Bill Text: NY K00239 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 9-15, 2023, as Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in the State of New York

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 25-12)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-28 - adopted [K00239 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-K00239-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 239

BY: M. of A. Walsh

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        April 9-15, 2023, as Public Safety Telecommunicators
        Week in the State of New York

  WHEREAS, It is the custom of  this  Legislative  Body  to  recognize
official  weeks  that  are  set  aside  to  recognize the vital work and
knowledge dispatchers bring during emergencies that affect the lives  of
citizens of New York State; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to
memorialize  Governor  Kathy  Hochul  to  proclaim  April 9-15, 2023, as
Public Safety Telecommunicators Week  in  the  State  of  New  York,  in
conjunction    with   the   observance   of   National   Public   Safety
Telecommunicators Week; and

  WHEREAS, In 1991, Congress proclaimed the second week  of  April  as
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week to honor and recognize the
men  and  women  who serve as the first "first responders" when you need
help; and

  WHEREAS, Whether you need police, fire or  medical  personnel,  when
you  call  9-1-1,  a  dispatcher answers your call for help by gathering
vital information to instruct the appropriate agency on  the  nature  of
your emergency; and

  WHEREAS,  Dispatchers are certified to give pre-arrival instructions
to the caller in medical emergencies, trained on what questions  to  ask
the caller during police emergencies, and provide instruction to victims
of fire emergencies; and

  WHEREAS,  Dispatchers work around the clock all year-long to support
police, firefighters and medics to help keep them and the  public  safe;
and

  WHEREAS,  Sufficient  gratitude  cannot  be  expressed  to all those
individuals who generously give of their time and  talents,  working  to
keep their communities safe; and

  WHEREAS,  Special  recognition  should be given to those who work so
assiduously for the betterment of their communities, and they should  be
acknowledged  publicly  for  the  good works they do for the citizens of
this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize  Governor  Kathy  Hochul  to  proclaim  April 9-15, 2023, as
Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in the State of New York; and be it
further

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.