UFT-endorsed Scott Stringer says he would ‘dismantle’ NYC DOE as mayor

If elected mayor, Scott Stringer said he would “dismantle” the New York City Department of Education.

“I’m going to smash that bureaucracy,” he said Saturday morning at the United Federation of Teachers’ annual spring conference. “As next mayor of New York City, we’re going to usher in a new day of fundamental change in the education system, starting with dismantling the Department of Education.” “I think they liked that answer,” Michael Mulgrew, president of the union, cracked.