NYC superintendent whose company did $1.5M with city schools caught self-dealing, gets slap on wrist
Metro NYC superintendent whose company did $1.5M in DOE contracts gets slap on wrist for shady dealing By David Spector Published Aug. Add The New York Post on Google A Queens superintendent who owns a company that did $1.5 million in contracts with the DOE received just a slap on the wrist after she got caught doing business in her own district. Queens South High School Superintendent Josephine Van-Ess’s husband Edward owns 50% of Excellence in Every Thread, which did $1,533,221 in business with New York City schools via its subsidiary The Modern Day Man since 2023, according to public records.
- ▪Metro NYC superintendent whose company did $1.5M in DOE contracts gets slap on wrist for shady dealing By David Spector Published Aug.
- ▪Add The New York Post on Google A Queens superintendent who owns a company that did $1.5 million in contracts with the DOE received just a slap on the wrist after she got caught doing business in her own district.
- ▪Queens South High School Superintendent Josephine Van-Ess’s husband Edward owns 50% of Excellence in Every Thread, which did $1,533,221 in business with New York City schools via its subsidiary The Modern Day Man since 2023, according to pu
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