Reports

April 16, 2025

DOE Employee Initiated Inappropriate Relationship with Student via Instagram.

April 2, 2025

SCI Uncovers Financial Scam Aimed at Minors; DOE Employee Attempted to Trick Student into Cashing Phony Check.

March 19, 2025

Annual Report of the Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District for Calendar Year 2024

February 27, 2025

SCI Substantiates Two Cases of Time Fraud; One of the Accused Says, “It’s Very Easy to Steal…Everyone Does it.”

January 27, 2025

Teacher Serially Harassed Multiple Students and Forced Inappropriate Physical Contact With Them.

Teacher Carried On Year-long Relationship With Male Student; Exchanged More Than 9,000 Text Messages.

January 24, 2025

Teacher Submitted Fraudulent Documents and Collected Nearly $90K in DOE Salary While Working Full-Time at Private School.

December 20, 2024

“Predatory” Former DOE Teacher Engaged in Inappropriate Sexual Relationship With Teenaged Student.

School Bus Driver Gave Gifts and Made Inappropriate Comments to 15-Year-Old Female Student.

DOE Paraprofessional Failed to Report Teenaged Student Engaged in Self-Harm.

October 31, 2024 Subcontracted Vendor Supplied DOE with Expired Personal Protective Equipment (“PPE”) and Other Sanitary Supplies.

September 16, 2024 SCI Report of Whistleblower Complaints and Statistics for Fiscal Year 2024

September 9, 2024 DOE Students in Temporary Housing (“STH”) Regional Manager and Others Brought Family Members on DOE-funded Out-of-Town Trips Meant for Homeless Students.

September 5, 2024 Special Education Itinerant Teacher (SEIT) Arrested on Staten Island for Fraudulently Billing DOE for Mandated Student Services Never Provided

June 12, 2024 16 Current and Former New York City Department of Education Employees Submitted Fake COVID-19 Vax Cards Unlawfully Purchased From Convicted Long Island Nurse Practitioner

June 6, 2024 CBO Counselor Inappropriately Touched Nine-Year-Old DOE Student

April 4, 2024 After Two Separate SCI Investigations, NYC COIB Reaches Settlements with Two DOE Employees with Fines of More Than $30,000

March 14, 2024 DOE Vendor Convicted of Bid Rigging After Coordinated Investigation by SCI, FBI, and US DOJ

March 14, 2024 Annual Report of the Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District for Calendar Year 2023

February 7, 2024 Husband of Deceased TRS Pensioner Continued to Collect Nearly $800K in Pension Payments Almost 20 Years After Wife’s Death.

February 7, 2024 DOE teacher Engaged in an Inappropriate Relationship with 17-Year-Old-HS Student.

December 21, 2023 DOE Special Ed Teacher Terminated for Inappropriate Text Messages with 17-Year-Old Student.

December 21, 2023 DOE Teacher Engaged in a Sexual Relationship and Inappropriate Communications with Underaged Female Students While at His Former Teaching Position at a Queens Catholic School

December 21, 2023 DOE School Aide “Double Dipped” Working at an Auto Dealership While Being Paid Her DOE Salary to Work Remotely

October 24, 2023 SCI Report of Whistleblower Complaints and Statistics for Fiscal Year 2023

April 19, 2023 DOE Teacher Sought and Received Paid Sick Leave While Serving Time in Federal Prison.

March 29, 2023 Annual Report of the Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District for Calendar Year 2022

January 25, 2023 Former PTA Co-Treasurer Arrested and Charged with Grand Larceny After Theft of $185,000 from School Account

November 1, 2022 DOE Teacher Indicted After Creating and Submitting Fraudulent Covid-19 Vax Card

October 14, 2022 SCI Report of Whistleblower Complaints and Statistics for Fiscal Year 2022

April 21, 2022 Paraprofessional Pleads Guilty to Receiving More Than $22,000 for Services He Did Not Provide.

March 9, 2022 Annual Report of the Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District for Calendar Year 2021

February 2, 2022 Report of SCI Investigation Into the Ordering, Inventory, and Distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (“PPE”) by DOE in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

February 2, 2022 SCI Report Regarding Adherence to DOE Policy Concerning the Vouchering of Seized Contraband Items in City Schools

November 2, 2021 SCI Report of Whistleblower Complaints and Statistics for Fiscal Year 2021

September 24, 2021 33-year-old Queens teacher engaged in numerous inappropriate email communications with two female students.

