MONDAY, MAY 20, 2019 3:03 P.M.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE HOUSE WILL COME

TO ORDER.

PASTOR GUERSCHOM JOSEPH WILL OFFER A PRAYER.

PASTOR GUERSCHOM JOSEPH: WE THANK YOU

FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO BEHIND THE SCENES HAS PREPARED US FOR THIS

DAY, FROM THE JANITOR ALL THE WAY TO ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. I THANK

YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE HERE WHO

WILL DISCUSS, CROSS-POLLINATE IDEAS, AND EVEN VEHEMENTLY ARGUE WITH

THE PURPOSE OF MAKING THIS GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK TO STAY GREAT. I

ASK YOU THAT YOU PROVIDE THEM WITH WISDOM, COMPASSION AND

COURAGE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. AMEN, AMEN, AND AMEN.

MEMBERS: AMEN.

VISITORS ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

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 SUNDAY, MAY 19TH.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE TO

DISPENSE WITH THE FURTHER READING OF THE JOURNAL OF SUNDAY, MAY THE

19TH AND ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO

ORDERED.

MRS. PEOPLES --

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER, FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A QUOTE WITH OUR COLLEAGUES,

GUESTS AND STAFF THAT'S IN THE CHAMBERS [SIC]. YESTERDAY, AS YOU KNOW,

WAS MAY THE 19TH, WAS ACTUALLY THE BIRTHDAY OF MALCOLM X, SO WE'LL BE

QUOTING FROM MALCOLM TODAY. HE SAID, "EVERY DEFEAT, EVERY

HEARTACHE, EVERY LOSS CONTAINS ITS OWN SEED. IT'S OUR LESSON ON HOW TO

IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE FOR THE NEXT TIME." AGAIN, MR. SPEAKER, THAT

IS BY MALCOLM X. HE WAS BORN IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. I UNDERSTAND HE

DID LIVE SOME TIME IN NEW YORK CITY, IN YOUR DISTRICT, AS WELL AS IN

MEMBER DICKENS' DISTRICT.

SO, WITH THAT, MR. SPEAKER, MEMBERS SHOULD BE AWARE

THEY HAVE ON THEIR DESK A MAIN CALENDAR WITH 48 NEW BILLS, BEGINNING

WITH CALENDAR NO. 316. AND THEN AFTER ANY INTRODUCTIONS AND/OR

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

HOUSEKEEPING, WE WILL TAKE UP RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 3, INCLUDING ONE BY

MS. SOLAGES IN COMMEMORATION OF HAITIAN UNITY DAY. WE WILL BEGIN

OUR CONSENT OF NEW BILLS ON PAGE 4, AND WE WILL ALSO TAKE UP SOME BILLS

ON DEBATE, AS WELL. MEMBERS SHOULD KNOW AND -- BUT LET ME REMIND

YOU AGAIN THAT THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR A DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE AFTER

WE'RE DONE WITH SESSION TODAY. AND WE WILL, OF COURSE, CONFER WITH

OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE TO SEE WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, AS WELL.

THAT'S THE GENERAL OUTLINE, MR. SPEAKER. IF THERE ARE

ANY INTRODUCTIONS AND/OR HOUSEKEEPING, NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY.

HOUSEKEEPING FIRST, MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

ON A MOTION BY MS. SIMOTAS, PAGE 23, CALENDAR NO.

176, BILL NO. A01047, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF A [SIC] INTRODUCTION, MS. JAFFEE.

MS. JAFFEE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. IT IS A GREAT

HONOR TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE HAITIAN UNITY DAY

RESOLUTION. AGAIN, THIS YEAR CELEBRATING THIS WONDERFUL DAY AND THE

HISTORY OF THE HAITIAN PEOPLE AND TO RECOGNIZE THE COUNTLESS

CONTRIBUTIONS THE HAITIAN DIASPORA TO NEW YORK STATE, THE UNITED

STATES AND THE WORLD. NEW YORK STATE IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A

VIBRANT GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO DAY IN AND DAY OUT WORK HARD TO MAKE

BETTER -- A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN, WHILE

CONTRIBUTING TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, TO OUR ECONOMY AND TO OUR

COUNTRY. OUR DIVERSITY IS WHAT MAKES US GREAT. AND I AM PARTICULARLY

PROUD TO REPRESENT A DISTRICT, ONE OF THE LARGEST HAITIAN-AMERICAN

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

COMMUNITIES IN THIS COUNTRY.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME KEY MEMBERS FROM

MY DISTRICT WHO TRAVELED TO CELEBRATE WITH US TODAY. FIRST, OF COURSE, I

WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE PASTOR GUERSCHOM JOSEPH, WHO DID -- WHO

PROVIDED WITH US WITH THE INVOCATION TODAY; TRUSTEE EUDSON FRANCOIS

FROM THE VILLAGE OF SPRING VALLEY; MICHELE PARAISON FROM THE

HAITIAN-AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION; MOREL LEROI (PHONETIC), ALSO

FROM THE HAITIAN-AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION; MEMBERS OF THE ST.

JOSEPH CHURCH ARE HERE TODAY; MEMBERS OF SINAI SEVENTH-DAY

ADVENTIST CHURCH, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MARQUIS HOME CARE

ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY.

AND, MR. SPEAKER, WILL YOU PLEASE RECOGNIZE,

ACKNOWLEDGE AND -- AND WELCOME OUR GUESTS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MS. JAFFEE, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, REVEREND JOSEPH,

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US HERE. WE EXTEND TO YOU THE

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND OUR THANKS FOR COMING AND SHARING THAT

PRAYER WITH US. PLEASE BE WELL AND TRAVEL HOME SAFE. THANK YOU.

REVEREND JOSEPH: THANK YOU.

(APPLAUSE)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AND FOR THE

DELEGATION MS. JAFFEE HAS INTRODUCED, WE EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE

FLOOR TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS. PLEASE

KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US

ON THIS DAY. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE TRIP AND ENJOY THE SPECIAL

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

RECOGNITION. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES FOR A [SIC] INTRODUCTION.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER. TODAY AS YOU KNOW -- MAY KNOW, THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN

VOTERS HAS -- IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL STUDENTS INSIDE ALBANY

CONFERENCE. THERE ARE SOME 60 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SHADOWING

ASSEMBLY MEMBERS IN THE CHAMBERS [SIC]. IF THEY COULD ALL STAND.

MR. SPEAKER, THEY HAIL FROM ALL OVER THE -- THE STATE OF

NEW YORK. WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AND

THEIR ORGANIZING AND BRINGING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO SPEND TIME WITH

OUR COLLEAGUES AND IN OUR CHAMBERS [SIC]. AND SO, IF YOU WOULD GIVE

THEM THE CORDIALITIES OF THE HOUSE, EXTEND TO THEM THE COURTESIES OF THE

FLOOR AND WELCOME THEM TO BE HERE, WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES, THE SPEAKER, ALL THE MEMBERS THAT YOU HAVE

SHARED, WE EXTEND TO YOU ALL THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO

VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE BEEN GREAT SHADOWS, IF I'M MADE TO UNDERSTAND,

AND I'M SURE IN LIFE YOU WILL BE NOT A SHADOW, BUT A FIRM FIXTURE FOR THE

BETTERMENT OF THIS STATE AND YOUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU SO VERY

MUCH. CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. TAGUE.

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

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

INTRODUCE ANNA VANROY FROM THE SAUGERTIES CENTRAL SCHOOL. ANNA,

PLEASE RISE. SHE'S FROM ULSTER COUNTY AND SHE'S GRADUATING THIS YEAR IN

JUNE. ANNA IS GOING TO HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO STUDY

CRIMINAL JUSTICE. AND, MR. SPEAKER, I THINK YOU'LL APPRECIATE THIS,

ANNA IS A BASKETBALL STAR THAT'S GOING ON A FULL SCHOLARSHIP. SO, I

WOULD ASK YOU AND THE REST OF THE MEMBERS TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN

WELCOMING ANNA VANROY, AND PLEASE OFFER HER ALL THE PRIVILEGES OF THE

HOUSE, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MR. TAGUE, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, ANNA, WE WELCOME

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

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR, SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HUDSON VALLEY,

A VERY CLOSE SCHOOL, A SCHOOL WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, AND I'M SURE

YOU'RE GOING TO BRING THEM FAME BOTH IN ACADEMICS AND IN BASKETBALL.

WE HAVE A GAME TOMORROW NIGHT. IF YOU'RE AROUND, WE COULD PROBABLY

USE YOU.

(LAUGHTER)

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WELCOME TO HAVE YOU.

(APPLAUSE)

SPEAKER HEASTIE: MR. VANEL FOR AN INTRODU --

INTRODUCTION.

MR. VANEL: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. TODAY WE'RE

PROUD TO BE HERE BECAUSE IT IS HAITIAN UNITY DAY. TODAY IN NEW YORK

STATE, WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE -- THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

OF HAITIAN-AMERICANS ACROSS NEW YORK STATE, FROM -- FROM THE TIP OF

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

-- OF BROOKLYN ALL THE WAY UP TO BUFFALO. WE ARE -- WE HAVE BEEN

BLESSED TO BE JOINED BY A NUMBER OF HAITIAN-AMERICANS FROM ACROSS

THE STATE, FROM ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS HAUP, THE HAITIAN-AMERICAN

NURSES ASSOCIATION, MARQUIS HOME CARE SPRING VALLEY -- SPRING

VALLEY TRUSTEE WITH EUDSON FRANCOIS. WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM 1199.

