NYC officials say threat that closed LA schools is a hoax
New York City school officials received the same bomb threat early Tuesday that prompted the closure of the Los Angeles school system, but police quickly concluded that it was a hoax.
Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters that he was “absolutely convinced” that there was no danger to schoolchildren in New York.
“There was nothing credible about the threat,” he said. “It was so generic, so outlandish and posed to numerous school systems simultaneously. There were wording choices and other indicators that suggested a hoax and not anything that we could associate with jihadist activity.”