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Kathy Hochul defies her own party on Trump’s $26 billion school choice bet

“I’m not going to leave money on the table when it could help our kids,” Hochul said, making New York the 31st state to join a federal tax credit that critics warn will subsidize private schools at public education’s expense.

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