A new grassroots organization, the Rockland Clergy for Social Justice (RCSJ), is about to publicly call on Governor Andrew Cuomo to authorize "immediate fiscal and administrative oversight over the East Ramapo school district and revision of governance.”
File photo: Residents lash out at East Ramapo school board members
Clergy Group To Call For State Takeover Of Scandal-Plagued Haredi-Controlled School District
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
A new grassroots organization, the Rockland Clergy for Social Justice (RCSJ), is about to publicly call on Governor Andrew Cuomo to authorize "immediate fiscal and administrative oversight over the East Ramapo school district and revision of governance,” the Journal News reported.
The group is planning an event cosponsored by the Spring Valley NAACP that will be held on April 8. The RCSJ will issue the public call to Cuomo then. The event starts at noon at the First Baptist Church, 3 Hoyt St., Spring Valley.
“[We’re]striving for the rights and survival of East Ramapo public schools," Oscar Cohen of the Spring Valley NAACP said.
The scandal-plagued district has been run by a haredi-dominated board which has allegedly looted the district while illegally funneling money and resources to private haredi religious schools. Multiple state and federal probes into the district's handling of its finances are ongoing.
Among the many clergy scheduled to speak are Rabbi Adam Baldachin of the Montebello Jewish Center and Rabbi Ari Hart of Uri L’Tzedek and the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale.