What's the office vibe like at NYC Department of Education?

Business casual. only top management dresses corporate the rest are less formal. Practical, low key, not too much in the way of politics, everyone gets along. hierarchic and very process oriented and can be bureaucratic but that's the nature of government; your job is to make the process go smoothly. And you have responsibility to prevent fraud, ensure quality services to citizens etc which everyone takes seriously. My building is 1950s cubicle-ville. Dull and kinda depressing but the nice people make it ok.