
New Panel for Educational Policy Looks Like the Compliant One of Old - NYTimes.com:
"One member, Joe Chan, is president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, a real estate group that relies heavily on a city contract that has provided $5.4 million. Another member, Linda Lausell Bryant, is the executive director of a youth services program that has two contracts with the Department of Education, estimated at $382,000. And Gitte Peng, another member, is a former adviser to Mr. Bloomberg’s deputy mayor for education."
"One member, Joe Chan, is president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, a real estate group that relies heavily on a city contract that has provided $5.4 million. Another member, Linda Lausell Bryant, is the executive director of a youth services program that has two contracts with the Department of Education, estimated at $382,000. And Gitte Peng, another member, is a former adviser to Mr. Bloomberg’s deputy mayor for education."