What to Know
- An NYC teacher's aide faces charges she committed a criminal sex act with a student at a Manhattan high school
- Aleida Rosario, 45, was charged with one count of criminal sex act with a victim less than 17 years old
- The aide has been suspended since February 2018 when the city learned of the allegations, authorities said
An NYC teacher's aide faces charges she committed a criminal sex act with a student at a Manhattan high school, authorities say.
Aleida Rosario, 45, was charged Thursday with one count of criminal sex act with a victim less than 17 years old.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the victim was a student of Rosario, a paraprofessional at P.S. 35 in Manhattan since 2001. She has been suspended since February 2018, when the city learned of the allegations, authorities say.
"There is absolutely no place in our schools for anyone who would engage in such despicable alleged behavior," a Department of Education spokesperson said in a statement. "We immediately suspended Ms. Rosario without pay in 2018 once we were made aware of this allegation."
It wasn't immediately clear whether Rosario had an attorney. Her arrest came one day after a Bronx high school teacher was arrested for trading child porn videos online.
