Mamdani vows ‘full review’ into how accused  jogger-killer deemed too unstable for Marines, NYPD landed job at NYC public school

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has ordered a full review of how Sayed Mohassib came to work as a teacher’s aide at a Brooklyn public school. Mohassib has been charged with killing jogger Katie Suarez, and the case has raised questions about the school system’s hiring and vetting procedures.

Mohassib, 27, had been discharged from the Marines in 2022 on psychological grounds, and the NYPD reportedly declined to rehire him after he left the force. He worked at PS 200, three blocks from where Suarez was killed, until his arrest on 30 October; the Department of Education says he has since been fired. A criminal complaint says he told police he carried a knife because he believed people were coming to kill his family.