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Two lawmakers want the state education commissioner to delay granting businesswoman Cathie Black a waiver for the city’s top schools job — until the Legislature can pass a bill allowing them to vote on the process.

State Assemblyman Marcos Crespo (D-Bronx) and state Sen. Eric Adams (D-Brooklyn) hope to fast-track a bill to let the Legislature vote on any education chancellor needing a waiver.

They want state Education Commissioner David Steiner to hold off on a decision when he meets with an advisory panel tomorrow while they try to push through a bill when the Legislature reconvenes next Monday.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver hasn’t signaled he’d support the legislation but is lukewarm to Mayor Bloomberg’s controversial pick to replace Joel Klein.

“I have no idea who she is, I don’t know her educational background, and I know there are [many] who have problems with her appointment,” Silver said last week.

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