MONDAY, MAY 7, 2018 2:42 P.M.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE HOUSE WILL COME

TO ORDER.

PASTOR NATE WILL OFFER A PRAYER.

PASTOR NATHANIEL DEMOSTHENE: THANK

YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ALMIGHTY GOD, FATHER, YOU DESIRE THAT WE ALL BE ONE -

NOT THE SAME, BUT ONE; NOT ONE PARTY, NOT ONE RACE, NOT ONE SINGLE

INTEREST, FOR WE KNOW YOU ARE GLORIFIED IN DIVERSITY. NEVERTHELESS,

YOU WANT US TO BE ONE. OF ONE HEART, ONE MIND, ONE DESIRE TO SERVE

YOU AND LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS MUCH, IF NOT MORE THAN WE SERVE

OURSELVES. THEREFORE, THIS MORNING -- THIS AFTERNOON, HELP US TO REALIZE

THAT IN SERVICE TO OTHERS, WE ARE ACTUALLY SERVING YOU. HELP US TO SERVE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

THE DISABLED; SERVE THE VULNERABLE THAT NEED PROTECTION AND CONCERN;

SERVE THE YOUNG, WHO ARE SEARCHING FOR IDENTITY AND SECURITY,

ESPECIALLY IN OUR SCHOOLS; SERVE OUR ELDERLY, WHO ARE SEARCHING FOR CARE

AND COMFORT; SERVE OUR HOMELESS AND DOWNTRODDEN, WHO ARE LONGING

FOR SHELTER; SERVE THE CONFUSED, WHO ARE LONGING FOR MENTAL AND

REHABILITATION; SERVE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED; THOSE WHO ARE

ADDICTED; THOSE WHO ARE INCARCERATED AND DEPEND UPON US FOR SAFETY

AND REHABILITATION. HELP US TO SERVE OTHERS WITHOUT OUR OPINIONS OR

SOCIAL TRENDS.

WE THANK YOU TODAY, ON HAITIAN UNITY DAY, THAT YOU

HAVE ALLOWED BOTH HAITIANS AND AMERICANS TO BE A PEOPLE JOINED AT THE

HIP. SINCE THE DAYS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND THE BATTLE OF

SAVANNAH TO THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE, THE BLOOD OF LIBERTY HAS FLOWN

THROUGH BOTH OF OUR VEINS. AS WE'VE CHOSEN TO WORK TOGETHER ON A DAY

LIKE TODAY, AS PIONEERING REPUBLICS AND DEMOCRACIES, WE PRAY FOR OUR

ELECTED OFFICIALS TO CONTINUOUSLY INSPIRE DEMOCRACY AS THEY WORK TO

GUARD US, GUIDE US THROUGH LEGISLATION. PROTECT THEM AND THEIR

FAMILIES. GIVE THEM THE COURAGE OF THEIR CONVICTIONS, AND NEVER LET

POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY REPLACE THEIR MORAL COMPASS IN DOING THIS TIRELESS

WORK THAT MAKES US SUCH A GREAT STATE. LET US BE A STATE NOT OF

INJUSTICE, PREJUDICE AND DISENFRANCHISEMENT, BUT A PLACE WHERE YOUR

LAW IS UPHELD AND YOUR PEOPLE ARE GIVEN THE DIGNITY OF BEING YOUR

CHILDREN. FORGET NOT THIS DAY OUR ARMED FORCES THAT SERVE AND

STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE TO CARE FOR OUR VETERANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO

HAVE BEEN WOUNDED PROTECTING THESE LIBERTIES AND FREEDOMS. THIS, WE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

PRAY THROUGH OUR EXAMPLE AND MARTYR, OUR MARTYR, YOUR SON, AMEN.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: VISITORS ARE INVITED

TO JOIN THE MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

(WHEREUPON, ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY LED VISITORS AND

MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.)

A QUORUM BEING PRESENT, THE CLERK WILL READ THE

JOURNAL OF FRIDAY, MAY 4TH.

MR. MORELLE.

MR. MORELLE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I MOVE

TO DISPENSE WITH THE FURTHER READING OF THE JOURNAL OF FRIDAY, MAY 4TH

AND ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO

ORDERED.

MR. MORELLE.

MR. MORELLE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. GOOD

AFTERNOON TO YOU AND TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. BEFORE I GO TO OUR

SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY, LET ME JUST NOTE THAT ON THIS DAY IN 1915, THE

LUSITANIA WAS TORPEDOED BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE OFF THE COAST OF

IRELAND. ROUGHLY 1,200 PASSENGERS ABOARD THE SHIP PERISHED,

INCLUDING 128 AMERICAN CITIZENS. FOLLOWING THE ATTACK, U.S. PRESIDENT

WOODROW WILSON CONTINUED THE NATION'S NEUTRALITY PLEDGE REGARDING

WORLD WAR I; HOWEVER, THE ACT WAS A KEY EVENT ULTIMATELY LEADING TO

THE UNITED STATES ENTRY INTO THE WAR.

AND UNDER THE HEADING OF "DID YOU KNOW", DID YOU

KNOW THAT CHESTER, NEW YORK CLAIMS TO BE THE ORIGIN OF PHILADELPHIA

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

STYLE CREAM CHEESE? CHESTER, NEW YORK, LOCATED IN THE 99TH

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, REPRESENT BY OUR FRIEND MR. -- MR. SKOUFIS. IN 19 --

I'M SORRY, IN 1872, A DAIRY FARMER NAMED WILLIAM LAWRENCE DEVELOPED

A RICHER CREAMIER CHEESE THAT HE REFERRED TO SIMPLY AS "CREAM CHEESE".

BY 1880, NEW YORK, A BUSINESSMAN NAMED ALVAH REYNOLDS DECIDED

TO BRING A MARKETING IDENTITY TO THIS UNIQUE STYLE OF CHEESE, SO HE

CALLED IT "PHILADELPHIA CREAM CHEESE", FOR REASONS THAT FOREVER WILL

PROBABLY BE UNKNOWN. A DEMAND FOR THE PRODUCT TOOK OFF UNTIL HE

SOLD THE BRAND TO KRAFT FOODS IN 1928. AND NO, IT WAS NOT A

PHILADELPHIA PRODUCT, IT WAS IN CHESTER, NEW YORK.

SO, WITH THAT, LET ME TURN TO OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY.

MEMBERS HAVE ON THEIR DESKS A MAIN CALENDAR WHICH CONTAINS 32 NEW

BILLS, WHICH MEMBERS HAVE NOT SEEN ON THE CALENDAR BEFORE TODAY. WE

ALSO HAVE A DEBATE LIST ON EVERYONE'S DESK. AFTER INTRODUCTIONS AND

HOUSEKEEPING, AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INTRODUCTIONS,

WE WILL BEGIN OUR WORK ON THE FLOOR BY TAKING UP RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 3

OF THE CALENDAR, AND TAKING UP THE NEW BILLS TO THE CALENDAR. WE WILL

DO THAT BY CONSENTING, BEGINNING WITH CALENDAR NO. 798.

SO, MR. SPEAKER, IF THERE ARE INTRODUCTIONS AND

HOUSEKEEPING, THIS WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE THE TIME TO TAKE THEM UP.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. WE WILL

DO HOUSEKEEPING FIRST.

ON A MOTION BY MR. MOSLEY, PAGE 22, CALENDAR NO.

124, BILL NO. 1656, THE AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

ON A MOTION BY MR. DINOWITZ, PAGE 76, CALENDAR NO.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

723, BILL NO. A-9764, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF A (SIC) INTRODUCTION, MS. JAFFEE.

MS. JAFFEE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I'M GOING TO

MAKE AN INTRODUCTION, I'M SO PROUD -- I ALSO WANT TO IN -- HAVE THIS

INTRODUCTION ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER ZEBROWSKI AND SKOUFIS, AS

WELL. I'M SO PROUD TO BE INTRODUCING PASTOR NATHANIEL DEMOSTHENE.

HE HAS BEEN A LEAD PASTOR FOR THE FIRST TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN CHURCH SINCE

2010. HE'S MARRIED TO EVANGELIST MYRLANDE DEMOSTHENE, AND THEY

HAVE TWO CHILDREN, A DAUGHTER AND A SON. HE TOOK OVER THE CHURCH IN

TRANSITION, AND HELPED EXPAND IT TO A NEW SANCTUARY, AS WELL AS NEWLY

INTEGRATED MULTIFACETED PROGRAMS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AND MEMBERS

GROW SPIRITUALLY, SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY AND PHYSICALLY. HIS PASSION IS

TO SEE THE COMMUNITY-AT-LARGE GROW IN A POSITIVE LIGHT AS A RESPONSE TO

THE CHURCH'S INFLUENCE OUTSIDE ITS WALLS. HE'S ALSO A PROFESSOR AT

ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND HE LOVES PLAYING BASKETBALL AND

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN HIS SPARE TIME.

SO, MR. SPEAKER, PLEASE EXTEND THE CORDIALITIES OF THE

HOUSE FOR OUR WONDERFUL PASTOR, NATHANIEL DEMOSTHENE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

MS. JAFFE, MR. ZEBROWSKI, MR. SKOUFIS, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE

MEMBERS, PASTOR NATE, WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE YOU HERE. WE EXTEND TO

YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND STARTING OUR

SESSION OFF WITH A PRAYER, AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL COME BACK AND VISIT

US OFTEN. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

MS. BICHOTTE FOR AN INTRODUCTION.

MS. BICHOTTE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR

ALLOWING ME TO MAKE THIS INTRODUCTION.

TODAY IS HAITIAN UNITY DAY!

(APPLAUSE)

AND TODAY WE ARE COMMEMORATING ALL OF THOSE,

ESPECIALLY OF THOSE OF -- OF HAITIAN DESCENT, WHO HAS (SIC) IMPACTED NOT

ONLY THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT THE WORLD. YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE

THINK OF HAITI, WE -- WE OFTEN THINK OF THE NEGATIVE THINGS. BUT WE

KNOW HERE IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE, WE COMMEMORATE, WE BRING THE

POSITIVE THINGS. AND SO WITH US HERE TODAY, AS THEY STAND UP IN THE

BACK, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THE MANY, MANY CONSTITUENTS FROM ALL

OVER THE STATE OF NEW YORK. WE HAVE THEM HERE IN THE BACK, WE HAVE

THEM HERE IN THE GALLERY. WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM ROCKLAND COUNTY.

WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM LONG ISLAND, SUFFOLK AND NASSAU. WE HAVE

MEMBERS FROM THE FIVE BOROUGHS OF NEW YORK CITY, BROOKLYN,

QUEENS, STATEN ISLAND, MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX. WE ALSO HAVE

PEOPLE FROM WHITE PLAINS AND NEW JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT.

WE HAVE BROUGHT MANY DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS ACROSS

THE STATE. WE HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. WE HAVE NURSES. WE

HAVE DOCTORS. WE BUSINESSMENS (SIC). WE HAVE TEACHERS AND SCHOOL

ADMINISTRATORS. WE HAVE CHEFS AND COOKS. AND WE HAVE LABOR

PARTNERS. WE HAVE MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT CLUBS. WE ARE JUST REALLY

EXCITED.

AND AMONGST THOSE, WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE THE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

VICE CONSULATE WITH US OF CLAUDE AMBROISE. WE ALSO HAVE TWO

ELECTED OFFICIALS, COUNCILWOMAN VALERIE CARTRIGHT FROM SUFFOLK --

(APPLAUSE)

-- COUNTY.

(APPLAUSE)

WE ALSO HAVE TRUSTEE EUDSON TYSON FRANCOIS FROM

SPRING VALLEY.

