Memorializes Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 19, 2025, as Juneteenth Day in New York State.
Assembly Resolution No. 781 memorializes Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 19, 2025, as Juneteenth Day in New York State. Juneteenth, or "June nineteenth," is a holiday commemorating the effective end of slavery in the United States in 1865 in Galveston, Texas. The resolution notes that Texas was the first state to recognize Juneteenth as an official state holiday in 1980, and Congress recognized it as "Juneteenth Independence Day" in 1997.
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