New York A 11426: Designates "The Empire State" as the official state nickname

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A11426 Summary:

BILL NOA11426 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRules (Manktelow)

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COSPNSRBrabenec, Brown E, Morinello, Norber, Hawley, DeStefano, Brown K

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §88-a, State L

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Designates "The Empire State" as the official state nickname.

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BILL NOA11426 

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05/15/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11426

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 15, 2026
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Manktelow)
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to designating "The Empire
 State" as the official state nickname

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

 1 Section 1. The state law is amended by adding a new section 88-a to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 88-a. State nickname. "The Empire State" shall be the official state
 4 nickname.
 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15871-01-6

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