Edward M. Egan
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Edward M. Egan
Thousands of students from yeshivas and Roman Catholic schools gathered on the steps of the Capitol with their teachers, rabbis, and priests, even Cardinal Edward M. Egan, the archbishop of New York to call for the support of the governor's proposal to provide a tax credit that could be used to pay for private or parochial schools.  Cardinal Egan said, the tax credit plan would particularly help parents in poorer parts of the city, where low-performing schools are common. Cardinal Edward M. Egan, the archbishop of New York, said the tax credit plan would particularly help parents in poorer parts of the city, where low-performing schools are common. He also said that they are talking about giving the middle class the opportunities that the wealthy have, adding that the plan would allow parents to send their children to ''schools of their choice and to find there the very best of education that is available -- academically, spiritually, morally.''