ALBANY—Apparently nobody told State Senator Bill Perkins, a Harlem Democrat who has been outspoken in his criticism of school governance legislation that vests too much power in the New York City mayor, that his chamber will act on an Assembly-approved governance bill once a leadership dispute is settled.
"We haven't taken a Read More
ALBANY—There are still murmurings by opponents of mayoral school control that, even with the State Assembly’s solid majority vote for the legislation, they will try to dilute the law that is eventually enacted. But Speaker Sheldon Silver has different ideas.
State Senator Bill Perkins, an opponent of mayoral control, told me Wednesday night, “We’re Read More
ALBANY—There are still murmurings by opponents of mayoral school control that, even with the State Assembly's solid majority vote for the legislation, they will try to dilute the law that is eventually enacted. But Speaker Sheldon Silver has different ideas.
State Senator Bill Perkins, an opponent of mayoral control, told me Wednesday Read More