WE HAVE MISS NEW YORK HERE. WE HAVE DR. EDDY SAINT PAUL FROM THE

HAITIAN STUDIES INSTITUTE. WE HAVE MARY SAINT-CYR, THE PAINTER AND

ARTIST, AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FOLKS. WE ALSO HAVE WITH US HERE, WE

HAVE THE HAITIAN CONSULATE GANDY THOMAS. BUT TODAY WE ESPECIALLY

RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION FROM A GREAT -- A GREAT HAITIAN-AMERICAN

LEADER HERE WHO IS THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW YORK CITY

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, JACQUES JIHA.

SO, MR. SPEAKER, WOULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME THE

CORDIALITIES OF ALL THE -- OF THE HOUSE TO -- TO -- TO THIS, PLEASE.

SPEAKER HEASTIE: THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF

MYSELF, MR. VANEL, THE HAITIAN DELEGATION, MEMBERS, WE -- WE

WELCOME THIS WONDERFUL HAITIAN COMMUNITY HERE TO ALBANY. WE OFFER

YOU ALL THE CORDIALITIES OF THE FLOOR. AS I SAID EARLIER IN MY COMMENTS,

OF ALL THE CARIBBEAN NATIONS WHICH MY FAMILY IS A PART OF ONE OF THE

CARIBBEAN NATIONS, THE HAITIAN -- THE COUNTRY OF HAITI WAS THE FIRST

CARIBBEAN NATION TO BECOME INDEPENDENT. SO, THEY WERE LEADERS. AND

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE GROWING PARTICIPATION OF THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY

NOT ONLY HERE IN GOVERNMENT, BUT ALL ACROSS THE STATE. AND I -- I

WANTED TO COME AND -- AND GIVE SPECIAL MENTION AS CLYDE TALKED ABOUT

ONE SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL, WHICH IS DR. JACQUES JIHA, WHO HAPPENED TO BE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

MY BOSS WHEN I WAS IN THE NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. AND

I MENTIONED THAT WHEN I WAS IN THE BUDGET OFFICE, I WAS THE ONLY

PERSON AT THAT POINT WHO HAD NOT HAD AN ADVANCED DEGREE. AND I HAD

SAID, WELL, EITHER I GET M.B.A., I GO TO LAW SCHOOL -- THANK GOD I DIDN'T

GO TO LAW SCHOOL --

(LAUGHTER)

OR -- OR GET MY -- GET MY M.B.A. BUT -- BUT WORKING

WITH JACQUES AND HIS INFLUENCE AND HIS HAVING A MASTERY OF ECONOMICS

I THINK REALLY HELPED PUSH ME IN THAT DIRECTION. SO, I WANTED TO COME

HERE AND THANK HIM FOR BEING A WONDERFUL BOSS, NEVER FIRING ME, NEVER

HAVING TO DISCIPLINE ME, BUT BEING A GREAT MENTOR AND INFLUENCE TO ME

WHEN I DECIDED TO GET MY M. B.A. IN FINANCE. SO, AGAIN, WELCOME,

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US IN ALBANY.

(APPLAUSE)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. MCDONALD FOR

THE PURPOSES OF A [SIC] INTRODUCTION.

MR. MCDONALD: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AS

YOU KNOW, MAY IS CYSTIC FIBROSIS AWARENESS MONTH AND WE'LL BE

PASSING A RESOLUTION FROM OUR COLLEAGUE, MR. JONES, SHORTLY AFTER

INTRODUCTIONS. BUT WE HAVE GUESTS IN THE HOUSE, I'D LIKE TO ASK THEM TO

STAND AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES -- EXCUSE ME, I'LL INTRODUCE THEM,

ACTUALLY. WE HAVE EMILY MCHALE, WHO IS A CF ADVOCATE AND PARENT OF

HER SON, KELLEN, WHO'S AGE TWO, WHO LIVES WITH CF. WE HAVE BROCK

LAPE, WHO'S ALSO AN ADVOCATE AND PARENT TO CECELIA, AGE SEVEN, WHO

LIVES WITH CF; JANET SCHUSTER, WHO IS AN ADVOCATE AND A GRANDMOTHER

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

TO GRAHAM, AGE TWO. AND WE ALSO HAVE FROM ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER,

CASE MANAGERS JOHN NASH AND FRANCINE GRANSBURY, WHO ARE WITH US

TODAY.

EVERY MAY, CYSTIC FIBROSIS COMMUNITY COMES

TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE CF AWARENESS MONTH. AS WE KNOW, CYSTIC

FIBROSIS IS A LIFE-THREATENING GENETIC DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE LUNGS AND

MAKES IT EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT TO CARRY OUT THE SIMPLE FUNCTION OF

BREATHING. THIS DISEASE AFFECTS MORE THAN 30,000 CHILDREN AND ADULTS

IN THE UNITED STATES, AND 70,000 PEOPLE WORLDWIDE. ALTHOUGH THE

LUNGS ARE OFTEN THE FOCUS OF THE DISEASE, CF AFFECTS PEOPLE IN MULTIPLE

WAYS, AND MANY OTHER CONCERNS MAY DEVELOP. THE TYPE AND SEVERITY

OF CF SYMPTOMS CAN DIFFER WIDELY FROM PERSON TO PERSON AND,

THEREFORE, THEIR TREATMENT PLANS REQUIRE INDIVIDUAL -- INDIVIDUALIZED

TAILORED PLANS. WHILE THERE STILL IS NO CURE FOR CF, ADVANCEMENTS IN

TREATMENT HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITH THE DISEASE TO LIVE

MUCH LONGER THAN EVER BEFORE; HOWEVER, THEY LIVE UNDER THE RISK OF

INFECTION AND HEALTH PROBLEMS DUE TO CF.

IT IS CYSTIC FIBROSIS AWARENESS MONTH. MR. SPEAKER,

IF YOU COULD PLEASE WELCOME THESE INDIVIDUALS TO THE CHAMBER TO

CELEBRATE THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE AND TO BUILD ON TO HOPE FOR

THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MR. MCDONALD, MR. JONES, 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. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

US. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING BOTH FOR THOSE IN YOUR

FAMILY, FOR THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WORK WITH YOU, FOR ALBANY MED,

WHICH WE HOLD HIGH AS A PREMIER MEDICAL INSTITUTION HERE IN THIS AREA.

WE HOPE YOU CONTINUE THAT WORK. WE HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO KNOW THAT

YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. SCHMITT FOR AN INTRODUCTION.

MR. SCHMITT: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. IN A FEW

MOMENTS, WE'LL BE TAKING UP A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY AS STOP THE

BLEED MONTH, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO INTRODUCE SOME OF

OUR GUESTS RELATED TO THAT RESOLUTION TODAY. I HAVE ANDREW TARASOFF

AND HIS MOTHER AND BROTHER HERE FROM THE NEW WINDSOR VOLUNTEER

AMBULANCE CORPS, WHO ALSO SERVES AS THE NEW YORK STATE

COORDINATOR FOR NATIONAL STOP THE BLEED MONTH; BECKY ANN - YOU

GUYS CAN STAND UP - BECKY-ANN SEARS IS THE INJURY PREVENTION

COORDINATOR TRAUMA PROGRAM ASSISTANT AT BASSETT MEDICAL CENTER;

TOM MORAN, WHO'S TRAUMA EDUCATION INJURY PREVENTION AND OUTREACH

COORDINATOR FOR ALBANY MED; BABETTE GREY, WHO'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

OF THE NEW YORK CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS; DR.

JAMES SATTERFIELD IS GENERAL SURGEON, GOVERNOR OF BROOKLYN LONG

ISLAND CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS; DR. ROBERTO

HARDO, A SURGICAL RESIDENT; DR. STEPHAN MARTONE, TRAUMA SURGEON AT

ALBANY MED, AND DR. DANIEL AHN IS A PLASTIC SURGEON AT NYU

LANGONE GREAT NECK MEDICAL. IF YOU COULD PLEASE EXTEND TO THEM THE

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AS THEY AWAIT THEIR RESOLUTION, I WOULD CERTAINLY

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

APPRECIATE IT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MR. SCHMITT, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE EXTEND TO YOU THE

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE. WE HOPE THAT THIS

TRIP WILL BE GREAT, AND OUR THANKS FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AS MEDICAL

PROFESSIONALS TO HELP THOSE IN NEED. CONTINUE THAT GREAT WORK. THANK

YOU.

(APPLAUSE)

MS. MCMAHON.

MS. MCMAHON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE TO

MAKE A VERY SPECIAL INTRODUCTION. MY DAUGHTER, SARA MARCUS --

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SHH. LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, PLEASE.

MS. MCMAHON: OKAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: PROCEED.

