ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The Latest on the final scheduled day of the New York legislative session (all times local):
12 a.m.
New York lawmakers have adjourned their 2017 session without a deal to extend Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio’s control of New York City schools.
The Senate and Assembly adjourned late Wednesday night after negotiations over renewing the policy broke down.
Mayoral oversight of schools, first enacted in 2002, will expire June 30. Control will then revert to a mosaic of local school boards.
Senate Republicans sought to link the policy’s renewal to a plan to increase the number of charter schools permitted in the city, but Assembly Democrats balked.
Some lawmakers expect to return to Albany to resolve the stalemate before the fall, but Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says he has no intention of calling the Assembly back.
The policy lapsed once before, in 2009, but was quickly reinstated.
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11 p.m.
New York lawmakers will end their 2017 legislative session without a deal to extend Mayor Bill de Blasio’s control of New York City schools.
The GOP-led state Senate announced it would adjourn late Wednesday after negotiations with the Democratic-controlled Assembly fell apart.
The policy giving New York City’s Democratic mayor oversight over education, first enacted in 2002, will expire June 30. Control of schools will then revert to a mosaic of local school boards.
Senate Republicans sought to link the policy’s renewal to a plan to raise the number of charter schools permitted in the city, but Assembly Democrats balked.
Lawmakers say they may return later this summer to try to reach a deal before the school year begins.
The six-month session began in January.
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9:22 a.m.
New York lawmakers are ready to leave Albany - though they haven’t yet agreed to extend Mayor Bill de Blasio’s control of New York City schools.
The Senate and Assembly are scheduled to wrap up their annual session Wednesday.
Top lawmakers from both parties support mayoral control of schools in New York City, a 15-year-old policy that expires June 30 if lawmakers don’t act.
Republicans have linked the renewal to a plan to raise the number of charter schools allowed in the city. So far Democrats won’t go along.
Control of schools would revert to a mosaic of local school boards in the city if the policy expires.
Lawmakers say they could return this summer to try again if they can’t reach a deal this week.
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