Bill Text: NY J00929 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commemorating the first visit of a Dominican Senate President to the New York State Senate, Honorable Eduardo Estrella, and recognizing the importance of the relationship between the Dominican Republic and NYS

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 42-21)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-09 - ADOPTED [J00929 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-J00929-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 929

BY: Senator SEPULVEDA

            commemorating  the  first visit of a Dominican
        Senate President  to  the  New  York  State  Senate,
        Honorable  Eduardo  Estrella,  and  recognizing  the
        importance of the relationship between the Dominican
        Republic and NYS

  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to  recognize  and
acknowledge  leaders  of exceptional character and accomplishment, whose
endeavors have enriched the lives  of  the  citizens  of  the  Dominican
Republic and the State of New York; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to
commemorate  the  first visit of a Dominican Senate President to the New
York State Senate, Honorable Eduardo  Estrella,  and  to  recognize  the
importance  of  the  relationship between the Dominican Republic and the
State of New York; and

  WHEREAS, The Honorable Eduardo Estrella, a Dominican civil  engineer
and  politician, is the current President of the Senate of the Dominican
Republic, and served as Secretary of State in  the  Ministry  of  Public
Works and Communications of the Dominican Republic from 1991-1994; and

  WHEREAS,  The Honorable Eduardo Estrella was elected Senator for the
province of Santiago de los Caballeros in 1994-1998 and currently in the
period (2020-2024), and during his time as Secretary of State of  Public
Works  and  Communications,  he carried out an efficient and transparent
management  before  employees,  contractors,  and  the  public  opinion,
supervising all works executed and maintenance assistants throughout the
country; and

  WHEREAS,  Under  The  Honorable  Eduardo  Estrella's administration,
hundreds of schools were  constructed  throughout  the  country,  and  a
national  plan  for  the  reconstruction of local roads was executed, as
well  as  the  expansion  of  airports,  construction  of  bridges   and
breakwaters,  and  hundreds  of  kilometers  of streets and avenues were
paved in the main cities of the national geography; and

  WHEREAS,   The   Honorable   Eduardo   Estrella's   leadership   and
accomplishments   have   contributed   to   the   strengthening  of  the
relationship between the Dominican Republic and the State of  New  York;
and

  WHEREAS, The Honorable Eduardo Estrella has facilitated the exchange
of  ideas and experiences with multiple elected officials, including the
first letter of invitation to collaborate  with  the  New  York  Senate,
addressed  to Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins in 2022, and hosted
the first delegation of New York State Senators to visit the  Senate  of
the  Dominican  Republic  on an official trip in the same year, where he
facilitated the first legislative meeting in the  history  of  New  York
State and the Dominican Republic; and

  WHEREAS,  It  is  fitting  to recognize Honorable Eduardo Estrella's
visit  to  the  New  York  State  Senate  on  May  17,  2023,  and   his
contributions  to the betterment of the Dominican Republic and the State
of New York; now, therefore, be it resolved

  That  this  Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to commemorate
the first visit of a Dominican Senate President to the  New  York  State
Senate,  Honorable  Eduardo  Estrella, and to recognize his achievements
and the importance of the relationship between  the  Dominican  Republic
and the State of New York; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Eduardo Estrella.