Second Notice – The SUNY Trustees approved the following renewal application.
Education Corporation and/or School
Address(es)
District
End of Current Term Students
End of Current Term Grades
Proposed Term (years)
Start of Proposed Term
End of Proposed Term Students
End of Proposed Term Grades
Uncommon New York City Charter Schools, an education corporation with the authority to operate more than one school, sought to renew its charter and its authority to operate the following schools:
Brownsville Collegiate Charter School
140 Montrose Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
14
220
K-4
5
August 1, 2026
309
K-4
Uncommon Bed-Stuy East Charter School NYC*
800 Gates Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
16
331
5-8
5
August 1, 2026
596
K-8
Uncommon Bed-Stuy West Charter School NYC*
832 Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216
141 Macon St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
13
13
1,458
K-12
5
August 1, 2026
1,273
K-12
Uncommon Brownsville North Charter School NYC*
6565 Flatlands Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11236
51 Christopher Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11212
18
23
1,212
K-12
5
August 1, 2026
1,326
K-12
Uncommon Canarsie Charter School NYC*
1070 East 104th St, Brooklyn, NY 11236
1001 East 100th St, Brooklyn, NY 11236
18
18
783
K-8
5
August 1, 2026
774
K-8
Uncommon Crown Heights Charter School NYC*
1137 Herkimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
791 Empire Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11213
23
17
451
K-8
5
August 1, 2026
721
K-8
Uncommon Excellence Boys Charter School NYC*
225 Patchen Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11233
16
412
K-8
5
August 1, 2026
411
K-8
Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School NYC*
1600 Park Place, Brooklyn, NY 11233
1485 Pacific St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
794 Monroe St, Brooklyn, NY 11221
17
17
16
870
K-12
5
August 1, 2026
1,002
K-12
Uncommon Williamsburg Charter School NYC
157 Wilson St, 4th Fl, Brooklyn, NY 11211
14
225
5-8
5
July 1, 2026
619
K-8
* The renewal application was approved with conditions.
The SUNY Trustees: 1) received the renewal application on August 15, 2025, and 2) approved the renewal application on March 3, 2026.
Mar
05
2026
Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School
Manhattan CSD 5
Second Notice – The SUNY Trustees approved the following renewal application.
Education Corporation and/or School
Address(es)
District
End of Current Term Students
End of Current Term Grades
Proposed Term (years)
Start of Proposed Term
End of Proposed Term Students
End of Proposed Term Grades
Capital Prep Charter Schools NY, an education corporation with the authority to operate more than one school, sought to renew its authority to operate the following schools:
Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School*
2041 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10035
5
700
6-12
5
July 1, 2026
222
6-12
* The renewal application was approved with conditions.
The SUNY Trustees: 1) received the renewal application on August 15, 2025, and 2) approved the renewal application on March 3, 2026.
Mar
05
2026
Wildflower New York Charter School
Bronx CSD 9
Second Notice – The SUNY Trustees approved the following revision application.
Wildflower New York Charter School, located at 1332 Fulton Avenue, Bronx, New York 10456 in Community School District 9, is chartered to serve 80 students in grades K-5 for the 2025-26 school year growing to serve 114 students in grade K-5 by the 2029-30 school year, the final year of the current charter term. The school requested an enrollment revision to add a middle school program starting in the 2026-27 school year with five students in grade 5 and growing to serve 151 students in grades K-8 by the 2029-30 school year. The SUNY Trustees: 1) received the revision application on or about December 12, 2025, and 2) approved the revision application on March 3, 2026.
Mar
05
2026
Our World Neighborhood Charter School 2
Queens CSD 27
Second Notice – The SUNY Trustees approved the following revision application.
Our World Neighborhood Charter Schools, an education corporation with the authority to operate more than one school, requested the following revision:
Our World Neighborhood Charter School 2, located at 135-25 79th Street, Queens, NY 11414 in Community School District 27, is chartered to serve 480 students in grades K-5 for the 2025-26 school year through the 2027-28 school year, the final year of the current charter term. The school requested an expansion to add a middle school program starting in the 2026-27 school year serving 561 students in grades K-6 and growing to serve 642 students in grades K-7 by the 2027-28 school year, the final year of the current charter term. The SUNY Trustees: 1) received the revision application on or about December 16, 2025, and 2) approved the revision application on March 3, 2026.
Mar
05
2026
Legacy College Preparatory Charter School
Bronx CSD 7
Second Notice – The SUNY Trustees approved the following revision application.
