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Rivertowns
Politics
Cuomo Signs Bill Banning Teachers From Carrying Guns On School Grounds Cuomo Signs Bill Banning Teachers From Carrying Guns On School Grounds
Cuomo Signs Bill Banning Teachers From Carrying Guns On School Grounds There will be no armed teachers in New York State schools. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation this week that will bar teachers and other school employees from possessing guns on school grounds. The bill is designed to “limit an educational institution’s ability to authorize any person who is not primarily employed as a school resource officer, law enforcement officer or security guard to carry a firearm on school grounds.” The legislation also calls for New York State Police to establish regulations that would strengthen existing gun buyback programs and would create new programs for th…

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by Zak Failla
Ossining
News
29 NY Children, Including Two In Hudson Valley, Killed By Guns Since Parkland Shooting 29 NY Children, Including Two In Hudson Valley, Killed By Guns Since Parkland Shooting
29 NY Children, Including Two In Hudson Valley, Killed By Guns Since Parkland Shooting Twenty-nine New York children - including two from the Hudson Valley - are among more than 1,200 who have been killed by guns in the country since the Parkland shooting last February. On Feb. 14 last year, Nikolas Cruz opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, killing 17 students and staff members, and injuring 17 others. The shooting led to a wave of activism in the year that followed, but children under the age of 18 continue to be the victims of gun violence. More than 1,200 children have been killed since the Parkland shooting, according to NewYorkUpstate.com, which highlight…

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by Zak Failla
Hackensack
News
Alyssa's Law: Bill to Improve School Security Headed To Senate Alyssa's Law: Bill to Improve School Security Headed To Senate
Alyssa's Law: Bill to Improve School Security Headed To Senate A proposed school safety bill honoring former Woodcliff Lake teen Alyssa Alhadeff who died in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting cleared the New Jersey Assembly Monday and is headed to the Senate for further consideration. The bill (A-764) requires all public elementary and secondary schools to have a panic alarm for use during a security emergency such as a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or active shooter threat. “Our children deserve the chance to learn in peace,” said Ralph R. Caputo (D-Essex).   “I am not suggesting this will stop all security th…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack
News
Alyssa's Law: Panic Alarms May Go In New Jersey Schools Alyssa's Law: Panic Alarms May Go In New Jersey Schools
Alyssa's Law: Panic Alarms May Go In New Jersey Schools A proposed bill to install panic alarms and red emergency lights in New Jersey schools honors former Woodcliff Lake teen Alyssa Alhadeff who died in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla. The bill (A-764) was passed Monday by the Assembly Education Committee in Trenton. "Alyssa's Law" requires all public elementary and secondary schools be equipped with a panic alarm for use in a school security emergencies including evacuations, lockdowns or active shooter situations. The alarm would be an addition to existing security systems. A gr…

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by Cecilia Levine
Clarkstown
Lifestyle
Rockland Students Join National March Protesting Gun Violence Rockland Students Join National March Protesting Gun Violence
Rockland Students Join National March Protesting Gun Violence In the wake of thousands of successful walkouts by students throughout the nation last week calling on Congress for tighter gun control laws, students are now organizing a countywide “March for Our Lives” movement. Area residents are expected to participate in a “sibling march” beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 24 on the front lawn of the Rockland County Courthouse on South Main Street in New City, all of which is being organized by students around the county. According to student organizers, students will speak about their involvement and why they believe participating in the March F…

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by Zak Failla
Hackensack
Schools
Hackensack High School Students Had Clever Alternative To National Walkout Hackensack High School Students Had Clever Alternative To National Walkout
Hackensack High School Students Had Clever Alternative To National Walkout National Walkout Day was cancelled in Hackensack due to security concerns, school officials announced. "In response to security concerns brought to the attention of administration at Hackensack High School earlier today, Tuesday, March 13, the walk-out planned for tomorrow has been cancelled," Superintendent Rosemary Marks and Asst. Superintendent Andrea Parchment said. Instead, student organizers shared a presentation in support of the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas students, which will be streamed to all classrooms via the school TV Studio. Student Mackenzie Carroll felt …

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by Cecilia Levine
Bergenfield
Lifestyle
Bergen's Lori Alhadeff Gets Real With Megyn Kelly: I'm In Survival Mode Bergen's Lori Alhadeff Gets Real With Megyn Kelly: I'm In Survival Mode
Bergen's Lori Alhadeff Gets Real With Megyn Kelly: I'm In Survival Mode Nearly a month after her daughter was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Massacre, Woodcliff Lake's Lori Alhadeff opened up about the tragedy and her goal to promote school safety on NBC News' Megyn Kelly Today. "I'm in survival mode," said the mom, mourning 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff and 16 others robbed of promising futures. Alhadeff had the nation in tears the day after the shooting when she shared a powerful message with the president on CNN. "President Trump, please do something. Action. We need it now. These kids need safety now." The previous ni…

