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March 21, 2014
Cox to Wright:
Do the right thing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: David Laska
dlaska@nygop.org
518.462.2601
ALBANY...NYGOP Chair Ed Cox this morning called on Assemblyman Keith Wright, Co-Chair of the State Democratic Party, to join him in opposing Bill de Blasio and Sheldon Silver's War on Charters, after the New York Post reported this morning that Assemblyman Wright represents a district that encompasses 15 charter schools with a combined wait-list of nearly 4,000 children.

 

Last month, Bill de Blasio took unilateral action to revoke co-location of three Success Academy charter schools, cementing his support from teachers unions by betraying New York's youth.

 

Silver has pushed back against efforts in the State Legislature to provide state funding for charters ousted by de Blasio.

 

"As a founder and former chair of SUNY's Charter School Committee, I know how charter schools can provide underprivileged children with the building blocks of upward social mobility," said Cox.

 

"I call upon Chairman Wright to join me in pledging support for charter schools against Bill de Blasio and Sheldon Silver's shameful, politically-motivated War on Charters."

 
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