Students Return To Mainly Post-Covid Classrooms
On August 22, 2022, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) announced that COVID-19 mandates affecting New York schools were being relaxed. According to the New York Daily News, the school mask mandate has been rescinded. In addition, students and teachers who have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 are not required to stay home from school, but…
House Folds On Authentic Marriage
On July 20, 2022, by a margin of 267-157, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404) (RMA). The bill’s title is misleading; the bill displays nothing but disrespect for marriage as God defined it. Should the RMA become law, it would codify same-sex “marriage” nationwide and would repeal the Defense of Marriage…
NYC Councilmember Speaks Out Against Drag Story Hour in City Schools
In the 21st century United States, the political left is known for its rigid ideological orthodoxy and for its effectiveness at punishing and canceling anyone who strays from that orthodoxy. Part of that orthodoxy involves enthusiastic support for all things relating to homosexuality and transgenderism. Lately, the left’s efforts at LGBT activism and cancel culture…
SCOTUS Upholds Equal Treatment of Christian Schools
On June 21, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States released its decision in Carson v. Makin. The decision is consistent with other pro-religious liberty Supreme Court decisions released during the past several years. Carson v. Makin arose from a dispute occurring in the state of Maine. In many rural areas of Maine, school…
Senator Hoylman Seeks Transgender Policies In Every Public School
Earlier this year, the state of Florida passed the Parental Rights in Education Act (PREA) to protect young children from being subjected to left-wing lunacy about gender and sexuality in public school classrooms. Despite a barrage of outrage and disinformation from politicians and media across the country, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his legislative allies…
Status Update: COVID Vaccine Mandate For Students
It has been some time since New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms offered a status update on the effort to require a vaccine mandate for school attendance in New York. Here is some background. State legislation has been introduced to compel students attending New York schools to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Bill A.8378-Dinowitz would add the…
Activists Seek Sex Ed Mandate For Public Schools
Sex education advocates are pushing for the passage of a “comprehensive” sex education bill in New York in 2022. Bill S.2584-A-Brouk/A.6616-Nolan would require public schools, including charter schools, to offer comprehensive sex education to all students in grades K-12 in accordance with state-created criteria. This bill is unacceptable. The legislation would require the commissioner of…
Desantis Signs Parental Rights In Education Act
On March 28, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Parental Rights in Education Act (PREA) into law. The enactment of PREA is a victory for parental rights and a stinging defeat for individuals and groups who desire to push bizarre left-wing ideologies upon impressionable children. PREA contains several provisions relating to parental authority over…
Parents To Politicians: Let Us ‘Call The Shots’
As a Christian organization, New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms supports public policies that promote strong families. For the 2022 Digital Day of Action, we are highlighting our opposition to an anti-family proposal that would require students in New York schools to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Last December, Gov. Kathy Hochul stated that she wanted a COVID-19…
Parents Exiting Public Education
In her March 1, 2022 response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA) declared that there was a “pro-parent, pro-family revolution” occurring in the education system across the nation. Gov. Reynolds is correct, and the numbers show it. Parents concerned about school safety and politicized curricula were a…
NYCF Shares March Prayer Needs
New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms invites our brothers and sisters in Christ throughout New York to lift the following prayer requests to the Lord in the month of March: That the Lord would heal those New Yorkers who are afflicted with COVID-19 and end this pandemic; That the Lord would bless our upcoming Digital Day…
Mask Mandate Mostly Lifted, But School Mandate Stays
On February 9, 2022, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the statewide mask mandate for indoor public places would be lifted effective February 10. Gov. Hochul stated that the decision to lift the mask mandate was driven by decreasing COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations. According to the Albany Times Union, mask mandates affecting transportation hubs, nursing homes,…
Hochul’s Health Department Considers Controversial Regs
Under the leadership of Gov. Kathy Hochul, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) is considering adopting several regulations pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed regulations have prompted a great deal of public concern due to their encroachments upon personal and religious liberty. In recent days, New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms has issued…
Ithaca District Demonstrates Need For Better School Board Members
Recent events in the Ithaca City School District illustrate the importance of parental engagement and involvement in public schools and on public school boards. A video posted on December 15, 2021 shows fifth graders at Ithaca’s Belle Sherman Elementary School making a presentation to the Board of Education about their successful efforts to bring “gender…
Take Action At NYCF’s Legislative Action Center
Once upon a time, and not so very long ago, the website of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms did not include a feature that allowed voters to communicate directly with elected officials. In those days, when we wanted to encourage voters to e-mail their state legislators in opposition to same-sex “marriage,” we had to ask…
Hochul Wants Vaccine Mandate For School Attendance
Gov. Kathy Hochul angered many New Yorkers on December 10, 2021 when she announced that the New York State Department of Health had instituted a new statewide mask mandate for indoor public places. Undaunted, Gov. Hochul recently stated that she wants to go even further by imposing a statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate in schools. In…