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How a Holocaust education bill stalled in Albany
Recording obtained by JI reveals assemblyman’s maneuver to block the legislation amid strong pushback from committee members
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Assembly member Michael Benedetto attends Governor Andrew Cuomo announcement of the resumption of the Metro-North Project at Gloria Wise Senior Center in the Bronx.
State legislators in New York are divided over the necessity of a proposed bill directing New York’s education commissioner to conduct a thorough study that would help verify whether public school teachers are educating students about the Holocaust.