Growing strife amongst New York State Democrats

The New York Assembly in Albany had disapproved of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bill to fund failing public schools, but this has created somewhat of strife between the Governor and Mayor Bill de Blasio who falls on the side on the Assembly. Strife created by the growing issue of increasing number of failing schools that should have been addressed long ago. As discussed in previous post, released report from the governor's office showed about half out of a total of 178 schools are short coming of the standards. Large percent of these students are Minority and from low income families, and attend majority of these failing schools that makes up about 9 out of 10 schools. While Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposal to maintain longer control of New York City schools had been accepted by the Assembly, Speaker Carl Heastie articulated reasons why Gov. Cuomo's education proposal wasn't approve. On that note, Mr Heastie replied saying “We must help our children to succeed, not punish them because they may live in poorer communities or deny their schools the funding they need to improve the learning environment”.
More party disagreement have come in form of Mr Heastie's willingness to support Mayor Bill de Blasio long-term control over NYC schools till 2020, as opposed to Gov. Cuomo's objection of the Mayor's control for only three years.

Above: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio left and Governor Andrew Cuomo right.

Mayor De Blasio who is supposedly great friends with the Governor has grown skeptical over his working relationship with the Governor. According to the Albany insider news obtained from Nydailynews blog, the Mayor is seeking to amend his relationship after the two have fallen out on the opposite side of the spectrum. On two occasions Gov. Cuomo has fallen out of favor with Mayor De Blasio's, the first occurred when the Governor refused a major housing project organized by the Mayor, and another occurred when both individuals had simultaneous events inside Capitol the building. The issue here is so much about which level of government controls where and what, and reforms that these levels of government can influence.
Another Democrat to have developed a bad relationship with the Governor is Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner. Mayor Miner has taken sides with Mayor De Blasio on the new proposed plan to take over schools in New York City.


Above: Mayor Stephanie Miner

New York State Senate Democrats have also grown sour over their relationship with the Governor, blaming him (Gov. Cuomo) for some short comings in the office. Senate Democratic leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins has also publicly criticized Governor Cuomo for actions against school teachers, and for also eliminating her from budget talks.

Above: Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins

Queens Democratic Assemblyman Jeff Aubry has also backed Stewart-Cousins by saying the Governor was wrong for not including her in the budget talk, as it raises questions about gender inequality and racism.