Lorraine Grillo has been appointed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg as president of the New York City School Construction Authority.
The agency manages new school construction and renovation of the city’s existing school buildings for the Dept. of Education. Grillo had been interim president since April 2010. She filled the slot vacated by Sharon Greenberger, appointed by the mayor and then-Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein to chief operating officer for the Dept. of Education. Klein has been succeeded by Cathie Black. Black’s critics note that she is a close friend of Bloomberg and former Hearst Corp. CEO, but has no experience in public education.
