Bill Text: NY J00834 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commending Friends and Trustees Inc. of Raynham Hall Museum upon the occasion of hosting their Annual Benefit, "Love Re-Awakened", and paying tribute to this year's honorees on May 6, 2023

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-02 - ADOPTED [J00834 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-J00834-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 834

BY: Senator MARTINS

        COMMENDING  Friends  and  Trustees Inc. of Raynham
        Hall Museum  upon  the  occasion  of  hosting  their
        Annual   Benefit   "Love  Re-Awakened",  and  paying
        tribute to this year's honorees on May 6, 2023

  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize  that
the  quality  and  character  of life in the communities across New York
State are reflective of the concerned and  dedicated  efforts  of  those
organizations and individuals who would devote themselves to the welfare
of the community and its citizenry; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to
commend  the  Friends  and  Trustees  of  Raynham  Hall  Museum upon the
occasion of hosting their Annual Benefit "Love Re-Awakened", and to  pay
tribute  to  this  year's  honorees  on  Saturday,  May  6, 2023, at the
Muttontown Country Club in East Norwich, New York; and

  WHEREAS, This year's honorees are  The  North  Shore  Leader,  Anton
Media  Group, and Richner Communications/Oyster Bay Herald Guardian, all
of whom  are  being  recognized  for  their  steadfast  and  unremitting
commitment to their community; and

  WHEREAS,  The  North  Shore  Leader  has  been  a  vitally important
institution on the North Shore for over 27 years and  is  known  in  the
communities  that  it  serves  for  its quality journalism and effective
involvement in the issues that touch the lives  of  so  many  residents;
each  week,  the  newspaper  reaches  thousands  of  Gold Coast readers,
covering and reaching all the communities from Manhasset in the West  to
Northport in the East and everything in between; and

  WHEREAS,  Angela  Susan  Anton  is a dynamic and innovative business
leader, philanthropist, and publisher of Anton Media Group;  established
in   1984,  the  group  consists  of  community  newspapers,  magazines,
specialty publications, and  digital  sites  that  cover  local  markets
throughout  Nassau  County,  New York; since its inception, Angela Susan
Anton has strived to deliver high quality hyper-local news  as  well  as
targeted niche and lifestyle publications; and

  WHEREAS,  Owned  by  Richner Communications, which is led by CEO and
publisher Stuart Richner, the Oyster  Bay  Herald  Guardian,  now  known
today as the Oyster Bay Herald, was founded in 1899; throughout the last
124  years,  it has stayed true to its mission of serving Oyster Bay and
the surrounding villages, providing important information for those  who
live  and  work  in  the  communities  often  overlooked  by other media
outlets; and

  WHEREAS, Located at 20 West  Main  Street  in  Oyster  Bay  on  Long
Island, the Raynham Hall Museum was the home of the Townsend family, who
helped  settle  the  town,  and  who were members of George Washington's
Culper Ring of Spies; the house  was  renamed  Raynham  Hall  after  the
Townsend seat in Norfolk, England, in 1850 by a grandson of the original
owner; and


  WHEREAS, Today, the historic home is owned by the Town of Oyster Bay
and  operated  as a public museum by the Friends of Raynham Hall Museum,
Inc.; in addition, Raynham Hall is listed on the  National  Register  of
Historic  Places,  a Town of Oyster Bay Landmark, and is a featured site
on the Oyster Bay History Walk audio walking tour; and

  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative  Body  that  those  who
enhance  the well-being and vitality of their community and have shown a
long and sustained commitment to excellence certainly  have  earned  the
recognition and applause of all the citizens of this great Empire State;
now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend Friends and Trustees  Inc.  of  Raynham  Hall  Museum  upon  the
occasion  of hosting their Annual Benefit "Love Re-Awakened", and to pay
tribute to this year's honorees on May 6, 2023; and be it further

  RESOLVED, That copies of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted to the Friends and Trustees Inc. of Raynham Hall Museum, The
North Shore Leader, Anton Media Group, and Richner Communications/Oyster
Bay Herald Guardian.