IN THE STUDIO: Green Party Attorney General Candidate Michael Sussman Will Be The Next Guest To Be Interviewed By Brian Harrod On The "Westchester County Cable TV Show That Airs On Cablevision And FIOS
FIGHTING FOR STUDENTS: Civil rights attorney and Attorney General candidate Michael Sussman is calling for a change to how the state funds education and comes up with its funding formulas.
YONKERS: Michael Sussman says as attorney general he would force the courts to intervene so this issue won't be swept under the rug anymore.
He believes the current system has led to segregation and inequality for students of color statewide
Michael Sussman was featured in the mini series, "Show Me a Hero". The hit TV doc detailed the Yonkers school desegregation lawsuit in 1985.
Michael Sussman was a political activist and well known civil rights attorney who played a key role in representing the NAACP in the epic battle.
Judge Sand issued a 670-page ruling against Yonkers in 1985, and then ordered the city to build 200 units of public housing and set aside 600 homes for low-income families in the east side of town, which is mostly white and middle class.
Michael Sussman, represented the N.A.A.C.P. chapter throughout the case.
As part of the settlement, Yonkers agreed to maintain the 800 units of public and low-income housing for at least three decades after the units became available.
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