September 17, 2021 45-year-old Manhattan high school teacher engaged in a four-year sexual relationship with a recently emigrated student.

August 19, 2021 SCI’s investigation into various acts of malfeasance at Maspeth High School

August 12, 2021 Food Service Workers at Queens High School Defraud DOE Out of Nearly $30,000 in Overtime.

June 11, 2021 Parent Coordinator misused federal Title I funds to take parents on a trip to Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut

May 25, 2021 Manhattan teacher behaved inappropriately during a Zoom remote learning session

May 25, 2021 Brooklyn teacher operated a private tutoring service while employed by the DOE

April 21, 2021 Bronx Principal falsifies timesheet while teaching aerobics classes at a New York Sports Club

March 31, 2021 Annual Report of the Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District for Calendar Year 2020

February 23, 2021 A former DOE Chief Information Officer deceived DOE officials when he applied for the CIO position in June 2016

February 11, 2021 DOE paraprofessional arrested for grabbing and squeezing a nine-year-old by the neck

September 28, 2020 A Manhattan school principal breaks protocol when entering into a deal with 20th Century Fox for use of the school grounds.

July 27, 2020 The executive director of the Office of Pupil Transportation for the DOE, Alexandra Robinsons, was terminated for utilizing subordinates to transport her to the airport on numerous occasions for personal travel.

July 27, 2020 A DOE school psychologist, Leona Ashmore, pays $2,750 fine for performing early intervention evaluations of children for various private agencies on her DOE computer.

March 25, 2020 Written Statement to City Council Re: Fiscal Year Budget 2021

March 5, 2020 Annual Report of the Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District for Calendar Year 2019

February 24, 2020 Former DOE Deputy Chief of Staff lied in NYC background vetting to conceal his forced resignation as a H.S. Principal in Wisconsin.

February 19, 2020 DOE Payroll Secretary to retire after SCI investigation found she falsified time records for her son, a Paraprofessional at the same school..

December 13, 2019 A DOE teacher Karen Gorman, assigned to the Manhattan District 75 Office, pays $7,000 COIB fine stemming from SCI’s investigation.

December 4, 2019 Report regarding the Transportation of Students with Special Needs Aboard Dangerously Hot School Buses.

November 21, 2019 A former Queens High School teacher engaged in inappropriate relationships with multiple students

November 21, 2019 A Review of DOE’s Student-to-Student Harassment Liaison Program

September 16, 2019 Taken For A Ride: An examination of the DOE’s Office of Pupil Transportation contract for Medicaid reimbursement for transportation.

September 12, 2019 Assistant Principal at DOE high school failed to act on report that student convicted in stabbing previously carried a knife to school

September 5, 2019 Independent Special Education Teacher Hilary Schornstein embezzled approximately $80,000 from the DOE through fraudulent billing practices.

Related Service Provider Jaclyn Petrov received more than $6,200 from the DOE for services she did not provide.

August 21, 2019 An investigation found, Senior Naval Science Instructor, Edward Gunning engaged in a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student he supervised in the Reserve Officer Training Corps.

July 26, 2019 Investigation into a DOE principal’s failure to supervise that resulted in a six-year-old student missing from a Brooklyn school .

March 1, 2019 Book vendor failed to provide contractually required discount and free shipping to DOE amounting to an overcharge of $186,144.

September 27, 2017 A Report Detailing the Findings of an Investigation into the Enrollment of Deputy Mayor Richard R. Buery’s two sons into DOE Elementary and Middle Schools in Brooklyn in 2014

November 9, 2016 A report detailing the findings of the death of a seven year-old student Noelia-Lisa Echavarria

August 17, 2015 A report detailing an investigation which found Wei Liu, an OSI Confidential Investigator, made inaccurate statements and drew inaccurate conclusions in an OSI substantiated investigation.

July 6, 2015 A report detailing the findings of an investigation into the circumstances of the accidental death of Dyasha Phelps Smith, who attended P368@P293 in Brooklyn.

May 15, 2015 A report detailing the complaints about Department of Education schoolchildren who were left unsupervised in a variety of circumstances.

February 18, 2015 A report detailing the findings of an investigation into a student missing from a Special Education School in Brooklyn.

November 25, 2014 A report detailing the findings of an investigation concerning a meeting held at P.S. 66 in Brooklyn sponsored by Communication Workers of America in which Mayor de Blasio spoke on the evening of July 14, 2014.

