A school safety bill in New York is getting support from Jewish leaders concerned about anti-Semitism in the U.S.
24 rabbis signed a letter requesting that New York Mayor Bill de Blasio support Intro 65, legislation that would allow ‘safety agents’ to be hired for religious schools if they make a request for one, according to the New York Daily news.
Currently the city provides school safety officers from the New York Police Department for some public schools, but private schools must pay for their own school resource officers. Intro 65 would change that so NYPD safety agents could be requested by private religious schools.
De Blasio has not yet publicly supported the bill despite an ad campaign funded by supporters that began June 10. A spokesman for the Mayor said the NYPD strives to protect all the children in the city every day.
