Author: Seyma Bayram, Alex Zimmerman

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.A day after families and leaders from over 200 charter schools marched across the Brooklyn Bridge, powerful state lawmakers demanded an investigation into the event, saying they believed it was an inappropriate political rally despite organizers’ claims to the contrary. New York state senators John Liu, of Queens, and Shelley Mayer, of Westchester — the chairs of their chamber’s education committee who have both historically opposed charter school expansion — expressed concerns about the schools potentially pressuring families and staff…