November 20, 2014 A report detailing the findings of an investigation into the hiring of Sean Shaynak, a teacher assigned to Brooklyn Technical HS, who is accused of comitting various crimes against student victims.

August 12, 2014 An investigation found 21-year old Steven Walters, an aide in an after school program in PS 300, sexually abused two eight-year-old female students at the school.

July 31, 2014 A former Principal, Robert Hannibal, assigned to JHS 145 in the Bronx was arrested for the misappropriation of more than $20,000 from a school bank account

July 21, 2014 A report detailing an investigation into allegations of cheating prior to the death of Omotayo Adeoye at the HS for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College

July 16, 2014 A report detailing an investigation into an incident at IS 117 in the Bronx regarding allegations that staff members at the school failed to respond to reports that student Noel Estevez was “bullied” by Timothy Crump and others at the school

June 26, 2014 A report detailing an investigation into an incident at Beacon High School in Manhattan, where two students were injured during a Science experiment

March 27, 2014 A report detailing an investigation related to the disappearance of Avonte Oqundo, an Autistic 14-year-old male student at P277 – also known as the Riverview School – in Queens

March 11, 2014 An investigation found Cheon Park and his Company, Bilingual SEIT & Preschool, Inc. defrauded the Federal government, NY State, and NYC through contracts with the NYC DOE

March 6, 2014 An investigation found Assistant Principal Patricia Sabater and Guidance Counselor Rebeca Shaffren, assigned to PS 219 in Brooklyn, mishandled a sexual abuse complaint made by an 11-year-old female student involving male students

February 18, 2014 An investigation found time and attendance abuse at PS 106 in Queens involving the Principal Marcella Sills and former Assistant Principal Tonya West

February 4, 2014 An investigation found that Lawrence Scott, an investigator assigned to the DOE Office of Special Investigations, engaged in a personal sexual text message relationship with Natalya Sokolson, a teacher assigned to PS 329, while investigating allegations against Sokolson

January 21, 2014 An investigation found that Teacher James Burke, formerly assigned to PS 69 on Staten Island, anonymously reported false allegations against witnesses and other DOE employees

October 24, 2013 An investigation found that Principal Angelyn Donald, assigned to PS 386 in the Bronx, failed to report observations made by a classmate of a female student being victimized by their male teacher

September 24, 2013 An investigation of the circumstances surrounding the death of Jean Fritz Pierre who drowned during a class trip to Bear Mountain State Park on June 24, 2013

September 04, 2013 An investigation found that in the summer of 2009, William Abreu a DOE assistant principal forcibly raped a 17-year-old female recent Progress High graduate in his school office and Juan Martinez an after school program employee, forced a 16-year-old female student to perform oral sex on him in his office at Program High.

July 30, 2013 An investigation found that Malik Taylor, a community associate and dean assigned to the Business of Sports School in Manhattan, had sexual relationships with four female students from the school.

April 25, 2013 Findings of allegations of misconduct made against personnel at IS 49 on Staten Island, the Berta Dreyfus School.

December 20, 2012 An investigation found Vaughn McKinney, a teacher assigned to IS 59 in Queens, had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student.

December 19, 2012 An investigation found Thomasina Chappell, a DOE clerical associate, accepted bribes from a vendor.

December 11, 2012 An investigation found that several IBM consultants, who were contracted by the DOE to work on the Internet Protocol Digital Video Surveillance project (“IPDVS”), misused DOE time and property while on assignment.

September 18, 2012 An investigation found that Universal Pre-K vendor Nareesa Mohammed, owner of Nareesa’s Day Care Sites, and Saied Mohammed, owner of Beanstalk sites, defrauded the DOE out of more than $35,000.

September 5, 2012 An investigation found that 36-year-old Absent Teacher Reserve (known as ATR) Teacher Daniel Meahger committed misconduct at several schools and at an office in Brooklyn.

August 17, 2012 An investigation found that Nelson Ruiz defrauded the DOE out of more than $1,000,000 over a two year period for services never provided.

June 20, 2012 An investigation found that assistant principal William Abreu, assigned to Progress High School in Brooklyn, made inappropriate sexual remarks to three female students at the school.

May 31, 2012 An investigation found that Teacher Erin Sayar, assigned to James Madison High School in Brooklyn, had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student.

May 30, 2012 An investigation found that Teacher Michael Aquino, assigned to George Westinghouse High School in Brooklyn, made inappropriate comments to students and touched a female student in a manner which made her feel uncomfortable.

