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History
- Signed chap.241
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.318
- Substituted for A6474
- Referred to governmental operations
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.27
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- Referred to finance
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Designates January twenty-seventh as a day of commemoration to be named Holocaust Remembrance Day
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Alan Maisel
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the designation of a "Holocaust Remembrance Day" as a day of commemoration
Purpose
The purpose of this bill is to designate January 27th annually as "Holocaust Remembrance Day" as a day of commemoration.
Summary of provisions
Section 1, subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the Executive Law is amended to include January 27th as "Holocaust Remembrance Day" in the State of New York.
Existing law
"Holocaust Remembrance Day" is not currently a day of commemoration in New York.
Justification
Between 1933 and 1945 approximately six million Jewish men, women and children were brutally murdered by Adolph Hitler's Nazi regime in the worst genocide in human history. We in New York State must always remember the victims of these crimes. We must do everything in our power to ensure that the horrific events of the Holocaust never occur again. This legislation will help to ensure that the State of New York will always officially remember those who were killed as well as remember those who suffered starvation, brutality, torture, disease and other atrocities at the hands of the Nazis. The date chosen, January 27th, marks the date of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Allies.
Despite overwhelming evidence of the brutal acts and murders committed by the Nazi regime there are those who deny that the Holocaust ever occurred. In 2006, Iran held a Holocaust denial conference. This conference was attended by representatives from 30 countries. The conference was roundly denounced by nations around the world, but it represents a seed of hate and evil that must extinguished. As Pope Benedictus XVI said "(the Holocaust) was an immense tragedy... (which) must remain as a warning for people's consciences".
New York State has always been at the forefront of protecting human rights, dignity and freedom. We have stood against genocide through actions such as Sudan divestment and by recovering money and property from banks and other institutions around the world on behalf of Holocaust survivors and victims. This legislation is one more way to condemn genocide and remember those who perished in the Holocaust.
Legislative history
S.8299A of 2008 05/27/08 Referred to Rules 06/24/08 Passed Senate
Fiscal implications
None.
Local fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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