The future of the Democrat Party is being charted in New York as its governor and the city's mayor wage a battle over charter schools that touches on race, unions, Wall Street money and other issues that stand to redefine the party.
The divide has largely centered on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's objection to newly elected New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to limit the growth of charter schools. But underneath the public dispute lies larger questions about the party's long-standing support from teachers unions and the uneasy alliance that politicians -- particularly those eyeing national office -- have with Wall Street.
Cuomo insists his support for charters is about "smart government" and his commitment to fixing a broken education system -- not garnering powerful, deep-pocketed political backing.
"Education is … not about the pensions, not about the unions and not about the lobbyists and not about the PR firms. Education is about the students," he said during a March 4 charter school rally at the state capital in Albany.
Michael McShane, an education policy expert at the American Enterprise Institute, says the in-state fight will have 2016 implications.Read the rest of the story HERE.
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