Bill Text: NY J00860 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 25, 2019, as DNA Day in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-03-29 - ADOPTED [J00860 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-J00860-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 860

BY: Senator PARKER

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        April 25, 2019, as DNA Day in the State of New York

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  custom  of this Legislative Body to recognize
official days that are set aside to increase  awareness  of  significant
events which commemorate milestones of medical importance; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to
memorialize  Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 25, 2019, as DNA
Day in the State of New York, in  conjunction  with  the  observance  of
National DNA Day; and

  WHEREAS,   The   National  Human  Genome  Research  Institute  began
celebrating National DNA Day annually on  April  25th  after  the  108th
Congress passed concurrent resolutions designating it as such; and

  WHEREAS,  National  DNA  Day commemorates when James Watson, Francis
Crick, Maurice  Wilkins,  Rosalind  Franklin  and  colleagues  published
papers  in  the Nature journal on the discovery of the structure of DNA,
the double helix, on April 25, 1953; and

  WHEREAS, This special day also recognizes the successful  completion
of  the  Human Genome Project in April of 2003; this project gave us the
ability, for the first time, to read nature's complete genetic blueprint
for building a human being; and

  WHEREAS, The goal of National DNA Day is to offer students, teachers
and the public an opportunity to learn about and  celebrate  the  latest
advances in genomic research and explore how those advances might impact
their lives; and

  WHEREAS, National DNA Day celebrates the discovery and understanding
of DNA and the scientific advances that understanding has made possible;
now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 25, 2019, as  DNA
Day in the State of New York; and be it further

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