The head of the City Council’s Education Committee said Tuesday he intends to call charter chief Eva Moskowitz to a hearing just in case “corruption were to exist” in the finances of her 22-school network.
Queens Councilman Daniel Dromm has scheduled a hearing next month to press Moskowitz and other charter executives about how they spend public funds.
Dromm, a teachers-union ally, said any possibility of fiscal irregularity in Moskowitz’s Success Academy system has to be exposed.
“We need accountability, we need transparency, and we need to know who is giving them the money and what they’re doing with that money,” Dromm said.
“This is an opportunity, if corruption were to exist . . . I can’t just let it go.”
Moskowitz, a former council member, has never been accused of corruption even by her harshest critics.
Dromm’s hearing is the latest salvo in a contentious fight over state education spending between district and charter schools.
It’s not clear if Dromm has jurisdiction over Moskowitz, who is not a city employee.
Moskowitz has not received an invitation to testify, said a spokeswoman who would not comment further.