You know, New York City and New York State does not want charter schools, by and large, to be successful. Why? Because it's not something that the Teachers unions [in New York] are the ones that really call a lot of the shots, unfortunately, in some of these states. And one of the things we did in Florida was, say, no automatic deduction for teacher union dues. They can't be forcing you to do this. (15:09–15:57)
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Asserts that teachers unions have significant influence over educational policy in New York.
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