WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 10:58 A.M.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE HOUSE WILL COME
TO ORDER.
CHAPLAIN CARROTHERS WILL OFFER A PRAYER.
CHAPLAIN DONALD CARROTHERS: PLEASE BOW
YOUR HEARTS WITH ME. O GOD, LONG BEFORE WE WERE A NATION, MANY
PEOPLE IN THIS AREA, WE NOW CALL NEW YORK STATE, LOOKED TO YOU FOR
INSPIRATION AND GUIDANCE. AS FOUNDERS OF OUR NATION BEGAN TO DREAM
OF INDEPENDENCE, THEY LOOKED AGAIN TO YOU, AND THEY WOULD BE
INSPIRED TO WRITE WORDS LIKE, "WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT,
THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL." AND THAT "TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS,
GOVERNMENTS ARE INSTITUTED AMONG MEN, DERIVING THEIR JUST POWERS
FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED." EVEN THOUGH AT TIME OF THE
WRITING, O GOD, MANY OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS DIDN'T LIVE UP TO THESE
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VALUES, AND WE STILL CHALLENGE -- ARE CHALLENGED TODAY TO LIVE UP TO
THESE VALUES.
I ASK THAT YOU INSPIRE AND EMPOWER THIS BODY TO
GOVERN WELL, TO STAY TRUE TO OUR VALUES AND TO KEEP THEIR TIES CLOSE TO
THE PULSE AND BREATH OF THOSE THAT THEY REPRESENT. WE PRAY FOR OUR
SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES, COAST GUARDSMEN WHO ARE DEPLOYED
IN HARM'S WAY TODAY, AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES WHO AWAIT THEIR SAFE RETURN.
GOD BLESS THE STATE ASSEMBLY, THE STAFFERS AND ALL WHO WORK BEHIND
THE SCENES TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. AMEN.
MEMBERS: 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 TUESDAY, APRIL 30TH.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE
THAT WE DISPENSE WITH THE FURTHER READING OF THE JOURNAL OF TUESDAY,
MAY THE 1ST [SIC] AND ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO
ORDERED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU. JUST TO
PROVIDE MEMBERS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR A QUOTE FROM GEORGE
BERNARD SHAW. MANY PEOPLE HAVE HEARD OF MR. SHAW ON A REGULAR
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BASIS, BUT HIS QUOTE IS, "LIFE SPENT MAKING MISTAKES IS NOT ONLY MORE
HONORABLE, BUT MORE USEFUL THAN A LIFE SPENT DOING NOTHING." CLEARLY,
MR. SPEAKER, WE HAVE A LIFE FULL OF DOING THINGS HERE IN THESE
CHAMBERS, AND MEMBERS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT ON THEIR DESKS IS AN
A-CALENDAR. WE WILL CONTINUE CONSENT OF THE BILLS ON THAT CALENDAR,
BEGINNING WITH CALENDAR NO. 195, IT'S ON PAGE 17. AND MEMBERS
SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE THAT WE DO HAVE OUR TRADITIONAL WEST POINT
CELEBRATION TODAY AT NOON, AND I WOULD ASK THAT AS MANY MEMBERS STAY
IN CHAMBERS DURING THAT PROCEEDING AS POSSIBLE. IT IS NICE FOR US TO
HONOR THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE CHOSEN THIS CAREER AS A
FIELD, BUT IT'S NOT SO NICE WHEN WE HAVE A CHAMBER FULL OF EMPTY
CHAIRS. SO, MR. SPEAKER, I WOULD ASK THAT COLLEAGUES WILL PLEASE STAY
DURING THE TRADITIONAL WEST POINT CELEBRATION. IT WON'T TAKE US LONG
AND WE WILL BE OUT OF HERE WITH SOME READINESS.
SO, THAT IS A GENERAL OUTLINE, MR. SPEAKER. IF THERE ARE
ANY INTRODUCTIONS AND/OR HOUSEKEEPING, NOW WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE
TIME.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WE HAVE NEITHER
INTRODUCTIONS NOR HOUSEKEEPING THAT WE HAVE BEEN NOTED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: SO WE'RE GOING TO
RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 3, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. THE CLERK
WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 296, MR.
SALKA.
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LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 2019, AS BRAIN TUMOR
AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. SALKA ON THE
RESOLUTION.
MR. SALKA: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THANK YOU
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS BODY REGARDING SOMETHING THAT'S
VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO ME, AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY IN A MINUTE, BUT THIS
ESSENTIALLY IS DECLARING MAY BRAIN TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH IN NEW
YORK STATE. NOW, THIS FOLLOWS ALONG WITH BRAIN TUMOR AWARENESS
MONTH THAT'S BEING HONORED ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.
AND, AS I SAID, THIS MEANS SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO
ME. BACK IN 2012 ON JANUARY 12TH, MY DAUGHTER, EMILY DEVON SALKA
WAS ADMITTED TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN A SMALL RURAL HOSPITAL IN
OUR DISTRICT, AND THEY THOUGHT SHE MAYBE HAD A SINUS INFECTION. AND
THEY DID A CAT SCAN JUST TO RULE IT OUT, AND FOUND A TUMOR ON THE BASE
OF -- OF HER BRAIN. IT ENDED UP BEING SOMETHING CALLED GLIOBLASTOMA
MULTIFORME, AND IT'S A VERY, VERY SERIOUS DIAGNOSIS AND -- BUT SHE WAS
WILLING TO ACCEPT THIS AND WILLING TO ACCEPT THE JOURNEY THAT SHE WAS
GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE, WHICH INCLUDED CHEMOTHERAPY, A NUMBER OF
SURGERIES, AND SHE STAYED STRONG THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. SHE WAS AN
INSPIRATION TO SO MANY PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, BRAIN TUMORS AFFECT THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AND, UNFORTUNATELY, A LARGE NUMBER
OF THOSE THAT ARE AFFECTED ARE CHILDREN, THAT ARE CUT SHORT IN THE PRIME OF
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THEIR LIFE. MY DAUGHTER WAS READY TO ENTER HER SECOND SEMESTER IN HER
FRESHMAN YEAR AT ONEONTA STATE. AFTER TREATMENT SHE DID RETURN AND
COMPLETE HER JUNIOR YEAR. SHE WAS AN INSPIRATION IN THAT RESPECT TO
MANY, MANY PEOPLE, THE STUDENTS AROUND HER, THE TEACHERS THAT SHE HAD
AND, OF COURSE, HER PARENTS, BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS KEPT A POSITIVE
OUTLOOK. BUT I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DEDICATE AND HOPEFULLY
DEDICATE OUR ENERGIES AND OUR TIME TO BEING ABLE TO FIND A CURE FOR THIS
MONSTER. THERE ARE MANY, MANY INSTITUTIONS RIGHT NOW, AND MANY FINE
INSTITUTIONS HERE IN OUR GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK THAT ARE CONDUCTING
RESEARCH AND WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THAT THE
PROGRESS COULD BE MADE QUICKER.
SO, IN OUR PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN
SOME FUNDING DOES COME UP, AND I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO PROPOSE SOME IN
THE UPCOMING SESSION, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT MORE OF OUR RESOURCES AND
TIME. YOU KNOW, BRAIN TUMORS HAVE AFFECTED PEOPLE EVEN IN THIS
CHAMBER. ASSEMBLYMAN FITZPATRICK LOST HIS DAD TO A BRAIN TUMOR;
ASSEMBLYMAN KOLB LOST A BROTHER TO A BRAIN TUMOR, AND IT SEEMS THAT
MORE AND MORE, WHEN YOU SEE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BEING DIAGNOSED
WITH THIS, IT SHOULD FURTHER AND STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE TO BE ABLE TO FIND
A CURE FOR THIS.
SO, I APPRECIATE THIS AND I'M HONORED TO HAVE THE TIME
TO DECLARE MAY BRAIN TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH AND I WOULD HOPE THAT
EVERYONE GOES GRAY FOR THE MONTH, RIGHT HERE, GOES GRAY FOR THE MONTH
OF MAY, AND THANK YOU -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR, AND I APPRECIATE
THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING. THANK
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YOU, AND GOD BLESS.
(APPLAUSE)
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.
ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 331, MR.
CYMBROWITZ.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE
OBSERVANCE OF HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
ON MAY 2, 2019.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NAY. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 332, MS.
JOYNER.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 2019, AS MATERNAL DEPRESSION
AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NAY. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 333, MRS.
GUNTHER.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 2019, AS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH IN
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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.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 334, MS.
LUPARDO.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 2019, AS PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME
AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; NAY. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 335, MR.
O'DONNELL.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
ANDREW M. CUOMO TO DECLARE MAY 4, 2019, AS I LOVE MY PARK DAY 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.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, IF WE COULD
GO TO PAGE 17 ON OUR MAIN CALENDAR TO MAIN -- CALENDAR NO. 195 ON
PAGE 17.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05342, CALENDAR NO.
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195, ABBATE, REYES, GRIFFIN, COLTON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL
SERVICE LAW, IN RELATION TO RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES IN THE COURSE OF
COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05501, CALENDAR NO.
196, CRESPO, ORTIZ, DE LA ROSA, D'URSO, PICHARDO, ARROYO, BLAKE,
REYES, SAYEGH, COLTON, D. ROSENTHAL, PERRY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE
LABOR LAW, IN RELATION TO PENALTIES FOR DISCRIMINATION OR RETALIATION
AGAINST IMMIGRANT EMPLOYEES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05616, CALENDAR NO.
197, WEINSTEIN, GOTTFRIED, PERRY, ABINANTI, SEAWRIGHT, COLTON, TAYLOR.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW,
IN RELATION TO GRANTING RESIDENTS OF ADULT CARE FACILITIES A CAUSE OF
ACTION TO SEEK THE APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY OPERATORS OF SUCH
FACILITIES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05621, CALENDAR NO.
198, WEINSTEIN, SEAWRIGHT, TAYLOR. AN ACT TO AMEND THE DOMESTIC
RELATIONS LAW AND THE FAMILY COURT ACT, IN RELATION TO CHILD CUSTODY
FORENSIC REPORTS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05660, CALENDAR NO.
199, ROZIC, ABBATE, BARRETT, BICHOTTE, BLAKE, CAHILL, COLTON, COOK,
CUSICK, DILAN, DIPIETRO, FAHY, FITZPATRICK, GALEF, GUNTHER, HEVESI,
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HUNTER, HYNDMAN, JAFFEE, JEAN-PIERRE, JOYNER, MCDONOUGH, M.G.
MILLER, MONTESANO, MOSLEY, OTIS, PERRY, PICHARDO, RA, RAIA, RYAN,
SANTABARBARA, SIMON, STECK, STIRPE, WALKER, ZEBROWSKI,
PEOPLES-STOKES, D'URSO, PHEFFER AMATO, WALLACE, STERN, REYES,
MALLIOTAKIS, CRUZ. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO
THE PERFORMANCE OF A STUDY REGARDING HOMELESS PERSONS WHO ARE
VETERANS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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 ON THE 90TH
DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
THE VOTE.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: COLLEAGUES, THIS IS OUR
FIRST VOTE OF THE DAY. IF YOU ARE IN AND AROUND THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE
CAST YOUR VOTE IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE MIGHT MOVE FORWARD. THANK
YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: FIRST VOTE OF THE DAY,
MEMBERS.
