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K00620 Summary:

BILL NOK00620
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORAubry
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSRAngelino, Beephan, Bendett, Buttenschon, Darling, DeStefano, Dickens, Epstein, Fitzpatrick, Flood, Gallahan, Glick, Hawley, Jensen, Lavine, Lemondes, Lunsford, Lupardo, McDonald, McDonough, McGowan, Mikulin, Miller, Morinello, Novakhov, Sayegh, Seawright, Sillitti, Simon, Simone, Smullen, Tague, Thiele, Zebrowski
 
 
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K00620 Actions:

BILL NOK00620
 
06/02/2023referred to calendar
06/05/2023adopted
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K00620 Text:

 
Assembly Resolution No. 620
 
BY: M. of A. Aubry
 
        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        September 7, 2023, as Wheelchair  Charities  Day  in
        the State of New York
 
  WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize days
set  aside  to  acknowledge  those illustrious organizations which serve
their communities  unrelentingly,  making  life  more  fair,  just,  and
equitable  for everyone, regardless of ability, race, gender, status, or
background; and
 
  WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and  in  full  accord  with  its
long-standing  traditions,  this  Legislative  Body  is  justly proud to
memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim September  7,  2023,  as
Wheelchair Charities Day in the State of New York; and
 
  WHEREAS,  Founder  of  Wheelchair  Charities, Inc., Henry J. Carter,
commonly known as "Hank," saw an opportunity to make an  impact  in  the
lives of countless people, namely teens and young adults, who he noticed
filled  the  Young Adults Ward at Goldwater Hospital on Roosevelt Island
due to gunshot wounds; and
 
  WHEREAS, Henry J. Carter started a fundraising basketball game  with
the best high school players from Queens (Queens United) playing against
Brooklyn's  best high school athletes (Brooklyn USA); the first game was
held in 1974, and with much  traction  and  popularity,  the  fundraiser
grabbed  the  attention  of  sponsors  such  as  Pony and Nike, allowing
Wheelchair Charities, Inc. to grow rapidly; and
 
  WHEREAS, The founder of the charity also  found  great  support  and
friendship  in  the  people  he  met  and worked with at the Long Island
Savings Bank where he started as a teller and rose  to  be  senior  Vice
President;  in  1979, with the first million-dollar donation the charity
ever received, coming from a generous Bob Dudley, Wheelchair  Charities,
Inc.  was able to purchase handicap-equipped buses and computers for the
Goldwater hospital patients and residents; and
 
  WHEREAS, Fundraising dinners,  high  school  basketball  games,  and
gospel shows became annual events, growing more popular and raising more
funds  every year; in 1990, Wheelchair Charities, Inc. held a basketball
game in Madison Square Garden for the first time; the  annual  event  at
the  Garden continued for 14 incredible years; Gala Dinners proved to be
even more lucrative, bringing in between $800,000 and $1 million dollars
a year; and
 
  WHEREAS, Henry J. Carter was thrilled when he learned that  the  new
city  hospital  in  Harlem  would  be  named  in his honor; NYC Health +
Hospitals/Henry J.  Carter  Specialty  Hospital  and  Nursing  Facility,
opened on August 21, 2013, and initially served many of the patients and
residents  from  Goldwater  Hospital, which closed on December 31, 2013;
and
 
  WHEREAS, This year the charity plans to purchase 110 new,  motorized
wheelchairs  for people in every borough of New York City, as well as to
 
purchase a new bus to  transport  wheelchair-bound  patients;  being  an
organization  run  solely  by volunteers has allowed the group to donate
over $30 million in the past 50 years to improve and enhance  the  lives
of people in wheelchairs; and
 
  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  sense  of  this  Legislative  Body  that when
individuals and organizations of such noble aims and accomplishments are
brought to our attention, they should be celebrated  and  recognized  by
all the citizens of this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it
 
  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to  proclaim  September  7,  2023,  as
Wheelchair Charities Day in the State of New York; and be it further
 
  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to Governor Kathy Hochul, and Henry J.  Carter,  Founder  of
Wheelchair Charities, Inc.
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