ALBANY — Mayor de Blasio will likely get no more than a three-year extension of his control over city schools.
Despite de Blasio’s push for a permanent extension of mayoral control, the mayor’s biggest backers in Albany introduced legislation this week that would extend it by only three years.
The bill was sponsored by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) and Education Committee Chairwoman Catherine Nolan (D-Queens).
“It is critically important that mayoral control is extended,” said Heastie spokesman Michael Whyland. “Our budget included a seven-year extension. However, the Senate has refused, so we have matched the governor’s three-year proposal.”