Councilmen Blast Bill de Blasio for Failing to Halt More Co-Locations

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ROSS BARKAN

The gloves are coming off in the City Council.

Brooklyn City Councilmen Vincent Gentile, David Greenfield and Mark Treyger blasted Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Department of Education today for failing to halt a slew of co-locations in their districts.

The Department of Education announced earlier today that they would be pulling the plug on nine previously approved school co-locations, including three charter schools–drawing praise from the teachers’ union and fire from charter advocates, who charge the decision will leave thousands of children fighting for alternate space come September.

But the three Brooklyn Democrats contend the mayor did not go far enough, allowing another 36 of the 45 planned co-locations weighed by the administration to move forward.

http://politicker.com/2014/02/councilmen-blast-bill-de-blasio-for-failing-to-halt-more-co-locations/