New York K 673: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim June 2017, as Scoliosis Awareness Month in the State of New York

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K00673 Summary:

BILL NOK00673 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRaga

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSRButtenschon, Griffin, Santabarbara

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BILL NOK00673 

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06/04/2025referred to calendar

06/05/2025adopted

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Assembly Resolution No. 673

BY: M. of A. Raga

 MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim
 October 2025, as Filipino American History Month in
 the State of New York

 WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to memorialize
Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim October 2025, as Filipino American
History Month in the State of New York, in conjunction with National
Filipino American History Month; and

 WHEREAS, October has been celebrated as Filipino American History
Month since 1992, when the Filipino American National Historical Society
(FANHS) proposed to honor the month when the first Filipinos or "Luzones
Indios" landed on the shores of what is now Morro Bay, California on
October 18, 1587, on board the Manila-built galleon ship Nuestra Senora
de Esperanza; and

 WHEREAS, 2025 marks the 16th anniversary of the United States
Congress passing the Resolution (H. Res 780) to officially commemorate
October as Filipino American History Month in the United States; and

 WHEREAS, The recent census reports that there are nearly 150,000
residents of Filipino heritage living in New York State, who are
concentrated mainly in areas of Queens such as Woodside, Jackson
Heights, Elmhurst, Jamaica, Jamaica Estates, Hollis, and Queens Village;
and

 WHEREAS, The oldest record of Filipinos in New York was in 1888,
when physician and novelist Dr. Jose Rizal stayed at the former Fifth
Avenue Hotel, across the southeast corner of Madison Square Park in
Manhattan; he would later become a political martyr and the official
National Hero of the Philippines; and

 WHEREAS, A wave of immigrants came from the Philippines to New York
after the 1920s, many as students, and most were either soldiers who
were assigned to military bases, such as Governor's Island or the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, or former agricultural workers who moved from the
Western United States in search of employment; and

 WHEREAS, After World War II, a smaller wave of immigrants came from
the Philippines, later followed by the largest wave of immigration in
the 1960s, after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, when
hospitals began recruiting Filipino doctors and nurses; later, nursing
became one of the most common professions amongst both Filipino men and
women living in New York; and

 WHEREAS, The State of New York is host to a vibrant community and
direct service organizations including: National Federation of Filipino
American Associations (NaFFAA-New York), Filipino American National
Historical Society (FANHS-Metropolitan New York), Philippine
Independence Day Council, Inc. (PIDCI), Philippine Nurses Association
(PNA-New York), Project Barkada, Filipino American Human Services, Inc.
(FAHSI), Broadway Barkada, Philippine Fiesta in America, Kinding Sindaw,
Pilipino American Unity for Progress (UniPro), Filipino School of NY &

NJ, Filipino American Museum, The Outstanding Filipino Americans (TOFA),
Damayan Migrant Workers, International Society of Filipinos in Finance &
Accounting (ISFFA-New York), Fil-Am Press Club of New York, Jaycees (JCI
Philippine-New York, JCI-Queens), United Mindoro International, Inc.,
Philippine United Student Organization (PUSO) at Stony Brook University,
Cornell Filipino Association (CFA) at Cornell University, Districts III
and IV of the Filipino Intercollegiate Networking Dialogue (FIND, Inc.),
and the Lumban Association; and

 WHEREAS, The State of New York is home to outstanding Filipino
Americans such as Miss Universe R'Bonney Nola, Broadway Actress Lea
Salonga, New York Yankees Shortstop Anthony Volpe, New York City Deputy
Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, Commissioner of the NYC Mayor's Office of
Media and Entertainment (MOME) Anne del Castillo, Businesswoman and
Philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis, Judge Lorna Schofield, Actress Liza
Lapira, the "King of Latin Soul" Joe Bataan, Television Personality
Vanessa Lachey