Bill Text: NY A02894 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to people with disabilities [A02894 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02894-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2894--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 31, 2023
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        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:

     1    Section 1. Legislative intent: The legislature recognizes the contrib-
     2  utions  of  Lawrence  Jackson.  A  member of STRIVE, Larry, LJ as he was
     3  affectionately called, had a rare gift; the ability to see and cultivate
     4  the talent of others. With over 30 years of workforce experience, and  a
     5  lifetime of community advocacy, Lawrence Jackson was a game changer, and
     6  a true Guardian Angel to all who had the opportunity to meet him. LJ was
     7  a  superhero.  His  powers  allowed  him  to  move with grace and impact
     8  through the ever-changing social and political climate that he lived in.
     9  Not only in his immediate community but through the STRIVE  network,  he
    10  was able to spread his blessings of helping others to a larger community
    11  both  across the US and abroad (20 sites in the US and in Ireland, Scot-
    12  land, England and the state of Israel). Additionally, Mr. Jackson served
    13  as  a president of the board of East Harlem Neighborhood Based  Alliance
    14  Corporation  (NBA),  where he continued to support the stabilization and
    15  economic-sufficiency of community residents.
    16    § 2. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the official  name
    17  of  the  office  for  people  with  developmental  disabilities facility
    18  located in the borough of Manhattan, Block 1807, Lot 18 fully  described
    19  as  follows  BEGINNING at a point on the northerly side of 119th Street,
    20  distant 163 feet westerly from the corner formed by the intersection  of
    21  the  northerly  side of 119th Street, with the westerly side of Pleasant
    22  Avenue, running thence northerly parallel with Pleasant Avenue and  part
    23  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
        A. 2894--A                          2

     1  parallel with 119th Street, 50 feet,  thence  southerly,  parallel  with
     2  Pleasant  Avenue,  100  feet  11  inches  to the northerly side of 119th
     3  Street; and thence easterly, along the northerly side of  119th  Street,
     4  50  feet  to  the  point  or  place  of beginning shall be the "Lawrence
     5  'Larry' Jackson Community Facility".
     6    § 3. The office  for  people  with  developmental  disabilities  shall
     7  provide  for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the
     8  facility pursuant to section two of this act.
     9    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.