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The GOP-controlled state Senate has taunted Mayor de Blasio with a bill that would extend his control of schools for only one year — and even then, he’d have to answer to a “district inspector” appointed by Gov. Cuomo

The mayor has publicly feuded with fellow Democrat Cuomo and drawn the ire of state Republicans’ ire by raising funds in an unsuccessful bid to unseat the GOP’s slim Senate majority in 2014.

The one-year extension of mayoral control also sends a message — De Blasio has been seeking three years. Mayoral control of city schools expires on June 30.

The introduction of the bill was first reported by Politico New York.

Its sponsor, Senate Majority leader John Flanagan, has been a vocal critic of de Blasio.

The “district inspector” would be appointed by the governor and approved by the Senate.

Under the bill, the inspector would have access to school documents and information systems, and the mayor and city Department of Education would have to comply with requests for data, The New York Times reported.

But even Cuomo, hardly de Blasio’s biggest fan, said he would not support such strict oversight, telling the Times on Sunday through a spokeswoman that he supports a three-year extension, “and nothing else.”

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