David Neering and Regina ShinPhoto: Facebook
A Bronx principal and his teacher bride learned that the hard way when the city slapped them with conflict-of-interest fines just weeks after their wedding.
David Neering and Regina Shin, who were married this month in a scenic ceremony in upstate Garrison, were so dedicated to their profession that they skipped a honeymoon so they wouldn't have to spend time away from their students.
"We wanted to make sure we were back at work," Shin said.
And in return, they were hit with fines for purchasing a love nest last year while they were still working together.
City rules prohibit employees and their supervisors from entering into financial arrangements — even those that end in marriage.
"No public servant shall enter into any business or financial arrangement with another public servant who is a supervisor or subordinate of such public servant," the City Charter says.
Shin was fined $2,000 for her romantic wrongdoing. Neering said he shelled out even more in penalties, but wouldn't provide the specific figure.
Combined, their fines could have easily financed the honeymoon they didn't take or a mortgage payment on their new Rockland County home.
"I fell in love," said a giddy Neering, still beaming in wedded bliss. "It happens."
Shin, 29, was a teacher at IS 206, where Neering, 64, has been a principal for nearly a decade.
We had no intent of breaking a Department of Education law, but I did… I should have known better, but I didn't. - David Neering
Last year, a few months after Shin moved into Neering's Manhattan apartment, the couple bought a $400,000 home together in New City, and that's when they ran into trouble.
Dating and living with the boss was not a problem, according to the City Charter.
It was the financial arrangement of buying a house together that got them detention. Neering and Shin were married Oct. 5. The judgment against Shin was dated Oct. 24.
"It is what it is," Shin said. "We should have read it [the conflict rules] more carefully."
To avoid further scrutiny, Shin transferred in September to an elementary school in The Bronx.
Neering is still principal at the middle school. Last year, he earned nearly $134,000. Shin earned more than $72,000.
"I wasn't aware buying a house meant I was entering a fiduciary relationship," said Neering, who added that Shin received no favortism from him while they were working together.
"We fell in love, and I was under the impression that until we got married, I could still supervise her. We had no intent of breaking a Department of Education law, but I did. Ignorance is no excuse. I should have known better, but I didn't."
A spokesperson for the Conflicts of Interest Board, which imposed the fines, declined to comment.
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