After New York Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled her $252 billion budget proposal this week, local state lawmakers appear to be on board with a new ban on cell phones in schools.

The statewide teachers union is celebrating Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed investments in education in the state budget.

Though the city’s Education Department seemed poised to implement a systemwide ban last summer ... apply to private schools. Hochul’s office released a set of guidance to help school districts ...