Bill Text: NY K00374 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the New Rochelle Public Library Foundation on May 9, 2019

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-08 - adopted [K00374 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-K00374-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 374

BY: M. of A. Otis

        COMMEMORATING  the  25th  Anniversary  of  the New
        Rochelle Public Library Foundation on May 9, 2019

  WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize that
the quality and character of life in the communities  across  the  great
State of New York is reflective of certain exemplary organizations whose
purpose  is  dedicated  to  serving  the  community and the needs of its
citizenry; and

  WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and  in  full  accord  with  its
long-standing  traditions,  this  Legislative  Body  is  justly proud to
commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the New Rochelle Public  Library  to
be observed at a Gala on Thursday, May 9, 2019; and

  WHEREAS,  The  New  Rochelle  Public  Library  (NRPL) Foundation was
established in 1993, on the occasion of the library's 100th Anniversary;
the  foundation  was  officially  launched  with   a   Gala   Centennial
Celebration  on  April 30, 1994, featuring prominent local residents who
shared the belief that a vibrant library is an essential component of  a
culturally dynamic city like New Rochelle; and

  WHEREAS,  The  Foundation's  first  major  project,  the  Reach  for
Tomorrow Campaign, was launched in the late 1990s to renovate the entire
second floor and to build an endowment fund to ensure the  facility  and
programs  stay  up-to-date  and  to  meet  the  needs  of New Rochelle's
residents; and

  WHEREAS, As technology has advanced, the Foundation has  focused  on
updating the Library facility, computers, software and programming in an
effort to ensure that modern technology is accessible to all; and

  WHEREAS,  Through  the  years, the NRPL Foundation has funded all or
part of numerous critical upgrades and modernization projects  including
the  renovation  of  the  children's  room,  lobby,  gallery  area,  the
reference and information service area, and the adult reading room; and

  WHEREAS, This vital foundation implemented the One  City,  One  Book
Community  Reading  Initiative,  Spanish Storytime, and various programs
for both children and teenagers; and

  WHEREAS, In addition, the NRPL Foundation redesigned  the  Library's
website;  replaced  worn,  popular  fiction books; established a foreign
language book collection; added to the E.L. Doctorow Local History  Room
Collection;  and  provided funding for electronic newsletters and e-book
collection of adult fiction and nonfiction titles; and

  WHEREAS, It is  the  sense  of  this  Legislative  Body  that  those
organizations  which  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
commemorate  the  25th  Anniversary  of  the New Rochelle Public Library
Foundation on May 9, 2019; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to the New Rochelle Public Library Foundation.