ALBANY – State Assemblyman
Jonathan Jacobson (D, Newburgh) hopes to challenge a gubernatorial veto
that prevented the state from waiving a $13 million fine against the Enlarged
Newburgh City School District that resulted from a clerical error.
Jacobson said the veto was unfair.
“This veto makes no sense coming from a governor who says he is
a proponent of public education. There is no logical reason for such a
veto since the governor signed an identical piece of legislation this
past August to benefit the North Syracuse Central School District,”
he said. “I am confident that Senator (James) Skoufis and I will
pass legislation in early 2019 to take the appropriate steps to rectify
this situation.”
Newburgh Mayor Torrance Harvey, who is a teacher in the Newburgh school
district, was critical of the veto. “This is unacceptable Governor
Andrew Cuomo!!! You will be held accountable for this and that damn water
contamination in our city! Yeah I said it!!!”
Cuomo also vetoed legislation that would have provided financial amnesty
to the Chester Union Free School District for a $3 million clerical error.
