New York A 8819: 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

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A08819 Summary:

BILL NOA08819 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08300

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SPONSORAnderson

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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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BILL NOA08819 

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06/09/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8819

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT in relation to directing the commissioner of the office of gener-
 al services to erect a monument to be known as the "New York state
 African slavery and freedom memorial"

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The commissioner of the office of general services is here-
 2 by authorized and directed to erect a suitably marked monument in the
 3 Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza, in the city of Alba-
 4 ny, county of Albany, dedicated to the memory of those victims of the
 5 African Holocaust, the Holocaust of Enslavement, the Black Holocaust, or
 6 the enslavement of Black people and to celebrate the universal values of
 7 freedom, democracy and human rights for all people. Such monument shall
 8 be known as the "New York state African slavery and freedom memorial"
 9 and shall be designed to memorialize the Black victims of slavery in New
 10 York state and to educate the public about the history of slavery,
 11 racism and other harms against Black people in New York state and the
 12 universal values of freedom, democracy, and human rights for all.
 13 § 2. The commissioner of the office of general services shall solicit
 14 from organizations proposals and suggestions for the design, programming
 15 and location of such monument to be erected pursuant to section one of
 16 this act.
 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13289-01-5

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