DFER, Harlem Success and TFA have hired one of NYS's top lobbyists – formerly a tactic that only the unions were smart enough to employ:

The charter-school movement has a potent weapon in its quest to persuade the state Assembly to lift the cap on charter schools: powerhouse lobbyist Patricia Lynch.

Lynch -- the former communications director for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver -- has deep ties in the Legislature.

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Reformers' secret weapon: Class-act lobbyist

By CARL CAMPANILE Post Correspondent

Last Updated: 5:28 AM, May 5, 2010

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