State Senator Malcolm Smith has introduced and is sponsoring legislation to enact mayoral control of the Rochester school district. Smith introduced the bill at the request of Governor David Paterson.
The bill, S8156, is the same as the Assembly version that was previously introduced. There's a hearing on that bill happening right now at Rochester City Hall.
A spokesman for the Senate's Democratic majority didn't know why Smith is sponsoring the bill. Smith represents part of Queens. The two senators that represent Rochester, Republicans Joe Robach and Jim Alesi, haven't openly embraced the proposal.
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P. Davis said on Jun. 22, 2010 at 5:20pm
Is it just me, or does anyone else have a problem with this? How can a person from Queens know or understand all of the nuances that are involved in our local school district, and the many issues that are being addressed here in Rochester? If our local senators didn't jump at the chance to sponsor this bill, why did he? I really hope and pray that this bill does not get passed, so that we can simply vote democratically on any changes that we, the affected citizens, want, nay, need to make. No one is happy with the status quo of public education in our city, but I believe that we should have the same voting rights that our suburban neighbors enjoy within our same county. This would be yet another reason to sell our home, and leave the city.
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