Another UES School Gets Suspicious White Powder Envelope

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Another school on the Upper East Side received a suspicious package containing white powder on Wednesday, amid a string of similar incidents that seem designed to sow fear despite posing no danger, police say.

Wednesday's envelope was received at the Julia Richman Education Complex at 317 East 67th St., between First and Second avenues.

Police responded around 9:35 a.m. to the building, which houses six schools, after staff found a white envelope containing white powder — similar to the ones mailed to at least nine other Manhattan schools since March 10.

The building was evacuated and no children were exposed, police said. The substance was deemed non-hazardous and taken to the Department of Health for more analysis.

Police could not yet say whether Wednesday's envelope had been definitively linked to the others.

If so, it would appear to be the 10th such package received by a Manhattan school this month, and the third on the Upper East Side, following Robert F. Wagner Middle School on March 10 and the Spence School business office on Monday.

Since the unidentified powder poses no threat, the packages seem intended to "cause disruption and alarm" rather than injury, police said last week.

As of last week, each school had received a plain white envelope with a U.S. flag stamp and an address written in block letters, containing the unidentified white powder. All were sent through the U.S. Postal Service.

Police asked anyone with information about the packages to contact the NYC Terrorism Hotline at 888-NYC-SAFE. Anyone who receives a suspicious package should call 911, police said.

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