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

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

La’keysha Jackson, 24, was arrested by NYPD officers 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.

“Our clients can rest easier now knowing that Ms. Jackson is no longer on the street,” the family’s lawyer, Daniel Szalkiewicz, told The Post. “We thank the NYPD for helping this family heal and for ensuring there will be accountability for Ms. Jackson’s actions.”…

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