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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                                 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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                                 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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                                 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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                                 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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                                 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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                                 (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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                                 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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                    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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 1, 2019

                                 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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