Bill Text: NY J03257 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim September 21-27, 2020, as Diaper Need Awareness Week in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-07-22 - ADOPTED [J03257 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-J03257-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 3257

BY: Senator MAY

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        September 21-27, 2020, as Diaper Need Awareness Week
        in the State of New York

  WHEREAS,  Diaper  Need,  the  condition  of  not having a sufficient
supply of clean diapers to ensure that infants and toddlers  are  clean,
healthy and dry, can adversely affect the health and welfare of infants,
toddlers and their families; and

  WHEREAS,   National   surveys  report  that  one  in  three  mothers
experience diaper need at some time while their children are  less  than
three  years of age and forty-eight percent of families delay changing a
diaper to extend their supply; and

  WHEREAS, The average infant or toddler requires  an  average  of  50
diaper changes per week over three years; and

  WHEREAS,  Diapers cannot be bought with food stamps or WIC vouchers,
and a sufficient supply of diapers can cost as much as six percent of  a
full-time minimum wage worker's salary, therefore obtaining a sufficient
supply of diapers can cause economic hardship to families; and

  WHEREAS, A supply of diapers is generally an eligibility requirement
for  infants  and  toddlers  to  participate  in  childcare programs and
quality early education programs; and

  WHEREAS, The people of New York  recognize  that  addressing  Diaper
Need  can  lead  to  economic  opportunity  for  the  State's low-income
families and  can  lead  to  improved  health  for  families  and  their
communities; and

  WHEREAS,  New  York  is  proud  to  be  home  to  various  community
organizations including: the Central New York Diaper  Bank,  the  Allied
Foundation  of  Melville,  Good  Plus  Foundation  of  NYC, Every Bottom
Covered of Buffalo, the Junior League of Central  Westchester,  Kids  in
Need  of  Diapers Project of Owego, Little Essentials of NYC, NYC Mammas
Give Back, ROC City Bottoms Diaper Bank of Rochester, the Food  Pantries
of  Albany, the HopeLine of the Bronx and Things of My Very Own, Inc. of
Schenectady that recognize the importance of diapers in helping  provide
economic  stability for families and distribute diapers to poor families
through various channels; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize  Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim September 21-27, 2020,
as Diaper Need Awareness Week 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, Governor of the  State  of
New York.