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Senate Bill S1847
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Relates to designating the fourth Thursday in March as "Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day"
download bill text pdfSponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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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
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Floor Vote: Mar 24, 2022
aye (63)- Addabbo Jr.
- Akshar
- Bailey
- Biaggi
- Borrello
- Boyle
- Breslin
- Brisport
- Brooks
- Brouk
- Cleare
- Comrie
- Cooney
- Felder
- Gallivan
- Gaughran
- Gianaris
- Gounardes
- Griffo
- Harckham
- Helming
- Hinchey
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Jackson
- Jordan
- Kaminsky
- Kaplan
- Kavanagh
- Kennedy
- Krueger
- Lanza
- Liu
- Mannion
- Martucci
- Mattera
- May
- Mayer
- Myrie
- O'Mara
- Oberacker
- Ortt
- Palumbo
- Parker
- Persaud
- Ramos
- Rath III
- Reichlin-Melnick
- Ritchie
- Rivera
- Ryan
- Salazar
- Sanders Jr.
- Savino
- Sepúlveda
- Serino
- Serrano
- Skoufis
- Stavisky
- Stec
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tedisco
- Thomas
- Weik
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Floor Vote: May 11, 2021
aye (63)- Addabbo Jr.
- Akshar
- Bailey
- Benjamin
- Biaggi
- Borrello
- Boyle
- Breslin
- Brisport
- Brooks
- Brouk
- Comrie
- Cooney
- Felder
- Gallivan
- Gaughran
- Gianaris
- Gounardes
- Griffo
- Harckham
- Helming
- Hinchey
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Jackson
- Jordan
- Kaminsky
- Kaplan
- Kavanagh
- Kennedy
- Krueger
- Lanza
- Liu
- Mannion
- Martucci
- Mattera
- May
- Mayer
- Myrie
- O'Mara
- Oberacker
- Ortt
- Palumbo
- Parker
- Persaud
- Ramos
- Rath III
- Reichlin-Melnick
- Ritchie
- Rivera
- Ryan
- Salazar
- Sanders Jr.
- Savino
- Sepúlveda
- Serino
- Serrano
- Skoufis
- Stavisky
- Stec
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tedisco
- Thomas
- Weik
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Floor Vote: May 10, 2021
aye (63)- Addabbo Jr.
- Akshar
- Bailey
- Benjamin
- Biaggi
- Borrello
- Boyle
- Breslin
- Brisport
- Brooks
- Brouk
- Comrie
- Cooney
- Felder
- Gallivan
- Gaughran
- Gianaris
- Gounardes
- Griffo
- Harckham
- Helming
- Hinchey
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Jackson
- Jordan
- Kaminsky
- Kaplan
- Kavanagh
- Kennedy
- Krueger
- Lanza
- Liu
- Mannion
- Martucci
- Mattera
- May
- Mayer
- Myrie
- O'Mara
- Oberacker
- Ortt
- Palumbo
- Parker
- Persaud
- Ramos
- Rath III
- Reichlin-Melnick
- Ritchie
- Rivera
- Ryan
- Salazar
- Sanders Jr.
- Savino
- Sepúlveda
- Serino
- Serrano
- Skoufis
- Stavisky
- Stec
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tedisco
- Thomas
- Weik
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Jan 19, 2022 - Finance Committee Vote
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co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D, WF) 55th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(R, C) 53rd Senate District
2021-S1847 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S1847 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1847 SPONSOR: SKOUFIS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to designating the fourth Thursday in March as "Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day" PURPOSE: This bill would designate the fourth Thursday in March to be commem- orated as "Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day" in New York State. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the executive law to designate the fourth Thursday in March to be commemorated as "Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day" in New York State. Section 2: Effective date.
