Governor Andrew Cuomo today issued the
following letter to New York State Education Department
Commissioner MaryEllen Elia calling on her to reject the use of any
federal funding to purchase firearms by any school district in New York.
Dear Commissioner Elia,
Reports
this morning indicate that President Trump and Secretary of Education
Betsy DeVos are considering making federal funding available to purchase
guns for teachers and administrators.
This mind-boggling, NRA-approved
proposal would do nothing to keep our students safe and would actually
put our children at greater risk by making guns more accessible in the
worst possible place: our classrooms.
This
dangerous and ill-conceived proposal appears to be nothing more than an
attempt to pander by a President in search of a diversion. In New York,
we're not going to let our children be used as pawns for the President
to deflect from his latest legal setbacks.
Click here to read the letter in its entirety.
Source: The Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
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