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Saturday, August 27, 2011

NYC Public School Parents: One small win for humankind: Comptroller rejected $27 M no bid Wireless contract

NYC Public School Parents: One small win for humankind: Comptroller rejected $27 M no bid Wireless contract:

One small win for humankind: Comptroller rejected $27 M no bid Wireless contract

One small but significant victory: public outrage has managed to stop the state contract with Wireless Generation, owned by Rupert Murdoch and run by Joel Klein.

As reported in today's Daily News, State Comptroller Di Napoli rejected the egregious $27 million contract that the NY State Education Department wanted to award the company, to build a statewide data