JUSTIFICATION: Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day honors the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African Americans allowed to serve as aviators in the United States Armed Forces. The Tuskegee Airmen served during World War II. The Tuskegee program began in 1941 at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama. African Americans were allowed to begin training as airmen in response to the era's civil rights movement, specifically pressure put on the Air Force by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The individuals who first participated in this program were known as "Red Tails." Moton Field, where the African American pilots trained, would come to be known as the Tuskegee Army Airfield. The nearby Maxwell Field was used exclusively by white pilots. In March 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron became the first group to complete its training. The Squadron deployed first to North Africa in April 1943, then to Sicily and mainland Italy. The next group to finish training was the 332nd Fighter Group. This group consisted of the 100th, 301st, and 302nd Fighter Squadrons. These airmen were deployed to Italy in July 1944. The Tuskegee airmen fought with courage and dignity on behalf of their country. The 99th Fighter Squadron and the 332nd Fighter Group, another- Tuskegee airmen squadron, earned three Distinguished Unit Citations. Collectively, the Tuskegee airmen earned fourteen Bronze Stars, one hundred and fifty Distinguished Flying Crosses, seven hundred and forty-four Air Medals, and eight Purple Hearts. In other firsts, the Tuskegee airmen were the first African Americans to work as U. S. Army Flight Surgeons as well as the first African Ameri- cans to be admitted into the U. S. Army School of Aviation Medicine. After the close of World War II, some of the Tuskegee airmen continued to serve in the United States Air Force, while others became flight instructors. The fourth Thursday in March was chosen to honor the group because it was in March 1941 that the first Tuskegee airmen completed their train- ing and earned their wings. It was also the fourth Thursday in March 2007 when former President George W. Bush awarded the Tuskegee Airmen with the Congressional Gold Medal. Three states (Arizona, Colorado, and Virginia) and the District of Columbia have already adopted the fourth Thursday in March as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day. New York State is home to several surviving Tuskegee Airmen, including William Johnson, Reginald Brewster, Herbert Thorpe, and Albert Beckett. New York State executive law currently commemorates specific calendar days for veterans of the Gulf War, Vietnam War, and Korean War as well as for Prisoners of War, women veterans, and Gold Star Mothers. The Battle of Plattsburgh, the War of 1812, and the attack on Pearl Harbor are similarly commemorated. By enacting this bill into law, New York State would grant much-deserved recognition to the Tuskegee Airmen who-despite facing racism both within and outside the military-courageously served their country and ensure that their heroic legacy lives on in history. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2020 - S7316 Referred to Finance Assembly 2020 - A9717 Referred to Governmental Operations FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None. EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
2021-S1847 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1847 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to designating the fourth Thursday in March as "Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the executive law, as amended by chapter 237 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 3. The following days shall be days of commemoration in each year: January sixth, to be known as "Haym Salomon Day", January twenty-sev- enth, to be known as "Holocaust Remembrance Day", February fourth, to be known as "Rosa Parks Day", February fifteenth, to be known as "Susan B. Anthony Day", February sixteenth, to be known as "Lithuanian Independ- ence Day", February twenty-eighth, to be known as "Gulf War Veterans' Day", March fourth, to be known as "Pulaski Day", March tenth, to be known as "Harriet Tubman Day", THE FOURTH THURSDAY IN MARCH, TO BE KNOWN "TUSKEGEE AIRMEN COMMEMORATION DAY", March twenty-ninth, to be known as "Vietnam Veterans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition Day", April twenty-seventh, to be known as "Coretta Scott King Day", April twenty-eighth, to be known as "Workers' Memorial Day", the first Tuesday in May to be known as "New York State Teacher Day", May seven- teenth, to be known as "Thurgood Marshall Day", the first Sunday in June, to be known as "Children's Day", June second, to be known as "Italian Independence Day", June twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans Recognition Day", June nineteenth, to be known as "Juneteenth Freedom Day", June twenty-fifth, to be known as "Korean War Veterans' Day", the second Monday in July, to be known as "Abolition Commemoration Day", August twenty-fourth, to be known as "Ukrainian Independence Day", August twenty-sixth, to be known as "Women's Equality Day", September eleventh, to be known as "Battle of Plattsburgh Day" and also to be EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05265-01-1 S. 1847 2 known as "September 11th Remembrance Day", September thirteenth, to be known as "John Barry Day" and also to be known as "Uncle Sam Day in the State of New York", September seventeenth, to be known as "Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Memorial Day", the third Friday in September to be known as "New York State POW/MIA Recognition Day" except if such date of commemoration cannot be observed due to a religious holiday, such obser- vances shall then be conducted on the second Friday of September, the last Saturday in September, to be known as "War of 1812 Day", the fourth Saturday of September, known as "Native-American Day", the last Sunday in September, to be known as "Gold Star Mothers' Day", October fifth, to be known as "Raoul Wallenberg Day", October eleventh, to be known as "New Netherland Day in the State of New York", October eighteenth, to be known as "Disabilities History Day", October twenty-seventh, to be known as "Theodore Roosevelt Day", November ninth, to be known as "Witness for Tolerance Day", November twelfth, to be known as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day", the third Tuesday in November to be known as "New York State School-Related Professionals Recognition Day", November thirtieth, to be known as "Shirley Chisholm Day", December third, to be known as "Inter- national Day of Persons with Disabilities", December seventh, to be known as "Pearl Harbor Day", December sixteenth, to be known as "Bastogne Day" and that day of the Asian lunar calendar designated as new year to be known as "Asian New Year". § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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