New York S 3571: Names a certain state facility after Willie Mae "Goody" Goodman

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S03571 Summary:

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SPONSORCLEARE

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Names an office for people with developmental disabilities facility located in the borough of Manhattan the "Willie Mae 'Goody' Goodman Community Facility".

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01/28/2025REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

03/04/20251ST REPORT CAL.461

03/05/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/25/2025PASSED SENATE

03/25/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/25/2025referred to people with disabilities

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3571

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities

 AN ACT in relation to naming a certain state facility after Willie Mae
 "Goody" Goodman

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent: The legislature recognizes the contrib-
 2 utions of Willie Mae Goodman, a mother and tireless advocate who has
 3 devoted her life to ensure that people with developmental disabilities
 4 can have "full" lives in the community. Since, 1961, Ms. Goodman's
 5 daughter has been under the care of the state department of mental
 6 hygiene, first at the Willowbrook State school in Staten Island and then
 7 at Gouverneur Hospital in lower Manhattan. Throughout her daughter's
 8 life, Ms. Goodman has fought not only for Margaret's rights, but for the
 9 rights of other developmentally disabled individuals and their families.
 10 At Gouverneur Hospital she led the first group of parents in a court
 11 action to block the transfer of their loved ones back to Willowbrook.
 12 She then fought to obtain legal affirmation that Gouverneur residents
 13 were members of the Willowbrook Class and entitled to the same benefits
 14 and protection. Ms. Goodman continues to advocate for people with disa-
 15 bilities as part of the Gouverneur Parents Association. In honor of her
 16 tireless work for the developmentally disabled community, the 119th
 17 street facilities will bear her name.
 18 § 2. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the official name
 19 of the office for people with developmental disabilities facility
 20 located in the borough of Manhattan, Block 1807, Lot 18 fully described
 21 as follows BEGINNING at a point on the northerly side of 119th Street,
 22 distant 163 feet westerly from the corner formed by the intersection of
 23 the northerly side of 119th Street, with the westerly side of Pleasant
 24 Avenue, running thence northerly parallel with Pleasant Avenue and part
 25 of the way through a party wall 100 feet 11 inches; thence westerly,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08089-01-5

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 1 parallel with 119th Street, 50 feet, thence southerly, parallel with
 2 Pleasant Avenue, 100 feet 11 inches to the northerly side of 119th
 3 Street; and thence easterly, along the northerly side of 119th Street,
 4 50 feet to the point or place of beginning shall be the "Willie Mae
 5 'Goody' Goodman Community Facility".
 6 § 3. The office for people with developmental disabilities shall
 7 provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the
 8 facility pursuant to section two of this act.
 9 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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