Yonkers IG/schools feud continues
Reporter Ernie Garcia writes:
The tit-for-tat between the Yonkers Board of Education and Yonkers Inspector General Philip Zisman continues. The debate between the board and Zisman—conducted through letters, press releases and a subpoena—involves a disagreement over whether the school district is a city-dependent entity.
Zisman has argued that the district is dependent and that he has the right to come in and examine the district’s employee health insurance plans. Board officials have said that the district is a state-created entity subject to oversight from state agencies.
Last night, apparently to reinforce its point, the Board of Education rescinded a 2000 resolution that said the Board of Education could share the services of the city’s inspector general to review its finances.
“The new fiscal regulations imposed by the New York state comptroller’s office of an external, internal and claims auditor are more than sufficient to monitor district operations in accordance with the state mandates,” said board member Debra Martinez, reading from a prepared statement before the board’s vote.
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Taxation without representation, anyone? Sounds vaguely familiar and seems to have prompted a revolution at one time or another, which the schools love to teach, but ignore.