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NYS landmarks to be illuminated in recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Tue, Jan 27th 2026 08:05 pm

16 landmarks to be illuminated yellow

Submitted by the Office of Gov. Kathy Hochul

Gov. Kathy Hochul today announced that 16 landmarks across New York will be illuminated yellow this evening, Tuesday, Jan. 27, in recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and in honor of the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.

“On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the lives of the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazi regime just over 80 years ago,” 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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