MS. WALSH TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.
MS. WALSH: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, JUST BRIEFLY.
I KNOW THIS IS OUR FIRST VOTE OF THE DAY AND MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL
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CASTING THEIR VOTES. I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND THE SPONSOR FOR THIS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION. I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO QUANTIFY THE
NUMBER OF HOMELESS VETERANS THAT WE HAVE. I THINK THE PROBLEM IS A
LOT GREATER THAN WE KNOW AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT IN MY DISTRICT WE
HAVE BOTH A SHELTER FOR MEN WHO ARE VETERANS WHO ARE HOMELESS, AS
WELL AS GUARDIAN HOUSE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ONLY WOMEN'S VETERANS
SHELTERS IN NEW YORK STATE. SO, I JUST -- I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT
PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SUPPORT IT, AND IT
LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE IS. SO, THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. WALSH IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, THANK YOU
FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTERRUPT OUR PROCEEDINGS FOR A MOMENT TO
INTRODUCE SOME GUESTS WHO ARE IN THE CHAMBERS OF OUR COLLEAGUE, MR.
JACOBSON. THESE ARE STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE NEWBURGH
FREE ACADEMY. IT IS A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL AND THIS IS THE STUDENT
COUNCIL, MR. SPEAKER. THE PRESIDENT IS HERE; ALASIA ASHLEY AND
KEYONDRAH MURPHY, THE VICE PRESIDENT ARE HERE AND THOSE ARE WHO,
RAISE YOUR HAND, PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. THEY HAVE THEIR
STUDENT ADVISORS WITH THEM, MR. SPEAKER; MELANIE LARKIN, LYNN
DAVINCI AND AMANDA O'NEAL. WOULD YOU PLEASE GREET THESE AWESOME
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STUDENTS TO OUR CHAMBERS AND GIVE THEM THE CORDIALITIES OF THE FLOOR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
MR. JACOBSON, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU HERE
TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. WE EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF
THE FLOOR. WE THANK YOU, AS STUDENTS, FOR COMING AND SHARING THIS DAY
WITH US AND WATCHING OUR PROCEEDINGS AND ALSO COMMEND YOU ON THE
WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN YOUR OWN SCHOOL TO MAKE A BETTER LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL THE STUDENTS AND REPRESENTING YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS
AS YOU DO. CONTINUE THAT WORK. WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY, MANY DAYS
OF YOUR LEADERSHIP MAYBE ALL ACROSS THIS STATE. THANK YOU SO VERY
MUCH.
(APPLAUSE)
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE ON CONSENT. WE'RE NOW AT CALENDAR NO. 200 ON PAGE
18 AS WELL.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05765, CALENDAR NO.
200, ZEBROWSKI. AN ACT TO AMEND THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, IN
RELATION TO EXTENDING LIMITATIONS ON THE SHIFT BETWEEN CLASSES OF
TAXABLE PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, COUNTY OF ROCKLAND.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
THE VOTE.
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(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. A05777, CALENDAR NO.
201, DINOWITZ, REYES, SAYEGH, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, SIMON, D'URSO,
STIRPE, ARROYO, BLAKE, STECK, GLICK, ZEBROWSKI, ORTIZ, WEPRIN, CRUZ.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, IN RELATION TO
PROHIBITING EMPLOYERS FROM REQUIRING CERTAIN CONDITIONS OR
PRECONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05841-A, CALENDAR
NO. 202, GLICK, CYMBROWITZ, LENTOL, NOLAN, DAVILA, L. ROSENTHAL, DE
LA ROSA, EPSTEIN, SEAWRIGHT, WEPRIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE MULTIPLE
DWELLING LAW, IN RELATION TO INTERIM MULTIPLE DWELLINGS; AND TO AMEND
CHAPTER 4 OF THE LAWS OF 2013 AMENDING THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW
AND OTHER LAWS RELATING TO INTERIM MULTIPLE DWELLINGS IN A CITY WITH A
POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, IN RELATION TO MAKING CERTAIN
PROVISIONS PERMANENT.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05967-A, CALENDAR
NO. 203, PAULIN, BUCHWALD, DE LA ROSA, GALEF, JEAN-PIERRE, ABINANTI,
DINOWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, EPSTEIN, HUNTER, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, PICHARDO,
MCDONOUGH, REILLY, COOK, STECK, RAIA. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC
SERVICE LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING CERTAIN NOTICES TO BE PROVIDED TO
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CUSTOMERS RECEIVING TELEPHONE SERVICE THROUGH FIBER OPTIC-BASED
TELEPHONE LINES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06087, CALENDAR NO.
204, PAULIN, ARROYO, D'URSO, CRUZ, JEAN-PIERRE, REYES, SAYEGH,
GOTTFRIED, MOSLEY, GALEF, DESTEFANO, MONTESANO, MCDONOUGH, JAFFEE,
WALLACE, STECK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, IN
RELATION TO THE OPERATION OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES BY MINORS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06149, CALENDAR NO.
205, LUPARDO, COOK, CRESPO, JAFFEE, CROUCH, FRIEND, GOTTFRIED,
HYNDMAN, D'URSO, GLICK, ABINANTI. AN ACT TO AMEND THE REAL
PROPERTY LAW, IN RELATION TO HOME INSPECTION PROFESSIONAL LICENSING.
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. A06186-A, CALENDAR
NO. 206, GUNTHER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PARITY REPORTING; AND TO
REPEAL CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SUCH LAW RELATING THERETO.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MRS.
GUNTHER, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED. AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06462, CALENDAR NO.
208, NOLAN, ABBATE, BLAKE, BUTTENSCHON, MCDONALD, BRAUNSTEIN,
COOK, M.G. MILLER, ENGLEBRIGHT, D'URSO, GUNTHER. AN ACT TO AMEND
THE ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS LAW, IN RELATION TO CHANGING NEW YORK
STATE HISTORY MONTH FROM NOVEMBER TO OCTOBER.
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. A07050, CALENDAR NO.
210, LUPARDO. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 414 OF THE LAWS OF 2018,
CREATING THE RADON TASK FORCE, IN RELATION TO THE REPORTING DATE AND
EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.
LUPARDO, 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
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THE VOTE.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, BEFORE WE
MOVE TO OUR DEBATE CALENDAR, CAN WE HAVE -- GO BACK TO CALENDAR NO.
206 TO BE RECONSIDERED. IT'S ON PAGE 19.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06186-A, CALENDAR
NO. 206, GUNTHER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PARITY REPORTING; AND TO
REPEAL CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SUCH LAW RELATING THERETO.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 60TH
DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
THE VOTE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, WE CAN
NOW GO TO PAGE 8. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP CALENDAR NO. 51 UNDER
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DEBATE BY MR. GOTTFRIED.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: PAGE 8, CALENDAR NO.
51, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01033, CALENDAR NO.
51, GOTTFRIED, SAYEGH. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN
RELATION TO THE USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS IN NURSING HOMES AND
ADULT CARE FACILITIES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
SPEAKER. WOULD THE SPONSOR YIELD?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WE WILL DO THAT IN A
MINUTE, BUT WE ARE ON DEBATE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEMBERS. AND
WOULD BE APPRECIATIVE IF YOU TOOK YOUR CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE THE
CHAMBER AND/OR HAVE YOUR SEATS, CLEAR THE AISLES, SETTLE DOWN.
MR. GOTTFRIED, WILL YOU YIELD?
MR. GOTTFRIED: CERTAINLY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOTTFRIED YIELDS,
MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
GOTTFRIED. UNDER THIS BILL, A PRESCRIPTION FOR A PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG FOR A
PATIENT IN A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, A NURSING HOME, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE
LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN 14 DAYS AND TO HAVE A NEW PRESCRIPTION OR
RENEWAL OF THAT PRESCRIPTION WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL WRITTEN
INFORMED CONSENT BY THE PATIENT. I THINK THAT'S THE BASIC THRUST OF THE
BILL.
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MR. GOTTFRIED: CORRECT.
MR. GOODELL: AND IT PROVIDES THAT IF THE PATIENT
IS NOT CAPABLE OF GIVING THAT INFORMED CONSENT, AFTER ALL THEY ARE UNDER
MEDICATION FOR A PSYCHOTROPIC ISSUE, THEN THAT CONSENT COULD BE GIVEN
AT -- IN A WRITTEN INFORMED CONSENT BY THE PATIENT'S SURROGATE
DESIGNATING THE REPRESENTATIVE. AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY.... "AND IF
THE PATIENT DOESN'T HAVE A SURROGATE AND THE PATIENT IS NOT COMPETENT TO
GIVE THE INFORMED CONSENT, THE PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG COULD STILL BE
ADMINISTERED OR THE PRESCRIPTION RENEWED IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY
OR FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE SET FORTH IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW FOR A
GENERAL HOSPITAL." SO MY FIRST QUESTION, I JUST WANT TO GIVE AN
INTRODUCTION SO OUR COLLEAGUES KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND TO
THE EXTENT THAT WE DO. SO IF THE PATIENT IS INCOMPETENT AND LACKS A
SURROGATE, THE INDUSTRY HAS ASKED ABOUT THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF HOW
THIS WOULD WORK. SO THE QUESTION WOULD BE, THERE'S A PROCEDURE
ALREADY IN PLACE FOR PATIENTS AT A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY WHO NEED MAJOR
SURGERY OR MAJOR MEDICAL TREATMENT WHO ARE INCOMPETENT AND DON'T
HAVE A SURROGATE AND THAT PROCEDURE REQUIRES A SEPARATE INDEPENDENT
MEDICAL EVALUATION BY THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OR A PERSON APPOINTED BY
THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR. WHY DOES THIS BILL NOT USE THE SAME PROCEDURE
THAT APPLIES ON ALL OTHER MEDICAL PROCEDURES THAT APPLY IN A RESIDENTIAL
FACILITY FOR SUCH A PATIENT? AND INSTEAD, IT SEEMS TO GO IN A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION AND REQUIRE THE PROCEDURES THAT INVOLVE A GENERAL HOSPITAL.
