During a meeting Tuesday night of the city's Education Policy Panel, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer backed a move that would have blocked the mayor's authority to submit Black's name directly to the State Education Commissioner.
But that failed, so the commissioner will now get Black's name and he must decide whether to grant her a waiver because she doesn't have a background in education.
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