Bill Text: NY S06856 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to establishing a temporary commission for the purpose of celebrating the 100th anniversary of World War I.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-11-28 - SIGNED CHAP.486 [S06856 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06856-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6856--A
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 1, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
          Parks and Recreation -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to create a temporary New York State World War I 100th anniver-
          sary commemoration commission; and providing for  the  termination  of
          such commission
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Legislative findings. The  legislature  hereby  finds  that
     2  Armistice  Day  has  been  marked on November 11th every year since 1918
     3  commemorating the day the Allied forces signed  an  agreement  with  the
     4  Germans  that  would end World War I. The cost in human suffering during
     5  World War I,  originally  known  as  the  Great  War,  was  on  a  scale
     6  unprecedented  in  human history. Between 1914 and 1918, there were over
     7  37 million casualties with over 13,000 New Yorkers losing  their  lives.
     8  Among  the noteworthy New York regiments fighting in World War I include
     9  New York's 69th Infantry Regiment, referred to as  the  "Fighting  69th"
    10  and  New  York's 369th Infantry Regiment, popularly known as the "Harlem
    11  Hellfighters", the first African American regiment  to  serve  with  the
    12  American  Expeditionary  Forces  during  World  War I. There are several
    13  sites in New York with historical significance to World War I including:
    14  the Pier A clock tower in Battery Park, the armory of the 14th New  York
    15  regiment in Park Slope, the Chelsea World War I statute on 9th and 28th,
    16  the 7th Regiment statute in Central Park, the Brooklyn World War I memo-
    17  rial  in Prospect Park, the Richmond Hill statute in Queens, and others.
    18  The legislature, therefore, declares that there is a need  to  create  a
    19  New York State World War I 100th anniversary commemoration commission to
    20  develop  and  execute  plans for projects and activities recognizing the
    21  100th year anniversary of World War I, with particular emphasis on those
    22  New Yorkers who made the supreme sacrifice and those who  returned  home
    23  wounded.
    24    §  2.  New  York  State  World  War  I 100th anniversary commemoration
    25  commission created. (1) There is hereby a temporary state commission  to
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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