New York State Senator Pedro Espada Jr says the legislative body will not take up the issue of mayoral control of city schools.

After delaying their session more than six hours yesterday, senators met past 3 a.m. to confirm judicial appointments, setting term limits for legislative leaders and dolling out resources.

None of the measures passed force a vote on mayoral control, even though it is predicted there are enough votes for the bill to pass.

All sides, including representatives for Mayor Michael Bloomberg, are negotiating today on amendments that some Democrats want that would require the Assembly, which approved the bill last month, to return to the State Capitol from their summer recess.

“There are a number of so-called amendments that various senators have proposed,” said State Senator Frank Padavan of Queens. “But they can only be considered as amendments to a bill, which of course is the underlying measure, that passed the Assembly 129 to 18, which would pass the Senate in my view by a good margin, if they are allowed to bring it up.”

“They are not God, so we have a right to do an amendment,” said State Senator Shirley Huntley, also of Queens. “In this political structure, everybody’s afraid of somebody. I’m afraid of no one. Who the hell cares? If you came to operate on behalf of your constituents, you don’t care.”

Source: NY1