00:00Mr. Ramdhani, you said you would give up mayoral control of schools and share decision-making with various stakeholders.
00:07But in the last debate, you said you're still for mayoral accountability for educational outcomes.
00:13This has confused some people about how you can give up final authority but still hold yourself accountable.
00:20Can you try to clarify that?
00:22I remain opposed to mayoral control, and I also believe that the mayor is accountable for that which happens in this city.
00:28I will not shirk that accountability, even when we are putting together a system that has greater involvement for parents, for educators, for students.
00:37Look, one in 300 Americans is a student in the New York City public school system.
00:42This is a system where we are failing to deliver excellence to students, to teachers, to parents.
00:49And it is time to have a mayor who understands not only the crisis in front of us, but the fact that we have to change our ways if we want to change our results.
00:58And that is what we are running on a plan for the future, not to simply relitigate the past.
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