S5301-2011 Actions

• Feb 14, 2012: RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO FINANCE
• May 3, 2011: REFERRED TO FINANCE

S5301-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S5301

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the executive law, in relation to designating Malcolm X Day,
May nineteenth, as a day of commemoration

PURPOSE:
To designate May 19th, to be known as Malcolm X Day, as a day
of commemoration.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 168-a of
the executive law, as separately amended by chapters 31, 72, 180 and
199 of the laws of 2010, is amended by adding May nineteenth, to be
known as Malcolm X Day.

JUSTIFICATION:
Malcolm X has been described as one of the greatest and
most influential African Americans in history. He is credited with
raising the self-esteem of black Americans as well as reconnecting
them with their African heritage. As the founder of the Muslim
Mosque, Inc. Malcolm X is largely credited for the spread of Islam
faith in the black community within the United States.

Malcolm X's influence on America was not limited to the civil rights
movement. Malcolm X fought for those affected by homelessness,
unemployment, drug addiction, corruption and violence.

Many African Americans, especially those who lived in cities in the
Northern and Western United States, felt that Malcolm X articulated
their complaints concerning inequality better than the mainstream
civil rights movement. Malcolm X and his teachings were part of the
foundation on which they built their movements and largely
contributed to the civil rights movement.
Establishing May 19th as Malcolm X Day will allow us to commemorate
Malcolm X and his legacy.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New legislation.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S5301-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         5301
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 May 3, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to designating Malcolm  X
 Day, May nineteenth, as a day of commemoration
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1.  Subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the  executive  law,  as
 separately  amended by chapters 31, 72, 180 and 199 of the laws of 2010,
 is amended to read as follows:

 3. The following days shall be days of  commemoration  in  each  year:

 January  sixth,  to  be known as "Haym Salomon Day", January twenty-sev
 enth, to be known as "Holocaust Remembrance Day", February fourth, to be
 known as "Rosa Parks Day", February fifteenth, to be known as "Susan  B.
 Anthony  Day",  February sixteenth, to be known as "Lithuanian Independ
 ence Day", February twenty-eighth, to be known as  "Gulf  War  Veterans'
 Day",  March  fourth,  to  be known as "Pulaski Day", March tenth, to be
 known as "Harriet Tubman Day", March twenty-ninth, to be known as "Viet
 nam Veterans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW  Recognition  Day",
 April  twenty-seventh,  to  be  known as "Coretta Scott King Day", April
 twenty-eighth, to be known as "Workers' Memorial Day", the first Tuesday
 in May to be known as "New York State Teacher Day", May seventeenth,  to
 be  known  as  "Thurgood  Marshall  Day", MAY NINETEENTH, TO BE KNOWN AS
 "MALCOLM X DAY", the first Sunday in June, to be  known  as  "Children's
 Day",  June  second,  to  be  known  as "Italian Independence Day", June
 twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans  Recognition  Day",  June  nine
 teenth,  to  be known as "Juneteenth Freedom Day", June twenty-fifth, to
 be known as "Korean War Veterans'  Day",  August  twenty-fourth,  to  be
 known  as "Ukrainian Independence Day", August twenty-sixth, to be known
 as "Women's Equality Day", September eleventh, to be known as "Battle of
 Plattsburgh Day" and also to be known  as  "September  11th  Remembrance
 Day",  September thirteenth, to be known as "John Barry Day" and also to
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08929-01-1
 
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 be known as "Uncle Sam Day in the State of New York",  September  seven
 teenth, to be known as "Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Memorial Day", the
 third  Friday in September to be known as "New York State POW/MIA Recog
 nition  Day" except if such date of commemoration cannot be observed due
 to a religious holiday, such observances shall then be conducted on  the
 second  Friday of September, the last Saturday in September, to be known
 as "War of 1812  Day",  the  fourth  Saturday  of  September,  known  as
 "Native-American  Day",  the  last  Sunday  in September, to be known as
 "Gold Star Mothers' Day", October fifth, to be known as  "Raoul  Wallen
 berg  Day",  October eleventh, to be known as "New Netherland Day in the
 State of New York", October eighteenth, to  be  known  as  "Disabilities
 History Day", October twenty-seventh, to be known as "Theodore Roosevelt
 Day", November ninth, to be known as "Witness for Tolerance Day", Novem
 ber  twelfth,  to  be  known  as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day", the third
 Tuesday in November to  be  known  as  "New  York  State  School-Related
 Professionals  Recognition  Day",  November  thirtieth,  to  be known as
 "Shirley Chisholm Day", December seventh, to be known as  "Pearl  Harbor
 Day",  December sixteenth, to be known as "Bastogne Day" and that day of
 the Asian lunar calendar designated as new year to be  known  as  "Asian
 New Year".
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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