http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/senator-push-bill-reducing-mayoral-control-city-schools-article-1.3882557
The bill by state Sen. Brian Benjamin (speaking), a Democrat, would weaken mayoral control over the schools.
The bill by state Sen. Brian Benjamin, a Democrat, would weaken mayoral control over the schools by requiring majority support from the state senator, Assembly member, congressional representative, borough president and City Council member representing a district targeted for �proposed school closings or significant changes in school utilization.�
Currently, the citywide Panel for Educational Policy � controlled by the mayor and his appointed schools chancellor � have the only say.
�I support mayoral control by and large without question, but I think some decisions you really need to have some local input involved,� Benjamin said.
The senator has been fighting a city plan to close the middle school at Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing Visual Arts in Harlem and focus only on the high school grades.
�This is the only middle school in Harlem that has a concentration on the arts,� Benjamin said. �If you take that out, there is no longer that opportunity.�
While supporters of mayoral control over the schools say it is designed to make one person accountable, Benjamin said that�s not always the case, noting de Blasio, because of term limits, is a lame duck for the next four years.
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