Yeshiva reformers are taking Gov. Hochul and New York legislative leaders to court over a contentious deal that waters down state oversight of ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools , the reformers’ attorney announced Thursday.

The amendment, wedged into the state budget during a final stretch of negotiations , put the kibosh on a New York State Education Department compliance program to ensure all private and religious teach core subjects, more or less equivalent to those offered in public schools .

In doing so, a new class action lawsuit in Brooklyn Supreme Court alleges Gov. Hochul, State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins violated students’ rights to a sound, basic education. ny

The Hasidic families are represented by Michael Rebell, the p

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