A6557 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Establishes October 7th as October 7th remembrance day to honor the victims of the October 7, 2023 attacks; declares October seventh as a holiday for students in the public schools of the city of New York; requires the chancellor of the New York city school district to provide instruction of awareness of the October seventh remembrance day to students and professional development training to teachers; requires the division of human rights to establish a statewide campaign for antisemitism prevention; makes related provisions.
- Title
- Enacts the "October 7th remembrance and education act of 2025"
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Ways And Means
- Introduced
- 2025-03-06
- Law section
- Executive Law
Sponsors
- Ari Brown Assembly Member, District 20
Co-sponsors
- Lester Chang Assembly Member, District 49
Heard in committee
- Governmental Operations NY State Assembly committee
- Ways and Means NY State Assembly committee