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Assembly Bill A2894A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Names a certain state facility after Lawrence "Larry" Jackson

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2023-A2894 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly People With Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene

2023-A2894 - Summary

Names an office for people with developmental disabilities facility located in the borough of Manhattan the "Lawrence 'Larry' Jackson Community Facility".

2023-A2894 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2894
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on People with Disabilities
 
 AN ACT in relation to naming a certain state facility after  Willie  Mae
   "Goody" Goodman
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Legislative intent: The legislature recognizes the contrib-
 utions of Willie Mae Goodman, a mother and  tireless  advocate  who  has
 devoted  her  life to ensure that people with developmental disabilities
 can have "full" lives in the community.  Since,  1961,  Ms.    Goodman's
 daughter  has  been  under  the  care  of the state department of mental
 hygiene, first at the Willowbrook State school in Staten Island and then
 at Gouverneur Hospital in lower  Manhattan.  Throughout  her  daughter's
 life, Ms. Goodman has fought not only for Margaret's rights, but for the
 rights of other developmentally disabled individuals and their families.
 At  Gouverneur  Hospital  she  led the first group of parents in a court
 action to block the transfer of their loved ones  back  to  Willowbrook.
 She  then  fought  to obtain legal affirmation that Gouverneur residents
 were members of the Willowbrook Class and entitled to the same  benefits
 and  protection. Ms. Goodman continues to advocate for people with disa-
 bilities as part of the Gouverneur Parents Association.  In honor of her
 tireless work for the  developmentally  disabled  community,  the  119th
 street facilities will bear her name.
   §  2. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the official name
 of the  office  for  people  with  developmental  disabilities  facility
 located  in the borough of Manhattan, Block 1807, Lot 18 fully described
 as follows BEGINNING at a point on the northerly side of  119th  Street,
 distant  163 feet westerly from the corner formed by the intersection of
 the northerly side of 119th Street, with the westerly side  of  Pleasant
 Avenue,  running thence northerly parallel with Pleasant Avenue and part
 of the way through a party wall 100 feet  11  inches;  thence  westerly,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06187-01-3

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2023-A2894A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly People With Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene

2023-A2894A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Names an office for people with developmental disabilities facility located in the borough of Manhattan the "Lawrence 'Larry' Jackson Community Facility".

2023-A2894A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2894--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GIBBS, ZINERMAN, BENDETT, MAHER -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on People  with  Disabilities  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  in  relation  to naming a certain state facility after Lawrence
   "Larry" Jackson

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent: The legislature recognizes the contrib-
 utions  of  Lawrence  Jackson.  A  member of STRIVE, Larry, LJ as he was
 affectionately called, had a rare gift; the ability to see and cultivate
 the talent of others. With over 30 years of workforce experience, and  a
 lifetime of community advocacy, Lawrence Jackson was a game changer, and
 a true Guardian Angel to all who had the opportunity to meet him. LJ was
 a  superhero.  His  powers  allowed  him  to  move with grace and impact
 through the ever-changing social and political climate that he lived in.
 Not only in his immediate community but through the STRIVE  network,  he
 was able to spread his blessings of helping others to a larger community
 both  across the US and abroad (20 sites in the US and in Ireland, Scot-
 land, England and the state of Israel). Additionally, Mr. Jackson served
 as  a president of the board of East Harlem Neighborhood Based  Alliance
 Corporation  (NBA),  where he continued to support the stabilization and
 economic-sufficiency of community residents.
   § 2. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the official  name
 of  the  office  for  people  with  developmental  disabilities facility
 located in the borough of Manhattan, Block 1807, Lot 18 fully  described
 as  follows  BEGINNING at a point on the northerly side of 119th Street,
 distant 163 feet westerly from the corner formed by the intersection  of
 the  northerly  side of 119th Street, with the westerly side of Pleasant
 Avenue, running thence northerly parallel with Pleasant Avenue and  part
 of  the  way  through  a party wall 100 feet 11 inches; thence westerly,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06187-02-3

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