Utica City Schools Superintendent Bruce Karam is asking the office of New York Governor Kathy Hochul to help solve the district's transportation crisis.
UPDATE: Tuesday, MAY 11 - The name of the bus driver involved has not been released. However, Birnie Bus Safety Manager Tom Latus says the driver is currently on suspended pending results of the investigation, in conjunction with FMCSA and Department of Transportation regulations.
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When the Utica City School Board announced they were staying with their virtual learning model going into November because their bus company didn't have enough drivers to transport students, the bus company pushed back.
A former Birnie Bus aide who was arrested last month for inappropriately touching a developmentally disabled woman is in more trouble.
Utica Police have charged 47-year old Joseph Berg with forcible touching.
Police say Berg placed his hands underneath the shirt of a 34-year old woman in a home on the 1500 block of Elm Street...