State lawmakers are expected to give Mayor Mamdani a two-year extension of mayoral control over New York City’s public schools.

Mamdani campaigned on ending the system where the mayor, instead of an elected school board, oversees the public schools. But as he took office, he reversed course on that pledge and pushed for a reauthorization of four years, the length of his current term.

Despite Mamdani’s support from Gov. Hochul, the deal on the table late this week appeared to be a compromise between proponents and critics of mayoral control.

“A two-year extension of mayoral control is the right thing to do to give this new mayor a chance to deliver results for our public schools,” State Sen. John Liu (D-Queens), chair of the NYC education committee, said in a statement on Thursday night.

The plan for two years was also confirmed by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Deputy Senate Majority Leader Mike Gianaris earlier that day in Albany, POLITICO was first to report.

It’s not clear if lawmakers are still considering tweaks to the law that would fine-tune how the schools are governed, such as giving local education councils more input into schools that open or close in their districts.

The extension is expected to be included in the next state budget, which is already a month and a half late and cutting into the remainder of the legislative session.

Long-term reauthorizations of mayoral control have become increasingly rare in Albany, with state lawmakers using the measure to win concessions from each other and the city’s chief executive. Former Mayor Adams was only granted two years, compared to a six-year extension under Mayor Bloomberg, the first mayor to put the system in place.

Mamdani, asked for his response to the likelihood of a short extension on Friday, did not raise any objections.

“We have been very appreciative of the partnership that we’ve built with the governor, as well as with Majority Leader Stewart Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie,” the mayor said at an unrelated news conference in Brooklyn. “An extension of mayoral control is a critical part of that partnership, and also our stewardship of the city’s public school system.”

Mayoral control expires on June 30.