{"id":154023,"date":"2026-03-05T14:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/154023\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:53:09","slug":"doe-employee-accused-of-forcibly-touching-minor-in-nyc-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/154023\/","title":{"rendered":"DOE employee accused of forcibly touching minor in NYC: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) \u2013 A New York City Department of Education employee was arrested on multiple sex\u2011offense charges following an NYPD investigation, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said Steven Schnee, 48, was taken into custody just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:More Local News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> More Local News <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Schnee, a DOE employee, was charged with forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child, sexual abuse, and harassment, according to the NYPD\u2019s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Additional details about the incident, including when and where the alleged conduct occurred, were not released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The DOE did not immediately respond to PIX11\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nicole Alarcon is an award-winning digital content producer. She has covered local news for the tri-state area since 2021. She joined PIX11 News in 2026. See more of her work <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/nicole-alarcon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) \u2013 A New York City Department of Education employee was arrested on multiple sex\u2011offense&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2926,41301,63869,9,24,2925,56,63,65,64,63870],"class_list":["post-154023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-doe","tag-endangering-the-welfare-of-a-child","tag-multiple-sex","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-department-of-education","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-steven-schnee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}