RESOLUTION
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP ROBINSON, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA-ISAAC, DIAZ AND MERANTE:
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF YONKERS PROCLAIMING AND RECOGNIZING MAY 2025 AS "ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH" THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF YONKERS.
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WHEREAS, Acknowledging the significance of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month as an important time to celebrate the contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the history of the City of Yonkers; and
WHEREAS, the people of the City of Yonkers together this May pay tribute to the contributions of generations of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have enriched the history of our City and the United States; and
WHEREAS, the Asian American and Pacific Islander community is an inherently diverse population, composed of more than 45 distinct ethnicities and more than 100 language dialects; and
WHEREAS, the month of May was selected for Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month because the first Japanese immigrants arrived in the United States in May 1843, and the first transcontinental railroad was completed on May 10, 1869, with substantial contributions from Chinese immigrants; and
WHEREAS, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have made significant contributions to the United States at all levels of the Federal Government and in the United States Armed Forces, including;
(1) Daniel K. Inouye, a Medal of Honor and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient who, as President pro tempore of the Senate, was the highest-ranking Asian-American government official in the history of the United States;
(2) Dalip Singh Saund, the first Asian-American Congressman;
(3) Patsy T. Mink, the first woman of color and Asian-American woman to be elected to Congress;
(4) Hiram L. Fong, the first Asian-American Senator;
(5) Daniel K. Akaka, the first Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry;
(6) Norman Y. Mineta, the first Asian-A...
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