After a painstakingly long voting process, the election is over! Here are the elected Boys’ State Officials. Judge of Court of Appeals: 0502 John W. Fink, 0941 Kyle J. Smith, 0353 Jack M. Byrne, 0396 Jack D. Keane, 0954 Antonio M. Zaccaria, 0157 Trent J. Biscone. Chief Judge of Court of Appeals: Mark Thomas 0204 State Comptroller: … Continue reading
The New York Boys’ State program can be challenging for a delegate who comes unprepared. To survive the week here are some helpful hints on what to bring, information to listen to, and tricks. Bring sunblock ~ So many kids end up forgetting sunscreen or sunblock and end up getting burned, some worse than others. Bring … Continue reading
Yesterday, the various cities and counties have won many sporting events. Games were played in basketball, soccer, and softball. The winners for softball are Minei city from Roosevelt county, Brown city from McKneally county, Van Patten city from Fish county, Sallese city from Stember county, Cortright city from Scheiberling county, Casey city from Wong county, … Continue reading
Everyday one citizen will be chosen at random and interviewed to be the citizen of the day! Today’s citizen is Austin Bullock. Austin is in the city of Casey, in the county of Wong. Austin was recently elected as a State Police Officer! Congratulations! Where are you from? “I’m from Sauquot New York, and … Continue reading
Since the beginning of Boys’ State, it has been a place for boys to become men. In 1935, an instructor at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Americanism Chairman of the Illinois Department of The American Legion, and Harold Card, the Department Boy Scout Chairman and junior high school instructor, wanted to create a program for young … Continue reading
The citizens of Boys’ State held their final state party elections on June 26th. For a more in-depth guide to the party conventions and the previous days, click here. On this day the Boys’ Staters from each county voted for their party’s nominee for attorney general, and most important of all; Governor. The Governor presides at all … Continue reading
On June 27th, 2018, many members of Boys’ State will be taking a practice version of the New York Bar exam. This exam is used at the end of law school in order to determine if the student is ready to receive his license to practice law. The citizens of Boys’ State will be taking an easier … Continue reading
