OU Advocacy-Teach NYS, the nonpartisan public policy arm of the Orthodox Union, together with Yachad, the flagship program of the OU’s National Jewish Council for Disabilities, has launched an...
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After nearly five months since New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged to release a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the City’s half-day Universal Pre-K (UPK) program, OU...
This afternoon, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee favorably reported to the full Senate (S.615), the “Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015,” sponsored by Senators Corker and Menendez.
In 2012, President Barack Obama declared that ‘the deal we’ll accept’ with Iran ‘is that they end their nuclear program’ and ‘abide by the U.N. resolutions that have been...
With just days left until the April 1st deadline to pass the New York state budget, state legislators urged the OU Advocacy-Teach NYS delegation in Albany today to keep...
Today, Nathan Diament, Executive Director for Public Policy of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, issued the following statement with...
The leadership of the Orthodox Union extends its congratulations to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud Party for their victory yesterday in the Israeli elections.
Today, members of the New York Senate leadership encouraged a delegation of community and Jewish day school leaders from Manhattan, the Bronx, Westchester and Upstate—in Albany to support the...
Contact: Roslyn Singer Director of Communications, OU Advocacy 212-613-8227/202-489-4180 rsinger@ou.org The Education Investment Incentives Act—also known as the Education Tax Credit—is good for both public and non-public schools:...
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, welcomed Congressional passage of a “clean” funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security,...