Mamdani’s DOE accused of ‘stonewalling’ over hundreds of contracts worth massive $12B

Source: New York Post

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Department of Education was accused Monday of “stonewalling” the City Council’s audit of hundreds of agency contracts worth a staggering $12 billion. The council requested a full audit of DOE deals from the Mamdani administration in March — but were told that coughing up the information would “take months” due to the 600 contracts existing on “a secure system that very few people have access to. ” “This is again basic, rudimentary data that DOE should be providing to the council, and I’m not sure why we’re getting stonewalled,” Council Speaker Julie Menin charged during the tense budget hearing, after DOE Chief Procurement Officer Elisheba Lewi gave the excuse.