One possible reason why school construction takes so long

According to a ruling by the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board, a School Construction Authority official has been suspended for interfering in the authority’s work at P.S. 29 in Queens through a construction firm with which he had been moonlighting. (P.S. 29 is the school where teachers and parents have been protesting their principal.) The official, Latif Giwa, also asked the head of a construction company that works with the SCA to give him money to pursue a business opportunity in Nigeria, according to the disposition. READ MORE