Feb 02 2025 10 mins
On Wednesday, January 29th, the New York State Legislature held a hearing on Governor Hochul’s proposed budget for schools. While strong support was expressed for her proposal for universal school meals, various questions were raised with respect to the school funding formula as well as the issue of ICE immigration raids at schools. We hear from Melinda Person, head of NYS United Teacher; Mike Mulgrew of NYC’s United Federation of Teachers; Randy Levine of Advocates of Children of New York; Catherine Cochran of Center for Science in the Public Interest; Jessica Pino-Goodspeed of Healthy School Meals for All NY Kids Coalition; and Claire Barnet of Healthy Schools Network. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.