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School-Agent Union Head: Abuse Claims Unfounded

By CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 3/2/21

The head of the union that represents School Safety Agents is heatedly disputing Public Advocate Jumaane Williams’s claim that his members have physically and sexually abused students.

During a sometimes-contentious City Council hearing Feb. 17 on the plan to transfer School Safety Agents from the Police Department to the Department of Education, Mr. Williams testified that “many students report verbal, physical and sexual abuse that have been committed at the hands of School [Safety] Agents.”

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