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Regents boss urges mayor to find space for Moskowitz charters

The head of the state Board of Regents is calling on Mayor de Blasio to find alternative space for the three charter schools run by Eva Moskowitz that he booted from city-owned facilities.

Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch said the city has a moral obligation to help the displaced Success Academy students.

“I don’t believe in interrupting the lives of children and families,” Tisch told The Post.

“I would urge them to find space for these three schools. These children deserve that. There are ways to work this out. We need to work this out.”

Tisch said the space controversy has diverted attention from the real issues in education: standards, instruction and accountability.

She said the mayor and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña may have valid ground to yank two Success Academy charter elementary schools scheduled to share space with high schools in lower Manhattan and Queens, as well as a Success middle school that was heading to a public school in Harlem.

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But Tisch pointed out that the city, under the Bloomberg administration, approved the moves last year, and the schools had planned to hold classes in those spaces in September.

A promise, she said, is a promise.

“It was a compact between the city and these parents,” Tisch said.

“We have a real-estate problem. I don’t want the real-estate problem to drown out Eva’s good work. Why would you stop her from opening schools? She runs great schools.”

De Blasio defended his decision Thursday, emphasizing that he signed off on the vast majority of the Bloomberg-era school co-locations.

“We approved 14 of the 17. So, by definition, we have shown an open-mindedness and a willingness to work with everyone,” the mayor said.

Hizzoner even encouraged charters to apply for universal pre-K and after-school programs.

Fariña told reporters Wednesday that students in the booted charters have other options, including applying to regular public schools.

Meanwhile, Gov. Cuomo doubled down on his strong support of charters, calling them the “only point of innovation” in New York’s public-school system.