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scratch on his face with the
aluminum foil from an aspirin
packet, police said.
The assault occurred at
the school on Dec. 7, stemming
from an “unknown
incident,” according to law
enforcement sources.
As for the foil that
Ray allegedly used to
scratch up the student,
an NYPD spokesperson
said, “It became a weapon
as soon as he used it
to hurt somebody.”
Ray was charged on Dec.
18 with two counts of assault
and one count of criminal
possession of a weapon in the
fourth degree.
Police were still investigate
the incident.
In a statement to
TimesLedger, a spokesperson
for the Department of Education
stated that the agency
“reassigned this teacher
pending the criminal investigation
of this deeply troubling
allegation.”
Richmond Hill High
School is located at 89-30
114th St.
NYCHA
ous about turning a new
page for NYCHA.”
The ultimatum came
just hours before the
city, the U.S. Attorney’s
Office and the federal
government, presented
a joint status report to
federal Judge William
Pauley, who rejected a
proposes proposed settlement
to a lawsuit filed by
Manhattan U.S. Attorney
Geoffrey Berman.
“This filing is another
step on the road to fixing
NYCHA,” Mayor Bill de
Blasio said in a statement.
“We are in the middle of
productive conversations
with Secretary Carson
and the U.S. Attorney to
improve the quality of
life for the 400,000 New
Yorkers who cal NYCHA
home. We all agree that
the best outcome relies
upon the city and federal
government working together,
and we look forward
to continuing these
discussions.”
Carson’s letter arrived
two days after de Blasio
introduced “NYCHA 2.0,”
a $24 billion, 10-year comprehensive
plan to deliver
top-to-bottom renovations
to housing stock and improve
health and safety
conditions for NYCHA’s
400,000 residents, that
would include a combination
of private management,
air rights sales and
luxury housing leases on
NYCHA property.
The mayor also reached
a tentative contract agreement
with Teamsters Local
237, which represents
public housing caretakers
and supervisors, that
would implement the first
changes to work hours at
public housing developments
in 50 years.
“That means residents
will have faster
service and staff working
mornings, nights
and weekends to better
maintain buildings,” de
Blasio said. “These improvements
are coupled
with wage increases that
are fair to the workers
and fair to New York
City taxpayers.”
De Blasio has spoken
out against a federal takeover
arguing that NYCHA
was better off under city
control. Now he hopes the
steps taken last week are
enough to prove the city
is on the right track.
”This has been a week
of real reform in our efforts
to turn NYCHA
around after decades of
neglect,” de Blasio said.
“We have secured a new
labor agreement to bring
seven-day custodial services
to NYCHA for the
first time in 50 years. We
released a detailed plan
to renovate tens of thousands
of apartments, and
we are putting new management
fixes in place
to hold NYCHA more
accountable to its residents.
This is positive
momentum, and we all
need to work together to
ensure it continues.”
Reach reporter Bill
Parry by e-mail at bparry@
cnglocal.com or by
phone at (718) 260–4538.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio announces the city’s comprehensive plan to renovate NYCHA apartments
and keep the public housing agency under city control. Courtesy of Mayor’s office
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