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Similar legislation had been introduced in the 2019 and 2020 New York Legislature but didnt get out of committee. Those bills were sponsored by Sen. David Carlucci and Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee, neither of whom are still in office. Reichlin-Melnick and Zebrowski said they took over shepherding the legislation and made amendments to help smooth its passage. Changes include allowing the cost of the panic alarms to be reimbursable through state building aid funding. The revised bill also makes r...

  A Nyack family is teaming up with Senator Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick and Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski to advocate for a new bill which would require silent alarms to be installed in every public school in New York. “Alyssa’s Law”, named in honor of Alyssa Alhadeff, one of the 17 people killed during the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, would equip schools with panic alarms for use in an active-shooter situation. Legislators and activists believe these alarms will save lives...

UPPER NYACK - Nyack High School senior Jadyn Turner remembers the last time she saw her cousin Alyssa Alhadeff. The Turners were visiting the Alhadeffs in Parkland, Florida, and the cousins were planning to see each other very soon. Weeks later, Alyssa was killed in the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. Alyssa was shot 10 times. She was a 14-year-old freshman and a soccer standout. On Friday, Jadyn Turner stood outside her high school with state Sen...