YOU CLASS CLOWN!

Blaz calls out GOP big for playing politics on ed control

Albany — The de Blasio administration is accusing state Senate Republicans of engaging in “politics at its absolute worst” when it comes to a law giving the mayor control over the city schools.

The law is set to expire later this month, and Team de Blasio is accusing the Senate GOP of once again putting the mayor through the wringer with repeated requests for information they say has already been provided.

“It’s the song and dance that we need to do and it’s getting old,” said de Blasio spokeswoman Freddi Goldstein.

The city in May sent more than 4,400 pages of city school data that Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, in a letter last week, said did not meet the legal requirement imposed by the state — something the city disputes.

“To say that this is anything more than politics at its absolute worst would be putting it kindly,” Goldstein said. “We have clearly delivered on everything required by law and the additional requests made by the (state Division of Budget).”

With time running out to renew the mayoral control law, de Blasio’s team sent additional data on Wednesday — the same day Flanagan sent a second letter “demanding” the information.

“There are 1.1 million students in New York City whose quality of education rests on this decision, and the current fight is based on whether the information was delivered on the right form,” Goldstein groused.

De Blasio (photo) has had poor relations with the Senate Republicans, who have only given him a series of one-year extensions on mayoral control despite predecessor Michael Bloomberg getting much more.

The bitterness stems from the mayor’s 2014 unsuccessful bid to try to help flip the Senate to Democratic control.

Goldstein argues a multiyear extension of the mayoral control law should be a no-brainer on its merits. She said New York City schools under de Blasio have higher graduation and lower dropout rates, and rising test scores.

“Any further focus on anything but the actual substance is doing a grave disservice to (New York City’s) students,” she said.

Flanagan spokesman Scott Reif accused de Blasio of “dragging his feet” for weeks before providing the Senate with the information required by law. “The mayor hasn’t been to Albany to make his case and he hasn’t reached out to us a single time to discuss this important issue,” Reif said.

“If he really thought this was ‘politics at its worst,’

you would think he could find the time to pick up the phone and call. Once again, Mayor de Blasio has fallen far short of being the leader parents and students deserve.” Gov. Cuomo for the first time will be involving himself in the effort to flip the House to the Democrats by focusing on key races in New York.

The kickoff of the campaign begins Tuesday with a rally in Washington Square Park.

“New York is on the front lines against Washington’s assault on progressive values,” Cuomo said in a message sent out by the Nassau County Democratic Party on Sunday afternoon.

“Join us for a rally to kick off the start of New York State’s coordinated campaign to take back the House district by district.”

Insiders say there are at least six seats in New York that could be in play, about a quarter of those needed to flip control of the House.

A Cuomo spokesman had no comment.