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‘Civil rights’ for rent — once-respectable groups sell out on school choice

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New York’s once vaunted civil-rights tradition is a pitiful shadow of its past self, its premier institutions available for rent if not outright sale.

American Federation of Teachers chief Randi Weingarten this week trotted out leaders from outfits like the local NAACP and the New York Civil Liberties Union to pressure Gov. Kathy Hochul into reversing her decision to join the federal tax-credit scholarship program.

These outfits should be embracing school choice, a proven benefit to the underprivileged, as they once championed equal opportunity and equality before the law.

But there’s not much money to be had taking principled stands........

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