MS. MCMAHON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE TO

INTRODUCE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST. MY DAUGHTER, SARAH MARCUS, IS WITH US

TODAY. SHE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF SESSION WHEN

THE NEW MEMBERS WERE INTRODUCED. AND WHEN I HEARD THAT SHE WAS

DRIVING THROUGH THE ALBANY AREA, I INSISTED THAT SHE COME IN TODAY AND

GET INTRODUCED. SO, SARAH IS MY MIDDLE DAUGHTER, SHE'S A GRADUATE OF

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE WHERE SHE PLAYED ON THE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

TEAM. AND SHE IS CURRENTLY MIDWAY THROUGH MASTERS IN SOCIAL WORK

PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF

HER. I DON'T GET TO SEE HER VERY OFTEN, SO I'M DELIGHTED SHE'S HERE AND I

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

ASK YOU TO WELCOME HER AND AFFORD HER THE CORDIALITIES OF THE HOUSE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF YOUR MOTHER, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU

HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. AS FAMILY, YOU ARE ALWAYS

WELCOME HERE. WE EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. OUR

CONGRATULATIONS ON CONTINUING YOUR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS. GREAT TO

HEAR THAT YOU'RE PLAYING BASKETBALL. THE WNBA JUST STARTING, SO I

KNOW I WATCH. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, AND

UNDERSTAND HOW PROUD YOUR MOTHER IS, LOOK AT THAT FACE, HOW PROUD

YOUR MOTHER IS OF HAVING YOU HERE. YOU'RE SO WELCOME. THANK YOU SO

MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

MS. LINDA ROSENTHAL.

MS. ROSENTHAL: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE

TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND INTRODUCE SOME GUESTS WHO ARE UP HERE FROM MY

DISTRICT. THEIR NAMES ARE BRIAN OWENS, MANAGING PARTNER; TODD

MITGANG, MANAGING PARTNER; JASON STEINTHAL; MANAGING PARTNER;

YORDANKA EVGENIEVA, MANAGER; ELIZABETH RUSHING, EVENTS

COORDINATOR; AND ZACH MCCOY, GENERAL MANAGER. THEY ALL COME

FROM CRAVE FISHBAR IN MY DISTRICT AND THEY CAME UP TODAY TO ALBANY

TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO RECYCLE OYSTERS. AND WHAT THEY DO IS

THEY RECYCLE THE OYSTERS THAT ARE CONSUMED IN THEIR RESTAURANT. THEY

GIVE THEM TO THE BILLION OYSTER PROJECT, WHICH THEN PUTS THEM IN THE

HUDSON WHERE THEY -- ONE OYSTER CAN FILTER 50 GALLONS OF WATER.

SO, I'M SO THANKFUL THEY GOT A CHANCE TO COME UP

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

HERE, GIVE A TASTE OF WHAT THEY OFFER IN THEIR -- IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT,

AND TRY TO DO SOME GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT WHILE THEY'RE AT IT. SO,

MR. SPEAKER, WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE THEM THE CORDIALITIES OF THE FLOOR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

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

DISTINGUISHED BUSINESS PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS HERE TO THE NEW

YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. THANK

YOU FOR COMING UP. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WERE PLEASED TO SHARE WITH

YOU SOME OF YOUR WARES. I'M FROM NEW ORLEANS, SO OYSTERS AND I GO

BACK, WAY, WAY BACK. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. SO HAPPY TO HAVE

YOU.

(APPLAUSE)

ON A MOTION BY MR. ZEBROWSKI, PAGE 21, CALENDAR

NO. 139, BILL NO. A04421-A, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

WE WILL NOW GO TO RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 3. THE CLERK

WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 415, MS.

SOLAGES.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 20TH, 2019, AS HAITIAN UNITY DAY

IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OBSERVANCE OF

HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION,

MS. SOLAGES.

MS. SOLAGES: BONSWA TOUT MOUN. GREETINGS,

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

EVERYONE, MY COLLEAGUES AND MR. SPEAKER. TODAY, WE RECOGNIZE

HAITIAN UNITY DAY WITHIN THE MONTH OF HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH. JUST

THIS SATURDAY, WE CELEBRATED HAITIAN FLAG DAY, WHICH COMMEMORATES

THE HAITIAN FLAG AND, AS ALWAYS, EVERY YEAR WE BRING UP MANY

CONSTITUENTS FROM DIFFERENT AREAS, FROM LONG ISLAND TO ROCKLAND

COUNTY TO BROOKLYN, ALL OVER, TO COME AND CELEBRATE OUR HAITIAN

CULTURE. AND SO, EVERY YEAR IT GETS BIGGER AND BETTER, AND THIS YEAR WE

DID A NEW SPIN ON IT. ANYONE NOTICE MY OUTFIT?

(LAUGHTER)

WE DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO DRESS IN OUR CULTURAL

ATTIRE. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE FABULOUS FOUR WOMEN, AND CLYDE, ARE

WEARING A NICE CULTURAL DRESS TO COMMEMORATE OUR HAITIAN CULTURE, ME

AND OUR ASSEMBLYWOMEN, WAS STYLED BY KIMBERLY CHARLES FROM

PHOENIX REFINED, WHICH IS NEW YORK CITY'S ONLY MASQUERADE CAMP.

SO, I WANT TO GIVE HER A SHOUT-OUT FOR DOING THIS NICE HEAD TIE,

OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT.

BUT, LIKE I SAID, EVERY YEAR IT GETS BIGGER AND BETTER.

BUT WITH THAT, WE ALSO HAVE MANY MORE CHALLENGES. AS, YOU KNOW,

POLICIES ARE DICTATING AND HURTING OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, WE

HAVE TO STAND UP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE -- WE PUSH BACK AGAINST

POLICIES THAT HURT OUR FAMILIES, THAT SEPARATES OUR FAMILIES. AS YOU

KNOW, BLACK IMMIGRANTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE DEPORTED, THEY HAVE LESS

ACCESS TO LEGAL SERVICES. AND SO, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR HAITIAN

COMMUNITY IS PROTECTED. AND WE ARE DOING THAT WITH SO MANY PIECES

OF LEGISLATION.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

AND SO WE RISE TODAY IN UNISANCE [SIC] TO TELL THE

HAITIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT WE STAND FIRM AND WE'RE UNITED; TO

TELL OUR TPS HOLDERS THAT WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT YOU, AND YOU ARE NEW

YORKERS JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. AND WE STAND UNITED AS ONE TO

CELEBRATE ALL CULTURES, BECAUSE NEW YORK IS THE MELTING POT AND IT IS

GREAT BECAUSE WE ARE DIVERSE. SO, THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND I

APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. BICHOTTE ON THE

RESOLUTION.

SHH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

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

ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THE RESOLUTION. TODAY IS HAITIAN UNITY DAY.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR HAITIAN UNITY TODAY? IT'S A DAY IN ALBANY TO

RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE OF HAITIAN DESCENT AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE

OF NEW YORK AND ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY OF

HAITIANS -- OF HAITI AND THE HAITIAN PEOPLE AS REVOLUTIONISTS WHO HAS

FOUGHT FOR YEARS FOR JUSTICE AND FREEDOM AND, ALONG THE WAY, MAKING

HAITI THE FIRST BLACK REPUBLIC IN 1804.

IT WASN'T A MOVEMENT FOR HAITIANS ONLY. IT WAS A

MOVEMENT -- AND IT WASN'T A MOVEMENT ONLY BY HAITIANS. LET IT BE

KNOWN THAT THIS SLAVE ABOLITION MOVEMENT HAS PAVED THE WAY TO FREE

OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE AMERICAS, INCLUDING THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS,

SOUTH AMERICA AND PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES. LET IT, TOO, BE KNOWN

THAT THIS MOVEMENT WAS NOT FOUGHT AND LED ALONGSIDE BY ONLY HAITIANS,

TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE, JEAN-JACQUES DESSALINES, P�TION, BUT WE ALSO

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

HAD JAMAICAN-BORN DUTTY BOUKMAN AND GRENADIAN-BORN HENRY

CHRISTOPHE, TO NAME A FEW. IT IS WITH THAT UNITY, THAT SPIRIT, WE

DEFEATED THE FRENCH, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL, POWERFUL FORCE KNOWN

IN HISTORY, LED BY NAPOLEON. OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, LIKE JEAN-JACQUES

DESSALINES, REQUIRED BLACK LIBERTY SO MUCH THAT HE INVITED THE

AMERICAN BLACK SLAVES TO BECOME FREE IN HAITI.

WE WANT TO -- WE WANT TO CONTINUE UNDOING IN

CONCRETE AND TANGIBLE WAYS OF CENTURIES OF TRIVIALIZATION OF HAITI

HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD. L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE IS THE

MOTTO OF OUR HAITIAN FLAG. UNITY, STRENGTH AND RECLAIMING HAITIAN

HISTORY. I WANT TO GIVE A NOTE TO MY FELLOW HAITIAN-AMERICANS. WE

HAVE COME A LONG WAY. WE HAVE BEEN BEATEN UP IN THIS COUNTRY; WE'RE

SPAT AT, WE'RE CALLED NAMES, AND WE COULD NOT REVEAL WHO WE WERE.

WE WERE AFRAID TO SAY THAT WE WERE HAITIANS. AND AFTER DECADES OF

BUILDING PRIDE, OF GETTING OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, TEACHING OUR KIDS

OUR LANGUAGE AND OUR HISTORY, WHY WE SHOULD BE PROUD TO BE HAITIAN.

THERE WAS A CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT OF HAITIAN PRIDE

AND UNITY THAT WAS FORMED WITHIN THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY AND ALL OVER.

