Senator Jack M. Martins recently welcomed local high school students to the state capital in Albany. Among the students who visited were Westbury High School’s William McNeill, Joshua Curtis from Schreiber High School in Port Washington and Prajanan Senthilkumar from Manhasset High School.
The three students were in Albany to participate 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, McNeill and Senthilkumar spent an afternoon “shadowing” Martins during a recent Senate session.
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. Martins also brought them onto the floor of the Senate Chambers, where they were able to watch legislative debates and votes on bills.