MR. GOTTFRIED: OKAY. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, MAYBE
THE NEXT TIME EITHER ONE OF US IS TALKING TO WHATEVER REPRESENTATIVES OF
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THE INDUSTRY RAISED THIS POINT WITH YOU, EITHER YOU OR I SHOULD SUGGEST
TO THEM THAT IN THE FUTURE SINCE THIS BILL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED FOR SEVERAL
YEARS, IT MIGHT'VE BEEN USEFUL IF THEY HAD RAISED THIS QUESTION WITH ME,
WHICH THEY HAVE NOT. SO INTERESTING QUESTION WHY THEY WOULD OPERATE
THAT WAY. IF YOU READ PARAGRAPH 2 WHICH REFERS TO PATIENTS IN A GENERAL
HOSPITAL AND PARAGRAPH 3 WHICH REFERS TO PATIENTS IN A NURSING HOME
AND YOU FOLLOW THROUGH THE WORDS, I THINK THEY LARGELY, IN PRACTICE,
COME DOWN TO PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING. THE ADVANTAGE OF THE
GENERAL HOSPITAL SENTENCE IS THAT IT'S A WHOLE LOT SHORTER AND I THINK A
WHOLE LOT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND TO THE EXTENT THAT IT -- THAT THE
NURSING HOME LANGUAGE PUTS MORE OF A DIRECT ROLE IN THE HANDS OF THE
NURSING HOME'S MEDICAL DIRECTOR, I WOULD PREFER A LITTLE BIT THE
LANGUAGE THAT WE ARE POINTING TO BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WITH
PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS IN NURSING HOMES IS PRECISELY THAT THE NURSING
HOME ADMINISTRATION IN MANY CASES IN NEW YORK IS DIRECTING A POLICY
OF USING THESE DRUGS INAPPROPRIATELY BASICALLY TO KEEP PATIENTS, YOU
KNOW, BASICALLY QUIET AND EASY TO MOVE AROUND. AND SO TO THE EXTENT
THE LANGUAGE THE BILL POINTS TO IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER
PARAGRAPH, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BETTER. BUT BASICALLY I DON'T SEE A LOT OF
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM.
MR. GOODELL: AND IT'S AN ISSUE THAT IF IT DOESN'T
GO THROUGH THIS YEAR, CERTAINLY WE CAN ADDRESS IN MORE DETAIL IN THE
FUTURE. THE OTHER QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED - I MEAN THERE'S A FEW
OTHERS, BUT ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS IS THIS REQUIRES A NEW WRITTEN
INFORMED CONSENT AND A NEW PRESCRIPTION EVERY 14 DAYS OR NO LONGER
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THAN 14 DAYS, A PRESCRIPTION FOR NO LONGER THAN 14 DAYS. ARE THERE
PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS THAT ARE PRESCRIBED ON A LONGER TERM BASIS THAN TWO
WEEKS?
MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, NOT LEGALLY IN A NURSING
HOME BECAUSE A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE IN THIS BILL INCLUDING THE 14-DAY
REQUIREMENT ACTUALLY TRACKS FEDERAL CMS REGULATIONS. SO THAT 14-DAY
PROVISION WOULD -- WOULD BE IN PLACE TODAY. PUTTING IT IN STATE LAW
AND FLESHING IT OUT WITH THE OTHER LANGUAGE IN THE BILL, I THINK IS REALLY
IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY SINCE NEW YORK HAS A, I THINK, A LONG WAY TO GO
TO GET -- TO GET RID OF INAPPROPRIATE USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS IN
NURSING HOMES.
MR. GOODELL: SO, IS IT YOUR VIEW THEN THAT THIS
RESTRICTION FOR TWO WEEKS IS ALREADY COVERED BY CMS?
MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, IT CONFORMS WITH THE CMS
REGULATION. IT INCORPORATES THAT INTO ALL THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE BILL.
MR. GOODELL: NOW, PART OF THE CHALLENGE, OF
COURSE, WHEN THERE'S PATIENTS IN NURSING HOMES IS TO HAVE A SURROGATE
THAT'S ACTIVELY INVOLVED. NOT ALL SURROGATES ARE WILLING TO BE ACTIVELY
INVOLVED IN THE PATIENT'S CARE. IT COULD BE A DISTANT RELATIVE THAT THEY
AGREED TO BE AS A SURROGATE. THIS WOULD REQUIRE THE SURROGATE TO SIGN
OFF ON A WRITTEN CONSENT EVERY TWO WEEKS. I MEAN IN THEORY, IF THAT
MEDICATION CONTINUED FOR A YEAR THEY'D HAVE 26 WRITTEN CONSENTS WITH
THE SAME NOTICE IN TERMS OF THE ADVERSE EFFECT. IS THERE REALLY A NEED
FOR MULTIPLE WRITTEN CONSENTS EVERY TWO WEEKS? ISN'T THAT A LITTLE
BURDENSOME ON THE -- ON BOTH THE FACILITY AND ON THE SURROGATE?
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MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, AS YOU SAID, THERE IS A
PROBLEM IN NURSING HOMES THAT - AND NOT JUST IN NEW YORK - THAT OFTEN
AN APPROPRIATE FAMILY MEMBER IS NOWHERE NEAR AS INVOLVED AS THEY
OUGHT TO BE. ONE COULD ARGUE THAT IF THE NURSING HOME FEELS THE NEED
TO REACH OUT TO THAT FAMILY MEMBER EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS AND -- AND
GET THEM INVOLVED, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING. BECAUSE TODAY, YOU
KNOW, THE FAMILY MEMBER MAY BE -- MAY NOT FEEL GOOD ABOUT IGNORING
THEIR RELATIVE, BUT IT MAY QUIETLY FIND THAT THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE,
THE NURSING HOME MAY WELL BE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THE FAMILY MEMBER
UNINVOLVED CAUSE WHEN FAMILY MEMBERS GET INVOLVED SOMETIMES THEY
COMPLAIN ABOUT CONDITIONS. AND SO IF ONE EFFECT OF THIS BILL IS TO MAKE
NURSING HOMES REACH OUT TO THE FAMILY, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
MR. GOODELL: OF COURSE IT'S -- IT'S A BALANCING ACT
BECAUSE THE MORE RESPONSIBILITY WE PUT ON A SURROGATE, THE LESS SOME
SURROGATES ARE WILLING TO SERVE AND THEN WE END UP WITH NO SURROGATE
AND SO IT SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A BALANCING ACT. BUT IF I CAN MOVE
ON. IF THE SURROGATE GETS FED UP WITH SIGNING THESE CONSENTS AND
REFUSES TO SIGN A CONSENT, THEN THE ONLY OPTION IS TO WAIT FOR AN
EMERGENCY TO OCCUR UNDER THIS LEGISLATION?
MR. GOTTFRIED: IF -- WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IF THE
SURROGATE IS UNWILLING OR UNAVAILABLE TO ACT, THEN UNDER THE FAMILY
HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT WHICH IS WHAT GIVES THEM THE AUTHORITY TO
CONSENT, THEY WOULD -- THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE CONSIDERED THE
SURROGATE. THEY'RE ONLY CONSIDERED THE SURROGATE AS LONG AS THEY ARE
WILLING AND AVAILABLE TO ACT. AND SECONDLY, IF THEY -- IF THERE -- IF AS A
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RESULT THERE IS NO SURROGATE WILLING AND AVAILABLE TO ACT, THEN YOU GO TO
THE PROVISION OF THE BILL THAT SAYS YOU GO TO A SECOND -- YOU GET THE
ORDER REVIEWED BY A SECOND PHYSICIAN OR A NURSE PRACTITIONER.
MR. GOODELL: WELL, ACTUALLY, THOUGH, THE
LANGUAGE OF THE BILL IS IF THE PATIENT LACKS A REPRESENTATIVE. IT'S NOT
TRIGGERED BY A REPRESENTATIVE THAT REFUSES TO ACT, SO IF THE REPRESENTATIVE
REFUSES TO ACT. SO IF A PATIENT HAS A REPRESENTATIVE AND THE
REPRESENTATIVE REFUSES TO ACT, THEN THE ONLY TIME THE PRESCRIPTION COULD
BE RENEWED UNDER THE LANGUAGE OF THIS BILL, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS THE
EMERGENCY SITUATION.
MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE
FAMILY HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT, IF THE PERSON WHO WOULD OTHERWISE
BE CONSIDERED THE SURROGATE IS UNWILLING OR UNAVAILABLE TO ACT, THEN
THEY ARE NO LONGER DEEMED THE SURROGATE. SO IT IS IN A SENSE
SELF-EXECUTING. IF THEY HAVE DROPPED OUT FROM THEIR SURROGACY, THEN
YOU EITHER GO TO THE NEXT PERSON ON THE SURROGATE LIST OR THE PATIENT IS
THEN DEEMED TO NOT HAVE A SURROGATE.
MR. GOODELL: AND A CORRESPONDING SITUATION
WHICH IS IN BETWEEN IS WHEN YOU HAVE A SURROGATE THAT'S MORE THAN
HAPPY TO ACT THAT'S ON VACATION AND UNAVAILABLE. IN THAT SITUATION THEN
THE PRESCRIPTION WOULD NOT BE RENEWED UNLESS THERE'S AN EMERGENCY,
CORRECT?
MR. GOTTFRIED: NO. IF THE SURROGATE IS
UNAVAILABLE FOR WHATEVER REASON. IF THEY'RE UNAVAILABLE, THEN UNDER THE
FAMILY HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT, YOU EITHER GO TO THE NEXT PERSON IN
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LINE TO BE SURROGATE OR THE PATIENT DURING THE UNAVAILABILITY IS DEEMED
TO BE A PATIENT WITHOUT A SURROGATE.
MR. GOODELL: ONE LAST QUESTION, I HOPE. AND
THAT IS DEALS WITH COST. OF COURSE EVERY TIME A PHYSICIAN SEES A PATIENT
AND WRITES A PRESCRIPTION OR RENEWS A PRESCRIPTION THE PHYSICIAN BILLS
EITHER MEDICARE OR MEDICAID OR IF IT'S A PRIVATE CARE PATIENT THEY BILL
THE PATIENT DIRECTLY. WHAT IS THE COST RAMIFICATION OF THIS LEGISLATION?
MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, OR THE PHYSICIAN IS IN -- IS
PROBABLY IN MANY CASES UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NURSING HOME AND IT'S
THE NURSING HOME WHO PAYS THEM. THE -- SO IT WOULD REALLY BE DIFFICULT
TO -- TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. IF -- IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL
FEES TO BE CHARGED EITHER TO THE NURSING HOME OR SOMEBODY ELSE, I
THINK THAT'S A LOT BETTER THAN PEOPLE SPENDING THEIR -- VIRTUALLY THEIR
ENTIRE TIME IN THE NURSING HOME IN A DRUGGED OUT, YOU KNOW,
SEMI-CONSCIENCE STATE AND THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON ALL TOO OFTEN IN OUR
NURSING HOMES TODAY. THESE DRUGS ARE BEING USED AS WHAT IS
EUPHEMISTICALLY CALLED CHEMICAL RESTRAINTS.
MR. GOODELL: YES.
MR. GOTTFRIED: AND THE NOTION THAT -- THAT 15
PERCENT OF NURSING HOME RESIDENTS ARE BEING REGULARLY PRESCRIBED
PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS IS -- IS REALLY NOT ACCEPTABLE.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
SPEAKER.
MR. GOTTFRIED: YOU'RE WELCOME.
