Wantagh resident Joe Sugar (pictured left) recently met with State Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. (8th Senate District, pictured right) at the State Capitol in Albany as part of the New York State School Music Association’s (NYSSMA) annual "music in our schools" month. Mr. Sugar is a Past-President of NYSSMA and retired music educator.

Senator Fuschillo joined Mr. Sugar at a performance of the All-State Jazz Ensemble in the Empire State Plaza, where high school students played for an audience of legislators, staff members and Capitol visitors.