Bill Text: NY J01060 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honoring Sue and Jim (posthumously) Cusack as recipients of the Humanitarian Award by the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-04-09 - ADOPTED [J01060 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-J01060-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 1060

BY: Senator KAPLAN

        HONORING  Sue  and  Jim (posthumously) Cusack upon
        the occasion of their designation as  recipients  of
        the Humanitarian Award by the Long Island Council on
        Alcoholism  and  Drug  Dependence, Inc. on April 29,
        2019

  WHEREAS, It is the custom of  this  Legislative  Body  to  recognize
those  individuals within the State of New York who have shown a devoted
commitment to improving the health and well-being of our citizens; and

  WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and  in  full  accord  with  its
long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to honor
Sue and Jim (posthumously) Cusack upon the occasion of their designation
as  recipients  of  the Humanitarian Award by the Long Island Council on
Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. to be celebrated at its 32nd Annual
Adele C. Smithers Angel Ball at the Garden City Hotel  in  Garden  City,
New York, on Monday, April 29, 2019; and

  WHEREAS,  Established  in  1956  by  R.  Brinkley Smithers, the Long
Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (LICADD)  is  the
leading  nonprofit  organization  on Long Island dedicated to addressing
the challenges of alcoholism and drug addiction, and promoting addiction
recovery; and

  WHEREAS, Sue Cusack and her late husband, Jim,  are  receiving  this
prestigious  award  for  their  steadfast  and unremitting commitment to
those individuals who are struggling with addiction; and

  WHEREAS, Sue and Jim Cusack opened  the  Villa  Veritas  Foundation,
Inc.:  Rehabilitation  Center in Kerhonkson, New York, to provide a safe
haven for those who are chemically dependent; today, under the  luminous
direction  of  Sue,  and  through Jim's philosophy, love,and spirit, the
Villa   Veritas   Foundation   continues   to   provide   compassionate,
interdisciplinary chemical dependency treatment; and

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  sense of this Legislative Body that those who
enhance the well-being and vitality of their community and have shown  a
long  and  sustained  commitment to excellence certainly have earned the
recognition and applause of all the citizens of this great Empire State;
now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
honor  Sue  and  Jim  (posthumously)  Cusack  upon the occasion of their
designation as recipients of the Humanitarian Award by the  Long  Island
Council  on  Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. on April 29, 2019; and
be it further

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted to Sue Cusack.