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Ex-DOE exec gets 2 years for serving tainted chicken to students

BY CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 9/13/24

A former city Department of Education official was sentenced to two years in prison following his conviction on corruption and bribery charges for trading payments from a food vendor in return for accepting chicken tenders containing plastic, metal and bones that were served to students, the office of U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Breon Peace announced Monday.

Eric Goldstein, 56, managed food operations for the city public school system as the chief executive officer at the Department of Education’s Office of School Support Services from 2008 to 2018. Prosecutors said that Goldstein turned a blind eye to a food vendor, SOMMA Food Group, that was serving unsafe chicken products in exchange for $96,670 in bribes.

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