NYC education committee councilmembers oppose charter school expansion plan

Key Facts

• New York City councilmembers are adding their voice to a chorus of lawmakers to oppose lifting the regional charter school cap in the five boroughs.
• Ten of the 19 members of the Council’s education committee, led by its chair Rita Joseph (D-Brooklyn), signed onto a letter Friday to push for the rejection of Gov. Hochuls’ plan to make more than 100 charters available downstate.
• A pro-charter school rally outside City Hall in Manhattan on Tuesday, March 7, 2023.
• (Cayla Bamberger/New York Daily News)

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