DO NOT LET ANYBODY TELL YOU IT'S NOT OKAY TO BE HAITIAN. DO NOT LET

ANYBODY TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE BEING TOO HAITIAN WHEN YOU'RE BEING

PRIDEFUL. DON'T LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE SAYING YOU'RE FIGHTING TOO

HARD FOR A MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN CALLED

S-HOLE, A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN CALLED FOURTH WORLD COUNTRY,

STIGMATIZED WITH BEING THE CREATOR OF AIDS OR BEING THREATENED OF

RIPPING AND STRIPPING THEIR TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUS FROM THEM AFTER

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

BEING VICTIMS OF A HORRIFYING EARTHQUAKE THAT LEFT THOUSANDS AND

THOUSANDS OF HAITIANS, FAMINE AND -- AND WITH NO HOUSING AND WITH NO

GOVERNMENT STABILITY.

ALSO, FIGHTING FOR LANGUAGE ACCESS WHEN WE FIGHT FOR

ELECTION REFORM. WHO ARE THOSE TO TELL US NOT TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY?

WHO ARE THOSE TO TELL US THAT WE ARE TOO HAITIAN? WHEN WE LOVE

OURSELVES, WE LOVE OTHERS JUST AS MUCH, OR EVEN MORE. AND FOR ALL THE

PEOPLE OF HAITI AND THE COMMUNITIES AND THE DOCTORS AND EDUCATORS

WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR COMMUNITY, SHOULD NOT -- WE SHOULD NOT

DENOUNCE OUR HERITAGE.

AND NOW, WE ARE FIVE HAITIAN-AMERICAN ASSEMBLY

STRONG IN THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE JUST

MADE HISTORY. WE ARE NOW TWO HAITIAN-AMERICAN STRONG IN THE NEW

YORK CITY COUNCIL: NEW ELECTED COUNCILWOMAN FARAH LOUIS IN THE

45TH DISTRICT, A HEART OF LITTLE HAITI.

SO, TO MY NON-HAITIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO REALLY

APPRECIATE US, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNITY.

THANK YOU FOR LOVING US. THANK YOU FOR HELPING US. THANK YOU FOR

FIGHTING WITH US. THANK YOU FOR TELLING OUR RICH STOR -- HISTORY. THANK

YOU FOR REMINDING US HOW BEAUTIFUL WE ARE. AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING

US KNOW THAT WE, TOO, ARE HUMAN. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK

ASSEMBLYMEMBER ELLEN JAFFEE WHO IS NOT HAITIAN, BUT CREATED HAITIAN

UNITY DAY. THANK YOU FOR CARRYING THE UNITY SPIRIT. L'UNION FAIT LA

FORCE. MERCI.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. BARRON ON THE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

RESOLUTION.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SHH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S

GOING ON UNDER THE EAVE THERE, BUT WE DON'T NEED MEETINGS AT THIS TIME,

THEY CAN GO OUTSIDE THE CHAMBER.

PROCEED, MR. BARRON.

MR. BARRON: TO MY HAITIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I

SAY SAK PAS�. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE HAITIAN

REVOLUTIONARIES ARE WITH US TODAY. AND AS MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED,

WE, AS AFRICANS, WHO WERE IN AMERICA AT THE TIME OF HAITI'S LIBERATION

MOVEMENT, WE WERE ENSLAVED AND INSPIRED BY HAITI. INSPIRED SO MUCH

SO THAT IN 1811, IN LOUISIANA, ENSLAVED AFRICANS ROSE UP, AND THEIR GOAL

WAS TO MARCH ALL THE WAY TO NEW ORLEANS, TAKE OVER NEW ORLEANS, AND

HAVE THE SECOND INDEPENDENT AFRICAN NATION IN THAT HEMISPHERE. AND

WHY DID THEY DO THAT? BECAUSE OF BOUKMAN. BECAUSE OF DESSALINES.

BECAUSE OF HENRI CHRISTOPHE. BECAUSE OF ALL THOSE HAITIAN

REVOLUTIONARIES WHO INSPIRED US. SO, ON THIS DAY I WANT TO ENCOURAGE

MY HAITIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, DON'T GET COMFORTABLE IN AMERICA.

DON'T GET COMFORTABLE. BRING THAT SAME REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT THAT

HAPPENED IN 1804 IN 2019, BECAUSE IT'S NEEDED.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY TO FRANCE AND TO AMERICA, SHAME

ON YOU. YOU OWE HAITI REPARATIONS. AMERICA OWES HAITI REPARATIONS.

IN 1915, THE MARINES OCCUPIED HAITI. AMERICA IS TALKING ABOUT

SOMEBODY INTERFERING IN THEIR ELECTION, AMERICA PUT FORTH A DICTATOR IN

HAITI, PAPA DOC AND BABY DOC DUVALIER, TO CONTROL THE ECONOMY OF

HAITI, AND EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE A LOT OF BATTLES THERE. SO IT'S

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

HYPOCRISY TO SAY NOW THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED WITH SOMEBODY INTERFERING

IN YOUR ELECTIONS WHEN YOU'VE DONE THAT THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF

HAITI, EVEN AS FAR AS SUPPORTING THE COLONIZATION OF HAITI. AMERICA,

PAY YOUR DEBT TO HAITI. PAY YOUR DEBT TO HAITI, FRANCE. FRANCE HAS THE

NERVE TO SAY THAT HAITI SHOULD PAY THEM REPARATIONS, WHICH IS OCCURRING

NOW.

SO, WE SAY TO OUR HAITIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT WE

ARE YOU AND YOU ARE US. WE ARE ONE. WE ARE ONE AFRICAN PEOPLE. DR.

JOHN HENRIK CLARKE SAID IT BEST, WE'RE NOT WHO WE ARE BASED UPON

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

THE BOATS PICKED US UP FROM. AND THEY PICKED US ALL UP FROM AFRICA.

AND YOU BECAME HAITIAN. AND OTHERS BECAME JAMAICAN AND

TRINIDADIAN. AND SOME OF YOU SAY YOU'RE AMERICANS. I DON'T SAY THAT.

BUT ANYWAY, SOME OF YOU SAY THAT. WE ARE AN AFRICAN PEOPLE SPREAD

THROUGHOUT THE DIASPORA. AND HAITI, HAITI WAS THE COUNTRY, THE

MOVEMENT, THE SPIRIT THAT INSPIRED ALL OF US TO BE FREE. AND AS MY

COLLEAGUE SAID, YOU EVEN DEFEATED THE MIGHTY NAPOLEON. EVERYBODY

THOUGHT HE WAS INVINCIBLE. WELL, HE GOT WHIPPED BY THE HAITIAN

REVOLUTIONARIES.

SO, ON THIS DAY, LET US ALL REMEMBER, HAITI IS NOT A

POOR COUNTRY, HAITI IS A RICH COUNTRY. RICH IN MINERALS, RICH IN NATURAL

RESOURCES, RICH IN CULTURE, RICH IN SPIRIT, AND THEY'RE EXPLOITED BY WAY

OF IMPERIALISM AND CAPITALISM. GREED IS WHAT CREATES POVERTY IN HAITI.

AMERICA, PAY YOUR DEBT.

AND ON THIS DAY, I PROUDLY SAY THAT WE ALL EMBRACE THE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

SPIRIT OF THE HAITIAN REVOLUTIONARIES. AND ON THIS DAY, ALL OF OUR

HAITIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, BRING THAT SAME REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT TO THE

21ST CENTURY BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO, THE JOB IS NOT DONE.

AND FOR YOU, I SAY FORWARD EVER AND BACKWARD NEVER. LONG LIVE THE

PEOPLE OF HAITI. LONG LIVE THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. JEAN-PIERRE.

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR

ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING HAITIAN

UNITY DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. AS A DAUGHTER OF HAITIAN

IMMIGRANTS, I HAVE ALWAYS -- I HAVE ALWAYS BEAMED WITH PRIDE EACH

YEAR WHEN WE TAKE UP THIS RESOLUTION IN THE MIDST OF CELEBRATING

HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH, ESPECIALLY AS OUR HAITIAN-AMERICAN CAUCUS

CONTINUES TO GROW RIGHT HERE IN THIS LEGISLATURE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME COMMISSIONER JACQUES

JIHA TO THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR, WHO IS CERTAINLY NO STRANGER TO THE PEOPLE'S

HOUSE, AS WELL AS MY BELOVED CONSTITUENTS WHO'VE MADE THE TREK FROM

LONG ISLAND THIS MORNING, THIS AFTERNOON, AND VARIOUS GROUPS FROM

LONG ISLAND SUCH AS STAND UP FOR POVERTY, THE NORTH AMITYVILLE SENIOR

CENTER IN HAUPPAUGE. AND THANK YOU TO THE HAITI -- TO HAITI'S

CONSULATE, GANDY THOMAS, FOR YEARS OF SERVICE OF THE

HAITIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY.

AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZING [SIC]

THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAITIANS HAVE MADE HERE IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY.

HAITIANS FOUGHT ALONGSIDE GEORGE WASHINGTON IN THE REVOLUTIONARY

WAR, AND HAITI HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SYMBOL OF HOPE AND LIBERATION FOR

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

BLACK PEOPLE IN THE -- IN THE AMERICAS. THE UNITED STATES HAS AND

SHOULD CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A BEACON OF HOPE FOR THE HAITIAN

COMMUNITY. MORE THAN 50,000 HAITIANS HAVE MADE AMERICA THEIR

HOME FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC --

MR. SPEAKER, CAN WE GET SOME...

THANK YOU.

