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)