Speaker Menin accuses DOE of stonewalling Council over hundreds of school contracts

City Council Speaker Julie Menin is escalating a transparency fight with the Department of Education, accusing the agency of months of “opacity, slow-walking, and delay” after it failed to turn over hundreds of contracts tied to mandated school services and no-bid procurement.

In a July 9 letter to Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels, seen by amNewYork, Menin demanded that DOE provide a production schedule by July 16 for 579 contracts the Council has sought for months.