(APPLAUSE)

AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR GUEST OF HONOR TODAY,

WHO IS KARINE JEAN-PIERRE, A NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON OF MOVEON.ORG --

(APPLAUSE)

-- A CONTRIBUTOR OF CNN, MSNBC, AND GOES ON. WE

ARE JUST REALLY DELIGHTED TO HAVE ALL OF US AMONGST THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE,

AMONGST THE STATE LEGISLATORS.

AND PLEASE, MR. SPEAKER, WE ASK YOU -- THAT YOU GIVE

ALL OF US, HAITIANS, HAITIANS FROM ALL OVER -- AND WE WANT TO THANK OUR

COLLEAGUES, ALSO, ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES FOR PARTICIPATING AND

COSPONSORING OUR EVENT TODAY. SO WE FEEL THE LOVE. WE FEEL THE

BLESSING. AND WE ASK YOU TO BRING GREETINGS TO ALL OF THEM.

THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY.

(APPLAUSE)

ON BEHALF OF MS. BICHOTTE, MS. SOLAGES, MS.

JEAN-PIERRE, MR. VANEL, MS. JAFFEE, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS,

WE WELCOME YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. WE EXTEND TO

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE, IT IS A PLACE

WHERE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WELCOME. AND WE GLORY IN YOUR HERITAGE AS

YOU CELEBRATE YOUR HERITAGE TODAY. THANK YOU, AND ALWAYS FEEL

WELCOME HERE.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. BUCHWALD FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN INTRODUCTION.

MR. BUCHWALD: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. ALONG

THE SAME LINES, BECAUSE IT'S THEIR FIRST TIME HERE AS PART OF HAITIAN

UNITY DAY, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE TWO RESIDENTS OF THE WHITE PLAINS

COMMUNITY, HEATHER MILLER AND MYRLENE CHAUVETTE. THEY ARE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF THE THOMAS H. SLATER

CENTER, WHICH HOUSES THE HAITIAN RESOURCE CENTER. SO, IF I COULD ASK

THEM IN THE BALCONY TO PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED, AND WELCOME

THEM AND ALL OF THE FOLKS HERE WHO ARE PART OF HAITIAN UNITY DAY, BUT

IN PARTICULAR, IF I CAN ON BEHALF OF THE WESTCHESTER DELEGATION BE VERY

PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WESTCHESTER IS REPRESENTED IN PART BECAUSE OF THE

GREAT HAITIAN-AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY

AND TO THE GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.

SPEAKER.

(APPLAUSE)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MR. BUCHWALD AND MS. JAFFEE, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE

WELCOME THESE DISTINGUISHED REPRESENTATIVES OF WEST -- WHITE PLAINS

AND WESTCHESTER AND, OF COURSE, OF THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY. WE HOPE

THAT YOU WILL FIND THIS TIME PERFECT. YOU ARE ALSO EXTENDED THE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY YOUR TRIP HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. MURRAY.

MR. MURRAY: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR

ALLOWING ME TO INTERRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN

INTRODUCTION. WE'RE JOINED TODAY BY A VERY SPECIAL GUEST FROM MY

DISTRICT, KARA STINGO. SHE IS A SENIOR AT PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH

SCHOOL, AND LAST YEAR SHE WAS ACTUALLY SELECTED AS THE WINNER OF OUR

PHOTO CONTEST IN THE 3RD ASSEMBLY DISTRICT. SHE HAS MANY HOBBIES.

VERY, VERY TALENTED YOUNG LADY. SHE PARTICIPATES IN DANCE, DOES CAKE

DECORATING AND PHOTOGRAPHY, TO NAME A FEW. RECENTLY, KARA COMPETED

ON THE NEW YORK STATE LEVEL IN A COMMERCIAL BAKING COMPETITION, AND

SHE WON FIRST PLACE. SHE WILL THEN BE COMPETING AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL

ON JUNE 25TH IN KENTUCKY, REPRESENTING NEW YORK AND, IN PARTICULAR,

THE 3RD ASSEMBLY DISTRICT. KARA IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ART

HONOR SOCIETY, AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL HONOR SOCIETY. THIS

SUMMER, SHE'LL BE WORKING AS AN ASSISTANT BAKER AT MADEMOISELLE

PATISSERIE, A NEW BAKERY OPENING IN THE VILLAGE OF PATCHOGUE. IN THE

FALL, KARA WILL BE ATTENDING JOHNSON AND WALES IN THE FIELD OF BAKING

AND PASTRY ARTS. AND TODAY, SHE IS JOINED BY HER MOTHER, LYNN STINGO -

IF LYNN COULD JOIN - THERE SHE IS.

AND WE WISH KARA AND HER FAMILY ALL THE BEST AS THEIR

FUTURE IS BRIGHT AND VERY PROMISING. AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE HELP US

IN JOINING -- JOINING AND INVITING THEM HERE TODAY TO ENJOY ALL THE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

FESTIVITIES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MR. MURRAY, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME BOTH OF

YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, EXTEND TO YOU THE

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. OUR BEST WISHES ON A BRIGHT FUTURE THAT APPEARS

TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU. AND WE HOPE THAT MAYBE AT SOME POINT IN TIME,

WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE IN THIS DELIGHTFUL HABIT YOU HAVE, THIS CAREER IN

BAKING. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

MS. JAFFEE.

MS. JAFFEE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I WANT TO

RECOGNIZE MARILYN LASTAJ DE FOREST AND MARIE CARMEL CARGON. THEY

ARE MEMBERS OF THE HAITIAN NURSES ASSOCIATION. MR. SPEAKER, I WOULD

THAT YOU GIVE -- ASK THEM -- YOU PROVIDE THEM THE -- EXTEND TO THEM THE

CORDIALITIES OF THE HOUSE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MS. JAFFEE, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME THESE

TWO NURSES HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, EXTEND THE

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR TO YOU, AND OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT

YOU DO IN KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY AND HELPING THEM GET WELL. THANK

YOU SO VERY MUCH. IT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK AND WE KNOW YOU DO IT

WELL. THANK YOU.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. DIPIETRO.

MR. DIPIETRO: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. IT'S MY

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

HONOR TO INTRODUCE THREE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, JENNIFER RUMFOLA, VANESSA

PATRONE AND DR. VICKI KNAPP. THE LATTER TWO ARE FROM -- THEY

REPRESENT DAEMEN COLLEGE AND THEY'RE ALL LICENSED BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS,

AND IT'S THEIR TIME FIRST TIME IN ALBANY. AND THEY'RE ENJOYING IT

TREMENDOUSLY, WHICH I FIND HARD, BUT THAT'S GOOD FOR THEM. THEY LOVE

THE SIGHTS, AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO KINDLY WELCOME THEM AND -- AND

GIVE THEM A GOOD IMPRESSION AS WE MOVE ON WITH OUR DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MR. DIPIETRO, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU

HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE

COME AND JOINED US. WE HOPE THAT YOUR JOY WILL PASS ON TO MR.

DIPIETRO, LIGHTEN HIS SPIRITS A LITTLE, HE MAY NEED A LITTLE OF YOUR

ATTENTION. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS

WELCOME HERE.

(APPLAUSE)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

(PAUSE)

AND WE HAVE ENDED OUR INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE

MOMENT, MR. MORELLE.

SHH.

MR. MORELLE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. IF WE

COULD GO TO PAGE 3 AND BEGIN WITH RESOLUTIONS, BEGINNING WITH NO.

1130 BY MS. SOLAGES. I UNDERSTAND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WISH TO SPEAK

ON THAT RESOLUTION. AND THEN ON THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION, I UNDERSTAND

MRS. GUNTHER WOULD LIKE TO BE HEARD, AS WELL.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 1130, MS.

SOLAGES. LEGISLATION RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR ANDREW M.

CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 7TH, 2018 AS HAITIAN UNITY DAY IN NEW YORK,

IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OBSERVANCE OF HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. SOLAGES ON THE

RESOLUTION.

MS. SOLAGES: IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN. MAY,

HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH, A MONTH WHERE WE CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS

OF HAITIAN-AMERICANS IN NEW YORK. AND IT'S AMAZING THAT WE'RE

CELEBRATING SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE AND WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE IN

THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE, LOOKING TO RECOGNIZE A GREAT INDIVIDUAL, A GREAT

IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WE HEAR THE RHETORIC THAT'S GOING

ON RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S KIND OF REMINISCENT OF WHAT WAS SAID IN THE '80S

AND '90S WHEN HAITIAN-AMERICANS WERE STARTING TO COME HERE TO NEW

YORK STATE. BUT, WE ARE STRONG PEOPLE. WE DON'T LISTEN TO THE

NEGATIVE, WE TURN IT INTO A POSITIVE, WHETHER IT'S ON OUR LITTLE ISLAND OR

HERE IN -- IN NEW YORK STATE.

AND I HAVE SUCH STRONG MENTORS, WHICH INCLUDE

MAGLIA POLO AND MAURICE EVHAFALE, WHO STAND BY ME EVERY DAY AND

ENCOURAGE ME TO CONTINUE ON, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE SAY HATEFUL THINGS

ABOUT US. BUT WE STAND PROUD, AND WE STAND TALL, BECAUSE WE HAVE

ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION. WE ARE PROFESSIONALS IN EVERY REALM OF

SOCIETY, WHETHER IT'S DOCTORS, LAWYERS, ENGINEERS, AND OTHER PROFESSIONS,

LIKE CNN REPORTER. AND SO, KUDOS TO OUR HONOREE. BUT, ONCE AGAIN,

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

WE ARE STRONG PEOPLE, AND WE ARE, TODAY, ALL HAITIAN BY ASSOCIATION. SO

SAK PASE N'AP BOULE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND, SPEAKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING THIS

RESOLUTION ON THE FLOOR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. BARRON ON THE

RESOLUTION.

MR. BARRON: I ALWAYS TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO

HONOR OUR HAITIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, BECAUSE WHEN WE HONOR THEM,

WE HONOR THE BEST IN US. IT WAS THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION, THE FIRST IN THE

WESTERN HEMISPHERE THAT INSPIRED AFRICAN PEOPLE IN AMERICA TO RISE

UP ON PLANTATIONS. IT WAS THE EARLY REVOLUTIONARIES, BOUKMAN,

DESSALINES, TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE, HENRI CHRISTOPHE, THESE WERE THE

NAMES OF PEOPLE THAT INSPIRED HARRIET TUBMAN, THAT INSPIRED NAT

TURNER, THAT INSPIRED ALL OF US TO FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM HERE IN

AMERICA. AND THEIR FIGHTING WAS SO FIERCEFUL, AS THEY WERE BEATING

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, THE FRENCH GENERAL, THEY WERE BEATING HIM SO

BADLY THAT THEY HAD TO SELL LOUISIANA TO THE UNITED STATES. AND THAT'S

HOW THE UNITED STATES GOT LOUISIANA, BECAUSE THE HAITIAN

REVOLUTIONARIES WERE WHIPPING UP THE GREAT NAPOLEON, BEATING HIM

BADLY, SO MUCH SO THAT THEY HAD TO SELL THAT TO THE UNITED STATES.

SO, THE UNITED STATES OWES A DEBT TO HAITI, JUST AS

FRANCE DOES. FRANCE OWES A DEBT TO HAITI. FRANCE HAS A LOT OF NERVE TO

HAVE HAITI PAYING REPARATIONS TO FRANCE? WE SHOULD REVERSE THAT.

