A schoolteacher’s beef with the Department of Education has inspired the Irish-American community of New York City to call for St. Patrick’s Day to be treated with the respect that a centuries-old holiday deserves. The Wave has learned that Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder not only agrees with the sentiment, he tells The Wave he’ll push his colleagues in the State Assembly to make it a law.

On Feb. 26, Goldfeder will join The Wave's managing Editor Mark Healey on "Riding The Wave" to talk about the St. Patrick's Day bill and other issues concernong Rockaway