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More than 100 NYC educators accused of sexual relationships, communications with students as DOE finally mulls a crackdown​



Dozens of New York City educators have been accused of having inappropriate, often sexual relationships and communications with students, with some requesting nude snaps or plying them with money, gifts or drugs, newly released records show.

Thirty-two more cases of educators and other school staffers engaged in improper communications with kids were substantiated by the city’s Special Commissioner of Investigation — boosting the total to at least 121 cases from 2018 to 2024, up from 89 tallied in May.

Special Commissioner Anastasia Coleman had recommended 54 times from 2019 to 2023 that the city Department of Education prohibit all employees from contacting students using personal cell phone numbers, social media accounts, or other apps.

The DOE repeatedly rejected the recommendation.


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Exclusive | More than 100 NYC educators accused of sexual relationships, communications with students as DOE finally mulls a crackdown

Dozens more New York City public school employees were accused of having inappropriate relationships and communications and students, according to an independent watchdog group.
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  • Daniel Matuk allegedly began communicating with one of his 15-year-old graphic design students at William Cullen Bryant HS in Queens in 2020, exchanging over 700 messages between 2022 and 2023, investigators found. Matuk texted about her “brown ass” and “little butt,” and called her “bitch” and “whore.” Matuk would force the junior to hug him in his empty classroom. “I blocked Daniel Matuk’s number after graduation, but have been living with trauma because of what had happened,” she told investigators. SCI said he was “grooming” her. He collected $112,191 in FY 2024.

  • Anthony Schiliro, a history teacher at the elite Eleanor Roosevelt HS in Manhattan, sent “excessive” late-night texts to three female students, investigators found. On one occasion, he joked about one student having sex in front of the other two.

  • Jorge Luna, a social studies teacher at the Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics, repeatedly texted and called a female student starting when she was a freshman, and made inappropriate comments on her Instagram even after being disciplined for his communications with her. In 2020, Luna called the girl on FaceTime at midnight to wish her a happy birthday, according to SCI. In 2022, he commented on her breasts, and her “sexy” legs in a photo and wrote, “you should have opened” them, the girl told investigators. Luna collected $111,738 in 2023-24.

  • Steven Perez, a social studies teacher at Fort Hamilton HS in Brooklyn, texted one of his students about his “girlfriend problems” and child support, calling her “sweety” and “beautiful” from when she was 15, investigators found. He’d give her cigarettes and oil for vaping, and once tried to kiss her after driving her home. He was arrested in December 2021, but the Brooklyn DA declined to prosecute.

  • Ellen Huynh, a teacher at the Civic Leadership Academy in Queens, exchanged more than 9,000 texts with a male student between 2022 and 2023, including hundreds after 9 pm and on weekends. Witnesses, including teachers, told investigators they saw the two hugging alone in a classroom with the door shut, and in a park together. The student refused to tell investigators about their conversations but said “there was no sex.” She collected $80,701 in 2023-24.

Many more such cases.
 
“Most schools have communications policies prohibiting private communications at this point because they recognize the risks,” said Dr. Elizabeth Jeglic, a John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor who researches child sexual abuse and grooming. “I am not sure why this is not being done in New York City.”

The Post previously reported on many cases of predatory educators, including Townsend Harris HS coach and teacher Joseph Canzoneri, who SCI found exchanged flirty messages with female students and had sex with one.
 
WinterBorn said:
No matter what legal issues these people face, if a teacher crosses that line they should never be allowed to teach or volunteer at any school.

No excuse for such crap.
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Officials have insisted that stricter rules are not needed because a disciplinary process is in place to punish misconduct.
 
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