Senator Daphne Jordan’s efforts to recognize NY’s Purple Heart heroes continues getting real results:
Josh Fitzpatrick
June 2, 2021
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ISSUE:
- Honoring Veterans
Bipartisan measure honors and recognizes the service and sacrifice of New York’s best and bravest, our military veterans wounded or killed while serving with the U.S. Military.
Albany, NY – New York State Senator Daphne Jordan (R,C,I-Halfmoon), Member of the Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee, today proudly announced that the bipartisan legislative resolution she cosponsors, J401, proclaiming Saturday, August 7, 2021, as “Purple Heart Day” in New York State, unanimously passed the State Senate during today’s session. The measure was previously adopted in February and was brought to the Senate Floor again today. Senator Jordan cosponsors the legislative resolution which is sponsored by New York State Senator Kevin Thomas (D-6th District).
Today’s reconsideration, and subsequent passage of the legislative resolution, comes just a day after the Senate’s unanimous, bipartisan passage (63-0) of Senator Jordan’s legislation Senate Bill S.2279 designating "New York as a Purple Heart State" to recognize the heroic sacrifices that America’s courageous, selfless soldiers have made to protect our country.
The Purple Heart is the oldest, and among the most venerated, military decorations awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving with the U.S. Military. Created by General George Washington to honor and thank the brave soldiers who fought under his command for America’s independence, the Purple Heart has been awarded to almost two million American patriots that have been wounded in battle or killed in action.
“America’s Purple Heart recipients are our nation’s best and bravest, and it is our privilege – and our duty – to recognize and honor them. Memorializing August 7, 2021, as ‘Purple Heart Day’ in New York State is an important way we can send a heartfelt, statewide message of just how much these heroes mean to us and how grateful we are for their honorable, faithful service, and their courageous, selfless sacrifice,” Senator Daphne Jordan said.
Senator Jordan’s 43rd District includes 60 municipalities, 50 of which have become local Purple Heart Communities. All four counties in Senator Jordan’s 43rd Senate District – Saratoga, Rensselaer, Washington, and Columbia – successfully passed local resolutions and become Purple Heart Communities and Counties.
The breakdown of the local municipalities across Senator Jordan’s 43rd Senate District that have become Purple Heart Communities is as follows:
Columbia County Purple Heart Communities in 43rd Senate District:
Town of Ancram
Town of Austerlitz
Town of Canaan
Town of Chatham
Town of Claverack
Town of Copake
Town of Gallatin
Town of Germantown
Town of Ghent
Town of Greenport
Town of Hillsdale
City of Hudson
Town of Kinderhook
Town of Livingston
Village of Philmont
Town of New Lebanon
Town of Stockport
Town of Stuyvesant
Town of Taghkanic
Village of Valatie
Rensselaer County Purple Heart Communities in 43rd Senate District:
Town of Berlin
Town of Brunswick
Village of Castleton-on-Hudson
Town of East Greenbush
Town of East Nassau
Town of Grafton
Town of Hoosick
Town of Nassau
Village of Nassau
Town of North Greenbush
Town of Petersburgh
Town of Pittstown
Town of Poestenkill
Town of Sand Lake
Town of Schodack
Saratoga County Purple Heart Communities in 43rd Senate District:
Town of Greenfield
Town of Halfmoon
City of Mechanicville
Town of Moreau
Town of Northumberland
Town of Saratoga
City of Saratoga Springs
Village of South Glens Falls
Town of Stillwater
Village Stillwater
Town of Waterford
Village of Waterford
Town of Wilton
Washington County Purple Heart Communities in 43rd Senate District:
Town of Cambridge
Town of Easton
On a statewide basis, 40 out of New York’s 62 counties are now Purple Heart Communities, and, in several more, the designation is presently pending. In addition, 18 other areas, including buildings, trails, and parts of highways, have been renamed with the Purple Heart designation.
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