Pictures and words from our amazing rally yesterday; protesting Gov. Cuomo's forced charter takeover of our public schools
This is the most egregious charter preference law in the nation, and the most acute violation of local control. As Sen. Liz Krueger pointed out at the rally, the privatizers avidly supported mayoral control when that mayor was Michael Bloomberg, eager to give away our schools to charter operators.
But when New Yorkers overwhelmingly elected a mayor who said he would charge charters rent and hold a moratorium on co-locations, the powers that be persuaded the Governor and the leaders of the Legislature to perform a bloodless coup, to essentially eliminate mayoral control NYC Public School Parents: Pictures and words from our amazing rally yesterday; protesting Gov. Cuomo's forced charter takeover of our public schools: