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Tuesday — boosting several policies backed by the New York teachers’ union while toning down his support for charter schools hated by the labor group. The press release from Cuomo’s New York City mayoral campaign outlining his educational platform makes no mention of charters — the popular privately-managed, publicly-funded alternative schools that are fiercely opposed by the United Federation of Teachers and its boss Mike Mulgrew.
The Democratic primary frontrunner buried mention of his support of charters — which are mostly staffed by non-union members — in bullet point 16, under the heading “Support Diverse High Impact School Models.” “Specialized high schools and public charter schools that demonstrate strong results for students — especially those of color or from underserved communities — must be supported and expanded, not politicized or undermined,” Cuomo said.Zohran Mamdani spews antisemitic tropes, falsely claims taxpayers foot the bill for NY pols’ Israel trips: Jewish activists NYC Socialists blast ‘machine Dems’ backing Cuomo as they push Zohran Mamdani to older, minority voters Cuomo’s soft-pedaling on the school networks was a far cry from his aggressive pro-charter advocacy days as governor, when he boasted of being the “students’ lobbyist.”In a rebuke of then-Mayor Bill de Blasio, he rammed through a state law that required the city to pick upcharter schools to lease space in private buildings if the mayor and city Department of Education refused to allow them to co-locate in public school facilities.His plan does promote other initiatives backed by the UFT and public school teachers, such as more early childhood education programs and “community schools” with wraparound health services.The Cuomo campaign would not explicitly say if he would support a state law to lift the cap on charter school openings, which he backed as governor.Pressed on whether he supported “school choice,” Cuomo said: “I believe in charter schools, but I believe we have so much work to do in the public school system now, which is educating like ninety-five percent of our students.” “We have to focus on that, we have to fix that,” Cuomo said, in a line mouthed by other mayoral candidates.Whitney Tilson speaks at the Mental Health Mayoral Candidate Town Hall presented by The NYC Mental Health Collective at the First Baptist Church of Crown Heights at 450 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, NY.“At least he’s on record supporting charter schools. That’s a positive,” said Raymond Rivera, founder of the Family LIfe Academy Charter Schools network in the Bronx. “I’m hoping that Cuomo is not backing down. We support lifting the charter school cap,” added Rivera, vice chairman of the Black, Latino, Asian Charter School Collaborative. Cuomo spoke at the UFT’s mayoral forum last weekend, vowing to support a repeal of a controversial Tier 6 pension law he approved as governor in 2012 that slashed benefits to new hires as a cost saving measure, over the objections of the unions.Beloved 'Cheers' actor dead at 76 Exotic dancer 'The Punisher' testifies he was hired for up to 12 'freak-offs' for naked Diddy wearing Islamic face coveringDocs say it's 'inconceivable' Biden's cancer went undetected by his medical team — as Trump Jr. questions if diagnosis is 'cover-up'Jill Biden's role propping up Joe through his presidency can't be ignored as questions over his cancer diagnosis swirlTrump’s ‘crypto council’ has ‘no juice’ as it stumbles out of the gate on key Capitol Hill vote: sourcesBianca Censori takes the pantsless trend to a new level in cheeky loincloth Blake Lively accused of creating ‘insane, toxic, emotionally draining’ workplace at now-defunct lifestyle brand: reportWhitney Tilson speaks at the Mental Health Mayoral Candidate Town Hall presented by The NYC Mental Health Collective at the First Baptist Church of Crown Heights at 450 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, NY.
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