With Democrats now fully in charge in Albany, the teachers unions are no longer content with halting the growth of the charter sector: They’re pushing to crush it altogether.

It’s a shameless display of fealty to the unions — at the expense of children seeking a better future than is offered by the regular school system. The unions hate charters because they work — and so expose the failures of the union-dominated system.

On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he doubts the Legislature will raise the cap that blocks new charters in the city. Never mind that tens of thousands of parents are desperate to get a seat for their kids in one of these schools.

Instead, lawmakers are again carrying water for the union and pushing bills to force the shutdown of charters that are already open, as The Post reported Monday.

One proposal, for example, would outlaw letting some charters use empty space in existing public schools. Another gives some local boards the right to keep new charters from opening up in the neighborhood. Others “merely” make it impossible for individual charter schools to grow as planned.

Over time, the bills would likely “result in most charter schools being closed,” a leading charter advocate tells The Post. “They are an extinction-level event.”

Meanwhile, Cuomo wants it both ways: He claims he’s for raising the cap but won’t lift a finger to make it happen. And though he suggests that lawmakers won’t have time to pass the anti-charter bills before the session ends June 19, he won’t say if he backs them or will veto them if they pass.

How do these Democrats sleep at night? In the city last year, 80,000 kids applied for just 26,900 available seats — i.e., three for every one. Some areas saw four applicants per seat. Clearly, parents are clamoring for more charters, not less.

And it’s obvious why: Kids in city charters (admitted by lottery) consistently do better than those in union-run traditional public schools. By wide margins.

Public Prep charters CEO Ian Rowe calls it “shocking” that “elected officials would want to hurt children.” Problem is, these “public servants” care most about serving their special-interest masters.

Click Here: online rugby store malaysia