#NYC crossing guard caught on video shoving student

#NYC crossing guard caught on video shoving student

“NYC crossing guard caught on video shoving student” A hot-tempered crossing guard repeatedly pushed and berated a student outside the Queens Metropolitan HS campus, shocking video obtained by The Post shows. It was unclear what set off the guard, who was removed from her post after the Tuesday confrontation, officials said. The NYPD is probing the…

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#NYC school safety agent slashed at Bronx school: cops

#NYC school safety agent slashed at Bronx school: cops

“NYC school safety agent slashed at Bronx school: cops” A “heroic” NYPD school safety agent was slashed inside a Bronx elementary school Thursday morning — as he stepped in to protect a female guidance counselor whose irate ex-boyfriend showed up to attack her, cops said.  The 23-year-old suspect arrived at P.S. 69 Journey Prep School on…

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#UFT finally gets something right, standing up for safe schools

#UFT finally gets something right, standing up for safe schools

“#UFT finally gets something right, standing up for safe schools” For all our criticism of the United Federation of Teachers and its leader Michael Mulgrew, we appreciate the union’s strong stand against the transfer of school safety duties from the NYPD to the Department of Education. The UFT’s Delegate Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a…

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#NYC students rally to get cops out of their schools

#NYC students rally to get cops out of their schools

“#NYC students rally to get cops out of their schools” About 200 students and parents marched from Washington Square Park to City Hall Saturday to protest the presence of police officers in city schools — with some flipping the bird to New York’s Finest along the way. Carrying signs that read “Counselors Not Cops,” and…

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#NY City Council is pushing for a school-safety disaster

#NY City Council is pushing for a school-safety disaster

“#NY City Council is pushing for a school-safety disaster” Some on the City Council aren’t satisfied with Mayor de Blasio’s vow to shift the school-security budget from the NYPD to the Department of Education: They want to pull the safety agents out of schools altogether.   At a recent hearing, a furious Councilman Daneek Miller…

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#City Council debates giving NYC DOE control of school safety

#City Council debates giving NYC DOE control of school safety

“#City Council debates giving NYC DOE control of school safety” The City Council held a heated hearing Thursday over the future of school safety agents — with one councilman calling the proposed removal of NYPD safety agents “absurd.” Council member Daneek Miller — a father of five city public school graduates who represents southeast Queens…

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