March 27, 2012 An investigation found that Executive Director Angel Namnum, assigned to the Division of Finance at the DOE, devised a scheme for his wife, Rosa Castillo, to be hired

March 12, 2012 An investigation found that former NYC school system teacher Hyman Rosenberg’s widow continued to receive pension payments after he passed away

February 28, 2012 An investigation found that DOE vendor Summit Restaurant Repairs, Inc submitted fraudulent documents in order to avoid financial penalties

February 15, 2012 An investigation found that Melissa Dean, a teacher assigned to PS 143 in Queens, used the students in her class to send handmade holiday cards to her friend, John Coccarelli, a convicted felon

January 11, 2012 An investigation found that the Principal, Liza Cruz Diaz, assigned to PS 31 in the Bronx, directed payroll secretary to punch time card hours after she left in which she received thousands of dollars in per session pay for work she did not perform

January 10, 2012 An investigation found that teacher, Mona Lisa Tello, assigned to the High School of Graphic Arts in Manhattan submitted a false document to excuse the teacher’s absences from work

December 15, 2011 An investigation found that 44-year old Charles Oross, a teacher assigned to IS 238 in Queens, had a sexual relationship with a 13-year old female student when she attended the school.

November 30, 2011 An investigation into financial allegations in PS 184 did not result in theft but revealed many practices that violated either Chancellor’s regulation or standard operating procedures.

October 18, 2011 An investigation revealed DOE Office of Public Affairs Executive Director Lenny Speiller caused DOE parent coordinators to promote a partisan political position

October 13, 2011 An investigation revealed that Rosa Gomez misappropriated more than $241,000 in TRS and UFT Welfare Fund Payments

September 28, 2011 An investigation uncovered that Future Technology Associates, LLC (“FTA”) and its owners, Tamer Sevintuna and Johnathan Krohe, submitted false filings with government agencies in order to obtain and retain contracts with the DOE valued at $74 million, and committed fraud by concealing their ownership of and subcontracting arrangements with a number of companies, including a shell company they established in Turkey, and that Judith Hederman, a high-ranking DOE official, supplied confidential information to Krohe and falsely denied in sworn testimony that she had a close personal relationship with Krohe

Executive Summary

May 24, 2011 An investigation found that former DOE Chief Financial Officer George Raab had an inappropriate financial relationship with three consultants while they were under contract to provide services to the DOE

April 28, 2011 A former consultant defrauded DOE out of 3.6 million dollars

April 5, 2011 An investigation uncovered a scheme which defrauded the New York City DOE out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in custodial payroll funds.

October 21, 2010 An investigation substantiated a former DOE teacher, Wayne Bartley, engaged in sexual relationships with students ages 13 and 14

August 25, 2010 An investigation substantiated many financial irregularities including theft from PS/MS 149 in Manhattan

August 24, 2010 An investigation found Debbie Rizzo, a school secretary assigned to Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College in Queens, misappropriated thousands of dollars in public funds

August 11, 2010 An investigation found Milcedes Pepin, an assistant principal assigned to A.Philip Randolh HS used “FlexiSPY” software to access email accounts of other principals

July 21 , 2010 An investigation found Maria Penaherrera, a principal formerly assigned to PS 114 in Brooklyn, committed various financial infractions

July 20 , 2010 An investigation into a school teacher’s unauthorized trip outside of the US with students during spring vacation of 2007

July 14 , 2010 An investigation into circumstances surrounding the death of Nicole Suriel, a 12-year-old female student at the Columbia Secondary School , who drowned during a class trip to Long Beach

June 22 , 2010 An investigation found Jill Schifter and Anthony Maulella defrauded the DOE out of tuition cost

June 16 , 2010 An investigation found Kostas Andrikopoulos, owner of Hara Electric, defrauded the DOE of more than a million dollars

June 3 , 2010 An investigation found Albert Attoh and others stole $644,313.69 from a DOE small payment process account at JP Morgan Chase

May 19, 2010 An investigation found that Opportunity Charter School failed to adequately supervise staff and follow school policy

March 3, 2010 An investigation found that Custodian Edwin Hendricks stole more than $29,000 in DOE funds

January 19, 2010 An investigation found that Cornelius Schulman, a computer technician, stole DOE equipment approximately worth $49,000

January 6, 2010 An investigation found that Quintin Cedeno, a DOE principal assigned to the High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture in Queens, solicited oral sex from at least 4 male students from the school.

