Joshua Curtis, a senior at Schreiber High School, recently participated in the League of Women Voters New York State Education Foundation’s annual Students Inside Albany conference. The conference is designed to increase high school students’ awareness of their responsibility in a representative government and to provide the tools necessary for meeting that responsibility. Students from all across the state come to Albany to learn about state government and how individual citizens can get involved in the policy making process.
As part of the conference, Curtis, along with two other Long Island high school students, William McNeill from Westbury High School, and Prajanan Senthilkumar from Manhasset High School, spent an afternoon “shadowing” State Senator Jack Martins during a recent Senate session. Senator Martins talked with the three students about his role as a State Senator and what he does on a typical day in Albany when the Senate is in session. Senator Martins also brought them onto the floor of the Senate Chambers, where they were able to watch legislative debates and votes on bills.
