NYC taxpayer-funded babysitter finally arrested weeks after Post report on caught-on-video beating of kids

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The NYPD has finally cuffed a taxpayer-funded babysitter who was caught on camera nearly a month ago brutally beating a pair of kids with a belt nearly 60 times.

Babysitter holding belt above children.La’keysha Jackson was caught on camera allegedly being kids in her care. Courtesy Daniel Szalkiewicz

La’keysha Jackson, 24, was arrested by NYPD officers at around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday and was charged with two counts of assault of a child, officials said.

The horrifying video was turned over to cops May 6, but it was a month before a warrant was issued for her arrest — and another two weeks before she was taken into custody.

Photo of La'keysha Jackson wearing headphones and a purple shirt.Jackson was arrested Wednesday, over a month after the video was turned over to cops. Facebook / Lakeysha Jackson

Jackson worked for Bronx mother Geraldine Jaramillo starting last year via a contractor paid for by the city’s Administration for Children’s Services that provides struggling families with babysitters to help with caretaking.

This is a developing story.

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