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How You Can Respond to the Censorship of Literature in New York Mandatory English Language Arts Regents Exams
Contact the people listed below and let them know how you feel about the recent censorship controversy involving the English Language Arts Regents Examinations in New York.
Suggestions include:
• Telling them that you are concerned with the practice
• Demanding assurances that this will not happen again
• Telling the legislators that you want an investigation into how this was permitted to happen in the first place
New York State Legislature
| Steven Sanders, Chair State Assembly Education Committee 201 East 16th Street New York, NY (212) 979-9696 (ph) (518) 455-5506 (ph) |
John R. Kuhl, Chair State Senate Education Committee 310 Legislative Office Bldg Albany, NY 12247 (518) 455-2091 (ph) |
Members of the Board of Regents
| Robert M. Bennett, Chancellor 201 Millwood Lane Tonawanda, NY 14150 (716) 694-6783 (ph) |
Adelaide L. Sanford, Vice Chancellor NY State Education Dept 55 Hanson Place Brooklyn, NY 11217-1580 (718) 722-2807 (ph) |
| Diane O'Neill McGivern 95 West Entry Road Country Club Grounds Staten Island, NY 10304 (718) 667-6334 (ph) |
Saul B. Cohen 82 Taymil Road New Rochelle, NY 10804 (914) 633-7889 (ph) |
| James C. Dawson 2 Birchwood Drive Peru, NY 12972 (518) 643-9289 (ph) |
Robert M. Johnson 2 Skunk Hollow Road Huntington, NY 11743 (212) 229-7200 (ph) |
| Anthony S. Bottar 407 South Warren Street Syracuse, NY 13202 (315) 422-3466 (ph) |
Merryl H. Tisch 9 East 79th Street New York, NY 10021 (212) 879-9414 (ph) |
| Geraldine Chapey 107-10 Shore Front Parkway Apt 9C Belle Harbor, NY 11694 (718) 634-8471 (ph) |
Arnold B. Gardner 120 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202 (716) 845-6000 (ph) |
| Harry Phillips III 71 Hawthorne Way Hartsdale, NY 10530 (914) 948-2228 (ph) |
Joseph E. Bowman, Jr ED 124, School of Education University at Albany 1400 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12222 (518) 442-4987 (ph) |
| Lorraine A. Cortes-Vazquez 130 Williams Street, 9th Floor Manhattan, NY 10038 (212) 233-8955 (ph) |
Judith O. Rubin 911 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021 (212) 535-6942 (ph) |
| James R. Tallon, Jr. United Hospital Fund Empire State Building 350 Fifth Avenue, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10118-0110 (212) 494-0777 (ph) |
Milton L. Cofield 98 Hickory Ridge Road Rochester, NY 14625 (716) 248-8494 (ph) |
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