Bill Text: NY J01535 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Resolution 1535 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim May 25, 2019, as Missing Children's Day in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-21 - ADOPTED [J01535 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-J01535-Introduced.html


Senate Resolution No. 1535

BY: Senator PERSAUD

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        May 25, 2019, as Missing Children's Day in the State
        of New York

  WHEREAS,   The   problem   of   missing   children  is  complex  and
multifaceted; there are different types of  missing  children  including
family abductions, endangered runaways, non-family abductions, and lost,
injured, or otherwise missing children; and

  WHEREAS,  This  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to memorialize
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim May 25, 2019, as Missing Children's
Day in the State of New York, in  conjunction  with  the  observance  of
International Missing Children's Day; and

  WHEREAS,  Every  day,  all  around  the  world, children go missing;
International Missing Children's  Day  was  established  to  help  raise
public  awareness about these missing children and spread the message of
hope among their families; and

  WHEREAS, International Missing Children's Day also aims  to  protect
children  around  the  world  from  going  missing  or being abducted by
providing resources for governments, law enforcement, NGOs, and families
on prevention as well as the appropriate actions to take in the event  a
child does go missing; and

  WHEREAS,  National  Missing  Children's Day has been observed on May
25th in the United States since  1983;  first  proclaimed  by  President
Ronald Reagan, this day is commemorated each year with the forget-me-not
flower serving as its emblem; and

  WHEREAS, May 25th is the day 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared from a
New  York  street  corner  while on his way to school in 1979; this high
profile case, along with the tragic abduction and murder of  Adam  Walsh
in  Florida,  and  the  missing and murdered children in Atlanta, led to
photographs of missing  children  on  milk  cartons  and  ultimately,  a
national movement; and

  WHEREAS,  In 2001, May 25th was formally recognized as International
Missing Children's Day, through a  partnership  with  the  International
Center  for  Missing  and  Exploited  Children (ICMEC), Missing Children
Europe and the European Commission; and

  WHEREAS, Since 2009, ICMEC has been promoting International  Missing
Children's Day by circulating a unified global message of protecting our
vulnerable  children; each year the movement continues to grow, and more
and  more  countries  are  joining  together  to  advocate,  train   and
collaborate to eradicate child abduction; and

  WHEREAS,  International  Missing  Children's Day honors the national
commitment to help locate and  recover  missing  children  by  reminding
parents, guardians, and trusted adult role models to make child safety a
priority; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M.  Cuomo  to  proclaim  May  25,  2019,  as
Missing Children's Day in the State of New York; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo.