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Neighborhood News: The Student You Are Trying to Call Is Not Available
New York magazine
|September 8-21, 2025
Scenes from the first day of phoneless school.
TO KICK OFF New York State's school cellphone ban, Governor Kathy Hochul dropped by M.S. 582 in East Williamsburg on September 4. She brought along Frankie Focus, a hairy green spokescreature who (fittingly) does not speak. “You are going to be smarter because you'll be paying attention more,” Hochul told students. “Your teachers will have a better experience teaching you ... and ultimately, you're going to be better than anybody else.”
This story is from the September 8-21, 2025 edition of New York magazine.
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