Five public schools made nearly $86,000 in sloppy purchases on city credit cards, a controller’s audit released Thursday charges.
The audit by City Controller John Liu that reviewed more than $133,000 in purchases in 2011 and 2012 exposed flaws in the city’s oversight of school spending.
Many of the schools failed to turn over required receipts for their purchases. Others neglected to obtain multiple bids for purchases mandated by the city.
“Greater care and discretion . . . is in order before outright waste and abuse ensues,” Liu said.
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Education officials agreed with many of the report’s findings.
Liu’s audit comes one week after the Daily News broke the story of Kappry Vera, a teacher at the School for Construction and Design who used her school’s purchasing card to make $765 worth of unauthorized buys at McDonald’s.
