Governor Cuomo: 'I Will Do Everything in My Power to Prevent Guns from Entering Our Classrooms'

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