Declare Disabilities Awareness Day

Assembly Resolution No. 467 BY: M. of A. Barrett MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim Monday, May 22, 2017, as the New York State Assembly Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day WHEREAS, It is the purpose of Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day to provide New York's disability community with an opportunity to educate legislators, their staffs and the general public on the issues important to them, and, at the same time, to highlight the accomplishments of advocates and persons with disabilities; and WHEREAS, The New York State Assembly Task Force on People with Disabilities and the New York State Assembly Committee on Mental Health are jointly sponsoring the Assembly's Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day; and WHEREAS, The New York State Assembly strives to make changes in our state's environment so people with disabilities can better access goods and services, toward the goal of universal accessibility for the disability community; and WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that persons with disabilities, their families and advocates deserve our recognition as they realize the goals of integration, independence and equality in our communities and society at large; and WHEREAS, It is the intent of this Legislative Body to recognize persons with disabilities, focusing on the benefits of their social, economic, educational and other contributions to society; and WHEREAS, Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day also provides individuals with an opportunity to acknowledge, understand and participate in the legislative process; and WHEREAS, Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day will conclude with this Legislative Body considering a package of legislation significant to people with disabilities, which is reflective of the concerns of the disability community; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim Monday, May 22, 2017, as the New York State Assembly Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day; and be it further RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of New York, and to selected representatives of people with disabilities.