De Blasio Charter Schools decision 2014: Mayor Bill de Blasio has been a strident critic of New York City’s charter schools and according to the New York Times, the Mayor is seeking to curb the influence of outside providers of education. De Blasio announced on Thursday that he’s blocking three charter schools from using space inside New York City public school buildings.

The Mayor’s plan would reverse the decision of his predecessor, Michael R. Bloomberg, which provided free real estate to the school so that they could open new programs this fall. The blocked schools had already hired principals and teachers and were in the midst of recruiting students, New York Times reported.

Though the Mayor is a huge critic of charter schools, expressing his sentiment on the issue during his campaign, he seems to be showing some signs of compromise. In reviewing 49 proposals to share school space approved under Mr. Bloomberg, he left untouched a majority of plans affecting other character schools.

City officials explained the changes saying that some plans approved by Mr. Bloomberg would have required elementary school students to attend class inside high school buildings, and others would have required cutting program for students with disabilities.

“There was a rush to make these decisions by the previous administration,” Mr. de Blasio told reporters on Thursday, the New York Times noted. “We decided that some of these were not fair, did not make sense, and we took action.”

The Times said that many charter school leaders were relieved that the new mayor has left most of their programs intact, at least earlier in the Mayor’s term. Some worried about uncertainties ahead, but the Mayor has pledged to charge rent to charter schools and has declared that he will deny future requests to use space inside public school buildings. Such requests are a lifeline for many charter schools, given the high cost of real estate in the city.

Charter schools receive public financing but are run by nonprofit associations, flourished under Mr. Bloomberg’s administration. There are currently 183 in New York City, serving about 70,000 children or 6 percent of students citywide.