Newsweek has an in-depth explainer on the monumental lawsuit to undo Governor Hochul’s unconstitutional rollback of education regulations, with a statement from Adina Mermelstein Konikoff and citation of findings from YAFFED’s 2025 economic report.

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Statement from YAFFED Executive Director Adina Mermelstein Konikoff condemning an Albany Supreme Court’s temporary restraining order to halt New York State Education Department’s prior enforcement of the compulsory education law against three Brooklyn yeshivas.

Please make two phone calls TODAY before the Budget Bill passes:

Gov. Hochul (518-474-8390)
Sen. Stewart-Cousins (518-455-2585)

Our elected leaders must STOP their assault on children's educational rights and school accountability with their budget deal to weaken nonpublic school standards.

DON'T BELIEVE HOCHUL'S BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT!

Yesterday's "handshake deal" was just a facade to cover up the ongoing effort by our state's leaders to weaken substantial equivalency laws and allow failing yeshivas to avoid requirements to teach basic subjects.

Please call Governor Hochul today.

​​​​​We need your help! Please take a moment today to make two phone calls to NYS legislative leaders as they finalize the state budget.

Education is a right, not a bargaining chip to be traded away!

☎️ Speaker Carl Heastie: 518-455-3791
☎️ Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins: 518-455-2585

⚠️ ACTION ALERT! ⚠️

NYS Legislators are seeking to undo requirements on nonpublic schools to provide basic instruction.

​​​​​Please take a moment to urge NYS Legislators to say "NO" to weakening oversight:

Speaker Carl Heastie: 518-455-3791
Sen. Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins: 518-455-2585

Every child in New York has a constitutional right to a sound, basic education.

We cannot let legislators trade away those rights as part of a political deal to pass this year's budget.

Please call your NY State legislators and urge them to say NO to weakening oversight on schools.

Educational rights are at risk of being dealt away as a political bargaining chip in NY State Budget negotiations. Please take a moment to urge NY legislators to say "NO" to weakening oversight on schools:

Speaker Carl Heastie: 518-455-3791
Sen. Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins: 518-455-2585

YAFFED is proud to join with 36 Jewish Justice organizations today in launching the inaugural Jewish Justice Giving Day!

Your gift to our Rapid Response Fund supports our ability to pursue justice by empowering parents to stand up for the rights of their children. giving.classy.org/campaign/665...

We're hosting a Virtual Town Hall tomorrow, February 26 at 5pm.

Join us on zoom as we discuss the latest developments in our efforts to hold schools accountable for providing a sound basic education to every student.

Register here:
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