Last year Gov. Hochul sent $1 billion in education funding to the MTA and now is proposing devastating cuts in State aid to public schools across New York State. As a proud graduate from Yorktown High School and a father of two enrolled in public school, Slater proudly stood with a bipartisan coalition, educators, school administrators, and NYSUT President Melinda Person in opposition of Governor Hochul’s reckless education proposal.