MR. GOODELL: I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
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ON THE BILL, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, MR.
GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH MR.
GOTTFRIED, OUR COLLEAGUE, THAT THE EXCESSIVE USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS
IN NURSING HOMES IS AN ISSUE, IT'S A SERIOUS ISSUE AND ONE THAT DESERVES
OUR ATTENTION. WHERE WE DISAGREE A LITTLE BIT IS WHAT IS THE BEST
APPROACH TO ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE. IN MY OPINION, THE BEST APPROACH IS
FOR US, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, TO HAVE MORE THOUGHTFUL
REVIEWS OF PSYCHOTROPIC PRESCRIPTIONS IN NURSING HOMES AND WE HAD
THAT AUTHORITY, RIGHT. OUR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GOES IN ON A ROUTINE
BASIS AND IT AUDITS NURSING HOMES AND IT REVIEWS NURSING HOME RECORDS
AND WE ALSO HAVE A MEDICAID INSPECTOR WHO DOES THE SAME AND IF WE
ADDRESS THE ISSUE DIRECTLY, WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL BURDEN
PUT ON PATIENTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.
MRS. ARROYO.
MRS. ARROYO: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I WANT TO
THANK THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL AND ALSO THE SPEAKER TO ALLOW THIS BILL TO
COME TO THE FLOOR AND TO OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE TO SUPPORT
THIS BILL. IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHEN WE VISIT THOSE
CENTERS, YOU GO AROUND AND WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE WITH THE HEAD DOWN
BECAUSE THEY ARE DRUGGED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOD BLESS ALL OF
YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
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THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 180TH
DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
THE VOTE.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. I THINK ISSUES AS THEY
RELATE TO HOW NURSING HOMES ARE MANAGED AND CARED FOR AND REGULATED
IN OUR STATE SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF EVERYONE'S AGENDA. I WANT TO THANK
THE SPONSOR OF THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION FOR INTRODUCING IT AND
UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
MR. SPEAKER, VERY OFTEN MOST TIMES WHEN PEOPLE GO INTO NURSING
HOMES, THEY'RE JUST AT THE CARE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE. NO ONE
ELSE -- SOMETIMES THERE'S NO FAMILY, IT'S JUST THEM. AND IN MANY CASES
THERE IS FAMILY AND YOU STILL NEED TO HAVE A GOOD REGULATED NURSING
HOME. I CAN SEE, SPEAKING FROM MY OWN DISTRICT, THAT THERE IS A NEED
FOR ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS AND THERE IS ALSO A NEED FOR THE NEW YORK
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF DETERMINING
WHO HAS THE CAPACITY TO DELIVER GOOD SERVICE AND WHO DOES NOT. SO, I
THINK THIS IS A GOOD STARTING POINT. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD
ALWAYS BE PAYING ATTENTION TO AND, IN FACT, I THINK AS PEOPLE IN GENERAL,
WE SHOULD ALL BE PAYING ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE EITHER OUR FAMILY OR
EVEN ONE DAY OURSELVES MAY NEED THESE SERVICES AND WE WANT THEM TO
BE AT THE TOP OF THE LEVEL, NOT CONSIDERED NOT TO BE MEDIOCRE. SO,
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AGAIN, MR. SPEAKER, I THANK THE SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION AND I
CERTAINLY DO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE BILL.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES
IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
MS. REYES TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.
MS. REYES: I WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR OF THIS
LEGISLATION FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT STEP IN LOOKING INTO SOME OF THE
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE UNFORTUNATELY SEE IN NURSING HOMES. I BELIEVE
THAT WHAT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS HAVE BEEN FOUND THEMSELVES TO DO
WHEN THEY HAVE NO OTHER MEANS TO KEEP PATIENTS SAFE IS TO CHEMICALLY
RESTRAIN THEM AND I THINK THIS IS A SYMPTOM OF A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STAFFING AND STAFFING RATIOS IN HOSPITALS AND
NURSING HOMES, IT'S ABOUT BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE BODIES, THE HANDS, THE
EYES TO KEEP OUR LOVED ONES SAFE. I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO
DEALING WITH A MUCH BROADER ISSUE IN OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND I
COMMEND THE SPONSOR OF THIS AND I'LL BE VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. REYES IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. IF WE COULD HAVE THE ATTENTION OF EVERY ONE THAT'S IN THE
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CHAMBERS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN OUR TRADITIONAL WELCOME OF
OUR WEST POINT GUESTS. AND I KNOW AND I'M SURE MOST OF ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES HERE FEEL LIKE REALLY HONORED THAT WE HAVE AN INSTITUTION OF
THIS TYPE IN OUR STATE. AND SO IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME THEM TO
OUR FLOOR AND APPRECIATE THE WORK AND EFFORTS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING FORTH
NOT JUST FOR OUR CURRENT LIVES BUT FOR OUR FUTURE LIVES. WEST POINT
GRADUATES CAN BE COUNTED ON THROUGHOUT HISTORY AS SOME OF THE NATION'S
GREATEST LEADERS AND I SUSPECT I'M CONFIDENT OF A NUMBER OF THOSE, OUR
FUTURE LEADERS ARE RIGHT HERE IN OUR CHAMBERS TODAY, MR. SPEAKER, FROM
MILITARY COMMANDERS TO ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PIONEERS OF INDUSTRY TO
WEST POINT GRADUATES HAVE MADE CONTINUED AND MAKE EXTRAORDINARY
CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTH SOCIETY AND TO OUR NATION. THE CADETS THAT JOIN US
HERE TODAY HAVE CHOSEN A PATH OF SERVICE. IN MY OPINION THERE'S
NOTHING MORE HONORABLE, NOTHING MORE NOBLER AND NOTHING MORE
WORTHY OF OUR RESPECT AND ADMIRATION THAN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. I
APPLAUD THESE FINE MEN AND WOMEN FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND
ASK THAT WE WILL PAUSE IN OUR DELIBERATIONS, MR. SPEAKER, TO HONOR THEIR
COURAGE. THANK THEM FOR THEIR SELFLESS SACRIFICE AND WISH THEM GOOD
HEALTH, SAFETY AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR CAREERS. MAY GOD BLESS EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF YOU AND, MR. SPEAKER, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR
REMARKS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: IT IS MY HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE TO INTERRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE TO CONTINUE A
SPECIAL TRADITION. FOR ALMOST 70 YEARS THE ASSEMBLY HAS HOSTED WEST
POINT DAY TO CELEBRATE THE EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE AND DEDICATION OF MEN
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AND WOMEN WHO EMBODY THE SPIRIT AND HONOR OF THE PRESTIGIOUS UNITED
STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT. FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES,
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS TO THE PEOPLE'S
HOUSE OF THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE.
(APPLAUSE)
WITH US TODAY WE HAVE UNITED STATES CORPS OF CADETS
FIRST CLASS [SIC] DAVID T. BINDON. WE HAVE COLONEL MARK BIEGER,
WEST POINT CHIEF-OF-STAFF; LIEUTENANT COLONEL DANIEL [SIC] CARROTHERS,
CHAPLAIN OF THE US -- UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY WHO BROUGHT US
IN WITH PRAYER; LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHRISTOPHER OPHARDT, WEST POINT
CHIEF OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS; SERGEANT FIRST CLASS LINDSAY CRUDUP,
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN CHARGE OF CADETS THE US MILITARY
ACADEMY INCLUDING 12 CADETS FROM ACROSS THE STATE WHO WILL BE
INTRODUCED. WE ALSO HAVE SERGEANT FIRST CLASS JOSEPHINE PRIDE,
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS THE UNITED
STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AND SERGEANT MAJOR US ARMY RETIRED DAVID
BRZYWCZY. THE HIGHLY RESPECTED WEST POINT ACADEMY HAS STOOD TALL
AND PROUD IN NEW YORK'S BEAUTIFUL HUDSON VALLEY SINCE 1802. THE
YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ATTEND WEST POINT REPRESENT THE BEST AND
BRIGHTEST OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE ACADEMY GRADUATES HAVE A LEGACY
OF LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE. FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS, THE UNITED
STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT HAS SERVED AS A TESTAMENT TO
THE PRINCIPLES OF HONOR, DUTY AND COUNTRY. THE LEGACY IS TRULY
UNMATCHED. IT IS THE OLDEST OF THE FIVE SERVICE ACADEMIES.
IN JUST A MOMENT, WE WILL TAKE UP A RESOLUTION
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HONORING THE LEGACY OF THE ACADEMY AND THE ROLE THAT IT HAS PLAYED IN
SHAPING THE HISTORY OF OUR STATE AND THE NATION. WE THANK YOU FOR
VISITING US TODAY AND FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUR NATION.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
(APPLAUSE)
THE CLERK WILL READ THE TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. 330, MR. SCHMITT.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR ANDREW M. CUOMO TO
PROCLAIM MAY 1, 2019, AS WEST POINT DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION,
MRS. BARRETT.
MRS. BARRETT: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. IT IS
WITH GREAT HONOR AND PLEASURE THAT I STAND HERE TODAY AS THE FIRST
WOMAN CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY'S VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. I'M
PARTICIPATING IN THIS ANNUAL EVENT DEDICATED TO THE UNITED STATES
ACADEMY AT WEST POINT IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO
WELCOME COLONEL MARK D. BIEGER, THE WEST POINT CHIEF-OF-STAFF, THE
OUTSTANDING CADETS INCLUDING FIRST CAPTAIN - CAPTAIN DAVID T. BINDON
AND THE SENIOR PERSONNEL JOINING US HERE TODAY ON THIS SPECIAL OCCASION
TO HONOR THIS ESTEEMED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOCATED HERE IN
THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND IN THE HUDSON VALLEY WHERE MY OWN
DISTRICT IS. TODAY MARKS THE 67TH TIME THE ASSEMBLY HAS HONORED THE
MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE CORPS OF CADETS AND SENIOR
PERSONNEL WHO OPERATE WEST POINT. FOR 217 YEARS THE UNITED STATES
ACADEMY AT WEST POINT HAS GUIDED THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST THROUGH
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INTENSIVE TRAINING AND VIGOROUS ACADEMIC CURRICULUM TO PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS. IT IS HERE WHERE OUR FUTURE LEADERS COME TO LEARN
AND COMMIT THEMSELVES TO VALUES AS YOU HEARD OF DUTY, HONOR AND
COUNTRY. THESE THREE WORDS ARE INSTILLED IN THE THOUSANDS OF HOURS
SPENT TRAINING, EDUCATING AND INSPIRING EACH CADET SO THAT THEY MAY
GRADUATE AS A COMMISSIONED LEADER PREPARED FOR A CAREER IN EXCELLENCE
AND SERVICE TO OUR NATION AS AN OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. THE
ACADEMY LOCATED IN THE PICTURESQUE HUDSON VALLEY, WHICH I ALWAYS
DESCRIBE AS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN OUR COUNTRY, IS A
NATIONAL LANDMARK AND HOME TO HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS AND
MONUMENTS. THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING THE ACADEMY'S HISTORY IS
VERY MUCH IN EVIDENCE EVEN TODAY. IN FACT THIS PAST THURSDAY ON APRIL
25TH, THE ACADEMY UNVEILED A STATUE OF ULYSSES S. GRANT, THE 18TH
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1843 OF THE
ACADEMY AND UNION CIVIL WAR GENERAL. GRANT WAS THE FIRST WEST
POINT GRADUATE TO HOLD THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
LOCATED ON THE PERIMETER OF THE PLAIN WHERE THE CORPS OF CADETS HOLD
DAILY PARADES, THE GRANT STATUE IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE ONLY OTHER
STATUE DEDICATED TO THE OTHER WEST POINT GRADUATE WHO BECAME
PRESIDENT, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, CLASS OF 1915. WE OWE THE CADETS
OUR RESPECT AND GRATITUDE. I SALUTE YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WISH
YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AS YOU CONTINUE TO FULFILL YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR
NATION. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, IT IS MY
PLEASURE TO WELCOME AND CONGRATULATE ALL THE CADETS HERE AND WELCOME
THE DISTINGUISHED STAFF ACCOMPANYING YOU HERE TODAY. GO ARMY!
