A gathering of several thousand on the East Lawn of the New
York State Capitol in Albany, calls for education tax
credits. |
OU staff participates in the rally. |
Governor George Pataki urges everyone to stay involved and
to call on their legislators and Assembly and Senate
leadership to pass tax credits this year. |
New York State Senator Martin Golden, one of the sponsors of
the education tax credits, addresses the rally. |
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State Senator Martin Golden, lead Senate sponsor of
education tax credits addresses a pre-rally press
conference. (From left: Assemblyman Ryan Karben; Edward
Cardinal Egan, the Archbishop of New York; Senator Malcolm
Smith; OU Executive Vice President, Rabbi Tzvi Hersh
Weinreb; Assemblyman Vito Lopez, the prime Assembly sponsor;
Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Executive Vice President, National
Council of Young Israel; Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio,
Archdiocese of Brooklyn; Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, VP for
Government Affairs, Agudath Israel of America |
New York City Councilman Simcha Felder; OU/IPA Deputy
Director of Public Policy Howie Beigelman and Assemblyman
Dov Hikind at the rally. |
Governor Pataki making his point clear to the crowd. |
Assemblyman Vito Lopez speaks to the press while Rabbi
Weinreb and Cardinal Egan look on. |
Rabbi Weinreb NYC Councilman James Gennaro. |
Councilman Gennaro gestures during a post press conference
conversation with Rabbi Weinreb. |
Rabbi Weinreb at the press conference. Rabbi Weinreb served
as spokesman for the entire Jewish community leadership
assembled at the press conference. |
Senator Golden firing up the crowd. |
Students from HALB’s DRS Yeshiva High School for Boys at the
rally. |
Yeshiva students mobbing the Governor like he’s a rock star. |
HALB’s DRS boys again. |
The HALB DRS crowd cheering for tax credits. |
HALB DRS students with State Senator Malcolm Smith. |
With the State Capitol Building in the background, HALB’s
DRS students prepare to return home. |