Tonight, for all New Yorkers to see, Lazio's own campaign manager contradicted this claim, admitting that Rick Lazio did in fact vote to shut down the Department of Education. I mean, that's one of the trick things that they're throwing out right now. What I voted for, which they're referring to, is a budget five years go, and, as people on the inside and experienced legislators know, that the only thing that's important is the raw top number. Everything else is a suggestion, which you can discard. Not allowing local control.
Local control is important.
The people of New York understand that. The resolution passed 238-193.