THE UNITED STATES HAS AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO SERVE AS

A BEACON OF HOPE FOR THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY. MORE THAN 50,000

HAITIANS HAVE MADE AMERICA THEIR HOME FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC

EARTHQUAKE IN 2010. HAITIAN-AMERICANS ARE OUR FAMILIES, OUR

NEIGHBORS, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, OUR OWNER -- SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS,

AND THEY CONTINUE TO ENRICH OUR NATION AND OUR STATE EACH DAY. I'M

PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR TODAY'S RESOLUTION AND I THANK MY COLLEAGUE,

MEMBER SOLAGES, AS WELL AS MR. SPEAKER FOR ALLOWING US TO RECOGNIZE

IT HERE TODAY. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. FRONTUS.

MS. FRONTUS: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. IT'S AN

HONOR FOR ME TO STAND THIS AFTERNOON AND SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION TO

RECOGNIZE MAY 20TH AS HAITIAN UNITY DAY. TODAY, MY COLLEAGUES AND

I STAND NOT JUST TO RECOGNIZE MAY AS HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH, NOT JUST

TO RECOGNIZE MAY 18TH AS HAITIAN FLAG DAY, BUT OVERALL THE SIGNIFICANT

CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAITIANS HAVE MADE TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK;

INDEED, I AM PROUD TO BE THE LATEST HAITIAN-AMERICAN TO BE ELECTED TO

THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

MR. SPEAKER, THERE ARE SOME 200,000 HAITIANS LIVING

IN THE GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK, AND ALMOST ONE MILLION HAITIANS LIVING

IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE EXPERIENCE OF HAITIANS IN

THESE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN ONE WHICH IS BITTERSWEET. WE HAVE MADE

CONTRIBUTIONS IN ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY, INCLUDING THE ARTS, MEDICINE,

LAW, ACADEMICS, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; HOWEVER, HAITIANS HAVE

ALWAYS BEEN STIGMATIZED, MISTREATED, BELITTLED AND CALLED NAMES LIKE

BACKWARDS, WHILE ALSO BEING BLAMED FOR THE AIDS EPIDEMIC.

DESPITE ALL THIS, YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT HAITIANS HAVE

ALWAYS BEEN A PROUD PEOPLE AND TENACIOUS, RESILIENT. WE CELEBRATE OUR

HISTORY AS THE FIRST INDEPENDENT BLACK REPUBLIC IN THE AMERICAS AND THE

SECOND TO GAIN OUR FREEDOM RIGHT AFTER THE UNITED STATES. BECAUSE OF

THIS, OUR FLAG IS A SIGN OF ANTI-RACISM. IT IS A SIGN OF ANTI-OPPRESSION.

OUR FLAG IS A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM, EQUALITY AND LIBERATION, ONE OF

REVOLUTION FOR PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT. THE FLAG SIGNIFIES THE

DESTRUCTION AND THE COLLAPSE OF CHATTEL SLAVERY AS WE KNOW IT. IN HONOR

OF THIS GREAT HISTORY OF RESILIENCE, IN HONOR OF THIS GREAT HISTORY OF

SELF-DETERMINATION, I AM PROUD TO WELCOME SO MANY DISTINGUISHED

HAITIAN-AMERICAN GUESTS VISITING US IN THE CHAMBERS [SIC] TODAY.

WELCOME TO ALBANY AND WELCOME TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE).

MS. WEINSTEIN ON THE RESOLUTION.

MS. WEINSTEIN: YES, THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I

WANT TO JOIN WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN MEMOR -- IN ASKING THE GOVERNOR TO

DECLARE TODAY HAITIAN UNITY DAY. I'M BLESSED TO HAVE A VERY DIVERSE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF HAITIAN -- HAITIAN-AMERICANS, AS WELL AS

OTHER CARIBBEANS IN MY COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS A LARGE JEWISH

POPULATION AND OTHERS, AND WE HAVE -- I'M SO PROUD OF ALL OF MY

CONSTITUENTS. AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN OUR -- IN OUR

COMMUNITY IS WORK TOGETHER, AND THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY WORKING WITH

THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND THE LONG HISTORY OF THE HAITIANS AND JEWS

WORKING TOGETHER FROM THE TIME THAT THE ISRAELIS CAME TO THE AID DURING

THE EARTHQUAKE, TO EARLIER TIMES WHEN THE NATION OF HAITI WAS ABLE TO

SAVE SOME JEWS FROM -- FROM THE NAZIS.

SO IT IS WONDERFUL TODAY THAT WE CELEBRATE HAITIAN

UNITY DAY AND REALIZE THAT WE IN THE STATE RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE

PROBLEMS THAT OUR HAITIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO LIVE HERE IN THE

UNITED STATES AND IN NEW YORK ARE FACING WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE

CONTINUATION OF TPS. AS PART OF OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE INCLUDED A

SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS FOR HAUP -- HAITIANS UNITE -- UNITED FOR --

HAITIAN-AMERICANS UNITED FOR PROGRESS TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THE

HAITIAN-AMERICANS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO NEED HELP WITH

IMMIGRATION AND HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR TPS STATUS SO THEY -- WE --

WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AS PART OF OUR GREATER

NEW YORK FAMILY AND I'M, AGAIN, HAPPY TO JOIN IN SUPPORT OF THIS

RESOLUTION.

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. 416, MR.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

RA.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 20TH, 2019, AS TRANSATLANTIC

FLIGHT DAY 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. 417, MRS.

GUNTHER.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 19-21, 2019, AS THE 84TH ANNUAL

4-H CAPITAL DAYS 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.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 418, MR.

JONES.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 2019, AS CYSTIC FIBROSIS

AWARENESS MONTH 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.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 419, MRS.

BARRETT.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 2019, AS MILITARY APPRECIATION

MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OBSERVANCE

OF NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH.

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. 420, MR.

SCHMITT.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 2019, AS STOP THE BLEED MONTH

IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. SCHMITT ON THE

RESOLUTION.

MR. SCHMITT: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I'M PROUD

TO INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION TODAY, FIRST TIME THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS

TAKEN UP A STOP THE BLEED RESOLUTION. THE STOP THE BLEED INITIATIVE

WAS STARTED IN 2015 TO INCREASE BCON, ALSO KNOWN AS BLEEDING CONTROL

TRAINING, AS HEMORRHAGE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF PREVENTABLE DEATH IN

PRE-HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO STOP BLOOD LOSS AS

QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AS A PERSON CAN DIE FROM BLOOD LOSS WITHIN FIVE

MINUTES. TWENTY PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED FROM TRAUMATIC

INJURIES COULD HAVE SURVIVED WITH QUICK BLEEDING CONTROL. THIRTY-FIVE

PERCENT OF PRE-HOSPITAL DEATHS ARE DUE TO BLOOD LOSS, AND 80 PERCENT OF

VICTIMS IN A MASS CASUALTY EVENT ARE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

THESE ALARMING STATISTICS SHOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO

CONNECT BLEEDING CONTROL INSTRUCTORS WITH INTERESTED CITIZENS AND RAISE

AWARENESS ABOUT THE SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS AND INSTANCES WHERE THIS

MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO SAVE LIVES. SO, I'M GLAD WE BROUGHT BIPARTISAN

ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE AND I CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO HELP RAISE

AWARENESS FOR THE NEED OF THIS TRAINING. AND THIS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE IS

SOMETHING IN THE MILITARY THAT WE'RE TRAINED ON FROM THE OFFSET, BUT IT'S

BECOMING MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT FOR EVERYDAY CITIZENS, JUST LIKE

CPR TRAINING, AED TRAINING, WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW HOW TO STOP THIS --

STOP THE BLEED. THANK YOU, MR. -- MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

ADOPTED.

MR. MANKTELOW FOR AN INTRODUCTION.

MR. MANKTELOW: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

TODAY I RISE FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN INTRODUCTION. ON BEHALF OF MYSELF

AND ASSEMBLYMAN GARY FINCH, BACK FROM OUR HOME DISTRICT WE'D LIKE

TO WELCOME THE -- THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILY MEMBERS FROM THE

VILLAGE OF CAYUGA AND THE COUNTY OF CAYUGA. THESE ARE YOUNG

STUDENTS THAT ATTEND THE ST. JOHN PAUL II ACADEMY, A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN

THE CATHOLIC TRADITION. IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO HAVE THEM HERE IN THE

CAPITOL TO SEE THE ASSEMBLY IN ACTION AND I ASK THAT YOU GIVE THEM THE

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MR. MANKTELOW, MR. FINCH, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

WELCOME YOU NEW YOUNG STUDENTS HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE

ASSEMBLY. WE EXTEND TO YOU ALL THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. THANK

YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING THIS DAY WITH US. HOPE THAT YOU WILL HAVE

FOUND OUR PROCEEDINGS INTERESTING, HOPE THAT YOU WILL GET HOME VERY

SAFE. AND TO THE ADULTS THAT HAVE ACCOMPANIED YOU, THANK YOU FOR

TAKING CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, IF WE COULD

NOW GO TO PAGE 4 ON THE MAIN CALENDAR, STARTING WITH CALENDAR NO.

3-1-6, 316.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00225, CALENDAR NO.

316, PAULIN, COOK, ZEBROWSKI, MCDONOUGH, L. ROSENTHAL, ABINANTI,

SEAWRIGHT. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO

THE REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF PET GROOMERS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00446, CALENDAR NO.

317, STIRPE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE LABOR LAW, IN RELATION TO THE

CALCULATION OF WEEKLY EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR WORKERS WHO

ARE PARTIALLY UNEMPLOYED; AND REPEALING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SUCH LAW

RELATING THERETO.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00484, CALENDAR NO.

