Why for true accountability, Mayoral Control must be reformed
February 10, 2026
Below is the written City Council testimony for the Feb. 10 hearing on Mayoral control. More observations and testimonies for the hearing are posted on the NYC Parents blog here.
Feb. 12 Update: Just two days after the hearing, my list of major scandals and corruption under Mayoral control listed in the Appendix proved incomplete: Kevin Taylor, the head of the School Safety division, was indicted for bribery along with the CEO of the SaferWatch company, who had paid him as well as Terence Banks, the brother of Chancellor Banks to promote the device to DOE, though Terence Banks was not named in the indictment. See the story here and the indictment here.
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