December 1, 2009 An investigation found that Donnett Davis, a parent coordinator assigned to ACORN High School for Social Justice, used DOE telephone billing records to defraud Verizon of more than $500,000 in merchandise and other valuables.

August 19, 2009 An investigation found that DOE teacher assigned to Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science in the Bronx inappropriately touched a number of female students ranging from 11-years-old to 17-years-old.

July 7, 2009 An investigation found that DOE Steamfitter Philip Szot ordered copper pipe and associated materials for repairs at nine schools, but diverted these materials to his own use.

June 24, 2009 DOE Custodian Kim Tatum, assigned to PS84 in Brooklyn, created time records and other documents which falsly indicated that Dwight Beharrie was working as a cleaner at PS84

June 11, 2009 DOE Teacher assigned to Stuyvesant HS in Manhattan was arrested as a result of an investigation which found he touched at least four students in an inappropriate manner over the course of two years

May 4, 2009 An investigation found that the Executive Director of the Brooklyn Music and Art Program was involved in an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year old female DOE student

April 23, 2009 An investigation found that an assistant track coach took female students on an unauthorized trip to Dartmouth College to participate in the Dartmouth Relays

March 19, 2009 IBM subcontractor falsified payroll records relating to work in NYC schools

March 17, 2009 DOE custodian steals nearly $100,000 in DOE funds in “No Show” job scheme

March 11, 2009 Former senior procurement analyst misappropriated more than $60,000 in DOE funds between September of 2004 and January 2007

December 3, 2008 An investigation found that tampering occurred on the June 2008 Integrated Algebra Regents Examination at the High School for (” Contemporary Arts”) in the Bronx

November 17, 2008 An investigation found School Aide stole more than $27,500 in DOE funds by submitting false and unauthorized reimbursement claims

October 21, 2008 An investigation found an Independent Service Provider continued to defraud DOE after being banned from doing business with the DOE

August 25, 2008 An investigation found that Professional Development Associates, Inc (“PDA”) submitted four forged references to the DOE and thereby obtained a contract through which PDA billed the DOE more than 1.7 million dollars

June 25, 2008 A School Aide assigned to JHS 126 in Brooklyn engaged in a pattern of inappropriate behavior toward at least nine female students and one male

June 5, 2008 DOE Custodial Employees steal more than $60,000 in DOE funds over a period of 5 year period

May 7, 2008 A former School volunteer, Colin Leahy, assigned to PS 236 in Brooklyn was arrested and charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Leahy had inappropriate interaction with male students.

March 27, 2008 A math teacher, Derek Platov, assigned to IS 145 in Queens was arrested for submitting falsified Jury Duty Certificate of Service to obtain additional time off from work

February 27, 2008 A teacher assigned to Port Richmond High School on Staten Island, Dianne Kinsella, misappropriated more than $2,000 in funds from the school’s robotics program

February 12, 2008 An investigation found a DOE vendor, DynTek Inc., engaged a subcontractor to service the DOE’s Instructional and Information Technology (DIIT) over a four year period in violation of its contract

February 5, 2008 An investigation found that School Secretaries Karen Boucher and Renee Scriven, jointly and individually, siphoned more than $200,00 from Garret A. Morgan Elementary School (PS 132) in the Bronx between September 2002 and December 2005

January 3, 2008 A non-tenured teacher made sexual and harassing comments to several 14-year old female students in the classes he was assigned to teach and as a result was arrested on the charge of endangering the welfare of a child

December 11, 2007 Lawrence Siegel, a 56-year-old retired assistant principal formerly assigned to IS 72 on Staten Island, received massages from a 12-year-old female student in his office at the school

November 19, 2007 A DOE temporary worker, Tyrone Avila, employed by TempForce submitted fraudulent timesheets enabling him to receive in excess of $50,000 pay for hours in which he did not work

October 30, 2007 An investigation found, a 58-year-old Social Studies teacher at the Wagner, Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology, engaged in sexual intercourse and other sexual activities with a female student and a former male student from the school

October 9, 2007 An investigation found Theodore Smith, a DOE teacher, threatened the life of Jack Tillem, an arbitrator who was presiding at a disciplinary hearing of 27 charges of misconduct concerning Smith’s assignment as a physical education teacher

August 13, 2007 An investigation found Shango Blake, Principal of IS 109 in Queens, misappropriated $30,000 of school funds and had no reasonable explanation for not paying bills for which the money had been collected

