LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to
proclaim December 15, 2013, as Bill of Rights Day in the State of New
York

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize signif-
icant contributions of our State and Nation to the principles of freedom
and democracy; and
WHEREAS, The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution of the United
States of America, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, were rati-
fied on December 15, 1791; and
WHEREAS, The Bill of Rights recognizes, affirms and protects fundamen-
tal human and civil rights for which persons of all races have struggled
for thousands of years; and
WHEREAS, To preserve the rights and freedoms secured by the Bill of
Rights, our forefathers, and hundreds of thousands of men and women
serving on the police agencies and Armed Forces of the United States,
have sacrificed, suffered and died; and
WHEREAS, The rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights
deserve perennial celebrations; the sacrifices made to protect the Bill
of Rights deserve eternal remembrance; and
WHEREAS, By commemorating the Bill of Rights with a special day, we
honor the fundamental rights it enshrines and the sacrifices made to
create and preserve these rights and proclaim these rights, once again,
to the citizens of New York State, the Nation, and the World; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim December 15, 2013, as
Bill of Rights Day in the State of New York, and to encourage all
government agencies to observe the annual Bill of Rights Day in a manner
that brings to mind the meaning and importance of each of the Ten Amend-
ments contained in that Bill; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of New
York.