Sharks in City Hall are circling around NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels, insiders told The Post this week, as the first elected official has publicly called for his head.

Samuels had a disastrous week after he was grilled at a City Council budget hearing Monday over The Post’s bombshell exclusive that he inked a $180,000 no-bid contract with a non-Department of Education-approved vendor Sean Kreyling in 2023, while he was superintendent of the Upper West Side’s District 3.

He also split payments between Kreyling’s two companies so they wouldn’t exceed a $25,000 threshold that would have triggered city financial oversight, emails obtained by The Post show.

“Chancellor Kamar Samuels has lost the confidence of public school parents, educators, and school administrators. He should step down,” New York City Councilman Phil Wong (D-Queens) told The Post.

A City Hall insider told The Post the DOE is already expecting Samuels to get the axe, and the agency is bracing itself for the loss of its fourth chancellor in five years.

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