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A05398 Summary:

BILL NOA05398
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORRaga
 
COSPNSRMcDonald, Chludzinski, Weprin, Gray, Sayegh, Shimsky, McMahon, Woerner, Sempolinski, Gallagher
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §168-a, Exec L
 
Designates October fifteenth of each year as "Tadeusz Kosciuszko Day".
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A05398 Actions:

BILL NOA05398
 
02/13/2025referred to governmental operations
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A05398 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A5398
 
SPONSOR: Raga
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing October fifteenth as a day of commemoration to be known as "Tadeusz Kosciuszko Day"   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To honor the contributions of Polish army officer and statesman Tadeusz KoSciuszko because he played a pivotal role in the American revolution. October 15th is chosen as this is the day he passed.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the executive law to establish October fifteenth of each year as "Tadeusz KoSciuszko Day." Section 2 provides the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Polish army officer and statesman Tadeusz KoSciuszko helped America achieve independence through his strategic design of blockades and fortresses as well as his military strategy. His knowledge helped Ameri- ca achieve victory at Saratoga and escape British forces in the Caroli- nas. In New York, he heavily fortified Fort West Point in 1778 and the portion that overlooked the Hudson river. Establishing October 15th as "Tadeusz KoSciuszko Day" is a momentous achievement not only for New York's Polish community, but for all New Yorkers. ,Tadeusz KoSciuszko has been often omitted in recent school history lessons, and establishing this day will ensure his legacy remains permanently.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New legislation.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A05398 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5398
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 13, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  establishing  October
          fifteenth as a day of commemoration to be known as "Tadeusz Kosciuszko
          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 May
    16  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.
                                                                   LBD05446-01-5

        A. 5398                             2
 
     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, known as "Native-American Day", the last Sunday in September,
    11  to  be  known as "Gold Star Mothers' Day", October fifth, to be known as
    12  "Raoul Wallenberg Day", October eleventh, to be known as "New Netherland
    13  Day in the State of New York",  October  fifteenth,  to  be    known  as
    14  "Tadeusz  Kosciuszko Day", October eighteenth, to be known as "Disabili-
    15  ties History Day", October twenty-seventh,  to  be  known  as  "Theodore
    16  Roosevelt  Day",  November  ninth, to be known as "Witness for Tolerance
    17  Day", November twelfth, to be known as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day", the
    18  third Tuesday in November to be known as "New York State  School-Related
    19  Professionals  Recognition  Day",  November twenty-sixth, to be known as
    20  "Sojourner Truth Day", November  thirtieth,  to  be  known  as  "Shirley
    21  Chisholm  Day",  December  third,  to  be known as "International Day of
    22  Persons with Disabilities", December seventh,  to  be  known  as  "Pearl
    23  Harbor  Day", December sixteenth, to be known as "Bastogne Day" and that
    24  day of the Asian lunar calendar designated as new year to  be  known  as
    25  "Asian New Year".
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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