Over the past year, the Department of Education allocated $745,000 to Fusion East, a Caribbean restaurant in Brooklyn. A significant portion of this spending, about $618,000, came from a single middle school's orders. City officials raised concerns regarding invoices that exceeded authorized spending limits, highlighting a lack of oversight. Comptroller Brad Lander noted that such extensive spending on catering could have been used for essential school supplies. The spending surged dramatically from $5,300 in 2022 to over $81,000 in 2023, reaching an alarming total leading into 2025.
The Department of Education spent approximately $1.17 million since 2022 on a single restaurant, $745,000 of which was in the past year alone.
Invoices signed by the principal at a Brownsville school exceeded allowed spending limits for catering, raising concerns about oversight and fiscal responsibility.
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