Posted on 06/12/2009 6:18:38 AM PDT by Gomez
The nephew of City Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo resigned Thursday as head of a Bronx charter school she helped fund - a day after he was charged with embezzlement.
Richard Izquierdo Arroyo - who's also Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo's grandson and chief of staff - Thursday notified the city he was resigning as chairman of the board of the South Bronx Charter School for International Culture and the Arts.
His city councilwoman aunt sponsored $1.5 million in taxpayer funds this fiscal year to help build a permanent facility for the school, which is temporarily housed in a public school.
The school board will accept his resignation, Department of Education spokeswoman Melody Meyer said.
The school's principal, Evelyn Hey, would not answer questions about Izquierdo Arroyo's role at the school.
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The Bonus Round today is a two-parter, guess the gender and the sexual orientation of the public-service minded Director on the right side here.
“Wise Latina” alert.
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