New York J 1420: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 19-23, 2026, as National Passenger Safety Week in the State of New York

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Assembly Resolution No. 845

BY: M. of A. Magnarelli

 MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim
 January 19 - 23, 2026, as National Passenger Safety
 Week in the State of New York

 WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize
official weeks that are set aside to increase awareness of concerns that
affect the lives of each and every New Yorker; and

 WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 19-23, 2026, as
National Passenger Safety Week in the State of New York; and

 WHEREAS, Everyone has an important role to play in increasing road
safety; in 2022, passenger vehicle occupants accounted for 36% of all
traffic fatalities nationwide; and

 WHEREAS, According to the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration's (NHTSA) preliminary estimates, traffic deaths increased
seven percent in 2020, and in the first half of 2021, traffic fatalities
increased about 18.4% over the same period in 2020; and

 WHEREAS, Passenger vehicle occupant deaths rose five percent in
2020; and

 WHEREAS, Historic increases in traffic deaths occurred even though
there was a 13 percent decrease in vehicle miles traveled; and

 WHEREAS, NHTSA's data shows the main behaviors driving this increase
were speeding, impaired driving and failure to wear seat belts; and

 WHEREAS, Whether a driver is impaired by alcohol or drugs, is
speeding, driving too aggressively, driving distracted or cannot stay
awake at the wheel, bad driving choices put passengers at risk of
serious injury or death; and

 WHEREAS, Many of those lives might have been saved had a passenger
in the car insisted the driver slow down, stop texting, or not get
behind the wheel in the first place; and

 WHEREAS, Passengers - especially teens and young adults - need
education and encouragement to empower them to save lives by calling out
unsafe driving in the car as it happens; and

 WHEREAS, Parents also need education and encouragement to teach
their children about the importance of speaking up or not getting in the
car with someone who is drunk, drugged or distracted; now, therefore, be
it

 RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 19-23, 2026, as
National Passenger Safety Week in the State of New York; and be it
further

 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.

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