SALKA PUSHED FOR BILL Cuomo Bypasses Dems To Provide Tuition Aid To Gold Star Families Bypassing his fellow Democrats in the Assembly, Governor Cuomo today ordered the state to begin providing tuition assistance to Gold Star Families, the spouses and children of soldiers killed in the line of duty. Otsego County Assembly John Salka, R-Brookfield, who has been pushing the legislation, said the governor’s action “is simply amazing.” He said, “From me and my peers in the Assembly Republican Conference,…
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CLICK HERE TO SIGN PETITION Salka: Sign Petition To Give Tuition Aid To Gold Star Families Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, has launched a petition drive in support of a bill he is sponsoring in the Assembly to provide tuition assistance for family members of a deceased service man or woman who died in the line of duty to attend SUNY or CUNY colleges The bill has received bipartisan support, but some Assembly Democrats used their position of power within the…