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(APPLAUSE)
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. MORINELLO ON THE
RESOLUTION.
MR. MORINELLO: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. IT'S A
GREAT HONOR TO CELEBRATE WEST POINT DAY IN THE NEW YORK STATE
ASSEMBLY. I AM PROUD TO STAND BESIDE THESE CADETS WHO HAVE CHOSEN
TO ATTEND NEW YORK'S PREMIERE MILITARY ACADEMY. AS A RANKING
MEMBER OF THE VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND AS AN ARMY VETERAN
WHO SERVED AS A COMBAT SOLIDER IN VIETNAM, I HAVE BEEN GRANTED THE
OPPORTUNITY AND HONOR TO SPEAK ABOUT ONE OF THE CROWNED JEWELS OF
OUR NATION. WHILE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO VIEW THE INSTITUTION FROM ACROSS
THE HUDSON, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE AWE AND AMAZEMENT OF OUR
NATION'S FIRST MILITARY LEADERS WOULD HAVE IF THEY COULD SEE WHAT WEST
POINT HAS BECOME. ORIGINALLY CHOSEN FOR ITS STRATEGIC POSITIONING AT A
CHOKEPOINT ON THE HUDSON RIVER IN OUR FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM
THE BRITISH EMPIRE, WEST POINT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS
ACADEMIES FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN TO ATTEND ON THEIR QUEST TO SERVE AS
LEADERS IN THE GREATEST MILITARY IN THE WORLD. WITH THE HELP OF
AMERICAN HEROS SUCH AS OUR COUNTRY'S FIRST PRESIDENT GEORGE
WASHINGTON AND MILITARY ENGINEER THADDEUS KOSCIUSKO, A HERO OF THE
BATTLE OF SARATOGA, WEST POINT WAS FORTIFIED AND BECAME A SYMBOL OF
AMERICAN MILITARY SUPERIORITY AND LEADERSHIP. SINCE 1802, IT HAS
SERVED AS AN ACADEMY AND HOLDS THE TITLE OF AMERICA'S OLDEST
CONTINUOUS OCCUPIED MILITARY POST. TODAY WE HONOR THE MEN AND
WOMEN, PAST AND PRESENT, OF THIS PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTION AND OFFER THEM
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OUR GRATITUDE FOR ALL THEIR SERVICE OF TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE. AND I AM
PROUD TO BE A VETERAN, AN ARMY VETERAN AND STAND WITH THESE
WONDERFUL MEN, WOMEN AND OFFICERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
(APPLAUSE)
ASSEMBLYMEMBER COLIN SCHMITT.
EXCUSE ME, MS. HUNTER.
MS. HUNTER: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AS THE
CHAIR OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WOMEN VETERANS AND A PROUD US
ARMY VETERAN, I'M HONORED TODAY TO WELCOME THE ENTIRE WEST POINT
COMMAND, ESPECIALLY THE MEMBERS OF THE CORPS OF CADETS. THE WEST
POINT ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT THE FIRST
WOMAN IN US HISTORY TO ACHIEVE THE RANK OF FOUR-STAR GENERAL HAS BEEN
NAMED THE 2019 RECIPIENT OF THE SYLVANUS THAYER AWARD, GENERAL ANN
DUNWOODY. THE ASSOCIATION PRESENTS THE AWARD EACH YEAR TO
SOMEONE'S WHOSE CAREER EMBODIES THE WEST POINT MOTTO: DUTY, HONOR
AND COUNTRY. TO EACH CADET, I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST AS YOU CONTINUE
TO LEARN THE IMPORTANT ROLE YOU WILL PLAY IN THE WORLD TODAY. GO
ARMY! BEAT NAVY! THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
(APPLAUSE)
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AND NOW
ASSEMBLYMEMBER SCHMITT.
MR. SCHMITT: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I'D LIKE TO
THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL FOR JOINING IN RECOGNIZING NOT ONLY
THE PREMIERE MILITARY ACADEMY, BUT THE PREMIERE INSTITUTE OF HIGHER
EDUCATION IN THE WORLD, THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST
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POINT WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT IN THE HEART OF MY DISTRICT, THE 99TH
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT IN ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK. IT'S A TRUE HONOR TO
HAVE THE CADETS, THEIR LEADERSHIP AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LONG GRAY
LINE JOIN US ON THE FLOOR TODAY. IT'S ALSO A DISTINCT HONOR TO REPRESENT
THEM EACH AND EVERY DAY HERE IN THIS CHAMBER AND BACK HOME IN THE
DISTRICT. AS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD MYSELF AND
SOMEBODY WHO GETS TO FREQUENTLY VISIT BOTH IN MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY
HERE IN THE ASSEMBLY, AS WELL AS A SOLDIER IN THE ARMY, A BEAUTIFUL
CAMPUS AT WEST POINT. IT MEANS A LOT TO SEE THESE LEADERS HERE. SOME
WHO I ACTUALLY HAD PREVIOUSLY MET THROUGH AMERICAN LEGION BOYS
STATE AND SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES. THE CALIBER OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO
ARE CURRENTLY STUDYING AS CADETS WILL BE GRADUATING, WILL BE GRADUATING
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND THOSE WHO HAVE REALLY MADE HISTORY
SINCE WEST POINT'S FOUNDING ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE WRITTEN
OUR HISTORY AND WILL CONTINUE TO WRITE OUR HISTORY IN NEW YORK STATE,
IN THE UNITED STATES AND ACROSS THE WORLD. SO, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BLESSING
IN THIS CHAMBER WHERE WE CAN PUT PARTISANSHIP ASIDE AND WE CAN JUST
CELEBRATE AMERICA, CELEBRATE OUR FLAG AND CELEBRATE THE MEN AND
WOMEN WHO HAVE RAISED THEIR RIGHT HAND FROM 17- OR 18-YEARS-OLD ON
WILLING TO SAY THAT MY LIFE IS GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO DEFENDING OUR
RIGHT TO DO WHAT WE DO HERE AND EVERYWHERE ACROSS THIS GREAT COUNTRY.
SO, I APPLAUD AND SALUTE ALL THE CADETS, ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO
HAVE EVER SERVED OR PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE LONG GRAY LINE. THANK
YOU FOR THE HONOR OF REPRESENTING YOU IN THE ASSEMBLY AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR OF SERVING ALL OF US. IT'S AN HONOR
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THAT WE CAN THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
(APPLAUSE)
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NAY. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
(APPLAUSE)
IT IS NOW MY PRIVILEGE TO CALL UPON REVEREND --
COLONEL BIEGER TO JOIN ME HERE ON THE ROSTRUM TO ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION
AND TO ADDRESS THIS BODY. SERGEANT-OF-ARMS WAYNE JACKSON WILL
ESCORT THE COLONEL TO THE ROSTRUM.
(APPLAUSE)
COLONEL BIEGER: GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN. ASSEMBLYMAN HEASTIE, ASSEMBLYWOMAN BARRETT,
ASSEMBLYMAN SCHMITT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO BRING OUR 13 CADETS AND TO SPEND A FEW
MOMENTS WITH YOU HERE IN THIS AMAZING ASSEMBLY. ON BEHALF OF OUR
SUPERINTENDENT, LIEUTENANT GENERAL DARRYL WILLIAMS, I AM HONORED TO
ADDRESS YOU THIS MORNING ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE TEAM BACK AT THE
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AND WE SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR THIS
RECOGNITION.
AS INTRODUCED, I'M JOINED TODAY BY CADET DAVID
BINDON WHO'S THE FIRST CAPTAIN OF OUR CORPS OF CADETS, AN AMAZING
YOUNG MAN WHO WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WATCHING LEAD OVER 4,400
CADETS, BOTH US AND INTERNATIONAL. AND WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY 12 GREAT
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CADETS FROM ACROSS NEW YORK STATE REPRESENTING THE MORE THAN 4,400
OF THEIR CLASSMATES, 258 OF WHOM CALL THE EMPIRE STATE THEIR HOME.
