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Newly-appointed Chancellor of the State University of New York John King supported the SUNY Student Assembly on Feb.14 during the group’s annual Advocacy Day in Albany, giving an impromptu speech and pledging support for more resources. “SUNY is the most affordable high quality public higher education option in this country,” […]
As students across New York begin another school year, a new law has been signed to keep them safe. The legislation, sponsored by Assemblywoman Sandy Galef and Senator Sue Serino, was introduced after an incident at the Ossining Union Free School District in May 2017. A school official was notified […]
Two Hudson Valley lawmakers are working with local parents and police to push for legislation (A.8382/S.6597) they say would protect children from sex offenders working in their schools. The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, D-Ossining, and Sen. Sue Serino, R-Hyde Park, would require that all schools are immediately notified […]
Legislators and student advocates of the CORE coalition (College Opportunity and Resource Expansion) rallied to ensure that Governor Cuomo’s Excelsior Scholarship program include undocumented students, part time students and students with disabilities. The Excelsior Scholarship, announced in January, would cover tuition costs for students whose families earn less than $125,000 […]
Like the rest of the nation, students at the State University of New York at New Paltz are watching the presidential election with intense interest, but that may not necessarily translate into active participation on November 8. Many students at the small, public liberal arts college in the Hudson Valley […]
Bernie Sanders asks New Paltz students to get involved in the 19th Congressional District race Bernie Sanders returned to the Hudson Valley this week to ask nearly 2,000 supporters to get in Zephyr Teachout’s corner in her race for the 19th Congressional District against John Faso. Teachout addressed a large, […]
Beginning September 1, all public and private school students entering 7th and 12th grades in New York state will be required to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease in order to attend school, thanks to a new state law. Meningococcal disease is a rare but dangerous disease that strikes without […]
Student Assembly pushing for change to federal blood donation policies More than 30 members of the SUNY family came together to donate blood and stand in solidarity with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and marginalized orientations, gender alignments, and intersex communities after the deadliest U.S. shooting in the […]