Also at 12:45 p.m., Coalition of Westchester organizations hold a press conference and rally
calling on the court to enforce a 2009
desegregation order ahead of a hearing this afternoon on remedies to hold the county accountable for allegedly breaching its 2009 Consent Decree with HUD, steps of U.S. District Court, 500 Pearl St., Manhattan.
The Justice Department is seeking to bar the awarding of these scholarships, also
called vouchers, in public school systems that are under federal
desegregation orders, unless the vouchers first are approved by a federal judge.