NYC Business Leaders Call for Renewed Mayoral School Control
- Policy enacted in 2002 is up for state reapproval this year
- Governor Cuomo asked state lawmakers for a 3-year extension
Bill de Blasio
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More than 100 business leaders called upon New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature to extend mayoral control of New York City’s schools, warning that if they fail to do it the system could backslide into chaos experienced years ago under a decentralized board of education.
The Partnership for New York City, a civic group that includes the chief executives of some of the city’s largest employers, said in a letter to the governor and legislative leaders that the school system has improved its student test scores and graduation rates since the state granted the mayor control of the largest U.S. school system in 2002.