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Governor Hochul Announces New York State Landmarks to Be Lit in Recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Government and Politics

January 27, 2025

From: New York Governor Kathy Hochul

14 Landmarks To Be Illuminated Yellow on Evening of January 27

In recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Governor Kathy Hochul on Jan 27th, announced New York State landmarks will be lit yellow this evening in honor of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.

“On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the six million Jews murdered by the Nazi regime,” Governor Hochul said. “80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, we must honor the memories of those taken from us by standing up to antisemitic hate wherever it rears its ugly head.”

Landmarks to be lit include:

- 1WTC
- Albany International Airport Gateway
- Alfred E. Smith State Office Building
- Empire State Plaza
- Fairport Lift Bridge over the Erie Canal
- Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge
- Kosciuszko Bridge
- Moynihan Train Hall
- MTA LIRR - East End Gateway at Penn Station
- Niagara Falls
- State Education Building
- State Fairgrounds – Main Gate & Expo Center
- The H. Carl McCall SUNY Building
- The “Franklin D. Roosevelt” Mid-Hudson Bridge