318, L. ROSENTHAL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

TO INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS CONCERNING MENSTRUAL DISORDERS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 120TH

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, THIS IS OUR

FIRST VOTE OF TODAY, SO IF COLLEAGUES COULD -- ARE IN AND AROUND THE

CHAMBERS [SIC], IF THEY COULD COME AND CAST THEIR VOTE WITH SOME

SPEED, WE'D GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. FIRST VOTE OF TODAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: FIRST VOTE OF THE DAY,

MEMBERS. IF YOU ARE IN YOUR SEATS, PLEASE VOTE NOW. IF YOU ARE IN THE

SOUND OF OUR VOICE, PLEASE COME TO THE CHAMBER AND VOTE. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00505, CALENDAR NO.

319, LIFTON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, IN RELATION

TO INSURANCE RESERVE FUNDS OF CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

(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. A00568, CALENDAR NO.

320, PAULIN, GUNTHER, L. ROSENTHAL, JAFFEE, ENGLEBRIGHT, GOTTFRIED,

WOERNER, FAHY, RODRIGUEZ, GALEF, LIFTON, LUPARDO, MCDONOUGH,

PERRY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND THE INSURANCE LAW,

IN RELATION TO PREMIUM REDUCTION FOR OBSTETRIC PRACTITIONERS WHO

COMPLETE A RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES COURSE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 365TH

DAY.

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. A00882, CALENDAR NO.

321, WRIGHT, WEPRIN, CRESPO, JAFFEE, O'DONNELL, SIMON, COOK, ORTIZ,

DE LA ROSA, BLAKE, RICHARDSON, AUBRY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

CORRECTION LAW, IN RELATION TO SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMMATIC

ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR LIMITED CREDIT TIME ALLOWANCES FOR CERTAIN

INMATES.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00916, CALENDAR NO.

322, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, GLICK, BRONSON, WEPRIN, GOTTFRIED. AN

ACT TO AMEND CORRECTION LAW, IN RELATION TO HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY

VIRUS (HIV) PREVENTION.

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.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MR. GOODELL TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.

SPEAKER. THIS BILL CAME UP BEFORE THE HOUSE IN THE PAST AND WOULD

APPLY TO ALL THE LOCAL JAILS. IT HAS SINCE BEEN AMENDED TO APPLY JUST TO

STATE INSTITUTIONS. AND I APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENT SO THAT WE'RE NOT

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

IMPOSING AN UNFUNDED MANDATE ON OUR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND

FOR THAT REASON, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01092, CALENDAR NO.

323, LIFTON, TITUS, CAHILL, COOK, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, ORTIZ, PAULIN,

RIVERA, BENEDETTO, ENGLEBRIGHT, CUSICK, COLTON, BRONSON, PERRY,

SIMON, MOSLEY, SEAWRIGHT, STECK, WILLIAMS, ABBATE, ABINANTI, GALEF,

GLICK, HYNDMAN, JAFFEE, LUPARDO, O'DONNELL, PEOPLES-STOKES. AN ACT

TO AMEND THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW, IN RELATION TO WAIVING THE STATE'S

SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY TO CLAIMS UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES

ACT OF 1990, THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938, THE AGE

DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1967, AND THE FAMILY AND

MEDICAL LEAVE ACT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01112, CALENDAR NO.

322, JAFFEE. AN ACT IN RELATION TO AUTHORIZING HATZOLOH EMS, INC. OF

MONSEY TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR A REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

(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. A01564, CALENDAR NO.

325, PEOPLES-STOKES, L. ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED, TITUS, PERRY, OTIS,

COLTON, GALEF, MOSLEY, HUNTER, THIELE, LUPARDO, DINOWITZ, CARROLL,

QUART, HYNDMAN, ORTIZ, STECK, ABINANTI, DE LA ROSA, SEAWRIGHT,

TAYLOR, JONES, PAULIN, STIRPE, ARROYO, GLICK, BRONSON. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO

ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISORY GROUP AND

AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01565, CALENDAR NO.

326, GALEF, PEOPLES-STOKES, PAULIN, DINOWITZ, ARROYO, JAFFEE, WEPRIN,

ABINANTI, SIMON, ORTIZ, NIOU, STECK, WRIGHT, MOSLEY, KOLB, GIGLIO,

ASHBY, CAHILL, COLTON, DE LA ROSA, FINCH, GOTTFRIED, LENTOL,

MCDONOUGH, B. MILLER, M.L. MILLER, THIELE. AN ACT TO AMEND

ELECTION LAW, IN RELATION TO INCLUDING E-MAIL ADDRESSES IN VOTER

REGISTRATION DATA.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE -- READ THE

LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 365TH

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: ARE THERE ANY

OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.

SPEAKER, FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTERRUPT ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLYMAN

DAVID DIPIETRO, WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF 4-HERS FROM ERIE AND

WYOMING COUNTY. AND, AS YOU KNOW, THE 4-H PROGRAM IS A GREAT

AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM, IT TEACHES A LOT OF -- TEACHES A LOT OF

RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPECT AND A -- A LOT OF CHARACTER BUILDING IN THE

4-H PROGRAM. THEY'RE HERE IN ALBANY TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE 84TH

ANNUAL NEW YORK STATE CAPITAL DAYS. I AM HERE TO ASSURE YOU THAT

NONE OF THEM ARE YET 84, SO APPARENTLY THEY DIDN'T BRING ANY CHARTER

MEMBERS.

(LAUGHTER)

BUT JOINING US ARE HOLLY NIEFERGOLD, AMELIA HINSTRUB

(PHONETIC), TAMMI KRON, ROXANNE DUEPPENGIESSER, ABIGAIL JOHNSON,

KATIE FISHER AND DAVID ZYWICZYNSKI. IF YOU WOULD EXTEND THE

CORDIALITIES OF THE HOUSE TO THIS FINE YOUNG GROUP, I WOULD CERTAINLY

APPRECIATE IT.

ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: CERTAINLY, MR.

GOODELL. ON BEHALF OF MR. DIPIETRO, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS,

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

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

YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR, THANK YOU FOR THIS -- FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP

ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE OF AGRICULTURE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, KEEP COMING

BACK. EIGHTY-FOUR YEARS OR NOT, KEEP COMING BACK. YOU ARE ALWAYS

WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU ADVOCACY.

(APPLAUSE)

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01605-A, CALENDAR

NO. 327, PAULIN, JONES. AN ACT TO AMEND THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT

CORPORATION LAW AND THE TOWN LAW, IN RELATION TO THE ABANDONMENT

OF CEMETERIES.

ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: ON A MOTION BY

MS. PAULIN, 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 PICHARDO: 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.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, ON BEHALF

OF OUR COLLEAGUES ELLEN JAFFEE AND MR. EICHENSTEIN, THERE ARE SOME

LOVELY LADIES IN THE CHAMBERS [SIC] ABOVE YOU FROM THE AVIR YAAKOV

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

GIRLS' SCHOOL FROM SPRING VALLEY, NEW YORK. MR. SPEAKER, ON BEHALF

OF OUR COLLEAGUES, COULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME THESE OUTSTANDING YOUNG

LADIES TO OUR CHAMBERS [SIC] AND OFFER THEM THE CORDIALITIES OF THE

FLOOR.

ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: CERTAINLY. ON

BEHALF OF MS. JAFFEE AND MR. EICHENSTEIN, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE

MEMBERS, HELLO. WE WELCOME YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE

ASSEMBLY. WE EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. I HOPE YOU'RE

HAVING A GOOD TIME WATCHING THE PROCEEDINGS THIS AFTERNOON, AND

YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME BACK WHENEVER YOU'D LIKE TO COME

BACK. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01606, CALENDAR NO.

328, HUNTER, ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, COOK, D'URSO, HYNDMAN, WEPRIN,

BLAKE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW AND THE PUBLIC

AUTHORITIES LAW, IN RELATION TO INCLUDING THE INCORPORATION OF RESOURCE

CONSERVATION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, GREEN TECHNOLOGIES, AND ALTERNATIVE

AND RENEWABLE ENERGY MEASURES IN A PROJECT INTO A UNIFORM TAX

EXEMPTION POLICY.

ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: READ THE LAST

SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

(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. A01877, CALENDAR NO.

329, ZEBROWSKI. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ASSESSOR OF THE TOWN OF

HAVERSTRAW, COUNTY OF ROCKLAND, TO ACCEPT FROM HI TOR ANIMAL CARE

CENTER, INC. AN APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXES.

ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: ON A MOTION BY

MR. ZEBROWSKI, 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 PICHARDO: 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 WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02218-A, CALENDAR

NO. 330, ABINANTI. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 504 OF THE LAWS OF 2016,

AMENDING THE TAX LAW RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF

GREENBURGH TO ADOPT A LOCAL LAW TO IMPOSE A HOTEL/MOTEL OCCUPANCY

TAX FOR HOTELS NOT LOCATED IN A VILLAGE; AUTHORIZING SPECIFIED VILLAGES IN

THE TOWNS OF GREENBURGH AND MOUNT PLEASANT TO ADOPT LOCAL LAWS TO

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

IMPOSE A HOTEL/MOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX IN SUCH VILLAGES, IN RELATION TO

EXTENDING THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: HOME RULE

MESSAGE IS AT THE DESK AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02225-A, CALENDAR

NO. 331, CAHILL. AN ACT TO AMEND EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO

INCLUDING THE SAWKILL CREEK IN ULSTER COUNTY WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF

"INLAND WATERWAYS" FOR THE PURPOSES OF WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION.

ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: READ THE LAST

SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ARE THERE ANY OTHER

VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02326-A, CALENDAR

NO. 332, DINOWITZ, M.G. MILLER, COLTON, OTIS, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON,

WILLIAMS, ORTIZ, JOYNER, COOK, D'URSO, CRESPO, NIOU, MAGNARELLI,

ABINANTI, BLAKE, BARRON, BRAUNSTEIN, ENGLEBRIGHT, HYNDMAN, PERRY,

WEINSTEIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELDER LAW, IN RELATION TO CREATING AND

DISTRIBUTING A DRUG GUIDE FOR SENIOR CONSUMERS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY. ON A MOTION BY MR.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

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

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT SEPTEMBER

1ST.

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. A02345, CALENDAR NO.

333, SOLAGES, NORRIS, MORINELLO, GOTTFRIED, ARROYO, WILLIAMS, GLICK,

DICKENS, D'URSO, JAFFEE, CRESPO, HYNDMAN, BARRON, LAVINE, L.

ROSENTHAL, BLAKE, RIVERA, SEAWRIGHT, COOK, EPSTEIN, SIMON. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN RELATION TO LACTATION COUNSELING

SERVICES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1ST.

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.)

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02432, CALENDAR NO.

334, FAHY, BARRETT, ORTIZ, MAGNARELLI, GOTTFRIED, ENGLEBRIGHT, THIELE,

SIMON, D'URSO, GLICK, LUPARDO, JAFFEE, ZEBROWSKI, SANTABARBARA,

COLTON, CAHILL, GALEF, MOSLEY, ARROYO, SEAWRIGHT, PICHARDO, LIFTON,

DINOWITZ, VANEL, STIRPE, L. ROSENTHAL, STECK, ABINANTI, RICHARDSON,

WRIGHT, WALLACE, O'DONNELL, TAYLOR, NIOU, QUART, CARROLL, DE LA

ROSA, CROUCH. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW AND THE STATE

FINANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO INSTITUTING INTERNET SERVICE NEUTRALITY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02484, CALENDAR NO.

335, WEPRIN, MCDONALD. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CORRECTION LAW AND THE

PENAL LAW, IN RELATION TO ESTABLISHING MERIT TIME ALLOWANCE CREDITS AND

CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE PRIVILEGES CREDITS FOR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL

FACILITIES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02493, CALENDAR NO.

336, LAVINE, LIFTON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO

PROVIDING A TAX CREDIT FOR UNIVERSAL VISITABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE

REPEAL OF SUCH PROVISIONS UPON EXPIRATION THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02688, CALENDAR NO.

337, L. ROSENTHAL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, IN

RELATION TO REQUIRING PUBLIC NOTICE PRIOR TO CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION

FACILITY CLOSURES.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03076, CALENDAR NO.

338, GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, GALEF, PAULIN, L. ROSENTHAL, COLTON, JAFFEE,

ABINANTI, D'URSO, LIFTON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND

THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO THE DEFINITION OF CLINICAL PEER

REVIEWER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: 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.)

MR. MONTESANO TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. MONTESANO: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I JUST

WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR THIS BILL. YOU KNOW IN MY -- IN MY

PROFESSION AS AN ATTORNEY, MANY TIMES I'VE HAD CLIENTS WHO'VE BEEN

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

SUBJECTED TO INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMS, NO-FAULT EXAMS AND MANY

OTHER DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXAMS BY PHYSICIANS WHO ARE EXAMINING THEM

FOR ISSUES, AND THAT PHYSICIAN HAS NO EXPERTISE OR CERTIFICATION

WHATSOEVER IN THAT AREA THAT THE PERSON IS EXPERIENCING AND SUFFERING

FROM, AND THAT PHYSICIAN THEN WRITES A REPORT THAT HAS A NEGATIVE

IMPACT ON THE PATIENT. SO, THIS IS A VERY NECESSARY AND IMPORTANT BILL

AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT AND I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME.

THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. MONTESANO IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03629, CALENDAR NO.

339, SCHIMMINGER, D'URSO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL

LAW, IN RELATION TO PERMITTING THE KENMORE-TOWN OF TONAWANDA

UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH AN INSURANCE RESERVE FUND.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04268, CALENDAR NO.

340, HEVESI, L. ROSENTHAL, JEAN-PIERRE, ABINANTI, BLAKE, JOYNER,

SIMON, BARRON, GUNTHER, CRESPO, WRIGHT, WILLIAMS, JAFFEE, LUPARDO,

B. MILLER, D'URSO, SOLAGES, RIVERA, SEAWRIGHT, DAVILA, FAHY,

MORINELLO, COOK, WALSH. AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN

RELATION TO MANDATING TRAINING OF DIRECT CARE WORKERS IN ADVERSE

CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACES).

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

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.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04310, CALENDAR NO.

341, AUBRY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CORRECTION LAW AND THE PUBLIC

HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR INMATES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04312, CALENDAR NO.

342, THIELE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAW, IN

RELATION TO THE OPERATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP ASSISTANCE CENTERS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, IF WE COULD

RETURN TO CALENDAR NO. 339 FOR A -- A RE-VOTE. THERE WAS A TECHNICAL

PROBLEM AT THE DESK. IF WE COULD DO THAT ONE FIRST. AND THEN, MR.

SPEAKER, WE HAVE SEVERAL TAX-RELATED BILLS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO

APPROVE. THERE ARE AT LEAST SIX OF THEM, BUT IT IS CRITICAL THAT MEMBERS

STAY IN THE CHAMBERS [SIC] AND IN THEIR SEATS. SO, AFTER WE DO 339, MR.

SPEAKER, IF WE COULD GO TO CALENDAR NO. 330 BY MR. ABINANTI;

CALENDAR NO. 353 BY MR. NORRIS; CALENDAR NO. 354, MR. OTIS;

CALENDAR NO. 355, MR. CROUCH; NO. 356, MR. PRETLOW; NO. 261, MS.

LUPARDO AND NO. 294, MR. STEC. IN THAT ORDER, MR. SPEAKER. THANK

YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03629, CALENDAR NO.

339, SCHIMMINGER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, IN

RELATION TO PERMITTING THE KENMORE-TOWN OF TONAWANDA UNION FREE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH AN INSURANCE RESERVE FUND.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

PAGE 6, CALENDAR NO. 330, THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02218-A, CALENDAR

NO. 330, ABINANTI. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 504 OF THE LAWS OF 2016,

AMENDING THE TAX LAW RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF

GREENBURGH TO ADOPT A LOCAL LAW TO IMPOSE A HOTEL/MOTEL OCCUPANCY

TAX FOR HOTELS NOT LOCATED IN A VILLAGE; AUTHORIZING SPECIFIED VILLAGES IN

THE TOWNS OF GREENBURGH AND MOUNT PLEASANT TO ADOPT LOCAL LAWS TO

IMPOSE A HOTEL/MOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX IN SUCH VILLAGES, IN RELATION TO

EXTENDING THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HOME RULE IS AT THE

DESK. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I'D LIKE TO

INTERRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS TO INTRODUCE SOME GUESTS WHO ARE HERE WITH

OUR COLLEAGUE, JUDY GRIFFIN. THEY ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS EXTRAORDINAIRE. I

BELIEVE THEY'RE RIGHT HERE. MR. SPEAKER, WE HAVE TRICIA SHIELDS, SHE'S

THE SECRETARY/TREASURER FOR THE SOUTH HEMPSTEAD FIRE DISTRICT; PAUL

CARTIER, HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF FIRE DISTRICTS IN

NASSAU COUNTY; DON CORKERY, HE'S THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE

ASSOCIATION -- OF THE NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF FIRE DISTRICTS;

AND JOHN CANNON IS THE COMMISSIONER OF HALESITE, NEW YORK.

MR. SPEAKER, IF YOU COULD WELCOME THESE FINE PUBLIC

SERVANTS TO OUR CHAMBERS [SIC].

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES, MS. GRIFFIN, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS,

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

THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR, HOPE THAT YOU WILL ENJOY OUR PROCEEDINGS.

HAPPY THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO JOIN US AND CONGRATULATIONS ON GREAT

PUBLIC SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06537, CALENDAR NO.

353, NORRIS, HAWLEY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO

AUTHORIZING AN OCCUPANCY TAX IN THE VILLAGE OF MEDINA.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HOME RULE MESSAGE

IS AT THE DESK. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06542, CALENDAR NO.

354, OTIS. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 508 OF THE LAWS OF 2016,

AMENDING THE TAX LAW RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF AN OCCUPANCY TAX

IN THE VILLAGE OF MAMARONECK, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE EXPIRATION

THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HOME RULE MESSAGE

IS AT THE DESK. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06548, CALENDAR NO.

355, CROUCH. AN ACT TO AMEND TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO AUTHORIZING THE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

COUNTY OF CHENANGO TO ESTABLISH HOTEL AND MOTEL TAXES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HOME RULE MESSAGE

IS AT THE DESK. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06694, CALENDAR NO.