FRANCE SHOULD BE PAYING REPARATIONS TO HAITI. SO, WE'RE GOING TO

CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR HAITIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. AND THE UNITED

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

STATES DOESN'T WALK AWAY CLEANLY, BECAUSE THE MARINES OCCUPIED HAITI

IN 1915. THE MARINES COLONIZED HAITI IN 1915 --

(APPLAUSE)

-- SO UNITED STATES OWES REPARATIONS TO HAITI. SO

WHEN YOU PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES, AND WE PUT YOUR

HANDS OVER YOUR HEARTS, PUT THEM OVER YOUR MINDS, TOO, AND TELL

AMERICA TO PAY THE DEBT TO HAITI BECAUSE THEY OWE HAITI REPARATIONS.

(APPLAUSE)

SO, ON THIS DAY AS WE CELEBRATE HAITI, WE ARE ALL

AFRICAN PEOPLE. I ALWAYS SAY THAT DR. JOHN HENRIK CLARKE, THE GREAT

HISTORIAN, SAID, WE'RE NOT WHO WE ARE BASED UPON WHERE THE BOATS

DROPPED US OFF, WE'RE WHO WE ARE BASED UPON WHERE THE BOATS PICKED

US UP FROM. AND THEY PICKED US ALL UP FROM AFRICA. DROPPED YOU OFF

IN HAITI, DROPPED US OFF IN AMERICA, DROPPED SOME OFF IN TRINIDAD AND

JAMAICA AND IN BRAZIL, BUT WE ARE ONE AFRICAN PEOPLE, AND WHEN YOU

MESS WITH ONE OF US, YOU'VE MESSED WITH ALL OF US.

(APPLAUSE)

SO WE SAY, RIGHT-ON TO HAITI. WE HONOR HAITIAN DAY.

(APPLAUSE)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. JEAN-PIERRE ON

THE RESOLUTION.

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO GO AFTER YOU,

BARRON. BUT I'M A PROUD HAITIAN-AMERICAN, AND I JUST -- I JUST -- AND I

WANT TO THANK -- FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR

INTRODUCING THIS LEGISLATION, THIS RESOLUTION, TO NOT ONLY RECOGNIZE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

1803-1804, 1791-1803, BUT TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY BEAUTY WE HAVE

RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM, HOW HARD WE WORK, AND HOW HARD WE WORK TO

MAKE AMERICA GREAT. AND WE EACH PLAY A PART IN THIS COUNTRY. AND I

AM SO HONORED AND PROUD THAT WE IN THIS CHAMBER, IN THIS LEGISLATURE,

WE CAN CELEBRATE THE CULTURE AND THE BEAUTY OF HAITI AND HAITIANS. IT IS

AN HONOR TO -- TO CONTINUE THIS LEGACY WITH MY TWO-YEAR-OLD, TO KNOW

THAT I -- TO LET HER KNOW THAT I AM A PROUD HAITIAN-AMERICAN, AND THAT

SHE, TOO, SHOULD BE AND WILL BE A PROUD HAITIAN-AMERICAN. BECAUSE

THIS IS WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY GREAT, HAITIANS AND ALL DIVERSITY.

AGAIN, THANK YOU. AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF MY LONG ISLANDERS

WHO ARE HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE HAITIAN UNITY DAY.

(APPLAUSE)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. VANEL.

MR. VANEL: I'M PROUD TO BE HERE FOR HAITIAN UNITY

DAY 2018. HAITIAN UNITY DAY IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT DAY. IT'S A DAY

THAT I STAND A LITTLE TALLER. WHEN WE STAND AND SEE HOW ALL THE POWERFUL

MEN AND WOMEN FROM AROUND THIS STATE OF HAITIAN DESCENT ARE HERE.

ONE OF THINGS IS, WHO TELLS YOUR STORY? AND WHAT IS YOUR STORY? THE

STORY OF HAITI IS A STORY OF POWER. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE

HISTORY OF HAITI, BECAUSE THE HISTORY OF HAITI IS A VERY, VERY POWERFUL

HISTORY. BUT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE HAITIAN-AMERICANS OF TODAY.

TODAY, WE HAVE LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ACROSS THE

STATE. PRINCIPALS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, DOCTORS, LAWYERS, THAT -- BUSINESS

OWNERS, THAT CONTRIBUTE TO NEW YORK AND TO NEW YORK STATE, THAT

CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ECONOMY. THESE ARE AMERICANS.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

THESE ARE -- THESE PROVIDE THE GREAT AMERICAN STORY SO -- THAT WE ARE

SO FAMILIAR OF. THAT IS THE HAITIAN STORY. THAT'S THE HAITIAN-AMERICAN

STORY. SO I STAND HERE PROUD TO STAND WITH MY OTHER

HAITIAN-AMERICANS AND MY HAITIAN-AMERICAN NEW YORKERS, WHO ARE

AMONG THE BEST OF THE BEST IN OUR STATE AND IN OUR COUNTRY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

(APPLAUSE)

MS. JAFFEE ON THE RESOLUTION.

MS. JAFFEE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. IT TRULY IS AN

HONOR FOR ME TODAY TO STAND HERE AND CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE, AND THIS IS

OUR 9TH HAITIAN UNITY DAY IN OUR CHAMBER; TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR

HAITI'S LEGACY OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WE

ABSOLUTELY IN -- IN MY DISTRICT, I THINK WE ARE HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST

HAITIAN COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK. THEY'RE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR

COMMUNITY AND OUR WORKFORCE. THEY ARE LEADERS AND COMMUNITY

PARTICIPANTS, ADVOCATES. AND THE YOUTH ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY

SCHOOLS AND OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. SO, IT IS REALLY AN HONOR TO BE

JOINING YOU ALL TODAY AND TO SHARE THIS MOMENT AS WE WELCOME

MEMBERS OF OUR HAITIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR

SIGNIFICANT AND COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEW YORK. THEY HAVE

ENRICHED OUR NATION AND OUR STATE.

THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. BLAKE ON THE RESOLUTION.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

MR. BLAKE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. OBVIOUSLY,

WE ARE EXCITED AND -- AND GRATEFUL FOR THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY BEING

HERE YET AGAIN. WE CONTINUE TO STAND WITH OUR HAITIANS SISTERS AND --

AND BROTHERS. AS MEMBER BARRON MENTIONED ALREADY, FOR ANY OF US TO

HAVE APPRECIATION OF OUR HISTORY, IN PARTICULAR BLACK HISTORY, THE

HAITIAN COMMUNITY BEING THE FIRST THAT LED A SUCCESSFUL REVOLT, WE ARE

GRATEFUL FOR THEM.

BUT IN PARTICULAR, FOLLOWING IN A PREVIOUS MEMBER'S

COMMENTS, HIGHLIGHTING TWO MEMBERS OF THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY, WHO,

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY ADMIRABLY

AND HONORABLY, TO KARINE JEAN-PIERRE, WHO IS A VERY DEAR FRIEND OF

MINE, MR. SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES. KARINE HAS -- HAS SERVED PRESIDENT

OBAMA IN MULTIPLE CAPACITIES. SHE WAS ONE OF OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS,

SHE WAS ONE OF OUR NATIONAL DEPUTY DIRECTORS, AND WHENEVER WE GET TO

SEE HER ON TV, IT SHOULD MAKE US ALL PROUD OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN

WOMEN OF COLOR ARE IN LEADERSHIP.

AND THEN EQUALLY, TO PATRICK GASPARD, WHO WAS THE

FORMER AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH AFRICA, WHO IS NOW PRESIDENT OF OPEN

SOCIETY FOUNDATION. IT SHOWS US YET AGAIN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE

HAVE OUR HAITIAN SISTERS AND BROTHERS IN LEADERSHIP.

AND SO WE STAND WITH THEM, WE HONOR THEM, WE'RE

GRATEFUL FOR THEM. AND, OBVIOUSLY, EVEN THOUGH I STILL BELIEVE

JAMAICANS HAVE BETTER FOOD RIGHT NOW --

(LAUGHTER)

-- I WILL ALWAYS STAND WITH MY HAITIAN SISTERS AND

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

BROTHERS AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HONORING THEM AGAIN TODAY.

(APPLAUSE)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS

ADOPTED.

(APPLAUSE)

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 1131, MRS.

GUNTHER. LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR ANDREW M.

CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 6-12, 2018 AS NURSES WEEK IN THE STATE OF

NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MRS. GUNTHER ON THE

RESOLUTION.

MRS. GUNTHER: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AS A

REGISTERED NURSE, IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO OFFER THIS RESOLUTION

PROCLAIMING MAY 6TH-12TH AS NURSES WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

NURSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. I CAN TELL YOU THAT

FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE, WE ARE THE BACKBONE. AND AS OUR

POPULATION AGES, THE NEEDS FOR NURSES WILL CONTINUE. THIS BODY HAS

SHOWN INCREDIBLE SUPPORT FOR ALL OF OUR NURSES, FROM ENDING MANDATORY

OVERTIME TO PASSING SAFE PATIENT HANDLING. LEGISLATION CRITICAL TO

IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF CARE PATIENTS RECEIVE, PROTECTING NURSES FROM

AVOID -- AVOIDABLE INJURIES, AND REDUCING WORKMANS' COMPENSATION

COSTS FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.

AND, AGAIN, AND REALLY MORE MOST IMPORTANT, WE

DECREASE ADMIT -- READMISSIONS, WE INCREASE OUR PATIENT OUTCOMES, AND

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

WE DECREASE COSTS. THIS WEEK, WE ARE MAKING ANOTHER PUSH FOR THE

PASSAGE OF SAFE STAFFING FOR QUALITY CARE ACT. THEY'VE DONE IT IN

CALIFORNIA, THEY'VE DONE IT IN AUSTRALIA, AND THEY'VE DONE IT WITH GREAT,

GREAT OUTCOMES. THEY ACTUALLY, IN CALIFORNIA, HAD A 3 PERCENT INCREASE

IN PROFITS. AS NURSES WEEK BEGINS, WE SHOULD ALL TAKE A MOMENT TO

REMEMBER AND THANK THE NURSES WHO HAVE TOUCHED OUR LIVES AND CARED

FOR US, OUR FRIENDS AND OUR FAMILIES. THANK YOU.

(APPLAUSE)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON --

MS. MELISSA MILLER.

MS. MILLER: NEVER TO DIMINISH THE PHYSICIANS, BUT,

NOT AS A NURSE MYSELF, BUT AS A FAMILY MEMBER WHO HAS RELIED ON

NURSES FOR HER CHILDREN'S LIVES AND FAMILY MEMBERS' LIVES, I WANT TO

TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM, AND HOW APPRECIATIVE WE

SHOULD ALL BE, OF THE NURSES IS IN THIS STATE. WE ARE THE LUCKIEST PEOPLE,

WE HAVE SUPERIOR NURSES IN THIS STATE. THEY CARE FOR OUR LOVED ONES

FROM BEFORE BIRTH UNTIL DEATH, AND EVEN THEREAFTER, IN THE HOME, IN THE

HOSPITALS, IN FACILITIES. THEY ARE MORE THAN THE BACKBONE. THEY ARE

WHO CARES FOR YOU WHEN YOU'RE IN THE HOME, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE

HOSPITAL, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE UNIT. THE SAFE STAFFING IS IMPERATIVE.

EXPERIENCE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH. YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE

THIS -- A SAFE NUMBER OF NURSES COVERING A UNIT.

