LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to
proclaim July 26, 2015, as Americans with Disabilities Act Awareness Day
in the State of New York

WHEREAS, All individuals, including those with disabilities, should be
guaranteed the right to be productive members of our communities and
influence control and choice over their own lives; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to memorialize
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim July 26, 2015, as Americans with
Disabilities Act Awareness Day in the State of New York; and
WHEREAS, On July 26, 1990, United States President George H.W. Bush
signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law and ended
discrimination against and provided equal opportunity for individuals
with disabilities in employment, education, government services, public
accommodations, commercial facilities and transportation; and
WHEREAS, The ADA has expanded opportunities for Americans with disa-
bilities by reducing barriers, changing perceptions, and increasing full
participation in community life; and
WHEREAS, Today, we must continue to strive to overcome societal
differences and to promote competence, strength and individual worth;
and
WHEREAS, All citizens shall come together to honor New Yorkers with
disabilities by educating themselves on ways to support and encourage
the understanding of individuals with disabilities in our schools, with-
in our workforce and in all communities; and
WHEREAS, Americans with Disabilities Act Awareness Day is a day for
all New Yorkers to come together and celebrate and recognize the
progress of ADA, reaffirming the principles of equality and inclusion,
and recommitting their efforts to reach full ADA compliance; now, there-
fore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim July 26, 2015, as Amer-
icans with Disabilities Act Awareness Day in the State of New York,
recognizing that all people, including those living with disabilities,
have the right, responsibility and ability to be active, contributing
members of our society and fully engaged as citizens; 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.