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Money’s There for Crossing Guards, But Applicants Tough to Come By

By DAN ROSENBLUM
Posted 11/9/15

Though the city allocated $1.1 million to add 80 School Crossing Guards under this year’s budget, some have yet to be hired because of what Public Advocate Letitia James called a “bureaucratic standoff.” At a Nov. 2 City Hall press conference, lawmakers and educators from lower Manhattan said the shortage worried parents living in the burgeoning residential neigh­borhood.

“Multiple requests to NYPD to place additional [School Crossing Guards] at five schools downtown, unfortunately, have gone unanswered,” Ms. James said. “We can­not wait for one more person to be the victim of an accident that could have been easily prevented.”

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