Assembly BillIntroduced
A 2087: Establishes the veterans' memorials preservation act.
What A 2087 does, verified January 8, 2026
The Veterans' Memorials Preservation Act aims to protect and preserve memorials dedicated to veterans in New York State. These memorials include parks, monuments, buildings, and other structures donated or constructed by public entities as tributes to US armed forces and their state counterparts. The act prohibits public entities from altering, destroying, or moving these memorials without reasonable justification. Public entities must maintain the memorials in a reasonable manner and ensure unrestricted access to them. The law takes effect immediately, providing protection for these historic tributes to veterans.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to veterans' affairs (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 2087
- What is the current status of A 2087?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 2087 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to veterans' affairs".
- Did A 2087 pass?
- Not yet. A 2087 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 2087, and where is it now?
- A 2087 was authored by Asm. Brian Manktelow with 12 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Veterans' Affairs.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to veterans' affairs |
| Jan. 15, 2025 | referred to veterans' affairs |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 15, 2025 · 357 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2087 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MANKTELOW, BRABENEC, BARCLAY, K. BROWN, DURSO, DeSTEFANO, COLTON, ANGELINO, HAWLEY, FRIEND, LEMONDES, MORINELLO, MIKULIN, MILLER, McDONOUGH, REILLY, REYES, PALMESANO, TAGUE, TANNOUS- IS, SMULLEN, SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT establishing the veterans' memorials preservation act The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "veterans' memorials preservation act". 3 § 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this act: 4 (a) a "memorial" is any park, monument, field, open land, grove of 5 trees, building, structure, artwork, tablet, plaque, wall, or any other 6 structure that has been donated to, or constructed by, a public entity 7 as a memorial to veterans of any war, conflict, or police action engaged 8 in by the armed forces of the United States, or any state of the United 9 States, or the New York national guard. 10 (b) a "public entity" is any governmental body of any kind, including, 11 but not limited to, the state, a city, town, village, borough, school 12 district or public authority. 13 § 3. Memorials shall be preserved and be open to the public. (a) Any 14 public entity that has created or received a gift of a memorial shall 15 not alter, destroy, reconfigure, adjust, change, modify or move such 16 memorial, or cause or permit any person to commit such acts; provided, 17 however, that such acts are permitted when reasonably necessary. 18 (b) Any public entity that has created a memorial or accepted a gift 19 of a memorial shall maintain the memorial in a reasonable manner. 20 (c) A public entity shall not restrict access to a memorial except as 21 reasonably necessary. 22 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00571-01-5
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