School may not have been in session, but the fight to get relieve from the high cost of education goes on.
Education Investment Tax Credit
State Bishops Cite Failure of Leadership in Albany
As the Legislative session concluded in Albany, N.Y., Gov. Andrew Cuomo called it “a very productive week,” but the N.Y.S. Catholic Conference chided Cuomo and the legislature for failing to provide tax credits to people who donate to private school scholarship agencies.
Get It Done, Gov!
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again. That’s our motto when it comes to trying to achieve justice for parents who send their children to private and parochial schools. The struggle has gone on for decades and we are so close to achieving a significant victory.
No Guts in Albany
We are extremely dismayed and disappointed that the Education Investment Incentive Act was not part of the New York State budget this year.
Catholics Visit Albany
Catholics from throughout the State of New York, including diocesan locals, travelled to Albany March 19 to speak with and pray for their state representatives.
Education at Crossroads
As the fate of the Education Investment Tax Credit was about to be decided, new support was added and the opposition ramped up its voice.
We Need Education Tax Credits
Last week, I traveled to Albany with my brother bishops of New York State for the annual Catholics at the Capitol lobbying day event.
Bishops Take Education Credit Fight to Albany
N.Y. State bishops were recently in Albany to rally support for education investment tax credit legislation.
Education Tax Credit Support Gains Momentum
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio joined with Cardinal Timothy Dolan and major labor leaders to push for passage of a law that would permit an Education Investment Tax Credit.
Cathedral Club Hears Call To Preserve Catholic Schools (with slideshow)
by Ed Wilkinson Attendees at the annual dinner of the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn received a full serving of information about Catholic education. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, as well as the evening’s main speaker and its honoree, all devoted their remarks to the value of Catholic education and the need to preserve it. Bishop DiMarzio said, […]