NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6049
SPONSOR: Chang TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing October
seventh of each year as a day of commemoration known as "October 7th
Remembrance Day"
PURPOSE:
This bill designates October seventh as October 7th Remembrance Day.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the executive law
to declare the seventh of October a day of commemoration in each year,
to be known as October 7th Remembrance Day.
Section two establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
October 7th, 2023, marked the darkest, most murderous day in history for
the Jewish people since the Holocaust. The October 7th massacre occurred
on the most joyous day of the Jewish calendar, the last day of Sukkot,
known in Hebrew as Simchat Torah. Following the recent acts of hatred
and violence against the Jewish Community,,it is critical that we stand
together to decry all forms of hate and bigotry in our communities and
across this State, so we ensure that suffering on this scale truly never
does happen again. The People of the State of New York should remain
eternally vigilant against all tyranny and recognize that bigotry
provides a breeding ground for tyranny to flourish. October 7th Remem-
brance Day, has been set aside in Israel, in remembrance of the victims
of these tragic events, and for reminding New Yorkers, all Americans,
and people around the world of what can happen to civilized people when
bigotry, hatred, and indifference reign. The Jewish people suffered a
great tragedy on October 7th 2023 when Hamas terrorists and their help-
ers murdered, abused, and kidnapped, thousands of Jews and their neigh-
bors in Israel. The tragedy of October 7th 2023 evoked the historical
suffering of the Jewish people over many millennia and the people of the
state of New York acknowledge, memorialize, and condemn the tragedy of
October 7th 2023. It is critically important to remember the events of
October 7th, to ensure that the events shall "never again" happen, as
has been the rallying cry among the Jewish people. Therefore, this bill
makes the appropriate addition of October 7th as an official day of
commemoration in New York State.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6049
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 26, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. CHANG, NOVAKHOV, BROOK-KRASNY, NORBER -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing October
seventh of each year as a day of commemoration known as "October 7th
Remembrance Day"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the executive law, as
2 amended by chapter 542 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 3. The following days shall be days of commemoration in each year:
5 January sixth, to be known as "Haym Salomon Day", January twenty-sev-
6 enth, to be known as "Holocaust Remembrance Day", February fourth, to be
7 known as "Rosa Parks Day", February fifteenth, to be known as "Susan B.
8 Anthony Day", February sixteenth, to be known as "Lithuanian Independ-
9 ence Day", February twenty-eighth, to be known as "Gulf War Veterans'
10 Day", March fourth, to be known as "Pulaski Day", March eighth, to be
11 known as "International Women's Day", March tenth, to be known as
12 "Harriet Tubman Day", March twenty-ninth, to be known as "Vietnam Veter-
13 ans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition Day", April
14 twenty-seventh, to be known as "Coretta Scott King Day", April twenty-
15 eighth, to be known as "Workers' Memorial Day", the first Tuesday in
16 May, to be known as "New York State Teacher Day", May seventeenth, to be
17 known as "Thurgood Marshall Day", the first Sunday in June, to be known
18 as "Children's Day", June second, to be known as "Italian Independence
19 Day", June twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans Recognition Day",
20 June nineteenth, to be known as "Juneteenth Freedom Day", June twenty-
21 fifth, to be known as "Korean War Veterans' Day", the second Monday in
22 July, to be known as "Abolition Commemoration Day", August twenty-
23 fourth, to be known as "Ukrainian Independence Day", August twenty-
24 sixth, to be known as "Women's Equality Day", September eleventh, to be
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 known as "Battle of Plattsburgh Day" and also to be known as "September
2 11th Remembrance Day", September thirteenth, to be known as "John Barry
3 Day" and also to be known as "Uncle Sam Day in the State of New York",
4 September seventeenth, to be known as "Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
5 Memorial Day", the third Friday in September to be known as "New York
6 State POW/MIA Recognition Day" except if such date of commemoration
7 cannot be observed due to a religious holiday, such observances shall
8 then be conducted on the second Friday of September, the last Saturday
9 in September, to be known as "War of 1812 Day", the fourth Saturday of
10 September, to be known as "Native-American Day", the last Sunday in
11 September, to be known as "Gold Star Mothers' Day", October fifth, to be
12 known as "Raoul Wallenberg Day", October seventh, to be known as "Octo-
13 ber 7th Remembrance Day", October eleventh, to be known as "New Nether-
14 land Day in the State of New York", October eighteenth, to be known as
15 "Disabilities History Day", October twenty-seventh, to be known as
16 "Theodore Roosevelt Day", November ninth, to be known as "Witness for
17 Tolerance Day", November twelfth, to be known as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton
18 Day", the third Tuesday in November, to be known as "New York State
19 School-Related Professionals Recognition Day", November twenty-sixth, to
20 be known as "Sojourner Truth Day", November thirtieth, to be known as
21 "Shirley Chisholm Day", December third, to be known as "International
22 Day of Persons with Disabilities", December seventh, to be known as
23 "Pearl Harbor Day", December sixteenth, to be known as "Bastogne Day"
24 and that day of the Asian lunar calendar designated as new year to be
25 known as "Asian New Year".
26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
