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Carlina Rivera introduces Auschwitz Remembrance Day resolution
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Council Member Carlina Rivera, chair of the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Intergroup Relations, opens the meeting and introduces a pre-considered resolution to recognize January 27, 2025, as the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and to commemorate January 27th annually as Auschwitz Remembrance Day in New York City.
- The resolution is sponsored by Council Members Eric Dinowitz and Keith Powers
- It aims to honor the memories of over 1,000,000 Jews and tens of thousands of others who died at Auschwitz during World War II
- Rivera calls on Council Member Dinowitz to provide remarks on the resolution
Carlina Rivera
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Thank you.
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Good morning.
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I'm council member Carlina Rivera, chair of the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Intergroup Relations.
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Today, the committee will vote on a pre considered resolution sponsored by council members Eric Dinowitz and Keith Powers, recognizing January 27, 2025 as the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp in commemorating January 27th annually as Auschwitz Remembrance Day in the city of New York to honor the memories of the over 1,000,000 Jews and tens of thousands of others who died brutally there at the hands of Nazis during World War 2.
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Now I wanna ask council member Dynowicz if he would provide some remarks.