NYC’s public-schools system is now officially a $45 billion scandal factory
If its other failings weren’t maddening enough, now the $45 billion city Department of Education is hiring obvious psychos to work with kids and paying “principals” $200,000 to run nonexistent schools. Sayed Mohassib allegedly slaughtered jogger Katie Suarez near the Belt Parkway in Bath Beach Oct. 30; he claims he found himself sitting on a nearby bench, drenched in blood but with no knowledge of why. Scariest of all, he was then working as a substitute paraprofessional at PS 200, a position of trust and responsibility helping young children. Sayed Mohassib leaves the 62nd Precinct after being charged with murder on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026. William Farrington for NY Post Chilling photos reveal disturbing tattoos, gun necklace on ex-cop turned school aide accused of killing NYC jogger Did anyone check his background? After a red-flag few weeks with the NYPD, he joined the Marines only to get discharged on psychiatric grounds , then be rejected for reinstatement as a cop — and that very same day win transport to Bellevue because of his erratic behavior. In 2024, cops took him to Coney Island Hospital after he threatened to “chop” his mother and sister into pieces. NYC educator’s murder charge: Letters