Directs the commissioner of the office of general services to erect a monument to be known as the New York state African slavery and freedom memorial
Summary
Directs the commissioner of the office of general services to erect a monument to be known as the "New York state African slavery and freedom memorial" in the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza to memorialize victims of the African Holocaust, the Holocaust of Enslavement, the Black Holocaust, or the enslavement of Black people and to celebrate the universal values of freedom, democracy and human rights for all people.
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in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2025
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Governor
Introduced Jun 9, 2025
Last action Jan 7, 2026
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Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
lower
Jun 9, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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State
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Khaleel Anderson
DDemocratic/Working Families
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