Legacy College Preparatory Charter School, located at 400 East 145th Street, Bronx, New York 10454 and 808 Cauldwell Avenue, Bronx, New York 10456 both in Community School District 7, is chartered to serve 811 students in grades 6-12 for the 2026-27 school year, the final year of the current charter term. The school requested an enrollment revision to add an elementary program starting in the 2026-27 school year with 100 students in grades K-1 for a total of 750 student in grades K-1 and 6-12 for the 2026-27 school year. The SUNY Trustees: 1) received the revision application on or about December 8, 2025, and 2) approved the revision application on March 3, 2026.
Mar
05
2026
Diamond Charter School
Hempstead Union Free School District, West Hempstead Union Free School District
Second Notice – The SUNY Trustees approved the following revision application.
Diamond Charter School is approved to be located in the Hempstead Union Free School District and is chartered to serve 162 students in grades K-1 for the 2026-27 school year growing to serve 486 students in grades K-5 by the 2030-31 school year, the final year of the current charter term. The school requested to temporarily incubate in the West Hempstead Union Free School District for a period not to exceed two years while facility acquisition and/or construction is completed within the Hempstead Union Free School District. The SUNY Charter Schools Institute, as the SUNY Trustees’ designee, approved the school’s request to temporarily incubate in the West Hempstead Union Free School District, but for only up to 18 months. If the school fails to relocate to the originally approved location of the Hempstead Union Free School District within that time, Diamond Charter School will surrender its charter effective July 31, 2028, or the SUNY Trustees will revoke the charter per the New York Charter Schools Act of 1998 and the charter agreement effective July 31, 2028. The SUNY Charter Schools Institute, as the SUNY Trustees’ designee: 1) received the revision application on or about December 29, 2025, and 2) approved the revision application as described above on March 3, 2026.
Feb
04
2026
Wildflower Upstate New York Charter School
Ballston Spa Central School District
Final Notice – The following new school application was approved by operation of law.
The SUNY Trustees: 1) received the new charter application on or about April 8, 2025; 2) approved the new charter application on October 15, 2025; and, 3) the new charter school application was approved by operation of law on or about January 2, 2026.
Feb
03
2026
Brilla College Preparatory Charter School
Bronx CSD 12, Bronx CSD 7
Second Notice – The SUNY Trustees approved the following charter revision.
Brilla College Preparatory Charter Schools, an education corporation with the authority to operate more than one school, requested the following revision:
Brilla College Preparatory Charter School, located at 413 East 144th Street, Bronx, New York 10454, 222 Alexander Avenue, Bronx, New York 10454, and 1160 Beach Avenue, Bronx, New York 10472 in Community School Districts (“CSDs”) 7 and 12, respectively, is chartered to serve 921 students in grades K-12 for the 2025-26 school year growing to serve 941 students in grades K-12 by the 2029-30 school year, the final year of the current charter term. The school requested to revise the structure of its joint high school program ceasing the partnership with Public Prep Charter School Academies at the end of 2025-26 school year and continuing the high school program known as “Vertex Partnership Academies” solely under Brilla College Preparatory Charter School’s charter. The school also requested an enrollment revision to serve 1,158 students in grades K-12 for the 2026-27 school year, growing to serve 1,182 students in grades K-12 by the 2029-30 school year, to accommodate and permit the high school students from Public Prep Charter School Academies who currently attend the program.
The SUNY Trustees: 1) received the revision application on or about November 12, 2025, and 2) approved the revision application on January 22, 2026.
Feb
03
2026
Flatbush Ascend Charter School
Brooklyn CSD 17, Brooklyn CSD 22
Second Notice – The SUNY Trustees approved the following charter revision.
Ascend Charter Schools, an education corporation with the authority to operate more than one school, requested the following revision:
Flatbush Ascend Charter School, located at 123 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn, New York 11226 and 1833 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11226 in Community School Districts (“CSDs”) 17 and 22, respectively, is chartered to serve 402 students in grades K-7 for the 2025-26 school year growing to serve 451 students in grades K-8 by the 2028-29 school year, the final year of the current charter term. The school requested an enrollment increase to serve 520 students in grades K-7 for the 2025-26 school year, growing to serve 558 students in grades K-8 by the 2028-29 school year.
The SUNY Charter Schools Institute, as the SUNY Trustees’ designee: 1) received the revision application on or about October 22, 2025, and 2) approved the revision application on January 22, 2026.
Feb
03
2026
Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem
Manhattan CSD 5
Second Notice – The SUNY Trustees approved the following renewal application.
Education Corporation and/or School
Address(es)
District
End of Current Term Students
End of Current Term Grades
Proposed Term (years)
Start of Proposed Term
End of Proposed Term Students
End of Proposed Term Grades
Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem
71-111 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10027
5
200
K-5
5
August 10, 2026
351
K-8
The SUNY Trustees: 1) received the renewal application on August 15, 2025, and 2) approved the renewal application on January 22, 2026.
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