New York State Legislators Voice Support for Yeshiva Education at Agudath Israel’s Albany Day

In the third and final session of Agudath Israel of America’s 2023 Albany Days, Agudah brought together a group of yeshiva leaders and community advocates to share the community’s concerns with New York State’s elected officials.

The most important part of Albany Day, as always, is individual face-to-face meetings with legislators and their staff members. Delegates from Brooklyn met with Senators Iwen Chu, Jeremy Cooney, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and Jessica Scarcella-Spanton. They also met with Assemblymembers George Alvarez, Alec Brook-Krasny, Lester Chang, Simcha Eichenstein, Michael Novakhov, and Al Taylor.

At the meetings, the delegates discussed the critical need to raise security funding for nonpublic schools given the alarming rise in antisemitic hate incidents, and ensuring that the budget allocates enough money for reimbursement to schools of the expenses they incur for state-mandated immunization recordkeeping.

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