New York Daily News

Eva steps up charter space war

- 1. Member FDIC. Erin Durkin and Ben Chapman

SUCCESS ACADEMY charter school CEO Eva Moskowitz ripped Mayor de Blasio for failing to fork over adequate classroom space in a raucous Wednesday rally on the steps of City Hall.

Flanked by angry parents, the fiery former city councilwom­an blasted de Blasio for making a lowball offer on requests of classroom space for new middle schools.

“The mayor is waging a war of attrition on the public charter sector,” Moskowitz said. “This woefully inadequate proposal leaves hundreds of graduating elementary school students educationa­lly homeless and discrimina­tes against the highestach­ieving charter school students.”

Moskowitz’s latest brawl with the city over classroom space centers on requests she made of the city for room for six new middle schools that would open starting in 2018. City Education Department officials countered with an offer of space for two schools, but that offer would leave hundreds of kids without space for classes, Moskowitz said.

Education Department spokesman Michael Aciman said Moskowitz’s claim that the city isn’t offering enough space “simply isn’t accurate.”

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