New York State Department of Financial Services

01/27/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/27/2026 13:24

Governor Hochul Announces New York State Landmarks to be Illuminated in Recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27, 2026
Albany, NY

Governor Hochul Announces New York State Landmarks to be Illuminated in Recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Governor Hochul Announces New York State Landmarks to be Illuminated in Recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

16 Landmarks To Be Illuminated Yellow on Evening of January 27

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that 16 landmarks across New York State will be illuminated yellow this evening, Tuesday, January 27, in recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and in honor of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.

"On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the lives of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazi regime just over 80 years ago," Governor Hochul said. "Today, I call on New Yorkers to join me in honoring those taken from us by standing up to hate, working to heal division and polarization, and striving to root out antisemitism in New York and beyond."

These 16 landmarks will be illuminated in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day:

  • 1WTC
  • Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge
  • Kosciuszko Bridge
  • The H. Carl McCall SUNY Building
  • State Education 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
  • Grand Central Terminal - Pershing Square Viaduct
  • Albany International Airport Gateway
  • MTA LIRR - East End Gateway at Penn Station
  • Fairport Lift Bridge over the Erie Canal
  • Moynihan Train Hall
  • Roosevelt Island Lighthouse

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