AGUDAH ACROSS AMERICA
NEW YORK OFFICE
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Together with its coalition partners
Agudath Israel successfully advocated for:
$300 million for nonpublic school students in New York State including:
- Additional $60M in overdue reimbursements
- Increased funding for maintaining student immunization records by 4800%
- $35 M increase in security funding
Protecting Religious Freedom
- Preserved the educational integrity of our schools
- Opposed legalization of assisted suicide
- Enabled Batei Dinim to function on weekends
New York State
Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul
at the 2018 Yeshiva Summit
Mission to Albany
At Governor Cuomo’s announcement
of additional security funding
Advocating for kosher food
in NYC public schools.
Latest News
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by Sandy Eller
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