New York Post

3 profs harassed me: suit

- YVONNE TAYLOR Says college took no action. Sara Dorn

A former student at The College of New Rochelle claims three professors there sexually harassed her, including one who sent her a pic of his penis, but school officials took no action.

Instead, she got thrown off campus, she alleges.

Yvonne Taylor, 43, filed suit in Brooklyn Supreme Court, saying the three instructor­s made sexual demands in and outside the classroom — and her grades suffered when she refused.

The alleged abuse began in the fall of 2016 in professor Bryan Boatswain’s digital literacy course, according to court papers. In a text message on April 11, 2017, Boatswain allegedly told her: “I’m thinking about you naked,” according to Taylor. Boatswain denied the allegation­s.

Another professor, Hassan Shabazz, told Taylor he was attracted to her and that “he wanted to take me on vacation,” Taylor claims.

She got a B+ in his course, and Shabazz told her later that had she allowed him to perform oral sex on her, “I would have gotten an A,” Taylor told The Post.

Shabazz admitted to “flirting” with Taylor but denied docking her grade.

The third professor, Jeffrey Davis, once said, “if there weren’t surveillan­ce cameras pointing directly at him he would ‘bend her over’ and ‘take her,’ ” the suit alleges. He also texted Taylor photos of his penis, she claims.

Davis could not be reached for comment.

She says she stopped attending Davis’ classes in December and complained to another professor she trusted, Timothy Rodgers — who called security and had her escorted off the campus.

College spokeswoma­n Lenore Carpinelli declined to comment.

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