RE: LeoThread 2026-03-11 16-07

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Parents cited school safety as a top reason for leaving NYC public schools in 2025. Yet families have effectively lost their federal right to transfer out of unsafe schools — because the data now hides the danger. DiNapoli's office warns the rules "risk underreporting."

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The state claims the rules "reflect developmental age and intent" — citing kindergarteners hitting with blocks. But young kids ARE capable of serious violence. And restricting reports to police-involved incidents ignores that schools often handle conflicts internally to avoid records.

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The results: In 2018-19, 50 schools hit the single-year threshold, 11 hit the two-year mark. By 2023-24? Seven schools for one year, zero for two years. State Comptroller DiNapoli confirmed no schools qualified as "persistently dangerous" in 2024-25 or 2025-26.

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Now incidents only count if: the student is over 10, it's a felony, AND it was reported to police. All three must be met. Assaults plummeted from 4.9 per 1,000 students (2017-18) to 0.5 per 1,000 (2023-24) — not because schools got safer, but because most incidents no longer "count."