A LITTLE OVER A CENTURY AGO, MORE THAN 2 MILLION
AMERICANS WERE MOBILIZED FOR SERVICE TO FIGHT ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF
FRANCE AS PART OF GENERAL JOHN PERSHING'S AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE. AMONG THEM WAS A YOUNG 22-YEAR-OLD CLERK FROM ALBANY
NAMED JOHN BRENNAN WHO WOULD SERVE AS A SADDLER IN THE 27TH
INFANTRY DIVISION AND SEE COMBAT IN FRANCE. UNLIKE THE MAJORITY OF
HIS PEERS, THE MEN THAT WOULD SERVE IN THE AEF, BRENNAN VOLUNTEERED
TO ENLIST. YEARS LATER HE WROTE IN HIS MEMOIRS DETAILING HIS
EXPERIENCES IN THE GREAT WAR. IN THE PREFACE TO HIS MEMOIR HE WROTE,
AND I QUOTE, "THIS IS NOT THE DIARY OF A HERO, BUT THE DIARY OF ONE OF THE
MANY MEN WHO ENLISTED IN THE ARMY TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY AND ACCEPT
AND CARRY OUT WHATEVER JOB HE WAS ASSIGNED TO DO." BRENNAN, LIKE
THESE GREAT YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WITH ME HERE TODAY, ARE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MANY NEW YORKERS WHO THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY
HAVE STEPPED FORWARD TO DO THEIR DUTY, TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY AND STAND
IN THE GAP IN THE DEFENSE OF OUR GREAT NATION FROM THE REGIMENTS OF THE
NEW YORK LINE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION TO REGIMENTS LIKE THE
GREAT FIGHTING IRISH OF THE 69TH INFANTRY REGIMENT IN IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN. NEW YORKERS HAVE FOUGHT AND SERVED WITH VALOR AND
DISTINCTION WITH SOME MAKING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. THE UNITED
STATES ARMY HAS ALWAYS HAD A STRONG PRESENCE IN NEW YORK TO INCLUDE
WEST POINT FROM ITS EARLY DAYS AS A STRATEGIC GARRISON IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST THE BRITISH IN THE DEFENSE OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES TO OUR ROLE
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TODAY AS THE WORLD'S PREEMINENT LEADER DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTION. AND
JUST AS WEST POINT HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT THREAT IN THE FABRIC OF THIS
GREAT STATE, SO TOO HAVE MANY NEW YORKERS BEEN AN IMPORTANT THREAD
IN THE FABRIC OF WEST POINT. IN ADDITION TO THE 258 CADETS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY ATTENDING, MORE THAN 7,700 CADETS, GRADUATES, NEARLY TEN
PERCENT OF THE LONG GRAY LINE CLAIM NEW YORK IS THEIR BIRTHPLACE AND
MANY OF WHOM HAVE EARNED THEIR PLACE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS AS LEADERS,
NOT ONLY IN OUR GREAT ARMY, BUT IN THIS, IN OUR GOVERNMENT, IN BUSINESS
AND ACADEMIA AND MORE. OUR MISSION AT WEST POINT IS TO ENHANCE THE
READINESS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY BY DEVELOPING THE LEADERS OF
CHARACTER WHO WILL FIGHT AND WIN OUR NATION'S WARS. DEVELOPING
LEADERS OF CHARACTER REQUIRE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH
MANY OUTSIDE STAKEHOLDERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE THROUGHOUT NEW YORK
STATE. WE WOULD NOT BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT OF
THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE AND OUR NEIGHBORS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE AND ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT THE HUDSON VALLEY. AND ON BEHALF OF
THE ENTIRE WEST POINT COMMUNITY, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT SUPPORT.
OUR COMMITMENT TO STRONG PARTNERSHIPS MEANS THAT
WE ARE ALSO COMMITTED TO BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS WITH TOWNS AND
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS STATE. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CONNECT
AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNER TOGETHER BEYOND OUR CURRENT
IMAGINATION ON OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL NOT ONLY ENHANCE THE LEADER
DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE AT WEST POINT, BUT TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR
COMMUNITY AS WELL.
FINALLY, MILITARY MEMBERS ARE OFTEN THANKED FOR THEIR
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SERVICE, BUT I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE. A STRONG CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONSHIP AND A MUTUAL TRUST
BETWEEN OUR MILITARY AND SOCIETY, IT SERVES AS A CORNERSTONE FOR OUR
DEMOCRACY. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE WEST POINT COMMUNITY AND
ESPECIALLY THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR CORPS OF CADETS, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND THANK YOU FOR HONORING US TODAY.
GO ARMY! BEAT NAVY!
(APPLAUSE)
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AGAIN, THANK YOU,
COLONEL BIEGER.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, SEVERAL OF
OUR COLLEAGUES REPRESENT DISTRICTS WHERE THESE FINE MEN AND WOMEN ARE
FROM. IT IS NOW THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO ALLOW THEM TO INTRODUCE THE
SOLDIERS, THE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN FROM THEIR DISTRICTS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY.
MR. EPSTEIN.
MR. EPSTEIN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE FOR
AN INTRODUCTION. LUCKY TO HAVE A CADET FROM MY DISTRICT, A BRIAN
PATTERSON. BRIAN PATTERSON WHO IS A CLASS OF 2021, WHOSE PARENTS ARE
ROBERT AND KRIS PATTERSON, WENT TO XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL, TEAM LEADER.
YOU KNOW, HE'S A SYSTEMS ENGINEER, ACTIVE IN RUGBY SO BRIAN, BE
CAREFUL OUT THERE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR
COUNTRY, FOR MY COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO MAKE US PROUD. THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE, BRIAN. I HOPE YOU WELCOME HIM TO THE CHAMBERS,
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MR. SPEAKER.
(APPLAUSE)
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WELCOME, SIR. THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER FINCH.
MR. FINCH: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR ALLOWING
ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME THESE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY
ACADEMY. IN PARTICULAR, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE SON OF JAMES AND
SHELLY MARSH FROM MARCELLUS. HIS NAME IS MARK [SIC] (ANDREW) AND
HE'S A 19 -- OR A 2021 [SIC] (2017) GRADUATE OF MARCELLUS HIGH SCHOOL.
HIS INTERESTS ARE MILITARY HISTORY, GERMAN. HE HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST
IN -- IN THE CULTURE OF OPERA WHICH IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. HE WANTS TO
MAKE A CAREER IN THE MILITARY, OF COURSE, AND ONE OF THE GREAT LEADERS OF
TOMORROW AND BY THE WAY, HE'S A TEAM LEADER AT THE POINT RIGHT NOW.
WE WELCOME HIM. A REAL PRIVILEGE TO HAVE HIM HERE TODAY AND THANK
YOU.
(APPLAUSE)
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON BEHALF OF MR.
FINCH, THE MEMBERS, ALL THE MEMBERS, THE SPEAKER, WE WELCOME YOU
HERE TODAY, TOO.
MS. FERNANDEZ.
MS. FERNANDEZ: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE
TO GIVE A PROUD INTRODUCTION TO MY CONSTITUENT FROM THE BOOGIE-DOWN
BRONX, CADET YUSEN ZHENG. HE IS THE CLASS OF 2022, A
PLEBE/FRESHMAN IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT PLEBE IS. PARENTS WANG YONG
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AND MIN ZHENG ARE HERE TODAY VERY PROUD. HE IS A GRADUATE OF
STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 2013. DO WE HEAR THE NAME? OKAY.
I HAVE CADET YUSEN ZHENG. THERE WE GO. APPLAUSE FOR HER, PLEASE.
(APPLAUSE)
HER PREVIOUS MILITARY SERVICE IS TWO YEARS AT MEDIC AT
FORT DRUM. SHE IS ON THE COMPANY SWIM TEAM, SO YOU KNOW SHE GOT
STRONG ARMS AND SHE IS HERE TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU
FOR ALLOWING ME THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
(APPLAUSE)
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON BEHALF OF MS.
FERNANDEZ, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, MS. ZHENG, WE WELCOME
YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
(APPLAUSE)
MR. RA.
MR. RA: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. ON BEHALF OF OUR
COLLEAGUE MR. MCDONOUGH, I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF
INTRODUCING CADET MATTHEW MONTERA. MATTHEW IS THE SON OF VINCENT
AND CAMIE MONTERA. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 2021 AT WEST
POINT WHERE HE IS SERVING AS A TEAM LEADER. HE IS A GRADUATE OF JOHN
F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 2017. HE IS MAJORING IN CIVIL
ENGINEERING AND ALSO PARTICIPATES IN THE SAILING CLUB AT WEST POINT. SO
IF ON BEHALF OF MR. MCDONOUGH AND ALL OUR COLLEAGUES, YOU COULD
WELCOME THIS IMPRESSIVE CADET TO OUR CHAMBER TODAY. THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE)
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MR. RA AND MR. MCDONOUGH, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE
WELCOME YOU HERE TODAY, SIR.
MS. HYNDMAN.
MS. HYNDMAN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THIS IS
A HUMBLING HONOR TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THIS CADET, CADET MCPHERSON
FROM THE 29TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT IN QUEENS. AND I KNOW I JOIN -- I
MAY BE NOT AS PROUD AS YOUR PARENTS ANGELLA AND CHARLES MCPHERSON,
BUT YOUR GRADUATION AND CLASS OF 2016 FROM EASTERN -- EAST NEW YORK
TRANSIT TECH WHICH IS IN BROOKLYN. I KNOW AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL GRAD WE
HAVE GREAT THINGS FOR YOU AND YOU'RE JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK CITY HAVE TO OFFER SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF
YOU. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED IN THE SIGSAC CLUB WHICH
MEANS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP FOR SECURITY AUDIT AND CONTROL AND IT
HELPS TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN THE CYBER DOMAIN WHICH WE KNOW
THIS COUNTRY DEFINITELY NEEDS BRIGHT INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOU. YOU'RE IN THE
CLASS OF 2021 AND I KNOW THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT IS VERY PROUD OF
YOU AND THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR INTRODUCING THESE -- ONE OF THESE
13 CADETS THIS AFTERNOON.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MS. HYNDMAN, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU
HERE, SIR, AND EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.
(APPLAUSE)
MR. MONTESANO.
MR. MONTESANO: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I'M
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VERY PLEASED TODAY TO INTRODUCE MY CONSTITUENT SAMMY CHAE WHO
HAILS FROM HICKSVILLE, NEW YORK. HE'S A 2013 GRADUATE OF THE
HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND HE'S IN HIS LEADERSHIP POSITION AT THE
ACADEMY. HE'S A REGIMENTAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. HE'S MAJORING IN
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND HE'S -- HIS EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, HE'S A
SOFTBALL MANAGER AND A TENNIS PLAYER. HE HAS PREVIOUS MILITARY SERVICE
OF ONE YEAR IN THE ARMY RESERVES. UPON HIS GRADUATION THIS MONTH
MAY 27TH, HE'LL BE STATIONED IN FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA TO CONTINUE
HIS TRAINING. PLEASE EXTEND THE CORDIALITIES OF THE HOUSE. THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MR. MONTESANO, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, SIR, WE WELCOME
YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY AND EXTEND TO YOU THE
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
(APPLAUSE)
MS. JEAN-PIERRE.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I
HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS FROM
AMITYVILLE OF STRONG ISLAND, SHANEKA A. BERNARD WHO IS MAJORING IN
DEFENSE AND STRATEGIC STUDIES AND MINORING IN SPACE STUDIES. CADET
SHANEKA BERNARD IS A GRADUATE -- IS A 2016 GRADUATE OF AMITYVILLE
MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL AND THE DAUGHTER OF SHANE AND DANA MARIE
BERNARD AND WHO WE ARE SO PROUD OF HER AND ALL OF THE CADETS WHO
HAVE JOINED US HERE TODAY. THESE ARE SOME OF THE FINEST YOUNG PEOPLE
NEW YORK HAS TO OFFER AND WE WISH THEM WELL AS THEY CONTINUE TO
GROW AND PREPARE FOR CAREERS OF PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AND SERVICE TO
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OUR GREAT NATION. THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE)
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON BEHALF OF MS.
JEAN-PIERRE, MS. BERNARD, WE WELCOME YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK
STATE ASSEMBLY, EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND OUR
CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
(APPLAUSE)
MR. PALMESANO.
MR. PALMESANO: YES, THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
IT'S MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO WELCOME CADET LILI M. RULAND. THIS IS
ACTUALLY A GREAT PRIVILEGE BECAUSE TWO YEARS AGO I WAS ABLE AND WE
WERE ABLE TO WELCOME LILI HERE AS A FRESHMAN, SO IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO
DO THIS AGAIN.
