# Lax checks and union apathy kept the accused jogger killer in NYC kids’ classrooms

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/lax-checks-and-union-apathy-kept-the-accused-jogger-killer-in-nyc-kids-classrooms/
- Published: 2026-11-12T00:11:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T00:22:34+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/11/opinion/lax-checks-and-union-apathy-kept-the-accused-jogger-killer-in-nyc-kids-classrooms/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Colleagues reportedly raised repeated warnings about Mohassib.
- He was indicted over the killing of Katie Suarez.
- The article questions hiring checks and workplace reporting.

## Summary

Ten colleagues at Brooklyn’s PS 200 reportedly raised concerns about paraprofessional Sayed Mohassib’s behaviour, but administrators and union officials dismissed or minimised their warnings. Mohassib has since been indicted for the second-degree murder of jogger Katie Suarez, prompting questions about how New York City’s school system screens and monitors staff who work with children.

The article says Mohassib left a city education job for the NYPD in 2022, then the Marines, which discharged him as psychologically unfit; the NYPD later rejected his request to return and sent him to Bellevue Hospital. The Department of Education rehired him as a substitute paraprofessional for 2023–24 and renewed his eligibility in later years, despite rules allowing checks of past employment and military service. The piece argues that annual renewals do not require evaluations, schools must report safety incidents within one school day, and the teachers’ union could have escalated staff concerns.

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