Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 25, 2017 |
signed chap.104 |
Jul 13, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 19, 2017 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.447 substituted for a7731 |
Jun 14, 2017 |
referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 22, 2017 |
advanced to third reading |
May 17, 2017 |
2nd report cal. |
May 16, 2017 |
1st report cal.1013 |
Apr 13, 2017 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S5570
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2017-S5570 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7731
- Law Section:
- Public Buildings Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §5-c, Pub Bldg L
2017-S5570 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5570 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public buildings law, in relation to directing the office of general services to install and maintain a commemorative plaque in the Capitol honoring Samuel J. Abbott PURPOSE : To provide for the installation of a commemorative plaque memorializing Samuel J. Abbott, the watchman who lost his life in the 1911 New York State Capitol fire. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Provides the history of Samuel Abbott's life of distinguished public service and the legislative intent to memorialize Samuel Abbott's life and his loss of life while serving the people of the state of New York in that Mr. Abbott's life and service has not previously been fully recognized. Section 2. Provides that a Samuel J. Abbott commemorative plaque honoring Samuel J. Abbott, bearing his likeness and describing his service and sacrifice to the people of New York, be designed and placed in the Capitol in a manner as determined jointly by the
2017-S5570 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5570 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to directing the office of general services to install and maintain a commemorative plaque in the Capitol honoring Samuel J. Abbott THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that at 2:42 a.m., on March 29, 1911, Fire Box 324 was pulled, notifying the City of Albany Fire Department of a fire at the State Capitol. Investi- gators would later determine that the fire originated in the third-floor Assembly Library, spreading quickly to the adjacent State Library, before engulfing the building's fourth and fifth floors. According to reports, the building, known at the time as "one of the most costly and celebrated buildings constructed in 19th-century America", had been burning without impediment for at least thirty minutes prior to the alarm. Firefighters, operating with horse-drawn pumpers, found a roar- ing inferno when they arrived on scene. The mammoth fire burned so forcefully that it twisted metal framing in the iconic skylight above the Great Western Staircase, sending the glass panels raining down on the stairs below; the stairway's carved sandstone filigree melted, and at the top of the "Million-Dollar Staircase", prized archaeological objects, including the State's world-famous Iroquois collection, were consumed by flames. When extinguished, the fire had decimated the entire collection of the State Library, with more than 800,000 books and manuscripts being lost. According to the March 29, 1911 edition of the ALBANY EVENING JOURNAL, at approximately 3 a.m., shortly after the fire alarm sounded at the Capitol, Mr. Samuel J. Abbott, a 78-year-old watchman in the building, "was seen by an orderly opening some windows". EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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