August 7, 2007 An investigation found that Maritza Tamayo, Principal of the Unity Center for Urban Technologies had a personal friend perform a Santeria ceremony at the school during a break when no students were in attendance

August 2, 2007 The principal of PS 91 in Brooklyn failed to report allegations of sexual abuse which came to light following the arrest of a custodial worker who later was cleared of all charges

August 1, 2007 An investigation into NYC DOE’s construction of a library/resource room at the Division of School Facilities central building located in Long Island City, Queens

July 24, 2007 A 49-year-old substitute teacher, Michael Williams, at Long Island City High School in Queens was arrested on charges of endangering the welfare of a child

July 10, 2007 A Special Education Teacher Support Services provider doing business with the DOE submitted claims to the DOE totaling approximately $14,000 using the name of a retired male teacher who was never employed by the center

June 26, 2007 SCI released a detailed 67 page report of an investigation into the findings of a prior investigation conducted by the NYC DOE Office of the Special Investigations (“OSI”)

April 11, 2007 A 46 year-old physical education teacher submitted false and altered documents to excuse nine days of absences from work-one of which was used to attend the sentencing of her mother, Lynne F. Stewart, at the United States District Court in Manhattan

February 28, 2007 A 55-year old school secretary assigned to Queens High School for the Sciences at York College stole more than$25,000 in DOE funds

February 14, 2007 A 40-year old Speech teacher assigned to PS138 in the Bronx, provided false address information to enroll two of her children at PS71 in the Bronx even though the the family resides in Westchester County

February 13, 2007 A 52-year-old teacher unlawfully recorded conversations between other DOE employees without their consent and wrote anonymous letters to parents urging them to lodge complaints against them

February 7, 2007 A Home Instruction Teacher received payment for claimed instruction to a student who was deceased

January 25, 2007 A 63-year-old attorney and a hearing officer at Region 1 in the Bronx, sexually harassed three female DOE employees

January 11, 2007 An investigation into allegations of financial irregularities concerning Korean language at Bronx HS Science

January 5, 2007 School aide assigned to Queens High School for Science at York College behaved inappropriately toward female students

December 21, 2006 Personnel at the High School for Youth and Community Development compromised the integrity of the june 2005 Living Environment Regents

December 12, 2006 Occupational therapist Jay Sarkar and Poonam Batra,independent contractors, submitted documents which falsely described services provided to students

November 28, 2006 A 41-year old teacher at PS345 in Brooklyn engaged in a pattern of inappropriate behavior toward six female students raging in age from six to twelve

November 16, 2006 A self-employed Psychologist, who provided services for the DOE, falsified assessment reports for 26 special education students and received more than $10,000 in public school funds to which he was not entitled

November 6, 2006 A teacher at Philip Randolph High School, had inappropriate relationship with a female student who was then 18 years old

October 25, 2006 An investigation found SES providers failed to adhere to its contract with the Department of Education

October 4, 2006 An investigation found a Social Studies teacher assigned to JHS 259 in Brooklyn, had an inappropriate relationship with and otherwise behaved inappropriately toward two students

September 26, 2006 Two DOE teachers submitted fraudulent medical documentation on various occasions to cover their sick days

September 21, 2006 A former DOE psychologist knowingly and wrongfully accepted and used DOE salary to which he was not entitled

September 20, 2006 Misconduct at the DOE Scan Center

August 29, 2006 DOE psychologist arrested for falsifying student evaluation documents

August 14, 2006 DOE Employee Arrested for Stealing over $100,000 in Special Education Funds

July 25, 2006 An investigation determined that Eastco and All Building engaged in collusive bidding for three building repair contract, each worth $3.3 million dollars

June 14, 2006 Low-income students who were eligible to take Advance Placement Examinations free of charge were required by their schools to pay as much as $52 per exam

June 6, 2006 A Teacher attempted to take a leave of absence without pay to cover the period of time that he would be incarcerated in New Jersey

June 5, 2006 DOE Employee stole more than $10,000 in DOE funds through a scheme by which she received reimbursement for items she never purchased or items she returned

May 11, 2006 An investigation found that Sidney Massey, a former school principal, put school children a t risk by allowing a volunteer unrestricted access to the school

May 1, 2006 An investigation found a former Parent coordinator continued to receive salary payments even after she had resigned

April 24, 2006 An investigation found school personnel at PS122 in Queens compromised the integrity of the process used to determine which students were eligible for free lunch

