If passed, the legislation would require all schools to opt into federal Community Eligibility Programs. The state would cover the difference between aid and cost.
MASSENA — A coalition has joined with state Senate and Assembly leadership to urge Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul to include in the fiscal year 2023 budget funding that would ensure
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Following their recent unannounced visit to Rikers Island on Friday, Assemblywomen Jessica González-Rojas (D-East Elmhurst) and Nathalia Fernandez (D-Bronx) called out the NYC Board of Correction’s plan to implement solitary confinement by another name and urged the board to amend its proposed rules to truly and fully end solitary confinement in City jails.
González-Rojas and Fernandez’s visit included a walkthrough of the National Institute of Corrections Structurally Restrictive Housing Units, where people in alternatives to solitary under the board’s proposed rules will be locked up alone 24 hours a day.
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