{"id":40135,"date":"2015-06-04T09:57:03","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T14:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=40135"},"modified":"2015-06-04T09:57:03","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T14:57:03","slug":"should-new-york-city-fund-security-guards-for-yeshivas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/should-new-york-city-fund-security-guards-for-yeshivas\/","title":{"rendered":"Should New York City Fund Security Guards for Yeshivas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Standing on the steps of City Hall in downtown Manhattan, Letitia James, the New York City public advocate, turned to the private school students arrayed like a backdrop behind her and ended the speech she gave in mid-May with a shout: \u201cWe want school safety agents!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The children \u2014 Muslim girls with their heads covered, Catholic school students in vests, a few Jewish kids in yarmulkes \u2014 cheered back.<\/p>\n<p>The rally was part of an increasingly high-pitched effort to ensure the passage of a bill, favored by city religious schools, that would assign a city-funded security guard to each New York City private school. 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