In a City Limits article Bronx State Senator Gustavo Rivera pens an article titled 'Schools need state help, not sensational headlines'. This is in response to a New York Post article saying Governor Andrew Cuomo's links lawmakers to failing schools.
Senator Rivera does a poor job of trying to explain the excuse that children in public schools fail because... As a matter of fact Governor Cuomo is part of the problem, as well as the 12 years of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
There were state standards set over 10 tears ago that schools would have to meet. However since New York City and a few other large cities in the state were so far behind they were given waivers. The Bloomberg administration knew just what the problem was as Senator Rivera touches on, but after a couple of attempts to fix it appeared to give up.
And Senator Rivera Governor Cuomo is partially correct in saying that it is the fault of the elected officials. However Governor Cuomo forgets that he is one of those elected officials who is now failing the students he talks about.
Mayoral Control expires in June of this year, and that gives the State Assembly and State Senate only a couple of months to fix it or the children will continue to be deprived of a rightful education they deserve.
The answer will be - Now that Democrat Bill deBlasio is Mayor we do not have to do anything. Lets hope that the Republican State Senate does not think that way and does not continue Mayoral Control.
