Black will receive waiver after city vows to promote Suransky
Cathleen Black will receive the state waiver that lets her become the next New York City schools chancellor, following a Thanksgiving deal between the city and the state. The deal calls for the Bloomberg administration to give a major promotion to Shael Polakow-Suransky, an education official who has frequently sparred with Chancellor Joel Klein and his top deputies, even while working alongside them.
State education officials had been wary to offer Black, Mayor Bloomberg’s surprise choice to succeed Klein, the