Att’ys want prosecution prober in Bx. school killing

Lawyers for a bullied Bronx teen charged with fatally stabbing his classmate argued prosecutors and school officials are blocking investigators from witnesses — and are calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor.

Speaking in Bronx Supreme Court Tuesday, lawyer Robert Feldman said Abel Cedeno, 19, isn't getting a fair trial because prosecutors trying his case have refused to turn over contact information for witnesses to the Sept. 2017 incident.

Feldman said statements by some of those students contained in police reports might help his client, but prosecutors are refusing to hand them over.

Feldman said he's also asked school officials to provide contact information for students who witnessed the incident at the now-closed Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation, but they've refused.

Cedeno's other lawyer, Christopher Lynn, asked for a special prosecutor to take over the case, arguing current prosecutors have a conflict of interest because they dismissed and sealed a case against a brother of one of Cedeno's alleged victims.

Cedeno is charged with fatally slashing classmate Matthew McCree and cutting another student, Ariane Laboy, as Laboy rushed to McCree's defense.

Cedeno, who is openly gay, claims he endured brutal bullying by his classmates over his sexuality before the stabbing took place.

McCree's family filed a lawsuit against Cedeno, the NYPD and city Department of Education for $25 million in August, claiming wrongful death. The family says the NYPD and DOE failed to keep tabs on the troubled school.

A spokeswoman said the Bronx District Attorney would answer the requests of Cedeno's lawyers in court. A city schools rep declined to comment.