Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2026 as Building Safety Month in the State of New York

Assembly Resolution No. 1434

BY: M. of A. Rules (Hunter)

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        May 2026, as Building Safety Month in the  State  of
        New York

  WHEREAS,  Our  State is committed to recognizing that our growth and
strength depends on the safety and essential role our  homes,  buildings
and  infrastructure  play,  both  in  everyday  life  and when disasters
strike; and

  WHEREAS, Our confidence in the resilience of  these  buildings  that
make  up  our  community  is  achieved  through the devotion of vigilant
guardians--building safety and fire  prevention  officials,  architects,
engineers,   builders,  tradespeople,  design  professionals,  laborers,
plumbers and others in the construction industry--who work year-round to
ensure the safe construction of buildings; and

  WHEREAS, These guardians are dedicated members of the  International
Code   Council,   a   nonprofit   that  brings  together  local,  state,
territorial, tribal and federal officials who are experts in  the  built
environment  to  create  and  implement  the  highest-quality  codes and
standards to protect us in the buildings where we live, learn, work  and
play; and

  WHEREAS,   These   modern   building  codes  and  standards  include
safeguards to protect  the  public  from  hazards  such  as  hurricanes,
snowstorms, tornadoes, wildland fires, floods and earthquakes; and

  WHEREAS,  Building  Safety  Month  is sponsored by the International
Code Council to remind  the  public  about  the  critical  role  of  our
communities'  largely  unknown  protectors  of  public  safety--our code
officials--who assure us of safe, sustainable and  affordable  buildings
that are essential to our prosperity; and

  WHEREAS,  "Game  On!,"  the  theme  for  Building Safety Month 2026,
encourages us all to get involved and  raise  awareness  about  building
safety on a personal, local and global scale; and

  WHEREAS,  Each  year, in observance of Building Safety Month, people
all over the world are asked  to  consider  the  commitment  to  improve
building  safety,  resilience and economic investment at home and in the
community, and to acknowledge the essential service provided to  all  of
us by local, state, tribal, territorial, and federal building safety and
fire  prevention  departments,  in  protecting  lives and property; now,
therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize  Governor  Kathy  Hochul  to  proclaim May 2026, as Building
Safety Month in the State of New York; and be it further

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.