
Dr, Lester Young Jr., former Bklyn school superintendent, named to head state Board of Regents
The state Board of Regents on Monday elected Dr. Lester Young Jr, the former superintendent of Brooklyn’s NYC School District 13, which stretches from Fort Green to DUMBO to Brooklyn Heights, as its first Black chancellor. Young, the son of famed jazz saxophonist Lester Young, grew up in Brooklyn and has worked in public service […]