Secret recording shows CEO pressuring staff to lobby for charter schools

The founder of Success Academy, New York City’s largest network of charter schools, admonished several hundred employees this week during an “emergency meeting” for failing to lobby elected officials in sufficient numbers ahead of a march over the Brooklyn Bridge on Thursday. CEO Eva Moskowitz's 20-minute harangue was captured in a secret recording obtained by Gothamist. Her remarks are the latest sign that she is bracing for a fight if Zohran Mamdani — who is critical of the privately run, publicly funded schools — is elected mayor in November. For more information on this story, head to Gothamist: https://bit.ly/4poYRSJ