LILI IS A JUNIOR AND A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 2020.
SHE'S FROM CORNING, NEW YORK. SHE WAS A 2014 GRADUATE OF CORNING
EAST HIGH SCHOOL. SHE HAS A LEADERSHIP POSITION OF BATTALION
OPERATIONS NCO. HER MAJOR AREA OF ACADEMIC CONCENTRATION AND
STUDIES IS DEFENSE AND STRATEGIC STUDIES. SHE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF THE
COMPETITIVE CLIMBING TEAM. HER PARENTS KENNETH AND JENNIFER
RULAND I KNOW VERY WELL. SERVICE TO COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY RUN IN
THEIR FAMILY. HER FATHER WAS IN THE ARMY AND ON BOTH SIDES OF THEIR
FAMILY GOING GENERATION AFTER GENERATION AFTER GENERATION SERVED OUR
COUNTRIES IN THE MILITARY. AND SERVES THE COMMUNITY. HER FATHER IS A
RETIRED STATE POLICE OFFICER AND ALSO A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER. HER
MOTHER SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES FOR OUR LOCAL
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CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE SO SERVICE IS IN THEIR FAMILY, IT'S IN THEIR BLOOD.
LILI IS THE OLDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. SHE HAS THREE
YOUNGER SISTERS; ROSE, GRACE AND POPPY. POPPY IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MY
SISTER -- MY DAUGHTER LEAH. THEY SWIM TOGETHER ON THE HIGH SCHOOL
TEAM AND LIKE LAST TIME, I HAD TO REACH OUT TO YOUR DAD SO I SPOKE TO
YOUR FATHER THIS MORNING. AND AS I SPOKE TO HIM, YOU COULD JUST HEAR
THE EXCITEMENT AND PRIDE IN HIS VOICE AS HE SPOKE ABOUT YOU AND I
UNDERSTAND WHY. AND I ASKED HIM, IS THERE ANY MESSAGE SINCE I'M
GOING TO SEE YOU TODAY THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PASS ALONG? AND HE SAID YES.
PLEASE TELL LILI WE SAID WE LOVE YOU, WE'RE PROUD OF YOU, WE MISS YOU
AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU. A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN I REACHED OUT
TO OUR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT - I WASN'T ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF HIM TODAY
- MICHAEL GINALSKI. WHEN I ASKED HIM ABOUT LILI, HE SAID SHE WAS A
GREAT STUDENT, A GRADE ATHLETE AND HELD HIGHLY RESPECTED BY THE FACULTY.
SO YOU HAVE MADE AN IMPACT AND YOU CONTINUE TO DO SO TODAY. SO
CADET RULAND, WE THANK YOU. YOUR FAMILY THANKS YOU. YOUR
HOMETOWN OF CORNING THANKS YOU. OUR STATE OF NEW YORK THANKS YOU
AND OUR COUNTRY THANKS YOU. YOU HAVE MADE US ALL SO VERY, VERY
PROUD. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR DEDICATION. MR.
SPEAKER, WILL YOU PLEASE WELCOME CADET RULAND TO THE CHAMBER.
THANKS SO MUCH.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MR. PALMESANO, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, CADET, WE
WELCOME YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY AND EXTEND TO YOU
THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. AND OUR CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WORK.
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THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
(APPLAUSE)
MR. SCHIMMINGER.
MR. SCHIMMINGER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
SPEAKER. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED THAT I'VE
BEEN ON CLOUD 9. I'VE BEEN VERY EXCITED IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS
MOMENT WHEN I WOULD HAVE A CONSTITUENT HERE WHO IS A WEST POINT
CADET. A PROUD ALUMNUS OF KENMORE EAST -- OH, I'M SORRY, KENMORE
WEST HIGH SCHOOL IN THE KEN-TOWN DISTRICT, MR. COLIN LYNCH. THIS
REMINDS ME THAT IN OUR KENMORE TONAWANDA SCHOOL DISTRICT WE HAVE
TWO HIGH SCHOOLS; ONE IS KENMORE EAST, THE OTHER IS KENMORE WEST
AND LET ME NOW SAY FOR THE RECORD TODAY WEST IS BEST.
(LAUGHTER)
AND HOW SPECIAL IT IS THAT YOU, COLIN, WENT FROM
KENMORE WEST TO WEST POINT AND WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY ALL VERY
PROUD OF YOU. TIM AND MARY, YOUR PARENTS ON MAY I SAY NORTHWOOD, A
FINE NEIGHBORHOOD, NO DOUBT ARE EXCITED ABOUT YOUR CAREER AT WEST
POINT AND YOU BEING HERE TODAY. DURING YOUR TIME AT WEST POINT,
COLIN, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE SPIRIT BAND AND ARE
STUDYING PRE-MED. YOU'RE MAJORING IN LIFE SCIENCES, A GOOD THING TO
DO. YOUR LEADERSHIP POSITION IS AS A TEAM LEADER. NOW YOU'RE IN JUST
YOUR SECOND YEAR, A YEARLING I THINK WE CALL IT, RIGHT? USED TO BE A
PLEBE, NOW A YEARLING AND YOU'LL BE GRADUATING IN THE YEAR 2021. AND
DON'T BE A STRANGER HERE IN ALBANY, DON'T BE A STRANGER BACK AT HOME.
WE ARE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HONORED TO HAVE YOU AND ALL OF YOUR
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CLASSMATES HERE. MR. SPEAKER, PLEASE JOIN IN WELCOMING COLIN LYNCH.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MR. SCHIMMINGER, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME
YOU HERE, CADET, TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, EXTEND TO YOU THE
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR CONTINUING ENDEAVORS
AT WEST POINT.
(APPLAUSE)
MR. PHILLIP STECK.
MR. STECK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER. IT
IS MY HONOR TODAY TO INTRODUCE TO YOU CADET MARTINO AN. THIS IS THE
FIRST OPPORTUNITY I'VE HAD TO DO THIS ON BEHALF OF THE 110TH ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT AND I COULDN'T THINK OF A MORE WORTHY PERSON TO REPRESENT OUR
DISTRICT AT THE GREAT INSTITUTION OF WEST POINT THAN CADET MARTINO AN
WHO COMES FROM THE TOWN OF NISKAYUNA WHERE HE GRADUATED FROM
NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL WHICH WE LIKE TO THINK OF AS ONE OF THE BEST
HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES. HIS PARENTS ARE SEUNGWON AN AND
MISOOK KIM. AND CADET MARTINO AN IS MAJORING IN LIFE SCIENCES AND
PURSUING A PRE-MED OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AT WEST POINT AND WE THINK
THAT WITH HIS BACKGROUND HE WILL HAVE EVERY SUCCESS IN THAT MEDICAL
FIELD. SO, MR. SPEAKER, I'D ASK YOU TO EXTEND THE MOST WARM WELCOME
TO CADET MARTINO AN.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER PHILLIP STECK, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS,
CADET AN, WE WELCOME YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY,
EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR
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ENDEAVORS AND CONTINUING WORK AT WEST POINT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
(APPLAUSE)
MS. ROZIC.
MS. ROZIC: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER AND MADAM
MAJORITY LEADER. I WANT TO WELCOME ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND
NEIGHBORS, IRIS YU. CADET IRIS YU FROM FRESH MEADOWS IS A GRADUATE
OF FRANCIS LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL, GO PATRIOTS. SHE GRADUATED ITS JROTC
PROGRAM AND IS ONE OF THE MANY YOUNG CADETS WHO'VE COMMITTED HER
LIFE TO SERVING OUR GREAT COUNTRY. HAILING FROM NORTHEAST QUEENS, SHE
REPRESENTS THE MULTI-CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF THE WORLD'S BOROUGH PERFECTLY
BOTH STUDYING CHINESE IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES, GETTING INVOLVED IN THE
ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN CLUB, COMMITTING HERSELF TO HOURS OF
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND THE PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB. WE STAND IN DEFERENCE
TO THESE CADETS, INCLUDING IRIS, WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO A
SIMPLE BUT LOFTY IDEAL; DUTY, HONOR AND COUNTRY. SHE IS RECOGNIZED
FOR HER DUTY AS CONDUCTING HERSELF WITH HONOR AND DEVOTING HERSELF TO
OUR COUNTRY. AS THESE CADETS COMMIT SOME OF THEIR PIVOTAL YEARS OF
THEIR LIVES TO NATIONAL SERVICE, WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT
THEY ARE GIVEN THE PROPER GRATITUDE, NOT ONLY WHILE THEY PREPARE TO
SERVE AND DURING THEIR DEPLOYMENT, BUT ALSO WHEN THEY RETURN. SO, ON
BEHALF OF THE 25TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT THAT I REPRESENT, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, IRIS, AND MR. SPEAKER, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE
EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
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OF MS. ROZIC, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, CADET YU, WE
WELCOME YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, EXTEND TO YOU THE
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT INDIVIDUALS FROM
YOUR ALMA MATER WERE HERE THIS WEEK AS A PART OF A LEADERSHIP SCENE SO
YOU HAVE SET A GREAT PATH IN GIVING THEM A GREAT ROLE MODEL TO FOLLOW.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND CONTINUE THAT GREAT WORK.
(APPLAUSE)
MRS. BARRETT.
MRS. BARRETT: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I HAVE
TWO PEOPLE TO INTRODUCE THAT I'M VERY PROUD TO INTRODUCE AND THE FIRST
IS ON BEHALF OF OUR COLLEAGUE THE HONORABLE KENNETH ZEBROWSKI WHO
COULDN'T BE HERE RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS CADET DANIEL HERNANDEZ.
DANIEL, WELCOME HERE AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. DANIEL IS A
MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 2021, A YEARLING OR SOPHOMORE AS WE'VE
LEARNED AND HE'S FROM NEW CITY, NEW YORK. HE IS THE SON OF HERMAN
AND NANCY HERNANDEZ AND WAS THE CLASS OF 2016 GRADUATE OF PARAMUS
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL. HIS LEADERSHIP POSITION IS TEAM LEADER AND
HE'S A LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES MAJOR. BUT ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING
THINGS I FOUND OUT ABOUT DANIEL IS THAT HE IS A MEMBER OF GET THIS, THE
RABBLE ROUSERS. SO WE KNOW THAT HIS FUTURE IS SET BECAUSE THE RABBLE
ROUSERS ARE THE WEST POINT SQUAD IN -- CHEERLEADING SQUAD SO IN
ADDITION TO THE ATHLETIC PROWESS AND THE ACADEMICS THAT HE'S SHOWN,
HE'S ALSO GREAT ABOUT -- GREAT AT RAISING SPIRIT AND ENERGIZING CROWDS
AND I THINK THE FUTURE IS YOURS WHATEVER DIRECTION YOU WANT TO TAKE IT
IN, DANIEL. SO, PLEASE WELCOME DANIEL HERNANDEZ HERE, MR. SPEAKER.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MRS. BARRETT, MR. ZEBROWSKI, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, SIR,
WE WELCOME YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, EXTEND TO YOU
THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE AND REMIND YOU THAT THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S
HOUSE. YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE. THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE)
AGAIN, MRS. BARRETT.
