Hochul pushes 'bell-to-bell' cellphone ban in schools statewide

“What a radical concept: the thought that students should be there paying attention to their teachers and interacting with each other and not these all day long phenomenally destructive distractions which have now taken over children’s childhood and also the classroom environment,” Hochul said Tuesday during a youth mental health roundtable event in Albany. “So I'm really grateful to have Common Sense Media helping lead the charge to make this a nationwide effort, but particularly here in the State of New York.”.