Supreme Court Leaves Intact New York’s Ban on Religious Services in Schools

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/nyregion/supreme-court-leaves-intact-new-yorks-ban-on-religious-services-in-schools.html


"The Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a case involving New York City’s ban on religious groups’ holding worship services in public school buildings, leaving in place a decision by a lower court that found the longstanding policy constitutional.

The decision permits Mayor Bill de Blasio to expel immediately dozens of religious organizations that have been holding worship services in city school buildings after hours and on weekends. But consistent with a pledge the mayor made during his campaign to lift the prohibition, a spokesman said on Monday that the city remained committed to allowing churches to use the schools on the same grounds as other organizations."