Queens HS principal sued again by deputy

A notorious Queens principal who cost the city over $600,000 in settlements was slapped with a new lawsuit Tuesday that accused him of refusing to accommodate an assistant principal’s medical ailment.

Howard Kwait, the former principal of John Bowne High School in Flushing, was removed from his post last year after facing an avalanche of sexual harassment and discrimination complaints from staff dating back to 2008.

The new suit was filed by Assistant Principal Marc Einsohn, who said that in September 2017 he needed surgery for a stomach problem. Instead of accommodating Einsohn, Kwait (photo) assigned the assistant principal duties that required he remain on his feet for long periods of time, against doctor’s orders, according to the suit.

Kwait even went so far as to contact Einsohn’s doctor directly and demand his medical records, according to a complaint filed in Brooklyn Federal Court.

Einsohn has already accused Kwait of retaliating against him for blowing the whistle on efforts to inflate students’ grades. That suit is ongoing. The renegade principal is not running a school but remains on the city payroll. He had a $157,000 salary last year.

“This guy is one of [the Department of Education’s] most wanted. He’s a repeat offender. He gets sued a number of times, yet somehow he keeps his job. There has to be a point in time where somebody at DOE takes a longer look at his employment,” Einsohn’s attorney Jonathan Tand said.

A Law Department spokesman said the suit would be reviewed.

“We take all allegations of discrimination seriously, and Mr. Kwait was transferred last year to a central office, where he is no longer permitted to manage employees. We’ll review the lawsuit,” Education Department spokesman Doug Cohen said.

Kwait referred a News reporter to his attorney, who did not return a call.

Chancellor Richard Carranza pulled Kwait out of John Bowne in May 2018 and assigned him administrative duties. The move came shortly after Mayor de Blasio sparked a furor by dismissing allegations of sexual harassment within the Education Department as part of a “hyper-complaint dynamic.”