Former Queens superintendent claims city replaced her to elevate black males, sues NYC for $20MBy Susan Edelman
May 6, 2023
A Filipino-American woman replaced as a Queens superintendent by her black male deputy has filed a $20 million race and gender discrimination suit against the city Department of Education, The Post has learned.
Jennifer Carreón, 45, contends Chancellor David Banks demoted her to install her less-experienced No. 2, David Norment, out of desire to elevate black males.
The Manhattan Supreme Court suit, filed this week, is the first to legally challenge Banks’ choice of superintendents since he made all 45 reapply for their jobs last year in what he called “a shakeup.”
One of 12 removed, Carreón was assigned a lesser bureaucratic role.
The Asian-American Pacific Islander attended NYC public schools from K to 12, growing up in subsidized housing in Lower Manhattan. She started working for the DOE as a teacher in 2002, rising to principal, assistant superintendent, and acting superintendent. She was appointed District 27 superintendent in 2019 by then-Chancellor Richard Carranza.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/05/06/former-queens-superintendent-jennifer-carreon-sues-nyc-for-20m/
