NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A New York City school crossing guard was pulled from her Upper West Side post for her lack of work on the job and for allegedly making anti-Semitic comments to parents and their children, The New York Post reported.
The accused crossing guard, assigned to the corner of 79th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, was removed from her spot after complaints from both community leaders and City Councilwoman Gale Brewer as well as an NYPD probe, president of the West 79th Street Block Association Dale Brown said.
The NYPD did not disclose the crossing guard’s work status.
One parent, Rabbi Erica Gerson, told the Post that the crossing guard spewed “Jew hatred” toward her and her 9-year-old daughter in an unprovoked Jan. 13 incident. Gerson said she heard the crossing guard referring to “those Jewish kids” and complaining about the food at a local Kosher restaurant before calling Gerson and her daughter “nasty” and saying “now we know why there’s no peace in the Middle East.”
Gerson also heard the crossing guard saying hateful things to another parent, saying “Push your Jewish kids into the street and get hit by a bus.”
The parent in that attack said she filed a police report on Feb. 2 about the incident.
During a Jan. 13 community Zoom meeting, a parent spoke up about the anti-Semitic incidents where community leaders informed Brewer who spoke with the crossing guard union to initiate the process of her removal.
Last week, parents filed a harassment complaint against the unnamed crossing guard with the 20th Precinct which led to an investigation with the Hate Crimes Task Force.
In addition to the hateful comments, Gerson alleged the crossing guard has been seen slacking off while on duty, getting coffee or talking on the phone.
The outraged families do not want to see the crossing guard re-assigned and the investigation remains ongoing.
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