Andy Lewis, former director of the Boerum Hill “Toxic Preschool” that closed in 2007 after parents discovered that it had no heat, exposed wires, unpainted walls and noxious fumes, will be sentenced tomorrow before Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Kiyo Matsumoto on charges of stealing more than half a million dollars in U.S. Department of Agriculture funds.
Brooklyn Eagle: The payments, made to Lewis’ Better Brooklyn Community Center, were supposed to be used, under the Child Nutrition Act, to feed low-income children. Better Brooklyn was the parent body of the “toxic preschool,” whose real name was the Brooklyn Children’s Academy Preschool.
Lewis pleaded guilty on Nov. 22, according to court documents.
According to an FBI affidavit, the scheme came to light in 2006 after state Department of Health inspectors found that the organization had spent only $18,448 for meals and snacks for the entire year of 2005; that there were no food preparation employees on site; and that Lewis had submitted vouchers even for periods when the center had been closed.
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