March 7, 2006 An investigation found that certain SES providers engaged in questionable business practices in dealing with the DOE

February 14, 2006 A former Department of Education Principal and his wife, a DOE Teacher, avoid paying NYC tuition

December 12, 2005 A Teacher claimed to be on military leave and deployed to New Orleans to provide Hurricane Katrina relief when, in fact, he had traveled to Brazil for personal reasons

October 24, 2005 A payroll secretary abuses her position to defraud the DOE

September 29, 2005 A principal gives incorrect advice to parents about filling out lunch applications

August 16, 2005 A teacher worked as the New York Scandia Symphony conductor while out sick from her employment with the Department of Education

June 30, 2005 A teacher assigned to Benjamin Cardozo High School in Queens, claimed to be sick when, in fact, he was in Japan on a professional wrestling tour

May 3, 2005 SCI Report of an inappropriate relationship between a DOE teacher, Barry Schenker, and a 19 year old female student

April 20, 2005 Arrested a former school aide and custodial cleaner, Carlos Osario for 13,179.51 in long distance charges on a DOE account

March 22, 2005 SCI Report of Arrested Teacher in Test Taking Scam

February 1, 2005 SCI Report of DOE Vendor and it’s owner failed to pay prevailing wages and benefits which included ghost employees

January 11, 2005 A Department of Education Employee Arrested for Sex Abuse

January 7, 2005 SCI Report of substantiated sexual encounters between DOE Teacher and female student

January 7, 2005 SCI Report of substantiated sexual encounters between DOE School Aide and female student

December 20, 2004 SCI Report of Two DOE Aides who had sexual encounters with Students at Lehman HS in the Bronx

December 15, 2004 SCI Report Two DOE Employees commit perjury during a suspension hearing involving a 13 yr old male student

December 2, 2004 The Second Release regarding DOE Records found in the trash

October 14, 2004 Report on the Transportation of Disabled Public School Students by Ambulence

September 29, 2004 Former Street Academy HS Principal Mishandles Assault & Possible Sexual Abuse Compliant

September 21, 2004 Former NYC DOE Local Instructional Superintendent Arrested for Filing Forged Documents Relating to Her Credentials

August 26, 2004 Teacher Arrested for Stealing Retirement Funds from the DOE

June 29, 2004 Investigation Uncovers Time Abuse By NYC DOE Assistant Principals

April 30, 2004 SCI Investigation Uncovers Test Tampering by School District 24

March 5, 2004 Deputy Chancellor Diana Lam is Caught Helping Husband Land $100,000 Position with Education Department

February 4, 2004 SCI Investigation Report On Problems with Food Procurement within the NYC Department of Education

December 23, 2003 Investigation Uncovers The Failure of The Boys Choir of Harlem Executives to Report Allegations of Sexual Abuse Involving a Student By an Employee

June 30, 2002 Report of the Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District from September 1, 1999 to June 30, 2002

June 28, 2002 Salesman Indicted for Bribery and Submitting False Bids in Connection with a BOE Purchase – President of Office Equipment Company Pleads Guilty to Felony Antitrust Violation and Company Agrees to pay $400,000 in Civil Penalties

August 8, 2001 Home Instruction Teacher Cheats Children Out of an Education and the Board of Education Out of Money

July 20, 2001 Assistant Principal Found to Have History of Inappropriate Behavior with Students

June 28, 2001 Victims on Trial: The Treatment of Sex-Abuse Victims and Victims of Other Serious Crimes in Board of Education Student Suspension Hearings

June 27, 2001 Bad Advice from Chancellor’s District Contributes to a Failure to Report Sex Abuse to the Police

June 21, 2001 Doctor who lost License due to Sexual Misconduct

June 8, 2001 Failing Students Promoted

April 5, 2001 Custodian Uses NYC Board of Education Funds to Finance Personal Expenses

January 31, 2001 High School Dean Sexually Abused a 15-year-old Male Student

November 20, 2000 Dangerous Consequences: Officials at Brooklyn Technical High School Fail to Report Armed Robberies to the Police

November 15, 2000 After 14 Arrests Teacher Still Employed by the N.Y.C. B.O.E.