MRS. BARRETT: THANK YOU. I NOW HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING THE FIRST CAPTAIN OF THIS GROUP, FIRST CAPTAIN
DAVID T. BINDON WHO OTHER THAN NOT BEING BORN IN NEW YORK IS AN
OUTSTANDING PERSON. HE'S THE -- HE HAILS FROM CANTON, MICHIGAN. HE'S
ASSUMED HIS DUTIES AS THE HIGHEST POSITION IN THE CADET CHAIN OF
COMMAND ON AUGUST 13, 2018 AND HIS POSITION AS FIRST CAPTAIN IS
SIMILAR TO THAT OF BEING A STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT. HE IS A MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING MAJOR AND AS FIRST CAPTAIN HE CARRIES THE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE APPROXIMATELY 4,400 MEMBER CORPS
OF CADETS - THAT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY - AMONG HIS DUTIES AS ACTING AS A
LIAISON BETWEEN THE CORPS AND THE ADMINISTRATION. WE WELCOME YOU
HERE TODAY, CAPTAIN, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS VERY SPECIAL
DAY IN THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. MR. SPEAKER, PLEASE WELCOME
FIRST CAPTAIN DAVID BINDON AS WELL.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MRS. BARRETT, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU
HERE, SIR, TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. WE COMMEND YOU ON THE
LEADERSHIP ROLE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN ON IN WEST POINT. WE ARE SURE THAT
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THAT WILL INVOLVE A GREAT DEAL OF MORE LEADERSHIP LATER ON IN YOUR CAREER
AND WE WISH YOU WELL AND WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE YOU IN OUR THOUGHTS.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
(APPLAUSE)
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE TO THIS BODY WHOM WE'VE ALREADY
HEARD FROM, BUT COLONEL MARK BIEGER, CHIEF-OF-STAFF UNITED STATES
MILITARY ACADEMY. THE COLONEL HAS QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF
ACHIEVEMENTS SO I'M GOING TO NAME A FEW BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE
OVERLOOKED. COLONEL BIEGER IS THE SON OF A NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER
IN THE US ARMY. A WEST POINT GRADUATE OF 1991, HE WAS DEPLOYED
TWICE TO SERVE IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND SERVED TWO YEARS AS
CHIEF OF PLANS IN THE US CENTRAL COMMAND CONTRIBUTING TO THE EFFORT
IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AND OPERATION INHERENT
RESOLVE. PRIOR TO HIS ASSIGNMENT TO WEST POINT, THE COLONEL SERVED AS
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE US ARMY
PACIFIC. HIS AWARDS AND DECORATIONS INCLUDE THE SILVER STAR, THE
DEFENSE SUPERIOR MEDAL, THE LEGION OF MERIT, THE BRONZE STAR, THE
MERITORIUS MEDAL OF SERVICE, THE JOINT SERVICE COMMENDATION MEDAL,
THE ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL AND THE ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL.
HE IS MARRIED TO MISS AMY ALTHIDE ORIGINALLY FROM SUTTER, ILLINOIS IN
1992. THEY HAVE THREE SONS; ADDISON, JOSH AND OWEN. MR. SPEAKER,
PLEASE GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO THIS GENTLEMAN, THIS OFFICER AND THIS
MAN WHO DECIDED TO SERVE OUR GOVERNMENT IN WAYS THAT MANY DON'T.
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THANK HIM SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND WELCOME HIM TO THE PEOPLE'S
HOUSE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON BEHALF OF MRS.
PEOPLES-STOKES, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, SIR, WE WELCOME
YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. WE EXTEND TO YOU THE
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. OUR THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE SERVICES
THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED THIS COUNTRY AND NOW WEST POINT. THANK YOU
AGAIN FOR THAT SERVICE. PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE.
THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE)
MR. SCHMITT.
MR. SCHMITT: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING SOME OF THE MANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE WEST
POINT PARTY WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY, MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE
DISTINGUISHED IN THEIR VARIOUS ROLES THEY PLAY. WE'LL START WITH
LIEUTENANT COLONEL DONALD CARROTHERS WHO IS THE WEST POINT
CHAPLAIN. HE PRESENTED A BEAUTIFUL PRAYER TO US THIS MORNING AND THIS
AFTERNOON. AS WEST POINT CHAPLAIN HE HAS OVERSIGHT OF NOT JUST THE
MILITARY AND ACADEMIC TRAINING, BUT SOMETHING THAT IS JUST AS EQUALLY
IMPORTANT, THE SPIRITUAL AND MENTAL PREPARATION AND UNDERSTANDING FOR
ALL OF OUR CADETS. SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HE DOES
AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO. I KNOW HE HAS TWO COMBAT TOURS AND MANY
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO HIS NAME. WE ALSO HAVE LIEUTENANT COLONEL
CHRISTOPHER OPHARDT WHO IS THE CHIEF OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR WEST POINT.
THE CHIEF OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS I'M SURE MANY IN THIS CHAMBER KNOW THE
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IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE AND ENSURING THAT PROPER
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC, WITH THE PRESS AND HANDLING AN OPERATION
OF THE SIZE OF WEST POINT AND THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT AN EASY ONE.
SO, WE THANK LIEUTENANT COLONEL FOR HIS WORK AND FOR BEING HERE AS
WELL. WE ALSO HAVE SERGEANT FIRST CLASS JOSEPHINE PRIDE WHO IS THE
NCOIC, THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
AT WEST POINT AND SHE'S BEEN TAKING THE PHOTOS FOR THE ENTIRE WEST
POINT PARTY ACROSS THE CAPITOL TODAY. WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
THANK YOU FOR -- FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK AND SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
WE ALSO HAVE SERGEANT FIRST CLASS LINDSAY CRUDUP WHO IS THE S3
WHICH IS OPERATIONS, ALSO ANOTHER VITAL ROLE FOR THE CORPS OF CADETS
AND IN ANY INSTITUTE OR ORGANIZATION BUT PARTICULARLY WEST POINT, A
GENTLEMAN ALSO HAS HIS HANDS FULL OFTEN BUT DOES AN AMAZING JOB. AND
WE ALSO HAVE SERGEANT MAJOR WHICH FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF
DIFFERENT MILITARY RANKINGS IT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE WAYNE JACKSON OF
OUR HOUSE, BUT WE HAVE SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE US ARMY RETIRED,
DAVID BRZYWCZY IS HERE AS WELL, A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE. WE ALSO HAVE
SOME WEST POINT SOCIETY ATTENDEES FROM THE CAPITAL REGION. WE HAVE
BARRY HARTMAN, CLASS OF 1964 WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE WEST POINT
SOCIETY; BRIGADIER GENERAL OF THE NEW YORK GUARD AS WELL, RETIRED.
WE HAVE MICHAEL BRESLIN, CLASS OF 1961, A NAME THAT MIGHT BE
FAMILIAR TO MANY IN THIS CHAMBER AS WELL. AMONG SOME OF HIS OTHER
ACCOLADES WOULD BE THE FORMER -- BEING THE FORMER ALBANY COUNTY
EXECUTIVE. WE HAVE PETER GOBEL, 1981, CLASS OF 1981 COLONEL US
ARMY RETIRED, THE VA SUPERVISOR FOR RENSSELAER COUNTY, JUST A SHORT
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DRIVE FROM HERE. WE ALSO HAVE LARRY ZAENKER FROM THE CLASS OF 1984.
HE'S THE SECRETARY OF THE CAPITAL REGION WEST POINT SOCIETY. AND WE
ALSO HAVE WILLIAM DEAN WHO IS A PARENT, PRESIDENT OF THE WEST POINT
PARENTS CLUB OF UPSTATE NEW YORK AND MY INFORMATION TELLS ME HE HAS
THREE CHILDREN WHO HAVE ATTENDED OR ARE ATTENDING WEST POINT. SO ON
BEHALF OF MYSELF, ALL THE MEMBERS AND THE SPEAKER, I WOULD ASK THAT
YOU RECOGNIZE ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS AND ENSURE THEY HAVE THE PROPER
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. I THANK THEM FOR COMING AND AS ALWAYS GO
ARMY! BEAT NAVY!
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MR. SCHMITT, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME THIS
DISTINGUISHED, VERY DISTINGUISHED GROUP HERE TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR
ASSISTING IN THIS GREAT OCCASION THAT WE HAVE -- TRADITIONALLY HAVE EVERY
YEAR. WE KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE YEAR AFTER YEAR. WE
COMMEND YOU FOR THAT AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.
AGAIN, THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE, YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE NO MATTER
WHEN OR HOW. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
(APPLAUSE)
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, THAT
CONCLUDES OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THESE FINE MEN AND WOMEN AND
OFFICERS. WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR PRESENCE AND AGAIN, IT'S OUR HONOR TO
HONOR THE WORK THAT THEY -- AND THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE. THANK
YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU VERY
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MUCH.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: COULD YOU RECOGNIZE
MR. CROUCH FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. CROUCH FOR THE
PURPOSES OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
MR. CROUCH: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THERE WILL
BE AN IMMEDIATE MEMBERS-ONLY REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE IN THE PARLOR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: IMMEDIATE
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE IN THE PARLOR.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: YES, MR. SPEAKER. DO
YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING OR RESOLUTIONS?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. A LITTLE
HOUSEKEEPING AND SOME RESOLUTIONS.
ON BEHALF OF MS. SIMOTAS, BILL NO. 794-B, ASSEMBLY
BILL RECALLED FROM THE SENATE. THE CLERK WILL READ THE TITLE OF THE BILL.
THE CLERK: AN ACT TO AMEND THE PENAL LAW.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MOTION TO RECONSIDER
THE VOTE BY WHICH THE BILL PASSED THE HOUSE. THE CLERK WILL RECORD THE
VOTE.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
THE CLERK WILL ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE
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RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.
NUMEROUS FINE RESOLUTIONS, WE WILL TAKE THEM UP WITH
ONE VOTE. ON THE RESOLUTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE;
OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.
(WHEREUPON, ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NOS. 336-337
WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.)
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I NOW
MOVE THAT THE ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL THURSDAY, MAY THE 2ND,
TOMORROW BEING A LEGISLATIVE DAY AND THAT WE RECONVENE AT 2:00 P.M.
ON MONDAY THE 6TH, MONDAY BEING A SESSION DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE ASSEMBLY STANDS
ADJOURNED.
(WHEREUPON, AT 1:19 P.M., THE ASSEMBLY STOOD
ADJOURNED UNTIL THURSDAY, MAY 2ND, THURSDAY BEING A LEGISLATIVE DAY,
AND TO RECONVENE ON MONDAY, MAY 6TH AT 2:00 P.M., MONDAY BEING A
SESSION DAY.)
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