Daughter of teachers’ union boss Mike Mulgrew has $165K job in city agency under probe
The daughter of NYC teachers’ union president Michael Mulgrew has a top job in the Adams ‘ administration paying $165,000 a year, The Post has learned.
Meghan Mulgew, 37, is “Senior Advisor to the Executive Deputy Commissioner of Asset and Property Management” in the city’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services, or DCAS.
She joined the sprawling department — now under a possible bribery investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg — in April 2023.
Last month, DA officials seized the phones of Jesse Hamilton, DCAS’ deputy commissioner for real estate services, and Adams’ chief adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin as Sept. 27 they returned from a vacation in Japan with an executive of Cushman & Wakefield, a huge real-estate services firm. Hamilton oversees city-owned buildings and multi-million dollar lease deals with private landlords.
Meghan Mulgrew works directly for executive deputy commissioner Shameka Overton, promoted to the post last month, who supervises Hamilton.
Forty people applied for the DCAS position; the agency interviewed three and hired Meghan Mulgrew, a spokesperson said. The job posting cited a pay range of $145,000 to $165,000. She received the top salary.
The hiring raises eyebrows because DCAS oversees properties run or leased by the United Federation of Teachers, the School Construction Authority, the Department of Education and other city agencies.
Her dad is president of the UFT, which represents nearly 200,000 NYC educators.
“How does the daughter of the president of the most powerful teacher’s local in the country get a job at top pay with the very city agency that manages city buildings — while deals are being worked out on our teacher contracts and on a building the UFT is looking to lease?” a veteran teacher and union activist told The Post.
“Meghan is likely very qualified, but in this present climate where the mayoral administration is under countless federal probes, there will be legitimate questions about nepotism, cronyism and potential impropriety.”
DCAS spokesman Dan Kastanis defended the agency’s decision.
“After a thorough application and vetting process, we stand by Ms. Mulgrew’s appointment to the position — one she is aptly qualified for, as she has served the residents of this city for over a decade.”
Meghan Mulgrew has a master’s degree in real estate management from NYU.
Prior to joining DCAS, she served as CUNY’s director of real estate transactions for four and a half years, according to her LinkedIn page.
Previously, she was CUNY’s director of public private partnerships, it says.
At CUNY, Meghan Mulgrew made $141,858 in fiscal year 2023, according to the latest payroll data posted on seethroughny.net. A CUNY spokesman would not update the salary figure.
She did not return a request for comment.
