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Too Much or Not Enough?: Shift Of School Agents Rapped by Both Sides

By CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 7/9/20

The budget decision to remove School Safety Agents from the Police Department’s control and under eventually move under the authority of the Department of Education sparked criticism from both advocates who called for reforms to school safety and the union that represents the Agents.

During the weeks following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, protesters pushed for a complete overhaul to school safety, calling on the City Council and Mayor de Blasio to remove police from schools. The NYPD has had control of School Safety Agents since 1998, but as part of the $88.1-billion budget announced June 30, that function will be overseen by school administrators as part of a multi-year plan, the Mayor announced.

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