ROCKLAND, NY – Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick (D-Rockland/Westchester) has released the following statement:
“School athletics are supposed to teach students about sportsmanship, teamwork, and striving for excellence. Instead, for the second time this year, students from Nyack have been subjected to racist outbursts at sports events. Student athletes need to know that they will be treated with respect and dignity wherever they are competing, and school districts have an obligation to teach their students not to harass people based on their race or other personal characteristics.”