“”As the years pass, people do tend to forget that this was one of the darkest days in our nation’s history,”” said D’Esposito, a retired NYPD detective. Pat Ryan of Ulster County, who was in his second year at West Point on the day of the attacks, and Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-Island Park), along with Democratic Reps. Michael Lawler, a Republican from Pearl River in Rockland County. The September 11th Day of Remembrance Act was introduced late last month by Rep. 11 attacks has been marked nationwide by moments of silence, the readings of the victims’ names and flags standing at half-staff.īut a group of New York lawmakers, including one from Long Island, has proposed enshrining 9/11 as the nation’s 12th federal holiday. 9/11 would be a federal holiday under bill proposed by D’Esposito, fellow lawmakersįor the past 21 years, the anniversary of the Sept.
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