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BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARTY MARKOWITZ JOINS ELECTED OFFICIALS IN ANNOUNCING HIS SUPPORT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY BILL

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Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joins elected officials in demanding system accountability in the Department of Education. Pictured from left to right are: Assemblyman James Brennan; Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum; Borough President Marty Markowitz; and State Senator Eric Schneiderman.

On Thursday, May 13th, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joined Assemblyman James Brennan, State Senator Eric Schneiderman, other legislators, union leaders and education activists in a press conference on the steps of Tweed Courthouse to voice his support for a bill that would increase accountability within the New York City Board of Education to parents, workers, and the public.

“Accountability, checks and balances, and openness are the keys to success if we want to keep politics out of our educational system. Our children and parents deserve nothing less,” said Borough President Markowitz. “The bill co-sponsored by Assemblyman Brennan and Senator Schneidernman will ensure that education in New York City will remain politics free in the future.”

The bill would require that all non-competitive contracts above a certain amount be voted on by the Board of Education, would set mandatory terms for members of the Panel on Educational Policy; and would mandate attendance of Education Department officials at regional parent council meetings.