Lifted or eliminated? How would you determine the appropriate number or ratio?

Yes, I am opposed to mindlessly approving unqualified charters.

No, I do not think the new Commissioner is clueless. He actually possesses a formidable intellect. That does not mean, however, that he was aware when he made his charter comments about the technicality that Peter Murphy pointed out: namely, that the Regents and SUNY each have a separate cap. So, Peter is right that the Regents will run out of charters before SUNY. That will cause the Regents and Commish to have to deal with the cap issue earlier than they might think. That’s all I was saying.

Overall, I was just cautioning people against reading too much into Steiner’s brief comments on charters. Was not looking to “rag” on anyone.

Take a deep breath. We can disagree without being disagreeable.

Methinks you may be over-reacting to the prior comment.

Steiner used the word “mindless” first.

And you mischaracterize TIB’s quip while using it as a springboard to rag on Steiner. Very slick.

In context, “about time” is moving past mindlessness. “All in good time,” or “all in due time,” or “it may take a little time to arrive at a less mindless decision” may be more to our mutual liking.

And if, as PM suggests and with which you clearly agree, the new Commish is clueless, then why begrudge him time to get up to speed? Mindless? Meet PRUDENT.

Then again, maybe you just want the cap lifted. Like yesterday.

As Peter Murphy points out, the Commissioner may not understand how close the Regents are to hitting their cap for charters, but he has a pretty big portfolio as commissioner and may need some time to get up to speed on this and countless other issues.

As for Steiner’s desire to review each charter application on its merits, that is what the law has always required — hardly news.

So, critics should not assume that he opposes lifting the cap. Although, at the moment, he does not seem supportive of the Mayor’s desire to eliminate the cap entirely.