Bill Text: NY K00054 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Resolution 54 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim January 21, 2019, as Irish Declaration Independence Day in the State of New York

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 48-23)

Status: (Passed) 2019-01-28 - adopted [K00054 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-K00054-Introduced.html


Assembly Resolution No. 54

BY: M. of A. Cusick

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        January   21,   2019,   as   Irish   Declaration  of
        Independence Day in the State of New York

  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to  recognize  and
pay  just  tribute  to  the cultural heritage of the ethnic groups which
comprise and contribute to the richness and diversity of  the  community
of the State of New York; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and  in  keeping  with  its
time-honored traditions, it is the intent of this  Legislative  Body  to
memorialize  Governor  Andrew  M. Cuomo to proclaim January 21, 2019, as
Irish Declaration of Independence Day in  the  State  of  New  York,  in
remembrance  of  the  Dail  Eireann  ratifying  Ireland's Declaration of
Ireland's Independence; this auspicious occasion will be celebrated with
a Ceremony hosted by the New York State Ancient Order of Hibernians  and
Ladies  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians  on  Monday, January 28, 2019, in
Albany, New York; and

  WHEREAS, The  celebration  of  Ireland's  independence  affirms  the
culture, identity and self-esteem of a people; it honors a rich heritage
and  illuminates  Ireland's history and tradition, as well as the spirit
of an indomitable people; and

  WHEREAS, The people of this great State, Nation and Ireland enjoy  a
deep  and  abiding  relationship rooted in kinship and culture, and many
New Yorkers proudly trace their own roots to the Emerald Isle; and

  WHEREAS, On January 21,  1919,  the  representatives  of  the  Irish
people,  elected  in  the  32  county election of 1918, and assembled in
Dublin as a National Parliament,  the  first  Dail  Eireann,  did  adopt
Ireland's  Declaration  of  Independence  and  ratify the Irish Republic
proclaimed on Easter Monday 1916; and

  WHEREAS, Said Declaration of Independence,  duly  recites  that  the
Irish  people always had a right to national freedom and self-government
which Britain denied by military occupation, against  the  will  of  the
Irish people; and

  WHEREAS,  Like the signers of America's Declaration of Independence,
these patriots who pledged themselves to freedom, risked imprisonment or
death by a colonial British government which tried to crush the cause of
liberty; and

  WHEREAS, Because of the historic and indispensable  role  played  by
Irish  patriots and Irish Americans within New York State to bring about
this most important event in Ireland's great history, it is fitting that
Ireland's Declaration of Independence be  suitably  remembered,  honored
and commemorated; and

  WHEREAS,  The  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians and the Ladies Ancient
Order   of   Hibernians,   the   oldest   and   largest   Irish-American
organizations,  are dedicated to perpetuating the history and traditions

of the Irish people and to promoting Freedom for all Ireland, and  whose
members  are  justly  proud of America's Declaration of Independence can
also  take  pride  in  Ireland's  Declaration  of   Independence;   now,
therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim January  21,  2019,  as
Irish  Declaration  of  Independence  Day  in  the State of New York, in
remembrance of the  Dail  Eireann  ratifying  Ireland's  Declaration  of
Independence; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  copies  of  this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the  State  of
New  York;  Victor  Vogel,  President,  New  York State Ancient Order of
Hibernians; and Jacqueline  Clute,  President,  New  York  State  Ladies
Ancient Order of Hibernians.