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Tell your NYS electeds to reject Governor Hochul’s budget shenanigans:

Hochul is delaying the budget with harmful policy riders, including a mask ban that threatens our rights and public health. action.aclu.org/send-message/s

Also, reject Hochul’s delay of the Clean Truck Rule, which protects our health and environment from polluting trucks. p2a.co/ryG5cUY

Finally, demand NYS tax the rich and invest in working families, including immigrants. act.workingfamilies.org/letter

action.aclu.orgSay No to Mask Bans in New YorkPlease take action!

public schools tell administration they won’t comply with order

By DAVE COLLINS
Updated 3:14 PM EDT, April 5, 2025

Excerpt: "The demand specifically threatens funding, which sends billions of dollars a year to America’s schools and targets areas.

"Morton-Bentley wrote that the state Education Department has already certified to the federal government on multiple occasions that it is complying with of the of 1964, most recently in January. He said the federal department is basing its demands to end DEI programs on a faulty legal interpretation.

"'Given the fact that you are already in possession of guarantees by NYSED that it has and will comply with Title VI, no further certification will be forthcoming,' he wrote.

"He also said the administration’s stance is an 'abrupt shift' from the one taken by the first Trump administration, citing comments in 2020 made by then-U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that and were 'cornerstones of high organizational performance.' He wrote the administration has provided no explanation of why it changed positions."

apnews.com/article/dei-trump-s

Children and their guardians leave P.S. 64 in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)
AP News · NY public schools tell Trump administration they won't comply with DEI orderBy Dave Collins