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Tensions Growing As School-Control Battle Rolls Toward Climax

By DAN ROSENBLUM
Posted 6/15/15

As the State Legislature approached the end of its 2015 session June 17, Mayor de Blasio and his allies made a final pitch to Albany lawmakers last week to approve a three-year extension of mayoral control over city schools. As he did so, a Panel for Educational Policy vote to deny a co-location approved by the Mayor gave ammunition to one of his most-outspoken critics, as well as a union leader who’s usually supportive.

In the last few weeks, business leaders, heads of non-profit groups, Borough Pres

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