Bill Text: NY K00901 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Resolution 901 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 2020, as Pet Cruelty Awareness Month in the State of New York

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-3)

Status: (Passed) 2020-06-10 - adopted [K00901 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-K00901-Introduced.html


Assembly Resolution No. 901

BY: M. of A. Brabenec

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        April  2020,  as  Pet Cruelty Awareness Month in the
        State  of  New  York,  in   conjunction   with   the
        observance  of  National  Animal  Cruelty  Awareness
        Month

  WHEREAS, Millions of pets across New York and throughout the  United
States are abused, abandoned and neglected; and

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  sense of this Legislative Body to memorialize
Governor Andrew  M.  Cuomo  to  proclaim  April  2018,  as  Pet  Cruelty
Awareness  Month  in  the  State  of  New  York, in conjunction with the
observance of National Animal Cruelty Awareness Month; and

  WHEREAS, In observance of April as Animal Cruelty  Awareness  Month,
animal-control  officers  are  reminding  residents  of what constitutes
cruelty; and

  WHEREAS, In addition, they are encouraging neighbors, family members
and all residents of the State of New York to learn the signs of cruelty
to animals and to report these incidents to police; and

  WHEREAS, Helpless animals depend on humans to intervene  when  their
conditions are uninhabitable or unfit; and

  WHEREAS,  Each  year,  the  American  Society  for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) urges supporters across the  country  to  "Go
Orange  for  Animals"  throughout  the  month  of April when the ASPCA's
charter was signed in 1866 to raise awareness for its cause; and

  WHEREAS, Together we can improve  the  lives  of  animals  in  every
corner  of  New  York  State;  Go  Orange!  Glow Orange! Show Orange for
Animals!; and

  WHEREAS, It is imperative that there be greater public awareness  of
this  serious  issue,  and more must be done to increase activity at the
local, State and national levels; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize  Governor  Andrew  M.  Cuomo  to proclaim April 2020, as Pet
Cruelty Awareness Month in the State of New York,  in  conjunction  with
the  observance  of  National  Animal Cruelty Awareness Month; 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.