Bill Text: NY J01520 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2024, as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the State of New York

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 42-21)

Status: (Passed) 2024-01-09 - ADOPTED [J01520 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-J01520-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 1520

BY: Senator PERSAUD

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        April 2024, as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the
        State of New York

  WHEREAS, It is the intent of this Legislative  Body  to  commemorate
and  increase  awareness  of  issues  that  are  of significance for the
citizens of this great Nation and Empire 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  2024,  as  Sexual
Assault  Awareness  Month  in the State of New York, in conjunction with
the observance of National Sexual Assault Awareness Month; and

  WHEREAS, Sexual assault and sexual harassment harm our  communities,
with  statistics  showing that every 73 seconds, an American is sexually
assaulted, and every nine minutes, that victim is a child; and

  WHEREAS, Only five out of every 1,000 perpetrators will  end  up  in
prison; and

  WHEREAS,  One  in  33  American men have experienced an attempted or
completed rape in their life; and

  WHEREAS, A majority of child victims are 12-17; of victims under the
age of 18, 34% of victims of sexual assault and rape are under  the  age
of 12, and 66% of victims of sexual assault and rape are 12-17; and

  WHEREAS,  13%  of  all  students  experience  rape or sexual assault
through physical force, violence, or incapacitation; and

  WHEREAS, We must work together  to  educate  our  communities  about
sexual  violence  prevention,  supporting  survivors  and  speaking  out
against harmful attitudes and actions which condone sexual assault; and

  WHEREAS, When  we  actively  get  involved  we  can  prevent  sexual
violence  by  increasing education, awareness and community involvement;
and

  WHEREAS, It is time to create a safer environment in the  workplace,
the community and the world for all; and

  WHEREAS, April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and each day of the
year is an opportunity to create change for the future; and

  WHEREAS,  Sexual  assault  is a horrific act of crime which deserves
the attention of this Legislative Body; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize  Governor  Kathy  Hochul  to  proclaim April 2024, as Sexual
Assault Awareness Month in the State of New York; and be it further

  RESOLVED, That copies of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York; and to the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault.