# NYC’s public-schools system is now officially a $45 billion scandal factory

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/nycs-public-schools-system-is-now-officially-a-45-billion-scandal-factory/
- Published: 2026-11-10T10:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T10:24:46+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/10/opinion/nycs-public-schools-system-is-now-officially-a-45-billion-scandal-factory/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- A substitute school worker accused of killing a jogger had a documented history of instability.
- A principal earns nearly $200,000 despite the planned school not existing.
- The article raises broader concerns about spending, oversight and educational outcomes.

## Summary

The article argues that New York City’s public-schools department is failing in oversight and accountability, citing a substitute paraprofessional accused of killing a jogger and a highly paid principal assigned to a school that was never opened. It presents these cases as examples of wider problems in the $45 billion system.

It says Sayed Mohassib had a documented history of erratic behaviour before he was hired, and that Caleb Haraguchi-Combs earns nearly $200,000 a year despite the planned AI and fintech high school being cancelled. The article also alleges that Chancellor Kamar Samuels approved lucrative no-bid contracts and has withheld information about more than $10 billion in third-party spending; it further criticises schools’ academic results and falling enrolment.

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