I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND, OLIVER, WHO YOU'VE ALL MET, HE

WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL IF IT WEREN'T FOR A NURSE TO GO WITH

HIM. HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO JUST GO TO SCHOOL IF HE DIDN'T HAVE A

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

NURSE. HE ONLY GETS TO GO TO SCHOOL THREE DAYS A WEEK RIGHT NOW

BECAUSE HE ONLY HAS A NURSE THREE DAYS A WEEK. SO, I CAN'T TELL YOU

HOW IMPORTANT NURSES ARE. SO PLEASE, TAKE A MOMENT, WHEN YOU SEE A

NURSE, THERE ARE A BUNCH OF THEM OUT THERE, SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO

THESE NURSES. THEY ARE THE BACKBONE.

(APPLAUSE)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS

ADOPTED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 1132, MS.

MALLIOTAKIS. LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR ANDREW

M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 6-12, 2018 AS HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS

WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS

ADOPTED.

MR. MORELLE.

SHH.

MR. MORELLE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AS I

INDICATED EARLIER, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE CONSENTING BILLS ON THE CALENDAR,

STARTING WITH PAGE 82, WHERE WE LEFT OFF LAST WEEK, WITH CALENDAR NO.

798 BY MR. DINOWITZ.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08511, CALENDAR NO.

798, DINOWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, L. ROSENTHAL, COLTON, TAYLOR, MOSLEY

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

ARROYO, GLICK, COOK, PICHARDO, BARRON, D'URSO, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON,

RIVERA, AUBRY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO A

PROHIBITION ON DIVERSION OF FUNDS DEDICATED TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

SYSTEMS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MR. MORELLE.

MR. MORELLE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. LADIES

AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS OUR FIRST VOTE OF THE AFTERNOON, SO PLEASE CAST

YOUR VOTES. THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE STILL NEAR THE CHAMBER OR OVER IN

THEIR OFFICE, THEY SHOULD MAKE THEIR WAY OVER QUICKLY SO THEY CAN CAST

THEIR FIRST VOTE OF THE DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: FIRST VOTE OF THE DAY,

MEMBERS.

MR. DINOWITZ TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. DINOWITZ: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I

APPRECIATE SEEING ALL THOSE GREEN LIGHTS UP THERE. I THINK AS EVERYBODY

KNOWS, FOR MANY YEARS, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE PAST YEAR, THE NEW YORK

CITY TRANSIT SYSTEM HAS FACED A SEVERE CRISIS, AND TRANSIT SYSTEMS

AROUND THE STATE HAVE HAD MAJOR ISSUES, AS WELL. AND ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT MANY OF US HAVE POINTED OUT IS THE REPEATED DIVERSION OF MONEY

AWAY FROM OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

WE ALLOCATE MONEY FOR MASS TRANSIT, IN MY CASE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE

MTA, THAT THE MONEY IS SPENT THE WAY WE INTENDED TO SPEND -- SPEND

IT, AND THAT IT'S SPENT. AND GIVEN THE SITUATION WITH THE NEW YORK CITY

SUBWAYS, AND ALSO OUR BUSES, IT'S URGENT THAT THIS BILL PASS. AND I'M

PLEASED -- I BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY PASSED THE OTHER HOUSE, AND I LOOK

FORWARD TO SEEING THE GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE ON IT. SO I VOTE YES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. DINOWITZ IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08683-A, CALENDAR

NO. 799, GOTTFRIED, GALEF. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN

RELATION TO THE WRITTEN SUMMARY RELATING TO PROSTATE CANCER; AND TO

AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO COVERAGE OF DIAGNOSTIC

SCREENING FOR PROSTATE CANCER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08724, CALENDAR NO.

800, JEAN-PIERRE, DICKENS, SIMOTAS, MOSLEY, MURRAY, BRABENEC,

TITONE, THIELE, B. MILLER, PELLEGRINO, WEPRIN. AN ACT TO AMEND

CHAPTER 122 OF THE LAWS OF 2015 RELATING TO TAX ASSESSMENTS FOR

CERTAIN IMPROVED PROPERTIES AFFECTED BY SUPERSTORM SANDY, IN RELATION

TO EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR TAX EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08844, CALENDAR NO.

801, BUCHWALD, ORTIZ. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW,

IN RELATION TO INSURANCE RESERVE FUNDS FOR THE BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL

DISTRICT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08920, CALENDAR NO.

802, GALEF. AN ACT DIRECTING THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND

FINANCE TO SUBMIT A REPORT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITY MASS REAL PROPERTY;

AND TO REPEAL CHAPTER 501 OF THE LAWS OF 2017, AMENDING THE REAL

PROPERTY TAX LAW RELATING TO ESTABLISHING AN ENERGY-RELATED PUBLIC

UTILITY MASS REAL PROPERTY CENTRAL ASSESSMENT PILOT PROGRAM.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MRS.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

GALEF, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS

ADVANCED. THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08937, CALENDAR NO.

803, THIELE. AN ACT TO REPEAL ARTICLE 23 OF THE ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT LAW, IN RELATION TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW YORK

SEAFOOD MARKETING TASK FORCE AND RELATING TO STATE AGENCIES HAVING

SEAFOOD MARKETING ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS WITH RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS;

AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS UPON EXPIRATION

THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

THIELE, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS

ADVANCED. THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08952, CALENDAR NO.

804, MORELLE, HOOPER, WEPRIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EDUCATION LAW,

IN RELATION TO THE EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION FOR PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL

NURSING; AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 502 OF THE LAWS OF 2017, AMENDING THE

EDUCATION LAW RELATING TO THE EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION FOR PRACTICE OF

PROFESSIONAL NURSING AND CREATING A TEMPORARY NURSING PROGRAM, IN

RELATION TO THE NURSING PROGRAM EVALUATION COMMISSION AND TO THE

EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

MORELLE, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08959, CALENDAR NO.

805, ROZIC, AUBRY, WEPRIN, WALLACE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CORRECTION

LAW AND A CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF 2017 AMENDING THE CORRECTION LAW

RELATING TO ASSURING REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR FEMALE INMATES ARE

EQUIVALENT TO PROGRAMS AFFORDED MALE INMATES, AS PROPOSED IN

LEGISLATIVE BILLS NUMBERS S. 3498 AND A. 2534, IN RELATION TO MAKING

CERTAIN TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS THERETO.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

ROZIC, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08961, CALENDAR NO.

806, DE LA ROSA, WEPRIN, ABINANTI. AN ACT TO AMEND THE MENTAL

HYGIENE LAW, IN RELATION TO THE PREVENTION OF SUICIDE; AND TO AMEND A

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF 2017, AMENDING THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW

RELATING TO ESTABLISHING THE ADOLESCENT SUICIDE PREVENTION ADVISORY

COUNCIL, AS PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS NUMBERS S. 5500-C AND A.

7225-B, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF; AND REPEALING SECTION

41.56 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW RELATING THERETO.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

DE LA ROSA, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS

ADVANCED. THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09004, CALENDAR NO.

807, GOTTFRIED. AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN RELATION

TO NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; AND TO

REPEAL SECTION 1 OF A CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF 2017, AMENDING THE

SOCIAL SERVICES LAW RELATING TO NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY

FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, AS PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS NUMBERS S.

1241-A AND A. 5175-A, RELATING THERETO.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

GOTTFRIED, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS

ADVANCED. THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09005, CALENDAR NO.

808, ENGLEBRIGHT, WEPRIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATE FINANCE LAW, IN

RELATION TO MONIES INCLUDED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FUND.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09579-A, CALENDAR

NO. 809, WOERNER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO

INCLUDING ROUND LAKE IN THE LIST OF INLAND WATERWAYS ELIGIBLE FOR THE

LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09687, CALENDAR NO.

810, PRETLOW. AN ACT TO AMEND THE RACING, PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING AND

BREEDING LAW, IN RELATION TO CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO THE HORSEMEN'S

ORGANIZATION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09692, CALENDAR NO.

811, ROZIC, PAULIN, TITONE, LUPARDO, COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, L.

ROSENTHAL, OTIS, ABINANTI, FAHY, STIRPE, LIFTON, SIMOTAS, WEPRIN. AN

ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO FOOD

SERVICE WASTE REDUCTION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09711, CALENDAR NO.

812, SCHIMMINGER, PEOPLES-STOKES. AN ACT TO AMEND THE LOCAL

FINANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO THE SALE OF MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS BY THE

COUNTY OF ERIE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HOME RULE MESSAGE

IS AT THE DESK. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09792, CALENDAR NO.

813, DIPIETRO. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 185 OF THE LAWS OF 2005,

AMENDING THE TAX LAW RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY OF WYOMING

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

TO IMPOSE A COUNTY RECORDING TAX ON OBLIGATIONS SECURED BY A

MORTGAGE ON REAL PROPERTY, IN RELATION TO THE EXPIRATION THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HOME RULE MESSAGE

IS AT THE DESK. THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09851, CALENDAR NO.

814, WOERNER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW,

IN RELATION TO A LICENSE TO SELL LIQUOR AT RETAIL FOR CONSUMPTION ON

CERTAIN PREMISES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09869, CALENDAR NO.

815, ABINANTI, M. L. MILLER, MCDONALD. AN ACT TO AMEND PUBLIC

HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO ADDING AUTISM TO THE LIST OF CONDITIONS

COVERED FOR LAWFUL MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09922, CALENDAR NO.

816, BUCHWALD, SANTABARBARA, D'URSO, ZEBROWSKI, PAULIN, NIOU,

MCDONALD, VANEL, WRIGHT, GALEF, SEAWRIGHT, BLAKE, MONTESANO,

CROUCH, SIMON, RIVERA, GOTTFRIED, SKOUFIS, LAWRENCE, CAHILL, DAVILA,

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

GLICK, PELLEGRINO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELECTION LAW, IN RELATION TO

PUBLISHING LOCAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT DECEMBER

15TH.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09964, CALENDAR NO.

817, ENGLEBRIGHT, PEOPLES-STOKES, SEAWRIGHT, JAFFEE, RIVERA, SIMON,

D'URSO, STECK, THIELE, SANTABARBARA, TITONE, LAVINE, GLICK, GALEF,

ZEBROWSKI, GOTTFRIED, PICHARDO, LIFTON, MOSLEY, CAHILL, WILLIAMS,

OTIS, COLTON, L. ROSENTHAL, ABINANTI, PELLEGRINO, HYNDMAN, WEPRIN,

FAHY, CARROLL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW,

IN RELATION TO PROHIBITING THE SALE OF CHILD PRODUCTS CONTAINING

ORGANOHALOGEN FLAME RETARDANT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09981, CALENDAR NO.

818, WALLACE, PHEFFER AMATO, MOSLEY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE

LAW, IN RELATION TO THE DUTIES OF THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS

CONCERNING INFORMATION ABOUT VETERANS RECEIVED FROM NURSING HOMES

AND RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, INCLUDING ASSISTED LIVING

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

FACILITIES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A10012-A, CALENDAR

NO. 819, MORELLE, KOLB, DICKENS, TAYLOR, GOTTFRIED, MAGEE,

MONTESANO, DAVILA, OAKS, PALMESANO. AN ACT TO AMEND ALCOHOLIC

BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW, IN RELATION TO THE AUTHORIZATION TO HOLD THROUGH

A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY A BRANCH OFFICE PERMIT AT THE FINGER LAKES

WELCOME CENTER; AND AUTHORIZES THE SALE OF CIDER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A10125, CALENDAR NO.

820, O'DONNELL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE REAL PROPERTY LAW, IN RELATION

TO REQUIRING COMMERCIAL SPACES TO POST BROKER AND PROPERTY

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION AFTER ONE MONTH OF A NEW VACANCY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A10192-A, CALENDAR

NO. 821, GLICK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE HUDSON RIVER PARK ACT, IN

RELATION TO PERMITTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ART INSTALLATION WITHIN THE

BOUNDARIES OF PIER 52.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A10201, CALENDAR NO.

