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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 15, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A2223
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PEOPLES-STOKES
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Jeffrion Aubry
Karim Camara
Keith L.T. Wright
Michael Cusick
multi-Sponsors
Michael Benjamin
James F. Brennan
Kevin Cahill
Francine DelMonte
2009-A2223 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A2223 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2223 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 15, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES, AUBRY, CAMARA, WRIGHT, CUSICK, JEFFRIES, SCARBOROUGH, BROOK-KRASNY, BOYLAND, GREENE, COOK, ROBINSON, ALFANO, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BENJAMIN, BRENNAN, CAHILL, DelMONTE, DIAZ, GALEF, HEASTIE, JAFFEE, JOHN, MAISEL, REILLY, J. RIVERA, SWEENEY, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to establish a task force on the condition of African American men in New York state THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that African American men: (a) are disproportionately less likely to complete high school and to obtain a post-secondary education; (b) are more likely to be incarcerated or on parole; (c) are more likely to have lower lifetime economic earnings; (d) are more likely to have been a part of the child welfare population; (e) are more likely to have a shorter life expectan- cy; and (f) are more likely to have health problems, such as HIV/AIDS, drug dependency, heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. The legislature additionally finds that the state of New York has a compelling interest in determining the causes of these problems and in developing appropri- ate remedies. S 2. The New York state task force on the condition of African Ameri- can men is hereby established. The role of the task force includes but is not limited to: (a) assessing the causal factors for the condition of African American men; (b) assessing state programs and initiatives that serve to improve the condition of African American men and identifying the gaps in such services; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04487-01-9 A. 2223 2
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