Local Government
By NYC Gazette |
May 2, 2024
Speaker Carl Heastie, Education Committee Chair Michael Benedetto, and Assemblymember Nily Rozic have announced that the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2024-25 Budget will invest $500,000 to review and update the curriculum on the Holocaust in public schools. The funding comes at a crucial time as antisemitism incidents have been on the rise in New York, with the Anti-Defamation League reporting a significant increase in such incidents.Heastie emphasized the importance of this funding by stating, "With antisemitic attacks on the rise across our state, this funding arrives at a...