New York lawmaker demands HALT Act be repealed after Hochul fired 2,000 prison guards
A New York lawmaker is calling on the state to repeal the HALT Act, a controversial law at the center of the recent prison ...
Albany Dems reject Gov. Hochul’s plan to tackle NYC’s mental health crisis
In their largely symbolic counterproposals to Hochul’s budget released this week, the state Assembly and Senate rejected the ...
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Gillibrand voices support for Hochul’s proposed school cell phone ban
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said she supports a new plan from Gov. Kathy Hochul to ban cell phones, bell-to-bell in schools.
Hochul advances school cellphone ban, but legislature not convinced
A plan to ban public school students in New York from using their cellphones during the school day that's being championed by the governor is hitting some turbulence from her fellow Democrats in ...
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'Modern problems require modern solutions': WNY students weigh in on proposed cellphone ban in NY schools
Western New York students had a chance to weigh in on a proposed statewide “bell to bell” cellphone ban in schools.
Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos has some nerve seeking yet more cash for NYC schools with a budget already exceeding $41B
Spending on the public schools now accounts for more than a third of New York City’s budget — yet the woman nominally in ...
NYC public schools boss says mammoth $41.2B budget ask still isn’t enough — wants ‘hundreds of millions’ more
The Department of Education’s mammoth $41.2 billion budget plan for next year is a whopping third of the entire city’s — but ...