“The dominant role of political patronage is why BOE is lucky to get B-team talent; add in wounds inflicted by state law, and you’ve got real, systemic problems.One start on fixing things would be to give the mayor control of the BOE, with City Council approval required for appointment of any chief clerk, executive director or deputy executive director. That way, we’d be able to hold someone to account when things go wrong.”

–NY State Assembly Member Michael Benjamin, in a NY Post column