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**New York State Catholics begin campaign for school tax credits
** Albany, Oct. 14, 2005 (CNA) - Dioceses in New York State have launched a massive postcard campaign in favor of tax credits for religious- and private-school education.
The New York State Catholic Conference has printed 1.5 million postcards in support of the proposal that would also provide tax credits for families with children in public schools and for all public- and private-school teachers to offset classroom expenses, reported the Associated Press.
The postcards have been distributed to churches in seven of the state’s eight dioceses. The Diocese of Brooklyn ran a similar campaign last year, mailing 90,000 postcards.
The current postcards are directed to Gov. George Pataki, state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. They read: “I strongly support education tax credits as a way to improve public, independent and religious schools and to help ALL parents offset the cost of educating their students.”
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** Albany, Oct. 14, 2005 (CNA) - Dioceses in New York State have launched a massive postcard campaign in favor of tax credits for religious- and private-school education.
The New York State Catholic Conference has printed 1.5 million postcards in support of the proposal that would also provide tax credits for families with children in public schools and for all public- and private-school teachers to offset classroom expenses, reported the Associated Press.
The postcards have been distributed to churches in seven of the state’s eight dioceses. The Diocese of Brooklyn ran a similar campaign last year, mailing 90,000 postcards.
The current postcards are directed to Gov. George Pataki, state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. They read: “I strongly support education tax credits as a way to improve public, independent and religious schools and to help ALL parents offset the cost of educating their students.”
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