expiration was the result of a stalemate over whether mayoral control should be linked with provisions to grow New York City's charter school sector.

James has also led the legal case against the city's largest charter school operator, Success Academy, over accusations that the network counsels out students with disabilities.

But David Bloomfield, a professor of education at C.U.N.Y. and Brooklyn College, says the new charter legislation doesn't mean de Blasio's control over the city's schools will necessarily be further diminished.

New York City has just 28 slots left for new charters, a number that could easily drop to zero over the next year with the growth of local charters guaranteed under a state law passed earlier this year.

The boisterous Brooklyn borough president asked the city's Charter Review Commission yesterday to consider giving control back to him and the other four Beeps over their budgets, a move that would restore much of the powers they lost 21 years ago.

Mayor de Blasio has agreed to do more to help charter schools open or expand as part of the Albany deal that extended his authority over city schools, sources said Thursday.

De Blasio's power over city schools has already been somewhat diminished by the new pro-charter state law dictating how the city must accommodate charters in both public and private space.

Pro-charter group Families for Excellent Schools has released a series of reports over the past several months trying to combat the claim that charters under - enroll special needs students, though the city has called the data misleading.

MIDDLETOWN — A proposal by the charter revision commission to eliminate the elected city treasurer post has initiated a debate over the merits of the position.

A charter school network's plan to double in size over the next few years could reignite a war over classroom space in New York City — only this time with the ground rules already tilted against the mayor, thanks to a new law passed in Albany this spring.

At 9:40 a.m., leaders of New York City's charter networks join parents to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration to support 50 new charter schools in public space over the next two years, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

An off - the - books charter school deal between de Blasio and State Senate Republicans paved the way for the mayor to win control over city schools for another two years.

Moskowitz, a 49 - year - old former Upper East Side councilwoman, is the face of the city's charter - school movement — and by extension a player in the national debate over education reform.

Michael Mulgrew called the Senate GOP plan to tie the renewal of a law granting de Blasio control over the city school system to an expansion of charter schools «crap.»

ALBANY — The head of the city teachers union dismissed as «a load of crap» state Senate GOP efforts to tie the renewal of a law granting Mayor de Blasio control over the city school system to an expansion of charter schools.

The Buffalo Public Schools district potentially faces two lawsuits: for not increasing the ranks of minority students at City Honors and for favoring current city students for admission over charter and parochial studeCity Honors and for favoring current city students for admission over charter and parochial studecity students for admission over charter and parochial students.

Sources said the issue is personal to Silver, who was infuriated when city officials, over his objections, sought to put the Ross Global charter school in a public - school building in his Lower East Side district.

[56] Over the course of his terms in office, Pataki would expand the availability of charter schools in New York City and raise the state's cap on charter schools to 250.

On Friday, Moskowitz released an «open letter» to de Blasio, detailing his «poor management and lack of control over the governance of city schools [and] his neglect of public charter school student needs.»

In the first three months of 2014, New York City's charter advocates, with the help of Governor Andrew Cuomo, battled Mayor Bill de Blasio over the future of the city's growing charter secCity's charter advocates, with the help of Governor Andrew Cuomo, battled Mayor Bill de Blasio over the future of the city's growing charter seccity's growing charter sector.

Concern is once again rising in the cash - strapped Utica City School District as the state mulls over the possibility of allowing another charter school to open.

Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz, who has fought with de Blasio over the role of charter schools in the city, said earlier Wednesday that she agrees with him about mayoral control.

Success secured its place as the city's most conspicuous charter network this year, as Success» founder and C.E.O. Eva Moskowitz publicly sparred with Mayor Bill de Blasio over space for several Success schools.

She embarrassed the administration during a public fight over charter school space in the spring of 2014 by enlisting the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo, and she undermined the mayor on his frustrating bid to extend mayoral control over city schools in the latest legislative session.

The Success Academy charter school network has refused to sign mandatory contracts granting the city Department of Education oversight over its pre-kindergarten program, deputy mayor Richard Buery said Thursday, signaling the latest showdown between the charter network and Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration.

F.E.S. has helped organize massive pro-charter rallies in New York City and Albany over the past year, which have influenced public policy on charter schools.

City Hall has largely demurred when facing Moskowitz in the past — ever since losing a high - profile fight with her and the network in the spring of 2014 over charter school space — with officials saying they wanted to avoid unnecessary conflict.

The city's charter leaders are anxiously awaiting a decision from the D.O.E. about whether over two dozen charter co-locations approved by the Panel for Educational Policy under former mayor Bloomberg last fall will be rolled back.

It would cost the state just over $ 100 million to fund 256 charter schools statewide at an equal level, said James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School charter schools statewide at an equal level, said James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School Charter School Center.

The GOP - controlled Senate warned it's prepared to leave without extending the mayor's authority over New York City schools if the Democratic - controlled Assembly refuses to negotiate on its priorities, which include more charter schools.

On Wednesday, members of the city council's Progressive Caucus, including Councilman Daniel Dromm, chair of the Education Committee, came to Albany asking state legislators to adopt a budget that provides funding mandated by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court decision, excludes additional resources for charter schools, leaves the charter school cap at current levels and provides more local control over the city's schools.

The Assembly passed the extender, but not so the State Senate, reportedly willing to trade for charter - school expansion and perhaps continuation of mayoral control over New York City public schools.

Those leaders did as they were asked on Wednesday, releasing a statement in support of mayoral control on behalf of the Coalition of Community Charter Schools, a group that has had a complex relationship with City Hall over the last several months.

This has been borne out in their various proxy battles over the future of charter schools, the funding of the Metropolitan Transportation authority's capital plan, the growth of e-hail giant Uber, and how long the mayor should have authority over the city's public schools.

Success Academy C.E.O. Eva Moskowitz found a new and politically expedient way to attack Mayor Bill de Blasio over space issues for her charter schools on Thursday by casting doubt on his worthiness to maintain mayoral control of the city's schools, perhaps his administration's most urgent priority in Albany.

Prior to the referendum, the county Legislature presumably would vote to approve the details of a new county charter to reflect the county's authority over city affairs.

The one - year extension was tied to opaque language about the State University of New York's regulatory authority over the charters it oversees — which include the city's major networks.

The demonstrations were aimed at Cuomo's plans to increase the importance of standardized tests for teacher ratings, boost the number of charter schools and turn over the management of troubled city schools to outside groups.

The unions say the changes could cost city public schools over $ 183 million from increased charter tuition and payments for charter personnel and over $ 88 million for the increase in rental assistance.

In the final hours of the session, legislators agreed to extend mayoral control over New York City schools another year, after Mayor Bill deBlasio agreed, among other things, to allow some high performing charter schools to be regulated by the state, not the cCity schools another year, after Mayor Bill deBlasio agreed, among other things, to allow some high performing charter schools to be regulated by the state, not the citycity.

The city has alleged that Moskowitz has refused to sign a contract granting the Department of Education oversight over pre-K programs in Success» charter schools — meaning the city can not fund the programs.