Community leaders and elected officials gather at Agudath Israel's New York Legislative Meet & Greet

Perhaps the biggest accomplishment this year, as Mr. Weriga mentioned, was not a legislative, but Governor Hawl's intention to opt in to the federal scholarship tax credit after the federal government releases the rules. The governor was not able to be this evening in personally, but I want to thank her publicly. I want to mention also one of my good colleagues who's here tonight, Rabbi Adri Mudson, our national director of government affairs, who is among the leading advocates in the nation, not in New York, nationally, worked for years and years as part of a group of advocates around the country in bringing this to fruition and we're very proud that um to be part of that team. This is not a voucher. It won't cost New York a single nickel. It's an opportunity to help hundreds of thousands of kids across the state in both public and nonpublic schools, whether for tuition, after school programs, remedial assistance, and so much more. It's truly a gamecher, and we look forward to January 20.