Governor Hochul Directs New York State Landmarks To Be Illuminated Red, White, and Blue in Honor of Labor Day

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that landmarks across New York State will be illuminated red, white, and blue tonight, September 4, in honor of Labor Day.

"This Labor Day, I encourage every New Yorker to join us in honoring the tremendous gains of the organized labor movement and the workers who power our economy," Governor Hochul said. "My administration remains committed to making New York the most pro-worker state in the nation by supporting union labor and ensuring our workers have the benefits they so rightly deserve."

The landmarks to be lit in recognition of Labor Day include:

• One World Trade Center
• Kosciuszko Bridge
• The H. Carl McCall SUNY Building
• Alfred E. Smith State Office Building
• Empire State Plaza
• State Fairgrounds – Main Gate & Expo Center
• Niagara Falls
• The “Franklin D. Roosevelt” Mid-Hudson Bridge
• Albany International Airport Gateway
• MTA LIRR - East End Gateway at Penn Station
• Fairport Lift Bridge over the Erie Canal
• Moynihan Train Hall
• Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park

Governor Hochul has worked diligently to enact a nation-leading worker agenda, including: historic plans to increase New York’s minimum wage and index it to inflation, offering 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave to more than 150,000 state employees, and other initiatives to increase wages and benefits, expand prevailing wage, connect job seekers to employment opportunities, and help ensure retirement security for private sector workers. The Governor has also continued an aggressive crackdown on wage theft and advanced new initiatives to protect workers from discrimination, harassment, abuse, and the dangers of COVID-19 in the workplace; secure major labor benefits on transformative New York projects; and distribute grants through the new Office of Strategic Workforce Development to create training opportunities for all New Yorkers.