'Alise vs. the Mayor'

New York City has become a central battlefield in the fight over school choice and education reform since Bill de Blasio, an ally of the teachers unions and opponent of charter schools, became mayor in January. De Blasio decided early on in his administration to force out charter schools like Harlem Success Academy (founded by de Blasio’s longtime political opponent Eva Moskowitz) from open space in public school buildings. The negative response was overwhelming, with even New York’s Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo coming out forcefully against de Blasio’s anti-charter schools move. The mayor has since announced that the city has space in its public school buildings for three charter schools.