Susan Edelman

Veteran reporter, independent. Focus on NYC schools, city gov’t, 1st-responders. Contact: [email protected].

[Mike Sisak @mikesisak]

A lawyer for news organizations sent the judge a letter asking his reasons for sealing Mangione’s hearing.

He was ignored by the judge and rebuffed by his clerk, who said: “We don’t read emails or letters at night. We go home.” She then hung up on him.
https://t.co/jvjFaeBjAs

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

@Brendan65218612 @DOEChancellor The city Department of Investigation appoints the SCI commissioner, but SCI staff is on the DOE payroll. The City Council can excercise oversight over SCI.

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

The Special Commissioner of Investigation for NYC schools won't say whether @DOEChancellor has yet admitted hiring a non-DOE vendor and permitting bill-splitting to avoid oversight while he was a Manhattan superintendent-- instead of letting his former deputy take all the blame. Insiders say he must "self-report."
https://t.co/E2wOk9v93R

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

This reporter asked NYC schools chancellor Kamar Samuels whether he’s informed Mayor Mamdani about his involvement in alleged contract and procurement violations during his previous post as Upper Manhattan’s District 3 superintendent.
No answer yet.
https://t.co/Z0Y3tmfdfv

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

@RIP7217 @NYCMayor It is a big deal among top bureaucrats.

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

Confirmed: @NYCMayor Mamdani has trimmed the DOE’s bureaucratic bloat – at least by snipping the top salary. He is paying schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels $363,000, considerably less than the $428,280 ex-chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos got under then-Mayor Eric Adams.
https://t.co/IzWjRm2eDR

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

@DWood371 @NYCMayor It's a snippet.

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

@mathnerd9130 @UFT Unclear if teachers in coveted specialized high schools, exempted from the law, would qualify for the bonus.

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

Some NYC teachers whose class sizes remain exempt from the new limits because of a staff shortage or lack of space may get extra pay up to $8,500 in the 2026-27 school year and $9,500 in 2027-28, the DOE and @UFT agreed.
"Would we rather see every class fully compliant right now? Of course," @UFT president Mike Mulgrew told members.

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

@MikeyG_NY @UFT Money going to parents for tutoring would work.

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

If the city issues exemptions from the class-size law because a building doesn’t have enough space to shrink classes or can’t hire enough staff, teachers will be eligible for additional pay.
Neither the DOE nor the union provided a copy of the agreement or confirmed how much money teachers could earn, @ChalkbeatNY reports.

[Chalkbeat New York @ChalkbeatNY]

Zohran Mamdani is set to win relief from a class size mandate he championed. A separate union deal could provide extra pay when classes exceed legal limits. https://t.co/Zm2ISjIN7s

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

If @DOEChancellor Kamar Samuels makes $363K, that's A LOT LESS than his predecessor, Melissa Aviles-Ramos, whose last salary was $428,280, according to NYC payroll records posted here:
https://t.co/EzesUG2ZWr
"Title: Chancellor
Rate of Pay: $428,280
Pay Year: 2025
Pay: per Annum
Branch/Major Category: New York City."

In 2024, @deirdre_bardolf and I reported that Aviles-Ramos received a raise after her promotion to $414,799-a-year.
https://t.co/9L8ykOfy9f

[leonie haimson @leoniehaimson]

NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels makes $363K -- tho City Hall has not publicly disclosed Samuels’ pay, and declined multiple requests by The Post to confirm his salary — a move good government groups found baffling. https://t.co/Gnuc7EufyK

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

@JWMoons @NYC_SCI The SCI made it seem that the deputy went rogue.

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

NEW: Kamar Samuels got a free pass from city school investigators who blasted his former deputy superintendent for violating DOE procurement rules — but failed to reveal that Samuels engaged in the same alleged misconduct.
A flawed report by @NYC_SCI, the agency charged with exposing fraud and corruption in city schools, left Samuels untainted in the months before @NYCMayor appointed him chancellor.
https://t.co/E2wOk9v93R

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

This reporter asked NYC schools chancellor Kamar Samuels whether he’s informed Mayor Mamdani about his involvement in alleged contract and procurement violations during his previous post as Upper Manhattan’s District 3 superintendent.
No answer yet.
https://t.co/Z0Y3tmfdfv

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

NEW: Kamar Samuels got a free pass from city school investigators who blasted his former deputy superintendent for violating DOE procurement rules — but failed to reveal that Samuels engaged in the same alleged misconduct.
A flawed report by @NYC_SCI, the agency charged with exposing fraud and corruption in city schools, left Samuels untainted in the months before @NYCMayor appointed him chancellor.
https://t.co/E2wOk9v93R

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

Rewarded: The @nyc_sci urged the DOE to fire Mariela Graham for procurement violations and bar her from future employment while she took the fall for Kamar Samuels. The DOE suspended Graham for 2 weeks, and Samuels has promoted her to "senior director of strategy."

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

A June 11, 2025 report by @nyc_sci pummels Upper Manhattan deputy superintendent Mariela Graham for signing an "improper" $180K contract with a non-DOE vendor in 2024. The investigative agency claims it didn't know that her boss, then-superintendent Kamar Samuels, signed a similar $180K contract in 2023.
https://t.co/E2wOk9v93R