NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8300

Senate Bill S8300

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of the office of general services to erect a monument to be known as the New York state African slavery and freedom memorial

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Procurement And Contracts Committee

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 30, 2025	referred to procurement and contracts

2025-S8300 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8819
Current Committee:: Senate Procurement And Contracts
Law Section:: General Services, Commissioner of

2025-S8300 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of the office of general services to erect a monument to be known as the "New York state African slavery and freedom memorial" in the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza to memorialize victims of the African Holocaust, the Holocaust of Enslavement, the Black Holocaust, or the enslavement of Black people and to celebrate the universal values of freedom, democracy and human rights for all people.

2025-S8300 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8300

SPONSOR: SANDERS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to directing the commissioner of the office of gener-
al services to erect a monument to be known as the "New York state Afri-
can slavery and freedom memorial"

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Directs the commissioner of the office of general services to erect a
monument to be known as the New York state African slavery and freedom
Memorial.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: The commissioner of the office of general services is hereby
authorized and directed to erect a suitably marked monument in the
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza, in the city of Alba-
ny, county of Albany, dedicated to the memory of those victims of the
African Holocaust, the Holocaust of Enslavement, the Black Holocaust, or

the enslavement of Black people and to celebrate the universal values of
freedom, democracy and human rights for all people. Such monument shall
be known as the "New York state African slavery and freedom memorial"

Section 2: The commissioner of the office of general services shall
solicit from organizations proposals and suggestions for the design,
programming and location of such monument to be erected pursuant to
section one of this act.

Section 3: Effective Date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The enslavement of African Blacks in New York state, throughout the
United States, the Western Hemisphere and beyond has had a profound
impact on world history that has implications to the present day.  This
legislation would establish a monument in remembrance and to honor the
victims of slavery and the struggle for freedom. This bill provides for
the education of visitors on the sacrifices and the struggle for freedom
of enslaved Africans and the importance of defending freedom, democracy,
and human rights for all.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S8300 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8300
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts
 
 AN ACT in relation to directing the commissioner of the office of gener-
   al services to erect a monument to be known as  the  "New  York  state
   African slavery and freedom memorial"

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of the office of general services is here-
 by authorized and directed to erect a suitably marked  monument  in  the
 Governor  Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza, in the city of Alba-
 ny, county of Albany, dedicated to the memory of those  victims  of  the
 African Holocaust, the Holocaust of Enslavement, the Black Holocaust, or
 the enslavement of Black people and to celebrate the universal values of
 freedom, democracy and human rights for all people.  Such monument shall
 be  known  as  the "New York state African slavery and freedom memorial"
 and shall be designed to memorialize the Black victims of slavery in New
 York state and to educate the  public  about  the  history  of  slavery,
 racism  and  other  harms against Black people in New York state and the
 universal values of freedom, democracy, and human rights for all.
   § 2. The commissioner of the office of general services shall  solicit
 from organizations proposals and suggestions for the design, programming
 and  location  of such monument to be erected pursuant to section one of
 this act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13289-01-5

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