November 1, 2000 Hijacked On The Technology Superhighway: The Fleecing of District 29

September 21, 2000 Failure to Report Serious Allegations at IS 278/M180 Schools

August 11, 2000 Investigation Finds Additional Cheating by Educators at CESS 88 in the Bronx

May 2, 2000 Cheating Continues in City Schools

March 16, 2000 Enrollment and Attendance Manipulation at Brandeis HS

December 7, 1999 Wide Spread Educator Misconduct Reported on Standardized Test

August 1999 Blind Faith: An Investigation into the Hiring Practices for Non-B.O.E. Personnel

June 30, 1999 Riker’s Island School Inflates Enrollment

April 31, 1999 Salwa Ali

April 28, 1999 B.O.E. Intern Gets Paid for Seven Years without Working

April 15, 1999 An Investigation into Community School District 14

March 2, 1999 School Administrators Mishandle Recovery of Loaded Hand Gun from 8-year old Student

February 11, 1999 CSA Contracting Corporation

January 21, 1999 Unfit Teachers Repeatedly Hired as Substitutes

December 17, 1998 B.O.E. Loses Track of 9 Year Old Later Found Murdered

June 24, 1998 How To Succeed Without Really Trying

May 1998 Selling Safety Short: The Sale of Fraudulent CPR and First Aid Certificates to HS Coaches

May 1998 Fraud and Incompetence: Why it took Two Years to Replace Four Windows at P.S. 55

April 27, 1998 Midwood High School Mishandles Investigation into Death of a School Aid Handling

March 31, 1998 The Death of Marlon Albert

March 2, 1998 Investigation into the Admission Process for Michael J. Petrides School

October 1997 An Investigation into the Latin Kings: No tolerance for Gangs in Public Schools

September 9, 1997 School Mishandled Security Breach and Gang Rape

July 1997 Who’s Protecting the Children? An Investigation into the Failure of P.S. 188 Personnel to Safeguard an Abused Student

April 3, 1997 Report Reveals Vote Fraud in Community School Board Election

February 2, 1997 An Investigation into Carla Lockwood’s Neglect and District 6 Failure to act

December 16, 1996 Conflicts of Interest and Fraud in Community School District 12

September 9, 1996 Background Investigation into Board of Education Leased Property

June 1996 An Investigation into Misconduct in Community School District 7

March 14, 1996 Taking their Time: An Investigation into B.O.E. Custodial Employee Time Abuse

May 1996 The Consequences of Failing to Report an Improper Relationship between Teacher and Student

April 1996 Preliminary Report: Corruption in Community School District 9

November 20, 1995 An Investigation into Recruiting, Screening and Hiring Practices at the Board of Education’s Division of School Safety

September 19, 1995 An Investigation into the Death of Eight-Year-Old Quentin Magee

November 11, 1994 An Investigation into the Drowning of Daniel Maracallo During the I.S. 166 Eighth Grade Trip To Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom

October 31, 1994 The Final Report of the Joint Commission of the Chancellor and the Special Commissioner for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse

October 4, 1994 Corruption in the Purchasing of School and Office Supplies

September 1994 Allegations Against Executive Director of the Division of School Safety Zachary Tumin

December 1993 From Chaos to Corruption: An Investigation into the 1993 Community School Board Election

November 1993 An Investigation into the Improprieties in the C-30 Selection Process of Sharon Gordon as Principal of PS 397K

September 21 1993 An Investigation into Misconduct Relating to Pedophilia by Peter Melzer, a Teacher at Bronx HS of Science

April 29, 1993 Power, Politics and Patronage Community School District 12

April 1993 An Investigation into Allegations of Misconduct of within the Division of School Safety

December 21, 1992 A School Director is Arrested for Sexually Abusing Teenage Student

November 12, 1992 A System Like No Other: Fraud and Misconduct by the New York City School Custodians

September 1992 Treating the Victim as the Accused: Interim Acting Principal Jewel Moolenaar’s Serious Mishandling of the Complaint of a Sexually Abused Child at Community School 129X

July 1992 Private Interest Over Public Trust: An Investigation into Certain Improprieties by Leadership at the Division of School Safety

February 1992 An Investigation into the Alleged Misconduct Compromising the Integrity of the Selection of a Superintendent for Community School District 27

October 1991 An Investigation into the Sex Crime Conviction of Personnel Administrator Jerry Olshaker and the Concealment of the Conviction by the Division of Personnel

September 24, 1991 An Investigation into Allegations Regarding Andre Cadet, A Physical Education Teacher at Julia Richman HS in Manhattan

June 20, 1991 An Investigation into Allegations Regarding William Ubinas, Superintendent of the Community School District