An ex-New York City Department of Education (DOE) official was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday for taking bribes to serve young students chicken tenders contaminated with metal bits, plastic and bone.
According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office - Eastern District of New York, Eric Goldstein, the former head of food services for public schools in the city, was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court. Alongside Goldstein, three men who founded a vendor to provide school foods — Blaine Iler, Michael Turley and Brian Twomey — received sentencings Monday. Iler was sentenced to 12 months and a day with a $10,000 fine, Turley to 15 months and Twomey to 15 months and a $10,000 fine.