822, SKOUFIS, WEPRIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION

TO ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN FOR

INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A10345-A, CALENDAR

NO. 823, GOTTFRIED, D'URSO, SKOUFIS, STECK, STIRPE, MCDONALD,

MCDONOUGH, LIFTON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN

RELATION TO AUTHORIZING NURSE PRACTITIONERS TO WITNESS A HEALTH CARE

PROXY, ACT AS A HEALTH CARE AGENT AND DETERMINE COMPETENCY OF THE

PRINCIPAL OF SUCH A PROXY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A10347, CALENDAR NO.

824, MAGNARELLI, JAFFEE, OTIS, ZEBROWSKI. AN ACT TO AMEND PART X OF

CHAPTER 62 OF THE LAWS OF 2003 AMENDING THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW

AND OTHER LAWS GENERALLY RELATING TO IMPLEMENTING THE STATE FISCAL PLAN

FOR THE 2003-2004 STATE FISCAL YEAR, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING CERTAIN

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW AND THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW

RELATING TO ELECTRONIC BIDDING.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MR. MORELLE.

MR. MORELLE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I'D LIKE

TO TAKE UP THE FOLLOWING THREE BILLS IN THIS ORDER, IF I MIGHT: CALENDAR

NO. 759 ON PAGE 79 BY MS. PAULIN; CALENDAR NO. 765 ON PAGE 80 BY

MR. BUTLER; AND CONCLUDE THIS GROUPING WITH CALENDAR NO. 813 ON

PAGE 85 BY MR. DIPIETRO.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09534, CALENDAR NO.

759, PAULIN, BUCHWALD. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO

AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS TO IMPOSE AN OCCUPANCY TAX.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HOME RULE MESSAGE

IS AT THE DESK. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MR. MORELLE.

MR. MORELLE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR

ALLOWING A BRIEF INTERRUPTION SO I MIGHT INTRODUCE A DISTINGUISHED GUEST

FROM THE CITY OF ROCHESTER, NO STRANGER TO THESE CHAMBERS. I KNOW

THAT BOTH I AND MR. BRONSON ARE DELIGHTED TO HOLD THE MAYOR OF THE

CITY OF ROCHESTER, OUR GREAT FRIEND, THE HONORABLE LOVELY WARREN,

WHO'S REALLY ENERGIZED OUR CITY AND IS DOING JUST A TERRIFIC JOB, AN

AMAZING JOB LEADING OUR COMMUNITY. I'M DELIGHTED SHE'S IN THE

CHAMBERS TO OBSERVE THE PROCEEDINGS. IF YOU'D PLEASE EXTEND ON

BEHALF OF MR. BRONSON, MYSELF, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, THE

CORDIALITIES OF THE HOUSE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MR. MORELLE, MR. BRONSON, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE

WELCOME YOU HERE, MAYOR, TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, TO THE

PEOPLE'S HOUSE. WE HOPE THAT YOUR TRIP HERE IS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL

FOR THAT GREAT CITY, AND THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS COME AND VISIT US. AND

WE'RE ALWAYS SO PLEASED TO HAVE YOU WITH US. THANK YOU SO VERY

MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09791, CALENDAR NO.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

765, BUTLER, B. MILLER, BRINDISI. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 549 OF THE

LAWS OF 2005 AMENDING THE TAX LAW RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE

COUNTY OF HERKIMER TO IMPOSE A COUNTY RECORDING TAX ON OBLIGATION

SECURED BY A MORTGAGE ON REAL PROPERTY, IN RELATION TO THE EXPIRATION

THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HOME RULE MESSAGE

IS AT THE DESK. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09792, CALENDAR NO.

813, DIPIETRO. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 185 OF THE LAWS OF 2005,

AMENDING THE TAX LAW RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY OF WYOMING

TO IMPOSE A COUNTY RECORDING TAX ON OBLIGATIONS SECURED BY A

MORTGAGE ON REAL PROPERTY, IN RELATION TO THE EXPIRATION THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HOME RULE MESSAGE

IS AT THE DESK. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MR. MORELLE.

MR. MORELLE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.

SPEAKER. IF WE COULD TAKE UP NOW CALENDAR NO. 265, WHICH IS ON 35 --

PAGE 35 OF THE MAIN CALENDAR BY MR. GOTTFRIED.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03358, CALENDAR NO.

265, GOTTFRIED, GLICK, O'DONNELL, TITONE, BRONSON, MORELLE, L.

ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, COOK, HEVESI, CAHILL, ENGLEBRIGHT, PAULIN, RYAN,

ABINANTI, MOSLEY, ARROYO, PICHARDO, ORTIZ, ROZIC, WEPRIN, BLAKE,

JENNE, STECK, BICHOTTE, HUNTER, CARROLL, D'URSO, JEAN-PIERRE, DE LA

ROSA, WALKER, PELLEGRINO, SKOUFIS, DICKENS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

EXECUTIVE LAW, THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW AND THE EDUCATION LAW, IN

RELATION TO PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENDER IDENTITY OR

EXPRESSION; AND TO AMEND THE PENAL LAW AND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

LAW, IN RELATION TO INCLUDING OFFENSES REGARDING GENDER IDENTITY OR

EXPRESSION WITHIN THE LIST OF OFFENSES SUBJECT TO TREATMENT AS HATE

CRIMES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AN EXPLANATION IS

REQUESTED, MR. GOTTFRIED, BUT WE'LL REMIND THE HOUSE THAT WE ARE NOW

ON DEBATE. WE'D LIKE MEMBERS TO TAKE THEIR SEATS, STAFF TO CLEAR THE

AISLES. SHH. A LITTLE QUIET, PLEASE.

PROCEED, MR. GOTTFRIED.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

MR. GOTTFRIED: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. YOU

KNOW, MANY YEARS AGO, NEW YORK ENACTED A BILL OF MINE TO ALLOW THE

SALE OF OVER-THE-COUNTER READING GLASSES. WHEN WE PASSED THAT BILL, WE

WERE THE LAST STATE IN THE UNION TO LEGALIZE THE OVER-THE-COUNTER SALE OF

READING GLASSES; MARYLAND GOT IN JUST BEHIND -- BEFORE US. NOW, WITH

THIS BILL, TO ADD GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION TO THE NEW YORK

HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, WE'RE NOT IN DANGER YET OF BEING THE LAST STATE IN

THE COUNTRY TO ENACT SUCH LEGISLATION, BUT WE WILL BE BEHIND IOWA AND

UTAH, BOTH OF WHICH, I THINK SINCE OUR LAST DISCUSSION OF THIS TOPIC,

HAVE ENACTED SUCH CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION.

THIS IS A BILL WE HAVE PASSED IN THIS HOUSE QUITE A

FEW TIMES BEFORE. IT WOULD ADD GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION TO THE --

TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, ALONG WITH RACE AND SEX AND AGE AND A

VARIETY OF OTHER CRITERIA, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, ET CETERA. IT WOULD ALSO

ADD PROTECTION OF TRANSGENDER NEW YORKERS TO THE HATE CRIMES LAW,

ALSO ALONG WITH RACE, SEX, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, ET CETERA. NOW, IN

NEW YORK IN 2016, GOVERNOR CUOMO, VERY ADMIRABLY AND I THINK

CORRECTLY, HAD THE STATE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPT REGULATIONS

SAYING THAT THE PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEX SHOULD ALSO

BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENDER IDENTITY AND

EXPRESSION, AND I'M GLAD THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DID THAT.

IT -- THE BILL, THOUGH, IS STILL NEEDED, PARTLY BECAUSE

WHAT GOT ADDED BY REGULATION COULD BE REMOVED BY REGULATION, NUMBER

ONE. AND NUMBER TWO -- WELL, THREE THINGS: TWO, I BELIEVE THE

TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IS ENTITLED TO THE RECOGNITION AND RESPECT THAT

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WOULD COME FROM BEING IN OUR STATUTE AND NOT JUST IN A REGULATION.

AND, NUMBER THREE, SUBSTANTIVELY, THIS BILL WOULD AMEND THE HATE

CRIMES LAW TO INCLUDE TARGETING ON THE BASIS OF GENDER IDENTITY OR

EXPRESSION, AND THAT CANNOT BE DONE BY REGULATION.

YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT THE STATES OF IOWA AND UTAH,

I COULD HAVE MENTIONED 22 OTHER STATES, PLUS -- INCLUDING THE DISTRICT

OF COLUMBIA AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO. HERE IN NEW

YORK STATE, THE SUBSTANCE OF THIS LEGISLATION HAS LONG BEEN ENACTED BY

LOCAL LAW IN AN ALBANY, BINGHAMTON, BUFFALO, ITHACA, NEW YORK CITY,

ROCHESTER, SUFFOLK COUNTY, SYRACUSE, TOMPKINS COUNTY AND

WESTCHESTER COUNTY. SO, WELL MORE THAN HALF THE POPULATION OF NEW

YORK HAS, FOR QUITE SOME TIME, LIVED IN JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE THIS LAW

ON THE BOOKS. AND ALL 20 MILLION OF US, EVERY PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION

WE USE HAS BEEN COVERED BY THIS CONCEPT AT LEAST THROUGH REGULATION

SINCE EARLY 2016.

YOU KNOW, THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IS ONE OF THE

FEW POPULATIONS THAT AT LEAST BY STATUTE IS NOT PROTECTED FROM

DISCRIMINATION IN USE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS, IN EMPLOYMENT AND A

HOST OF OTHER THINGS, AND ALSO DOES NOT HAVE THE PROTECTION OF OUR HATE

CRIMES LAW. IT IS LONG, LONG OVERDUE FOR NEW YORK TO JOIN SO MUCH OF

OUR OWN COMMUNITIES AND SO MUCH -- SO MANY OF THE CITIES AND STATES

ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MOST -- MANY OF WHOM WE DO NOT EVER IMAGINE TO

BE ANYWHERE NEAR AS PROGRESSIVE AS NEW YORK, AND JOIN THEM IN

ENACTING THIS LEGISLATION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. MURRAY.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

MR. MURRAY: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, WOULD THE

SPONSOR YIELD?

MR. GOTTFRIED: CERTAINLY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOTTFRIED YIELDS,

MR. MURRAY.

MR. MURRAY: THANK YOU, MR. GOTTFRIED. WE --

WE'VE HAD THIS DEBATE SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND WE COULD, RATHER THAN

SKIPPING GETTING INTO THE WEEDS AND THE DETAILS AND THINGS LIKE THIS, I

DO HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO A MORE SPECIFIC ISSUE, AND THAT IS THERE

ARE SOME BUSINESSES, AND I'LL BRING ONE UP ONE IN PARTICULAR, THAT DO

SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON GENDER, AND -- AND ONE IN PARTICULAR I BRING UP IS

THE CURVES FITNESS CENTERS, WHICH ARE FITNESS CENTERS SPECIFICALLY FOR

FEMALES, FOR WOMEN. HOW WOULD WE HANDLE -- OR HOW WOULD THEY

HANDLE THIS WHEN RIGHT NOW THEY ONLY ALLOW -- IN FACT, WE MADE SOME

PHONE CALLS TO SOME OF THE GENDERS -- SOME OF THE CURVES LOCATIONS AND

ASKED IF THEY ALLOWED MEN IN, THEY SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT. HOW WOULD

THEY BE AFFECTED BY THIS BILL? WOULD THEY HAVE TO NOW OPEN THEIR

DOORS, AND WOULD THEY HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR FACILITIES,

CONSIDERING THEY ONLY HAVE LOCKER ROOMS AND RESTROOMS AND FACILITIES

FOR FEMALES, WOULD THIS OPEN THIS UP AND CHANGE THEIR WHOLE BUSINESS

PLAN?

MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS

PARTICULAR ESTABLISHMENT HAS BRANCHES IN ALBANY, BINGHAMTON,

BUFFALO, ITHACA, NEW YORK CITY, ROCHESTER, SUFFOLK COUNTY, SYRACUSE,

TOMPKINS COUNTY OR WESTCHESTER COUNTY; I IMAGINE THEY PROBABLY DO,

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YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. IF SO, THEY -- AND THERE ARE OTHER

ESTABLISHMENTS THAT CATER SPECIFICALLY TO WOMEN AND HAVE LOCKER ROOMS

THAT ARE IN THESE JURISDICTIONS, THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY DO

TODAY, WHICH IS NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF GENDER IDENTITY OR

EXPRESSION. AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, I'VE NEVER HAD A COMPLAINT

FROM THEM OR ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT IS -- THAT IS GENDER SPECIFIC IN

ITS MEMBERSHIP OR FACILITIES EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT THIS BILL. I DON'T

KNOW IF THEY'VE OBJECTED TO THIS BILL TO YOU - I'D BE INTERESTED IN

KNOWING THAT - BUT THEY HAVE CERTAINLY NEVER COMMUNICATED WITH ME

OR ANYONE ELSE, THAT I KNOW OF, ON THIS TOPIC.

MR. MURRAY: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO BE

CLEAR AS TO WHETHER OR NOT, IF THEY ARE SPECIFIC. SO ARE THEY -- IF THEY

ARE SAYING RIGHT NOW THAT ONLY FEMALES ARE ALLOWED, IF A -- A PERSON THAT

IS PERCEIVED TO BE MALE, BUT IDENTIFIES AS FEMALE, TRIES TO JOIN THE GYM

AND -- AND DO THIS, ARE THEY PROHIBITED RIGHT NOW, OR WOULD THEY BE

UNDER THIS BILL? WOULD THEY HAVE TO ALLOW THEM IN?

MR. GOTTFRIED: UNDER NEW YORK -- AND, BY THE

WAY, I SHOULD, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO RATTLING OFF THE CITIES AND

COUNTIES, I SHOULD SAY IF THEY HAVE ANY OUTPOSTS ANYWHERE IN THE 62

COUNTIES OF NEW YORK, BY REGULATION THEY ARE NOW SUBJECT TO WHAT THIS

BILL WOULD REQUIRE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT "PERCEIVED" MEANS IN THIS

CONTEXT, BUT A PERSON WHO BY GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION IDENTIFIES

AS FEMALE, THIS ESTABLISHMENT WOULD BE VIOLATING THE STATE HUMAN

RIGHTS LAW TODAY IF THEY TURN THEM AWAY --

MR. MURRAY: OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. GOTTFRIED --

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

MR. GOTTFRIED: -- ON THAT BASIS.

MR. MURRAY: THANK YOU.

MR. SPEAKER, ON THE BILL.

ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: ON THE BILL, SIR.

MR. GOTTFRIED: JUST ONE MORE THING --

MR. MURRAY: SURE.

ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: OKAY.

MR. GOTTFRIED: ESSENTIALLY, IF THIS COMPANY HAS

ANY OUTPOSTS IN NEW YORK, THEY ARE PRESUMABLY OBEYING THE LAW

TODAY. IF SO, ENACTMENT OF THIS BILL WILL NOT AFFECT THEIR OPERATIONS AT

ALL.

MR. MURRAY: THANK YOU, MR. GOTTFRIED.

SO, THE POINT THAT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE AND, AGAIN,

WE'VE HAD THIS -- THIS DEBATE OVER AND OVER, YEAR AFTER YEAR, WE ALL

BRING UP THE -- GENERALLY THE SAME POINTS, AND THE REASON WE BRING THIS

UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS WE DO HAVE LEGITIMATE -- OR WHAT WE FEEL ARE

LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. I BRING UP THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE BECAUSE

THE -- THE WAY THAT CURVES IDENTIFIES THEMSELVES, THEIR MISSION

STATEMENT SAYS, CURVES IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING WOMEN WITH THE

TOOLS NECESSARY TO EMPOWER THEM TO LIVE MORE FULFILLING LIVES. THEY

SAY THAT THEY OFFER A, SAFE, NON-INTIMIDATING COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT

FOR WOMEN. I -- I DO FIND THAT INTERESTING BECAUSE I'VE -- I'VE HAD THIS

DISCUSSION OVER THE YEARS WITH SEVERAL WOMEN COLLEAGUES AND -- AND

MY -- MY WIFE, FAMILY MEMBERS, NEIGHBORS, WOMEN IN GENERAL. AND --

AND WHEN I -- I POSE THIS QUESTION, WOULD YOU FEEL SAFE AND

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NON-INTIMIDATED AND -- AND FEEL THAT IT'S A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT, IN

A LOCKER ROOM, TO UNDRESS AND GET IN THE SHOWER NEXT TO SOMEONE --

AND BY THE WAY, I USE THE WORD "PERCEIVED" BECAUSE IF I SEE SOMEONE

WITH A BEARD AND -- AND IT LOOKS LIKE A MALE AND HAS THE -- THE MALE

GENITALIA, THEN, YES, I WILL PERCEIVE THEM AS MALE. THEY MIGHT THINK, OR

THEY MIGHT FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE FEMALE, THEY MIGHT PERCEIVE

THEMSELVES TO BE FEMALE, THEY MIGHT IDENTIFY AS FEMALE, BUT I ASSURE

YOU, EVERYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM IS IDENTIFYING THEM AS MALE. AND THAT

IS THE CONCERN. I DON'T KNOW HOW COMFORTABLE -- I'VE YET TO FIND

ANYONE THAT SAYS, YES, I'D BE ABSOLUTELY FINE WITH THAT, I'D BE FINE WITH

MY 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER UNDRESSING IN A LOCKER ROOM TO GET INTO THE

SHOWER NEXT TO A 30-YEAR-OLD PERSON THAT IS A MALE, BUT IDENTIFIES AS

FEMALE.

SO WE'VE ALSO HAD THE ARGUMENT OF, WOULD THIS CAUSE

PROBLEMS, WOULD THIS BE AN ISSUE WITH MAYBE PEOPLE ABUSING THIS?

WOULD THERE BE ISSUES OF -- OF PEOPLE BEING PUT IN DANGER? WELL, I

TURN TO A -- A RAPE VICTIM BY THE NAME OF KAELEY TRILLER HAVER. NOW,

SHE ACTUALLY -- HER PARENTS WORKED AT A YMCA. SHE WAS ON THE SWIM

TEAM, SHE WOULD BE IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND ONE OF HER COACHES ACTUALLY

SEXUALLY ABUSED HER AND RAPED HER. AND SHE'S BEEN VERY OUTSPOKEN

AGAINST THIS BILL. AND -- AND ONE OF THE REASONS, SHE SAYS SHE URGED

PEOPLE TO LOOK INTO PAST PROOF OF MEN WHO CROSS-DRESSED AND -- AND DID

OTHER THINGS TO GAIN ACCESS TO FACILITIES FOR WOMEN TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT

THEM. JASON POMARE, 33, WAS ARRESTED FOR CROSS-DRESSING AND

VIDEOTAPING WOMEN IN FLORIDA IN A MALL RESTROOM. NORWOOD SMITH

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BURNES, 51, DRESSED LIKE A WOMAN, INDECENTLY EXPOSED HIMSELF TO

CHILDREN IN A WALMART BATHROOM. TAYLOR BUEHLER, 18, SNUCK INTO A

WOMEN'S BATHROOM AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHILE WEARING A BRA, A WIG,

AND LATER ADMITTED TO TAKING AS SHOWER IN THE WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM.

WELL, MS. TRILLER HAVER BASICALLY SAYS SHE BELIEVES THAT ALLOWING

PEOPLE TO USE BATHROOMS THAT DON'T MATCH THEIR ANATOMY COULD LEAD TO

MORE INCIDENTS OF PEOPLE BEING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.

BUT I FOUND THIS QUOTE TO BE VERY, VERY TELLING, BY HER.

AND THIS IS HER QUOTE. SHE SAYS, "IS IT IRONIC TO NO ONE THAT BEING

PROGRESSIVE ACTUALLY SETS WOMEN'S LIB BACK ABOUT A CENTURY? WHAT OF

MY RIGHT TO DO MY DARNEDEST TO INSIST THAT THE FIRST TIME MY DAUGHTER

SEES THE ADULT MALE FORM IT WILL BECAUSE SHE CHOSE IT, NOT BECAUSE IT'S

FORCED UPON HER." YOU SEE, AGAIN, I THINK WHAT WE SEEM TO -- I DON'T

KNOW IF WE FORGET ABOUT THIS, OR WE JUST CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSE TO IGNORE

IT, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1 PERCENT OF 1 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION.

AND, YES, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S EASY FOR -- FOR THEM, BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN,

IT'S NOT SOMETHING -- WE'RE OPENING UP ACCESS TO -- TO BATHROOMS, TO

LOCKER ROOMS WHERE YOU'RE GETTING UNDRESSED IN FRONT OF OTHERS. IT IS

NOT JUST ABOUT YOU. IT'S ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE IN THAT LOCKER ROOM, AS

WELL. AND WHEN YOU'RE STANDING NEXT TO A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND YOU'RE A

30-YEAR-OLD MALE GETTING UNDRESSED AND GETTING INTO THE SHOWER, OR

VICE VERSA, DO YOU THINK THAT'S COMFORTABLE FOR HER? CAN YOU HONESTLY

SAY THAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT IF THAT'S YOUR DAUGHTER OR YOUR

WIFE OR YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR SISTER?

I GET BACK TO SOME OF THE -- THE ISSUES, THE PROBLEMS,

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

THAT HAVE -- THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE YEARS. SEX OFFENDER NAMED

RICHARD RENDLER WAS ARRESTED FOR WEARING FAKE BREASTS AND A WIG WHILE

LOITERING IN A WOMEN'S RESTROOM IN CAMPBELL, CALIFORNIA SHOPPING

CENTER. HE PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF CHILD

MOLESTATION AND INDECENT EXPOSURE. 2010, BERKELEY POLICE ARRESTED

GREGORIO HERNANDEZ, WHO HAD DISGUISED HIMSELF AS A WOMAN ON TWO

SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO GET INSIDE A UC BERKELEY LOCKER ROOM. AND

ONCE IN THAT LOCKER ROOM, HE USED HIS CELL PHONE TO PHOTOGRAPH AND

VIDEOTAPE WOMEN. AND I COULD GO ON -- I'LL JUST READ THE HEADLINES

HERE, "MAN DRESSED AS WOMAN ARRESTED FOR SPYING IN A MALL BATHROOM

STALL." "PALMDALE MAN ARRESTED FOR VIDEOTAPING IN WOMEN'S BATHROOM."

"SEXUAL PREDATOR JAILED AFTER CLAIMING TO BE TRANSGENDER TO ASSAULT

WOMEN IN SHELTER." "UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO DUMPS TRANSGENDER

BATHROOMS AFTER PEEPING INCIDENTS." AND IT GOES ON AND ON.

