It’ll be EASY for a Mayor Mamdani to abandon the – Latest News
As Mayor Eric Adams’ time period winds down, the Panel for Educational Policy that’s supposed to be the device for mayoral control of the colleges has gone rogue, each exceeding its correct authority and making an attempt to duck accountability when it comes to guaranteeing continued bus service for public schoolchildren.
The PEP was at it again final week, refusing to even take into account approval of new long-term school-bus contracts negotiated by City Hall, and solely OK’ing one-month extensions in hopes that a new mayor elected Tuesday will signal a need to reward particular pursuits at the children’ expense.
The long-term contract put forth by City Hall would allow the bus operators to get the financing needed to transfer in the direction of electrifying school-bus fleets as state law requires, and to modernize their fleets to guarantee enough service.
But the PEP rebels are holding out to protect seniority rights for bus drivers that massively drive up prices — and had been really ruled unlawful by state courts back in the Bloomberg years — in hopes that the Legislature will make them legal.
This episode reveals how simple it’s going to be for a Mayor Mamdani to let go of control of the college system even with out formally shedding mayoral control: Just let the members go rogue, and the particular pursuits will fortunately take over.
It’s one more purpose voters need to deny Zohran Mamdani a victory on Tuesday.
