Isn't This Against the Law?

If not, strong-arming your employees to lobby on your behalf, as the tape of charter school Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz demanding that her employees doing just that SHOULD be against the law.

Of course, Moskowitz has always been skeevy, she literally closed her schools for a day to send the students to Albany to lobby legislators, so this is not surprising.

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.

Moskowitz made clear that the employees — many of whom work in administrative roles at Success Academy’s headquarters on Wall Street — had not met expectations for “phone to action” outreach to politicians urging them to support charters. Moskowitz said the employees are required to participate in the rally, which is considered part of the school day. Students will be attending.

“You did not do the phone-to-action because you thought, ‘This is not very serious,’” Moskowitz said. “So I want to just reset for all of you. It is an existential threat.”

Well, it's an existential threat to Eva's salary of nearly one million dollars a year. 

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An attendee of the meeting who was uncomfortable with Moskowitz’s demands provided the recording to Gothamist. She said employees are “pissed” but also scared to oppose Moskowitz.

Moskowitz, a former city councilmember known for her sharp and aggressive questioning, reminded staffers about Success Academy’s “chain of command.”

It appears that Moskowitz's goal with her employees is that they be, "Good Germans."

Based on the stories I've heard about the school, this is also her goal for the students.