Joseph Baranello is the Central Records Access Officer for the NYC Department of Education. He sits at 52 Chambers Street, and denies Freedom of Information requests at random. If you want information from him immediately, forget it. He will delay his response for more than two years, if he feels like it. I found him on Facebook.
He writes:
Joe Baranello "Bottom line--I miss the days when it was crowds of trannies and drag queens roaming the streets".
December 12, 2009 at 10:29pm (Baranello's main Facebook page photo above)
Joe Baranello I was on the L this afternoon when 100
or more Santas boarded at Bedford. It was the biggest collection of
douchebags I have stumbled into in at least a decade. They would burst into
drunken caroling every twenty seconds or so. Anyone who made a nasty remark
was shouted down with chants of "Grinch! Grinch!". By the end of
the ride it got ugly. One biker chick started ripping the beard off a Santa
and belted him.
December 12, 2009 at
10:23pm
A post SantaCon furry ménage
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Joe Baranello "Then, at union square they deboarded.
I went to 6th ave just go avoid them, and walked back to union sq. Oops! Bad
move. There were hundreds of f-ing santas all over the area, congregating on
University and headed south, towards what fratty sh-hole one can only
imagine, and shudder at the thought. This photo was taken hours later on the
way back".
December 12, 2009 at
10:27pm
December 12, 2009 at 2:47pm
December 12, 2009 at 2:48pm
Joe Baranello "Indeed! Looking back
on it, these three were harmless and cute. But the others...oy!"
September 19, 2010 at 4:42pm
Several months ago
the pictures and comments above were on his Facebook page.
Today, the New York City Department of Education is trying
to keep Christine Rubino fired after she made a stupid
comment on her private Facebook page in a moment of frustration. Randi
Lowitt, the Hearing Officer at Christine's Section 3020-a arbitration hearing
(which I attended) ignored Christine's stellar record of 15 years, ignored
the fact that the Principal adored Christine and did not want her terminated,
ignored the fact that Christine admitted the improper comment being placed on
her Facebook page, and that she took it down and apologized.
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Dennis?? Mike (Best)?
Betsy Combier
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