NOW, WE'VE HEARD THE ARGUMENT, OH, WE DIDN'T HEAR

THESE ARGUMENTS. WELL, THEY'RE HERE. THEY'RE HERE, WE JUST HAVEN'T

BEEN PAYING ATTENTION. AGAIN, MAYBE WE'RE WILLFULLY IGNORING IT, BUT

THEY ARE HERE, THESE EXAMPLES ARE HERE. AND THERE WILL BE MORE AND

MORE. NOW, LAST YEAR DURING A DEBATE, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES GOT UP

AND QUESTIONED, IN PARTICULAR, THIS -- THIS ONE, THIS WAS THE FIRST ONE.

RICHARD RENDLER, WHO WAS ARRESTED, AND HE SAID, WELL, WASN'T HE

ARRESTED? DIDN'T THAT SOLVE THE PROBLEM? THERE'S ONE CAVEAT, YOU

KIND OF MADE MY POINT. YES, HE WAS ARRESTED BECAUSE THAT WAS BEFORE

CALIFORNIA PASSED THIS BILL. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON HE WAS ARRESTED. IF

HE HAD DONE THIS AFTER THEY PASSED THE BILL, HE'D STILL BE DOING IT. HE

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WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR DOING IT.

SO, AGAIN, I JUST URGE MY COLLEAGUES, TALK TO YOUR

CONSTITUENTS, ASK THEM HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS. ASK THEM THEIR

RESPONSE WHEN YOU SAY WOULD YOU BE COMFORTABLE IF YOUR WIFE, YOUR

MOTHER, YOUR DAUGHTER WERE IN A LOCKER ROOM WITH SOMEONE THAT YOU

KNOW IS A MALE, THAT HAS THE MALE ANATOMY, BUT IDENTIFIES AS A FEMALE,

WOULD YOU BE COMFORTABLE? WOULD YOU THINK YOUR WIFE OR YOUR

DAUGHTER WOULD BE IMPACTED IN ANY WAY? BECAUSE I HEAR -- I HEAR THAT,

YES, THEY WOULD BE IMPACTED; NO, THEY WOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE. AND

I FEAR THAT THIS LIST THAT I'VE READ WHICH, BY THE WAY, GOES ON AND ON AND

ON, IT WOULD ONLY GROW BIGGER IF WE DO THIS. SO, I URGE MY COLLEAGUES,

LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. MANY TIMES WHEN WE'VE TAKEN UP OTHER

BILLS YOU'VE SAID, WELL, THE POLLING SAYS.... WELL, TAKE A LOOK AT THE

POLLING ON THIS ISSUE. IT'S OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST. THAT'S WHY I'LL BE

VOTING NO AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME.

ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WOULD

THE SPONSOR YIELD?

ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: DO YOU YIELD,

MR. GOTTFRIED?

MR. GOTTFRIED: CERTAINLY.

ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: THE SPONSOR

YIELDS.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.

GOTTFRIED. YOU MENTIONED THAT ALMOST EVERY MAJOR CITY IN NEW YORK

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

ALREADY HAS THIS IN A LOCAL LAW?

MR. GOTTFRIED: MANY OF THEM, YES.

MR. GOODELL: AND IS THERE ANYTHING TO PREVENT

ANY OF THE REST OF THEM FROM ADOPTING SUCH A LOCAL LAW?

MR. GOTTFRIED: NO.

MR. GOODELL: AND WE ALSO, OF COURSE, AS YOU

MENTIONED HAVE A --

MR. GOTTFRIED: OH, WAIT A MINUTE. EXCUSE ME.

NONE -- NONE OF OUR CITIES HAS AUTHORITY TO AMEND THE HATE CRIMES

LAW.

MR. GOODELL: RIGHT. BUT, OUTSIDE OF THAT, THEY

COULD CERTAINLY FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THEIR OTHER COUNTIES AND OTHER CITIES,

CERTAINLY, RIGHT?

MR. GOTTFRIED: YES.

MR. GOODELL: AND YOU MENTIONED THAT RIGHT NOW

WE HAVE REGULATIONS IN PLACE, THEY'VE BEEN IN PLACE I THINK SINCE 2016,

HAVEN'T THEY?

MR. GOTTFRIED: CORRECT.

MR. GOODELL: AND ALSO, THERE'S FEDERAL

REGULATIONS DEALING WITH SEX DISCRIMINATION, AND A NUMBER OF FEDERAL

CASES THAT HAVE HELD THAT THOSE REGULATIONS IN THE FEDERAL LAW ALSO

APPLIES IN THIS AREA, AREN'T THERE?

MR. GOTTFRIED: THAT IS CORRECT, ALTHOUGH THE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO UNDO A LOT OF THAT, BUT YES, AT THIS

POINT, I THINK MOST OF THOSE INTERPRETATIONS STILL STAND.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 7, 2018

MR. GOODELL: NOW, LOOKING BACK AT THE TITLE IX

REGULATIONS, THE FEDERAL TITLE IX REGULATIONS THAT HAVE NOT CHANGED

SINCE THE CHANGE IN THE ADMINISTRATION, THEY LIST A NUMBER OF

EXCEPTIONS FROM THE ANTI-SEX DISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS. FOR EXAMPLE,

IT DOESN'T APPLY TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE SINGLE SEX, RELIGIOUS

ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIAL FRATERNITIES OR SORORITIES, BOY OR GIRL CONFERENCES,

FATHER-SON, MOTHER-DAUGHTER ACTIVITIES, AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHERS.

WOULD THOSE SAME EXCEPTIONS APPLY UNDER THIS BILL?

MR. GOTTFRIED: I DON'T THINK I COULD -- I DON'T

THINK YOU WOULD SAY THAT CATEGORICALLY. FOR EXAMPLE, A

MOTHER-DAUGHTER EVENT, I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE THAT SOMEONE WHOSE

MOTHER IS A TRANSGENDER WOMAN, THAT THAT CHILD WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING

HER MOTHER TO SCHOOL WITH HER. OR, A MOTHER, WHETHER TRANSGENDER OR

OTHERWISE, WHOSE CHILD IDENTIFIES AS FEMALE - AND THERE ARE MORE AND

MORE CHILDREN OF GRADE SCHOOL AGE WHO ARE -- WHO, IN OUR, FORTUNATELY,

MODERN WORLD, ARE BEING WELCOMED TO RECOGNIZE THEIR GENDER IDENTITY -

I WOULD HOPE THAT THE MOTHER WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING SUCH A

DAUGHTER-IDENTIFIED CHILD TO SUCH AN EVENT.

MR. GOODELL: AND I -- I APPRECIATE YOUR

SENSITIVITY ON THAT ISSUE. BUT, AM I CORRECT, THAT WITH VERY FEW

EXCEPTIONS, THIS BILL -- WELL, ACTUALLY, I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS BILL HAS ANY

ENUMERATED EXCEPTIONS; IS THAT CORRECT?

MR. GOTTFRIED: IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE BILL,

NO, BUT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS LAW THAT

WOULD BE APPLIED.

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MR. GOODELL: NOW, I NOTE THAT THE BILL

SPECIFICALLY REFERENCES THAT, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS SUBJECT, THERE SHALL

BE "NO INQUIRY OR RECORD MADE OF A PERSON'S SEXUAL IDENTITY OR GENDER

EXPRESSION." I'M REFERENCING, FOR EXAMPLE, ON PAGE 5, LINE 26. AND

THAT'S FAIRLY STANDARD, I THINK, IN A LOT OF OUR ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

PROVISIONS. IF IT'S NOT -- IF YOUR RELIGION'S NOT RELEVANT, YOU SHOULDN'T BE

ASKING ABOUT SOMEBODY'S RELIGION. AND AM I CORRECT ON THAT THIS

CONCEPT CARRIES THROUGH AS IT RELATES TO GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION?

MR. GOTTFRIED: YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT

THAT PAGE OF THE BILL IN A WHILE, BUT I'LL TAKE YOU WORD THAT IT -- THAT ON

THAT PAGE IT ADDS "GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION," AND IT MEANS WHAT

IT SAYS.

MR. GOODELL: SO, HOW, THEN, WOULD WE

ADMINISTER THE MWBE PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE? IF THIS BILL WERE TO PASS

AND YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S BORN AND IDENTIFIED AT BIRTH AS A

MALE, COULD THEY STILL APPLY FOR MWBE STATUS?

MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, CERTAINLY. AND THEY WOULD

BE DOING THAT -- ABLE TO DO THAT TODAY, BECAUSE OF THE REGULATION

ADOPTED IN 2016.

MR. GOODELL: NOW, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A

NUMBER OF AREAS WHERE WE TREAT MEN AND WOMEN DIFFERENTLY, EVEN

THOUGH WE'VE HAD A PROHIBITION AGAINST SEX DISCRIMINATION FOR DECADES.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE SEPARATE MEN AND WOMEN SPORTS TEAMS. WE

HAVE SEPARATE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT ARE AVAILABLE JUST FOR WOMEN. WE

CERTAINLY HAVE DIFFERENT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR JUST WOMEN, OR JUST

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MEN, LIKEWISE, COLLEGES. IF THIS BILL WERE TO PASS, WOULD IT BE YOUR

VIEW THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS BORN AS A MALE, BUT IDENTIFIES OR IS

PERCEIVED AS BEING FEMALE, COULD APPLY FOR WOMAN-ONLY SCHOLARSHIPS

OR PLAY ON A WOMAN-ONLY SPORTS TEAM?

MR. GOTTFRIED: NOT ONLY COULD THEY, BUT EVERY

DAY ALL AROUND THIS COUNTRY, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING. WE

HAVE COLLEGE DORMITORIES NOT ONLY ALL OVER NEW YORK STATE, BUT ALL

AROUND THE COUNTRY, WHERE TRANSGENDER WOMEN ARE IN TRANS -- ARE IN

WOMEN'S DORMS, AND TRANSGENDER MEN ARE IN MEN'S DORMS. I MEAN,

UNLESS YOU THINK THAT EVERY COLLEGE SHOULD BUILD TWO MORE SETS OF

DORMS, OR MAKE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, JUST GET SLEEPING BAGS

AND SLEEP ON THE QUAD, WHERE WOULD YOU WANT THEM TO LIVE? AND THERE

ARE -- WE HAVE SPORTS TEAMS AND SPORTING COMPETITIONS IN WHICH

TRANSGENDER PEOPLE FREELY PARTICIPATE IN THE -- WITH THE GENDER WITH

WHICH THEY IDENTIFY. YOU KNOW, READ THE PAPERS. THE MODERN WORLD

IS WAY AHEAD OF WHERE THIS BILL IS.

MR. GOODELL: NOW, WHEN THIS BILL FIRST CAME UP

FOR A VOTE IN 2012 AND AGAIN IN 2013, A FORMER COLLEAGUE OF OURS, MR.

GRAF, ASKED IF -- IF HE HAD A 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER THAT PLAYED SPORTS

AND AFTER THE SPORTING EVENT, SHE WENT INTO THE SCHOOL TO TAKE A SHOWER

AND ONE OF THE MALE STUDENTS SAID, "I IDENTIFY MYSELF AS A FEMALE

TODAY," COULD THAT INDIVIDUAL WHO IDENTIFIES AS A FEMALE TAKE A SHOWER,

THEN, WITH HIS 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER? AND BACK IN 2102 AND '13, YOUR

ANSWER WAS "YES". IS THAT STILL YOUR ANSWER?

MR. GOTTFRIED: I'M NOT SURE THAT WAS THE ENTIRETY

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OF MY ANSWER OR THAT THAT WAS THE ENTIRETY OF THE QUESTION. YOU KNOW,

IF I WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND DECIDE THAT I WANT MY BUSINESS TO APPLY

AS A MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS OR AS A WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS, I -- I

WOULD NOT BE GRANTED THAT STATUS, BECAUSE I AM NEITHER MINORITY NOR A

WOMAN. AND SOMETHING THAT IS PATENTLY DISHONEST AND FRAUDULENT, I

DON'T THINK ENTITLES YOU TO ANY PARTICULAR LEGAL STATUS.

