I hadn’t planned on sending a newsletter this week because of the holiday, but something happened that I need to share. On Thursday, the New York City Council voted on a proposal to create 25-foot buffer zones around places of worship. I strongly support the First Amendment, along with reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions that protect both free expression and safe access. Learn more about these restrictions. Westchester County worked diligently to ensure our Clinic Access Law does exactly that, protecting both First Amendment rights and access to reproductive healthcare with 25-foot buffer zones. That approach earned support from civil rights groups like the NYCLU and is reflected federally in the FACE Act. Read about NYCLU support for these protections. After protests in front of synagogues and Hebrew schools here in District 10, and in other parts of Westchester, I explored similar protections for all religious inst...