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   From: bssherman@eastbaytimes.com   
      
   NEW YORK — New York City’s public schools will remain closed   
   through the end of the academic year because of the coronavirus,   
   Mayor Bill de Blasio said Saturday, confirming more than three   
   months of regular schooling for 1.1 million children would be   
   lost.   
      
   Roughly 1,800 schools across the city’s five boroughs have   
   scrambled to adjust to remote learning since they were initially   
   shuttered March 16.   
      
   “Lord knows, having to tell you that we cannot bring our schools   
   back for the remainder of this school year is painful,” de   
   Blasio said during a news conference. “But I can also tell you,   
   it’s the right thing to do.”   
      
   The mayor said the decision to close schools was made Friday   
   evening after he spoke with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the   
   National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Fauci   
   supported the decision, de Blasio said.   
      
   But soon after the mayor ended his news conference Saturday,   
   Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at his own press briefing that there had   
   been “no decision” on closing schools in the city or state. He   
   described the mayor’s announcement as de Blasio’s “opinion.”   
      
   The governor and mayor have been political rivals for years. New   
   York City typically makes its own decisions about school   
   closures, including snow days, though Cuomo said Saturday that   
   he had the legal authority to decide when public schools across   
   the state reopen.   
      
   Cuomo’s aides pointed to last month’s executive order requiring   
   that public schools close, which included a provision that the   
   governor would decide the length of the closures.   
      
   The governor said he wanted to coordinate city schools’   
   reopening date with the rest of the state and, ideally, with New   
   Jersey and Connecticut. He said a final call was “not going to   
   be decided in the next few days.” Still, it seems highly   
   unlikely that Cuomo will reopen New York City schools in   
   defiance of de Blasio.   
      
   During a television appearance Saturday night, the mayor   
   asserted his power to make decisions about city schools. “I run   
   the school system” along with the schools chancellor, Richard   
   Carranza, de Blasio said, citing mayoral control of city schools.   
      
   The mayor said that he would work with the governor but that he   
   did not have responsibility “to another elected official. My   
   responsibility is to those kids.”   
      
   At his earlier news briefing, de Blasio noted that the city was   
   preparing to reopen schools as scheduled in September.   
      
   https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/04/11/new-york-city-closes-   
   schools-for-academic-year-but-cuomo-says-its-his-decision-2/   
      
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