DOLLARS AND SENSE — PEF members discuss proposed state budget cuts and closings in the state correctional system with Mary Nicholson, chief of staff for Assembly Member Jeffrion Aubry.
— Photo by Ken Dischel



PEF Region 11 Coordinator Jemma Marie-Hanson talks with Assembly Member Hakeem Jeffries about the budget. — Photo by Richard Dillard



PUT CHILDREN FIRST — At left, PEF members talk with Sean Chin Chance, aide to Assembly Member William Scarborough, about a state budget proposal to close or reduce operations at several facilities for troubled youths. — Photo by Richard Dillard