Disabled Teacher Faces Eviction

Mary Bozoyan, a veteran 30 year math teacher from William Cullen Bryant High School in Queens, has spinal stenosis. In the 2012 school year, shortly after Ms. Namita Dwarka became principal at the school, she attempted to force Mary into retirement by trying to give her her first unsatisfactory rating in 30 years.

Mary has had some of the highest math regents scores in not only Bryant High School (her alma mater by the way) but the entire NYCDOE. This is an attempt to remove a veteran teacher from the NYCDOE illegally through intimidation and retaliation in the lowest of ways by not accommodating her disability. Then when injured, withholding her pay, which she is entitled to by law.

Ms. Dwarka did not allow Mary to use a handicap entrance that others with disabilities could use, which is shown in the video. Dwarka locked Mary out of a restroom that she had used next to her classroom for 15 years. Mary was forced to walk down the hall and use a restroom that is in an unsafe condition. Both of these cruel actions were taken as retaliation for Mary reporting unsafe and illegal actions going on at Bryant. Bryant High School is notorious for retaliation of it's veteran teachers if they have the audacity to report wrong doing.

Mary was injured in that restroom and sustained a concussion. She has not been back to school since her injury. She is being treated by several specialists and suffers from migraines, and other post concussion symptoms daily. Initially the NYCDOE followed procedure and paid Mary while she is recuperating from her injury. They later decided to ask for more information about her injury, claiming that the decision to pay her was pending, holding up 14 weeks and counting of pay from Mary, literally forcing her into possible homelessness via eviction, not to mention all her other monthly obligations because of the NYCDOE's retaliatory actions. In addition to the concussion, Mary has not been able to go to her physical therapy for her spinal stenosis due to lack of funds, which is adding insult to injury.

Please consider donating whatever you can spare to help someone who has dedicated her life to teaching. Her dream came true when she got a job at the school where she graduated from...that dream is now her biggest nightmare. .It is unconscionable that in 2016 in the greatest city in the world Mary is being victimized and humiliated like this...Mary is humbled and so very thankful for your assistance.