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Mayoral Control

Dilan: It Was Just a Draft

By Azi Paybarah | April 28, 2009 | 1:31 pm

Malcolm Smith is downplaying a Post story saying that his conference was prepared to gut mayoral control and recommend reconstituting the Board of Education to oversee the city's public schools. Smith's spokesman, Austin Shafran, emailed this statement from Senator Martin Dilan, chairman of the committee that produced the report containing the recommendations: “Recently an internal report was made public that summarized the testimony received over the course of several months regarding Mayoral Control of New... READ MORE»

Dilan: It Was Just a Draft

By Azi Paybarah | April 28, 2009 | 11:50 am

Malcolm Smith is downplaying a Post story saying that his conference was prepared to gut mayoral control and recommend reconstituting the Board of Education to oversee the city's public schools. Smith's spokesman, Austin Shafran, emailed this statement from Sen... READ MORE»

Joel Klein

Denny Farrell Says N.Y.C. Schools Need 'Tension' At Top

By Jimmy Vielkind | January 28, 2009 | 3:21 pm

ALBANY—Of course Joel Klein can't come to Albany without getting asked about mayoral control, which is up for legislative reauthorization this... READ MORE»