Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
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An NYC school bus driver failed to deliver six nonverbal special education students to school for nearly four and a half hours last December — leaving one child lying soaking wet in her own urine in a bus seat, investigators said Friday.
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investigators → fail → seat
Driver Eric Chery bounced between the wrong schools and completely missed his morning drop-off window at PS 289 in Crown Heights on Dec. 16, 2025, according to the Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District, Anastasia Coleman.
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Chery → bounce → District
“It is highly disturbing that six nonverbal children were left on a school bus for hours while their whereabouts remained unknown to school officials,” Coleman said in a statement.
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Coleman → leave → statement
“These particularly vulnerable students rely on the adults entrusted with their care to ensure their safety.
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students → rely → safety
Instead of pulling up between 8:20 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., Chery didn’t show up until 1:25 p.m. — nearly five hours late.
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Chery → pull → p.m.
School staff then contacted Consolidated Bus Transit — the contractor who employed Chery — around 10 a.m. but received no response.
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who → contact → response
Official Department of Education GPS data later revealed that Chery was outside one student’s home as late as 10:59 a.m., despite the fact that Chery claimed all students were picked up by 10 a.m.
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students → reveal → a.m.
A mother of two of the students used tracking devices tucked inside their backpacks to determine that her children were traveling all across Brooklyn as well.
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children → use → Brooklyn
At 11:45 a.m., a bus dispatcher told school staff the driver was lost but said he would arrive in 15 minutes.
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he → tell → minutes
He never showed — forcing school officials to report the missing children to the NYPD.
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He → show → NYPD
When the bus finally arrived at P.S. 289, also known as “The Brower School,” in Crown Heights around 1:25 p.m., school staff inspected the bus and found that one child had urinated on herself, removed her own diaper and leggings and was laying down flat on the bus floor soaking wet, investigators said.
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investigators → arrive → floor
Germina Thomas, a bus matron of nearly 20 years, admitted to investigators that she didn’t speak with the driver during his morning trip, and she did not attempt to contact the school, bus depot or anyone else for help.
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she → admit → help
It is not immediately clear if Chery was arrested.
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Chery → arrest → ?
Councilmember Gale Brewer said that school bus delays are not uncommon.
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delays → say → ?
“As the former Chair of the Committee on Oversight and Investigations, I held hearings on this issue in November 2022, issued reports, and requested audits,” said Brewer in a statement.
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Brewer → hold → statement
“At the time, 350 school buses experienced delays daily, and the problem continues,” she said.
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she → experience → delays
“SCI has highlighted one important case affecting several students, their families, and their schools, but this is not an isolated situation.”
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this → highlight → students
Consolidated Bus Transit, the special commissioner of investigation and the NYC Department of Education did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
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Transit → respond → comment
NYPD is looking into the incident and could not immediately provide The Post with additional information.
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NYPD → look → information
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