Bill Text: NY K00487 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Resolution 487 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Remembering the victims of the Haitian Earthquake of January 12, 2010

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-11)

Status: (Passed) 2022-01-24 - adopted [K00487 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-K00487-Introduced.html


Assembly Resolution No. 487

BY: M. of A. Solages

        REMEMBERING  the victims of the Haitian Earthquake
        of January 12, 2010

  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to remember  those
who  lost  their  lives to the tragic earthquake of January 12, 2010, in
Haiti; and

  WHEREAS, The vital response and many sacrifices of the men and women
of the government of Haiti, the U.S. Government, the United Nations, and
the State of New York, are duly recognized; and

  WHEREAS, This Legislative Body reaffirms its support and  solidarity
with  the  people  of Haiti as they work to rebuild their neighborhoods,
livelihoods and country; and

  WHEREAS, After the magnitude 7.0 earthquake, it  is  estimated  that
230,000  to  316,000  died,  about 300,000 were injured, and 1.5 million
people were initially displaced as a result of the devastation; and

  WHEREAS,  A  cholera  outbreak  struck  Haiti   in   the   wake   of
reconstruction  and  humanitarian  efforts, contributing to thousands of
deaths and  hundreds  of  thousands  of  cholera  cases  throughout  the
country; and

  WHEREAS,  The  Haitian  people  still struggle to recover as another
earthquake and hurricane struck nearly simultaneously on  August  14-16,
2021; and

  WHEREAS,  The  United States has a population of nearly 1 million of
the Haitian diaspora, with approximately 200,000  Haitians  residing  in
the State of New York; and

  WHEREAS,  The  United  States,  the international community, and the
people of New York work to provide relief, recovery and aid  efforts  to
rebuild after the disaster; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
remember those who lost  their  lives  in  Haiti  in  the  wake  of  the
devastating earthquake of 2010.