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 (D-Queens) rightly called the idea “absurd.” But Education Committee Chairman Mark […]
Teamsters Local 237 President Opposes Plan to Transfer Oversight of School Safety Agents to DOE
In the wake of last year’s protests for police reform, Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to move oversight of school safety agents from the NYPD to the Education Department. The City Council has recently been holding hearings over police reform and is considering the proposal. But critics of the plan say it would put both […]
City Council debates giving NYC DOE control over 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 — defended their role Thursday. “To think that we’re going […]
SI Live: NYPD’s ‘My School Has Rhythm Not Violence’ program comes to Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The NYPD’s School Safety Division Community Outreach Unit is bringing a special high school initiative to the borough, which uses music, dance, and education to empower students by helping them reduce verbal and physical violence in schools. The “My School Has Rhythm Not Violence” program, which has been going on citywide […]