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As primary nears, a charter school opponent’s story evolves | GothamSchools

As primary nears, a charter school opponent’s story evolves | GothamSchools

As primary nears, a charter school opponent’s story evolves

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With the Democratic primary a few weeks away, the battle over a West Harlem senate seat — turned charter school proxy war — is heating up.

On NY1 last night, Senator Bill Perkins and challenger Basil Smikle debated Perkins’ support for charter schools. Perkins accused Smikle of being too cozy with charter school supporters (”We all know that it’s the hedge fund charter movement that has initiated his candidacy, with the support of course of the New York Post,”