- New York 05/19/2016 by Linda Perry (WBAI News)

The NYCLU and Legal Services of Central New York announced a settlement with the Utica school district and the Refugee center in Utica. It resolves a year long case which alleged that the school district had been excluding refugees and immigrants age 17-20 from the only high school in Utica, which is in the Mohawk Valley upstate New York.

WBAI News spoke with NYCLU attorney Phil Desgranges about the settlement which has implications for school districts throughout New York State.  Please click the arrow above.