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Winner co-sponsoring anti-bullying legislation

Albany, N.Y., May 10—State Senator George Winner (R-C-I, Elmira) said today that he will co-sponsor a comprehensive legislative package being introduced in the Senate to address the rising problem of bullying in schools.

Winner noted that New York is one of only seven states without a specific law targeting school bullying.  Bully Police, a national watchdog group, has given New York its lowest possible grade for not passing a law to protect schoolchildren from bullies.

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