MR. GOODELL: SO, YOUR VIEW IS IF THE INDIVIDUAL

GENUINELY IDENTIFIED AS A FEMALE EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE A MALE

ANATOMY, OR WAS GENERALLY PERCEIVED -- GENUINELY PERCEIVED AS BEING A

FEMALE, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THAT RIGHT TO SHOWER IN THE WOMEN'S

SHOWER AFTER A SPORTS EVENT, UNDER THIS BILL?

MR. GOTTFRIED: BASED ON THE WAY YOU'RE

DESCRIBING IT, I -- I WOULD SAY YES, AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S NOT NEW IN

NEW YORK LAW. IT'S BEEN THE LAW IN NEW YORK IN ALL 62 COUNTIES FOR

MORE THAN -- FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, AND IN MOST

COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW, AND IS THE RULE

ALL OVER -- IN -- IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, MOST RECENTLY IOWA AND

UTAH. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE HAS IDENTIFIED AN INSTANCE IN

WHICH THE APPLICATION OF SUCH A LAW HAS CREATED THE KINDS OF PROBLEMS

WE'VE HEARD ABOUT. AND I -- I SAY THAT VERY POINTEDLY.

FOR AS LONG AS WE'VE HAD MEN AND WOMEN AND

FACILITIES THAT CATER PARTICULARLY TO MEN AND WOMEN, WHICH IS, YOU

KNOW, I GUESS SEVERAL THOUSAND YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN MEN DISGUISING

THEMSELVES TO GAIN ACCESS TO WOMEN'S FACILITIES. YOU KNOW, AS MR.

TITONE SAID IN ONE OF THESE DEBATES A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW,

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WHAT WE SEE IN THIS DEBATE IS THAT STRAIGHT WHITE MEN ARE REALLY

DANGEROUS PEOPLE. AND I -- I DON'T WANT TO ADOPT THAT AS A GENERAL

CHARACTERIZATION, OF COURSE. BUT AS OUR PEDIATRICIAN USED TO SAY, THERE

IS A LOT OF THAT GOING AROUND. BUT -- SO YOU CAN'T ATTRIBUTE THAT TO -- TO

TRANSGENDER LEGISLATION, NOR CAN YOU SAY WITH ANY ACCURACY THAT

TRANSGENDER LEGISLATION LEGALLY PROTECTS THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY. I'VE NEVER

SEEN EVIDENCE OF A TRANSGENDER LAW CREATING THAT KIND OF PROBLEM OR

BEING USED IN THAT WAY. NOW, I SUPPOSE THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR

ANYTHING, BUT THESE LAWS HAVE BEEN ON THE BOOKS IN COUNTLESS

JURISDICTIONS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.

GOTTFRIED, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

ON THE BILL.

MR. GOTTFRIED: YES.

MR. GOODELL: FOR DECADES, WE HAVE PROHIBITED

SEX DISCRIMINATION, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. AND I AGREE WITH MR. GOTTFRIED

IN THE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL TO PREVENT ANY DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ANY

INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE TRANSGENDER, OR OTHERWISE -- ANY

DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENDER IDENTITY IN ALL THOSE AREAS WHERE SEXUAL

IDENTITY IS IRRELEVANT, WHETHER IT'S TRANSPORTATION OR EMPLOYMENT OR

HOUSING OR PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION. THE PROBLEM THAT I AND SEVERAL OF

MY COLLEAGUES HAVE WITH THIS BILL IS THAT OUR CURRENT LAW RECOGNIZES

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SEXES. AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROVISIONS

DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO BENEFIT WOMEN OR -- OR MEN SEPARATELY.

SO, WE HAVE BOY SCOUTS, WHICH, BY THE WAY, JUST

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RECENTLY BECAME CO-ED, I UNDERSTAND, BUT USED TO BE JUST BOYS. WE

HAVE GIRL SCOUTS THAT ARE STILL JUST GIRLS. WE HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT ARE

AVAILABLE JUST FOR WOMEN. WE HAVE SPORTS TEAMS THAT ARE DIFFERENT,

BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU MIGHT IDENTIFY

YOURSELF, THERE ARE PHYSIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN,

AND SO, IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD, IF YOU WILL, WE

HAVE SEPARATE SPORTS TEAMS. AND THAT'S NOT WRONG. IT'S NOT BAD. IT'S

JUST RECOGNIZING THAT GOD, IN HIS WISDOM, CREATED US DIFFERENTLY. AND

I AM VERY THANKFUL, BY THE WAY, FOR -- FOR THOSE DIFFERENCES AND FOR THE

SIMILARITIES THAT GOD ENDOWED US WITH.

WE HAVE REGULATIONS THAT DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE. AND

IT'S -- AND IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO ALLOW THOSE REGULATIONS TO GOVERN AND

ALLOW THE COURTS TO DEAL WITH THIS SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP THAT

BALANCING ACT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMS, LIKE THE MWBE

PROGRAM, IS AVAILABLE TO HELP WOMEN; THAT WOMEN SCHOLARSHIPS ARE

AVAILABLE FOR JUST WOMEN; THAT SPORTS TEAMS CAN BE EVEN; THAT WE CAN

RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ADVANTAGES TO HAVING PROGRAMS LIKE THE

GIRL SCOUTS.

SO, THE CURRENT SYSTEM, AS CORRECTLY POINTED OUT BY THE

SPONSOR, MY -- MY COLLEAGUE, ALREADY DEALS WITH THIS SUBJECT. WE

ALREADY HAVE LOCAL FLEXIBILITY IF ADDITIONAL REGULATION IS NEEDED. WE

HAVE FEDERAL OVERSIGHT THAT SETS THE OVERALL STANDARDS. UNFORTUNATELY, I

THINK THIS BILL CREATES MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES AND, THEREFORE, I

WILL HAVE TROUBLE SUPPORTING IT. THANK YOU, MS. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER SEAWRIGHT: READ THE LAST

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SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 30TH

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER SEAWRIGHT: THE CLERK WILL

-- WILL RECORD THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MR. EPSTEIN TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. EPSTEIN: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. I RISE TO

EXPLAIN MY VOTE. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO --

FOR THE SPONSOR TO BRING THIS BILL FORWARD. I KNOW THIS HAVE BEEN

BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY ON MANY OCCASIONS. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS

ISSUE IS ABOUT SAFETY FOR PEOPLE. PEOPLE TAKE SERIOUS RISKS IN THEIR LIVES

TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF GENDER IDENTITY. I WANT TO

ENCOURAGE US TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT ENDING

DISCRIMINATION. IT'S NOT ABOUT FRAUD, NOT ABOUT MISREPRESENTATION, NOT

ABOUT SAFETY OF CHILDREN. THIS IS ABOUT SAFETY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING

THEIR LIVES IN THE BEST WAY THEY CAN.

I NOW WITHDRAW MY REQUEST AND I VOTE IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ACTING SPEAKER SEAWRIGHT: MR. EPSTEIN IN

THE AFFIRMATIVE.

MS. ROSENTHAL TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

MS. ROSENTHAL: THANK YOU, MR. (SIC) SPEAKER,

TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. I'M PROUD TO RISE FOR, MAYBE IT'S THE ELEVENTH TIME

SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IN SUPPORT OF GENDA AND TO REITERATE TO THE

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TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY ACROSS OUR STATE THAT WE STAND WITH ALL OF YOU.

GROWING UP TRANSGENDER AND GOING THROUGH ADULTHOOD AS A TRANSGENDER

PERSON PRESENTS INCREDIBLE CHALLENGES, AND HERE IN NEW YORK, AS WELL.

SUICIDE, HOMELESSNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER ALL

DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY. AND BECAUSE

WE HAVE NOT PASSED GENDA, WE HAVE INSTITUTIONALIZED THIS KIND OF

ATTITUDE IN OUR STATE. VIOLENCE, HATRED AND DISCRIMINATION TOWARDS

TRANSGENDER NEW YORKERS IS COMPLETELY NORMALIZED BY OUR FAILURE TO

PASS GENDER -- GENDA.

TRANSGENDER AMERICANS HAVE SEIZED THE NATIONAL

DISCOURSE IN RECENT YEARS DOING MORE THAN EVER TO PUSH US TOWARD

BROADER TRANSGENDER ACCEPTANCE. NOW, MORE THAN EVER, THE NATION HAS

TRANSGENDER LEADERS TO LOOK TOWARD. DANICA ROEM, WHO WAS ELECTED TO

THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE; LAVERNE COX, WHO'S A WELL-KNOWN ACTRESS.

JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN, WHO'S A PROFESSOR AT BARNARD AND NEW YORK

TIMES COLUMNIST. THESE LEADERS SHOW HOW PATHETICALLY SMALL-MINDED

IT IS NOT TO BE ACCEPTING OF TRANSGENDER AMERICANS. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, IT IS VERY SIMPLY A MATTER OF SEEING FELLOW

HUMANS AS JUST THAT. THERE IS NOTHING POLITICAL ABOUT SOMEONE'S

HUMANITY AND THEIR SELF-IDENTIFICATION.

IN THE ERA OF DONALD TRUMP, IT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT

THAT WE, IN NEW YORK STATE, PASS LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE

PART OF THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY. THESE ARE NOT NORMAL TIMES IN THIS

COUNTRY, AND WE MUST TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A STAND FOR

TRANSGENDER NEW YORKERS AND ENSURE THAT ALL HUMANS ARE TREATED

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EQUALLY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR GENDER IDENTITY. I THANK THE SPONSOR FOR HIS

PERSEVERANCE, AND I WILL BE VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

ACTING SPEAKER SEAWRIGHT: MS. ROSENTHAL

VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ARE THERE ANY OTHER

VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL HAS PASSED.

MR. MORELLE.

(PAUSE)

MR. MORELLE.

MR. MORELLE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I'D LIKE

TO ASK YOU TO CALL ON MR. CROUCH SO THAT HE MIGHT MAKE AN IMPORTANT

ANNOUNCEMENT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. CROUCH FOR THE

PURPOSES OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

SHH.

MR. CROUCH: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THERE WILL

BE A REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, MEMBERS ONLY, IN THE PARLOR RIGHT AFTER

SESSION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: REPUBLICAN

CONFERENCE, MEMBERS ONLY, IN THE PARLOR RIGHT AFTER SESSION.

MR. MORELLE.

MR. MORELLE: YES, THANK YOU, SIR. IF YOU HAVE

ANY HOUSEKEEPING AND/OR RESOLUTIONS, AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE BOTH, WE

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CAN TAKE THEM UP.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WE HAVE BOTH.

ON A MOTION BY MR. PRETLOW, PAGE 26, CALENDAR NO.

169, BILL NO. A-2303-A, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

WE HAVE NUMEROUS FINE RESOLUTIONS, WE'LL TAKE THEM

UP IN ONE VOTE. ON THE RESOLUTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING

AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.

(WHEREUPON, ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NOS. 1133-1141

WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.)

MR. MORELLE.

MR. MORELLE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I NOW

MOVE THAT THE ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 1:00 P.M., TUESDAY,

MAY 8TH. TOMORROW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS A SESSION DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE ASSEMBLY STANDS

ADJOURNED.

(WHEREUPON, AT 5:05 P.M., THE ASSEMBLY STOOD

ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY, MAY 8TH AT 1:00 P.M., TUESDAY BEING A

SESSION DAY.)