Leonie interviewed NY Senator John Liu, the powerful Chair of the State Senate Committee on NYC schools, who spoke about the hot button issues of Mayoral control and class size. Then she played excerpts from the City Council’s Education hearing on Mayoral control, featuring some of the voices of parents and advocates who spoke about the need to reform the system to provide more checks and balances, accountability and community input.
NY1, Sen. Liu on the NY Education budget, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbrPmoS70Do
Queens Chronicle, Chancellor expresses concern on class size https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/chancellor-expresses-concern-on-class-size/article_0f35d866-9ec5-52cb-8bf5-2d3e8b5155d7.html
NYC Parents, Testimony on Mayoral control from Diane Ravitch, Class Size Matters, and other advocates & parent leaders https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2026/02/hearings-and-testimony-on-mayoral.html