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by Cecilia Levine
White Plains
Schools
Westchester Teens Remember Shooting Victims In 'Just 17 Minutes' Walkout Westchester Teens Remember Shooting Victims In 'Just 17 Minutes' Walkout
Westchester Teens Remember Shooting Victims In 'Just 17 Minutes' Walkout More than 200 students and faculty members from Rye Country Day School "walked out" for 17 minutes at noon on Thursday March 1 to memorialize the 17 victims of the Parkland, Fla., mass shooting on Feb. 14.  Warren Kennedy-Nolle, a junior at Rye Country Day, said, "I'm happy to say that these were not just students, but members of the faculty and administration." Kennedy-Nolle said that the staged walkout marked a remembrance of the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. During "Just Seventeen Minutes," at the Garden-level courtyard in fr…

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by Jon Craig
White Plains
Schools
Daily School Threats Multiply In Hudson Valley, Nationwide Since Shooting Daily School Threats Multiply In Hudson Valley, Nationwide Since Shooting
Daily School Threats Multiply In Hudson Valley, Nationwide Since Shooting In the weeks since he Feb. 14 mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., there have been more than 72 threats every day at schools nationwide, according to an Ohio educational group.That is more than seven times the normal daily average, which includes bomb threats and false fire alarms. Since the massacre in Parkland, nearly 700 threats or violent incidents have been reported at almost 500 schools across the U.S., according to findings from the Educator’s School Safety Network. Usually, there are about 10 to 12 a day, the Ohio-based school safety advocacy group said. Daily Voice reported a number o…

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by Jon Craig
White Plains
Politics
Cuomo To Delta: Move To New York If Your Home State Can't Control Gun Sales Cuomo To Delta: Move To New York If Your Home State Can't Control Gun Sales
Cuomo To Delta: Move To New York If Your Home State Can't Control Gun Sales Gov. Andrew Cuomo invited Delta Airlines to move its headquarters to New York on Tuesday, Feb. 27, boasting that the Empire State's gun-control laws are superior to Georgia, where Delta is headquartered. Cuomo, seen as a potential presidential candidate in 2020 said gun politics ain't so peachy in the Peach State. The Democratic governor's invitation followed Georgia's Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle attack on Atlanta-based Delta for ending a discount program for members of the National Rifle Association.  Delta is one of a expanding list of national corporations -- including Dick's Sporting Goods --…

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by Jon Craig
White Plains
Schools
Westchester Students Join Fight Against Gun Violence Westchester Students Join Fight Against Gun Violence
Westchester Students Join Fight Against Gun Violence Local students are getting involved in the national student-run movement to end gun violence. A national walkout and march, organized by survivors of the rampage last week at a school in Florida, have now been scheduled for next month. There will be a national school walkout day to protest gun violence on Wednesday, March 14. A march is also planned for Washington, D.C., where students will push for stronger gun laws on Saturday, March 24. Students in the Hudson Valley and across the country are calling on lawmakers to take action on gun reform after 17 students and staff were gunned down…

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by Jon Craig
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock
Neighbors
Fair Lawn Native's Son Survived Parkland Shooting; Texts Revealed Fair Lawn Native's Son Survived Parkland Shooting; Texts Revealed
Fair Lawn Native's Son Survived Parkland Shooting; Texts Revealed “Stay under the desk, away from floors and windows and do exactly what your teacher tells you to.” Those were Fair Lawn native Robin Honigstock Krooks' words of advice to her son, Noah, a ninth grader at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Honigstock Krooks graduated from Fair Lawn High School in 1985. Noah survived the shooting that took the lives of 17 people including Woodcliff Lake's Alyssa Alhadeff. His father, Howard S. Krooks, shared the text messages he exchanged with Noah during the massacre on Facebook in an open to letter to Congress and Trump. *** It i…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newtown
Obituaries
Names Released Of 17 Victims Of Deadliest School Shooting Since Sandy Hook Names Released Of 17 Victims Of Deadliest School Shooting Since Sandy Hook
Names Released Of 17 Victims Of Deadliest School Shooting Since Sandy Hook Bergen County Teen Alyssa Alhadeff Killed In Parkland School Shooting The names of the 17 people -- 14 students and three adults -- who were killed and 15 injured in Wednesday's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, were released Thursday. It was the deadliest school shooting rampage since a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, in December, 2012. Among the students killed by a 19-year-old suspect and former student at the school in Florida were Nicholas Dworet, a senior swimming captain, who had just accepted a college schola…

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by Joe Lombardi