Xinyuan Cao

Apr 16, 2024 | citynewsroomcjs.com | Vincent Jiang |Francesca Maria Lorenzini |Andrea Pineda-Salgado |Xinyuan Cao

“I have no interest in serving as a chancellor in a system where you don’t really have the authority to make real decisions,” New York City Chancellor David Banks said during a recent press conference. “I have no interest in that whatsoever.” Banks oversees the largest public school system in the nation. Any talk of stepping down if the state legislature doesn’t renew mayoral control is sure to grab the spotlight. But what exactly is this decades-old law?