Unions, Parents, and Mayor Adams Are Battling for Control of New York City Schools

If mayoral control is not renewed in June, critics say, the city’s biggest teachers union will have more power than the mayor over the New York City school system.

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Mayor Adams on April 18, 2023, at New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

As Mayor Adams pushes to hold on to his authority over New York City’s public schools, state legislators and teachers’ unions are hoping to tighten their grip over the city’s education system and bring back what critics describe as misgovernance by local community school boards.

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