Bill Text: NY K00417 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim September 27-October 3 2021, as Diaper Need Awareness Week in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-08 - adopted [K00417 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-K00417-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 417

BY: M. of A. Magnarelli

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        September  27  -  October  3,  2021,  as Diaper Need
        Awareness Week in the State of New York

  WHEREAS, Diaper Need, the  condition  of  not  having  a  sufficient
supply  of  clean diapers to ensure that infants and toddlers are clean,
healthy and dry, can adversely affect the health and welfare of infants,
toddlers and their families; and

  WHEREAS,  National  surveys  report  that  one  in   three   mothers
experience  diaper  need at some time while their children are less than
three years of age and forty-eight percent of families delay changing  a
diaper to extend their supply; and

  WHEREAS,  The  average  infant  or toddler requires an average of 50
diaper changes per week over three years; and

  WHEREAS, Diapers cannot be bought with food stamps or WIC  vouchers,
and  a sufficient supply of diapers can cost as much as six percent of a
full-time minimum wage worker's salary, therefore obtaining a sufficient
supply of diapers can cause economic hardship to families; and

  WHEREAS, A supply of diapers is generally an eligibility requirement
for infants and  toddlers  to  participate  in  childcare  programs  and
quality early education programs; and

  WHEREAS,  The  people  of  New York recognize that addressing Diaper
Need can  lead  to  economic  opportunity  for  the  State's  low-income
families  and  can  lead  to  improved  health  for  families  and their
communities; and

  WHEREAS,  New  York  is  proud  to  be  home  to  various  community
organizations  including:  the  Central New York Diaper Bank, the Allied
Foundation of Melville,  Good  Plus  Foundation  of  NYC,  Every  Bottom
Covered  of  Buffalo,  the Junior League of Central Westchester, Kids in
Need of Diapers Project of Owego, Little Essentials of NYC,  NYC  Mammas
Give  Back, ROC City Bottoms Diaper Bank of Rochester, the Food Pantries
of Albany, the HopeLine of the Bronx and Things of My Very Own, Inc.  of
Schenectady  that  recognize  the  importance  of  diapers in helping to
provide economic stability for families and distribute diapers  to  poor
families through various channels; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim September 27 -  October
3,  2021, as Diaper Need Awareness 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 Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of
New York.