356, PRETLOW. AN ACT TO AMEND TAX LAW AND CHAPTER 535 OF THE LAWS

OF 1987, AMENDING THE TAX LAW RELATING TO THE CITY OF YONKERS

PERSONAL INCOME TAX SURCHARGE, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE EXPIRATION

DATE OF THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX SURCHARGE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HOME RULE MESSAGE

IS AT THE DESK. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06546, CALENDAR NO.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

261, LUPARDO, CROUCH, FRIEND. AN ACT TO AMEND THE COUNTY LAW AND

THE TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY OF BROOME TO

IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE TO PAY FOR THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH

UPDATING THE TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND TELEPHONE SERVICES

NEEDED TO PROVIDE AN ENHANCED 9-1-1 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM TO

SERVE SUCH COUNTY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF SUCH PROVISIONS

UPON EXPIRATION THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HOME RULE MESSAGE

IS AT THE DESK. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU -- THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER. IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE TO THE CHAMBER ON BEHALF OF

ASSEMBLYMAN DAN STEC, HIS WIFE, HILARY STEC. SO, THERE ARE HILARY'S

THAT ARE HELD IN OUR GOOD STANDING WITHIN OUR CAUCUS FOR SURE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: OOOH. OOOH. OOOH.

(LAUGHTER)

MR. GOODELL: SHE'S A GREAT RESIDENT OF THE STATE

OF NEW YORK, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER, WORKED FOR MILLS

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

ENTERTAINMENT. SHE MET MR. STEC WHILE AT COLLEGE AND THEY'VE BEEN

MARRIED FOR 28 YEARS.

(APPLAUSE)

I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THAT APPLAUSE MEANS.

(LAUGHTER)

BUT THEY HAVE A SON, PETER, AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND

WELCOMING HILARY STEC WHO CAME HERE JUST TO SEE THE VERY NEXT BILL

PASS THAT HER HUSBAND IS SPONSORING. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MR. GOODELL, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, MS. STEC, WE

APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE HERE. YOU ARE FAMILY SO YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU CAN JOIN US TODAY.

CERTAINLY I KNOW IT WASN'T PLANNED TO BE HERE WHEN HE PASSES THE BILL,

COULDN'T BE, I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT. AND MAYBE, SINCE I HEAR YOU'RE IN

ENTERTAINMENT, YOU MIGHT OFFER MR. GOODELL A COMIC CONTRACT SO THAT

WE CAN KEEP LAUGHING MORE THAN JUST HERE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH,

WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.

(APPLAUSE)

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04474, CALENDAR NO.

294, D. STEC, WOERNER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO

AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY OF WASHINGTON TO IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL

MORTGAGE RECORDING TAX.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HOME RULE MESSAGE

IS AT THE DESK. READ THE LAST SECTION.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

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.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, IF WE CAN

GO TO PAGE 14, IT'S RULES REPORT NO. 16, ON DEBATE, BY MR. ABINANTI.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00763-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 16, ABINANTI, MOSLEY, GALEF, JAFFEE, GOTTFRIED, BLAKE,

RICHARDSON, COLTON, RIVERA, BUCHWALD, WEPRIN, SEAWRIGHT, SIMOTAS,

BURKE, CRUZ, FRONTUS, GRIFFIN, JACOBSON, MCMAHON, PICHARDO, REYES,

SAYEGH, STECK, STERN, BUTTENSCHON, D. ROSENTHAL, FERNANDEZ,

DINOWITZ, GLICK, LAWRENCE, RAMOS, WALKER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

PENAL LAW AND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, IN RELATION TO ESTABLISHING

CRIMES RELATING TO THE CRIMINAL POSSESSION OR MANUFACTURE OF

UNDETECTABLE FIREARMS, RIFLES OR SHOTGUNS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

ABINANTI, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL WILL BE

ADVANCED.

AN EXPLANATION IS REQUESTED, MR. ABINANTI.

SHH. WE ARE ON DEBATE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

MR. ABINANTI: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THIS BILL

WILL AMEND THE PENAL LAW TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO MANUFACTURE, SALE --

SELL OR POSSESS A -- AN UNDETECTABLE FIREARM OR ANY MAJOR COMPONENT OF

AN UNDETECTABLE FIREARM, OR ANY MAJOR COMPONENT WHICH IS

UNDETECTABLE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL.

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

THE SPONSOR YIELD?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WILL YOU YIELD, MR.

ABINANTI?

MR. ABINANTI: YES, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE SPONSOR YIELDS.

MR. GOODELL: I NOTE THAT THIS BILL CROSS-REFERENCES

18 U.S.C. SECTION 922(P). I ASSUME THAT'S THE FEDERAL UNDETECTABLE

FIREARMS ACT?

MR. ABINANTI: YES, IT IS.

MR. GOODELL: AND DOES THIS BILL HAVE ANY CRITERIA

THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE FEDERAL UNDETECTABLE FIREARMS ACT?

MR. ABINANTI: THE BILL IS DESIGNED TO MIRROR THE

FEDERAL LAW.

MR. GOODELL: WELL, IF IT'S ALREADY ILLEGAL UNDER

FEDERAL LAW, AND HAS BEEN, I THINK, FOR 30 YEARS, WHY DO WE NEED A

STATE LAW?

MR. ABINANTI: TWO REASONS: FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT

TO ALLOW OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO ENFORCE A SIMILAR POLICY; AND

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

SECONDLY, WE CAN'T COUNT ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CONSISTENTLY

RENEW THE FEDERAL LAW. THERE WAS A -- A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE LAW

LAPSED AND AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS IT WAS FINALLY RENEWED, BUT THERE WAS A

PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THERE WAS NO LAW IN PLACE. SO, WE WANT A

PERMANENT LAW IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO ASSIST OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT

OFFICIALS FUNCTION AND CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES.

MR. GOODELL: BUT THE FEDERAL LAW IS CURRENTLY IN

EFFECT AND WILL BE EFFECT -- IN EFFECT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UNTIL 2023; IS

THAT CORRECT?

MR. ABINANTI: YES.

MR. GOODELL: SO, WE'RE NOT IN ANY IMMEDIATE

DANGER OF THE FEDERAL LAW EXPIRING.

MR. ABINANTI: NO, BUT WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE

THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CAN PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE

OF NEW YORK.

MR. GOODELL: OF COURSE YOU WOULD BE

DISAPPOINTED IF I DIDN'T ASK YOU A CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION.

MR. ABINANTI: YES, I WOULD.

(LAUGHTER)

MR. GOODELL: SO, LOOKING AT YOUR BILL, SINCE IT

TRACKS, MIRRORS THE FEDERAL STATUTE, NOT SURPRISINGLY, IT ACTUALLY SAYS THIS

BANS UNDETECTABLE FIREARMS AS DEFINED BY FEDERAL STATUTE, CORRECT?

MR. ABINANTI: CORRECT.

MR. GOODELL: SO, DOESN'T THAT CONFLICT WITH

ARTICLE III, SECTION 16 OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION, WHICH PROHIBITS US

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

FROM INCORPORATING ANOTHER LAW BY REFERENCE?

MR. ABINANTI: FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK. I ASKED THE

SAME QUESTION OF STAFF, AND OUR LEGAL SCHOLARS SAID THAT THIS LANGUAGE

HAS BEEN HELD TO BE ACCEPTABLE UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION.

IN ADDITION, THIS IS KIND OF A -- A BELT AND SUSPENDERS APPROACH. WE

ALSO DEFINE THE PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES IN A WAY THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO, WE REFER TO THE FEDERAL STATUTE, BUT WE ALSO

REPEAT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN OUR STATUTE.

MR. GOODELL: NOW, ARTICLE III OF OUR STATE

CONSTITUTION MAKES IT REASONABLY CLEAR, I THINK, THAT ONLY THE

LEGISLATURE CAN ENACT LAWS, AND WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR IT, OF COURSE,

YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T NEED TO REVIEW CIVICS LESSONS, BUT HERE WE ARE

EVALUATING THE LAW. BUT WHEN WE PASS A LAW THAT SAYS WE'RE BANNING

WEAPONS AS DEFINED BY FEDERAL LAW, AREN'T WE THEN LEAVING IT UP TO THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DECIDE WHAT WE BAN OR DON'T BAN?

MR. ABINANTI: I WOULD SUGGEST --

MR. GOODELL: I MEAN, JUST USING YOUR EXAMPLE --

I APOLOGIZE, BUT USING YOUR EXAMPLE, IF THIS SECTION EXPIRES, OR THEY

AMEND THIS SECTION, WILL THAT HAVE THE EFFECT, THEN, OF AUTOMATICALLY

AMENDING OUR LAW EVEN THOUGH WE AS A LEGISLATURE DIDN'T VOTE ON IT?

MR. ABINANTI: NO. WHAT WE DO IS WE REFER TO THE

SECURITY EXEMPLAR, WHICH IS THE WAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MEASURES

THE DEVICE THAT WE CALL A METAL DETECTOR, AND THAT'S THE DEFINITION THAT

WE ARE USING. SO, IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WERE TO REPEAL ITS STATUTE,

IT WOULD BE MY BELIEF THAT THE DEFINITION THAT IS NOW CONTAINED IN THE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

STATUTE OF THE SECURITY EXEMPLAR WOULD CONTINUE FORWARD FOR THE

PURPOSES OF OUR DEFINING WHAT THE SECURITY EXEMPLAR IS FOR THE METAL

DETECTOR. SO, WE'RE NOT SAYING OUR STATUTE IS THE SAME AS THE FEDERAL,

WE'RE JUST PICKING UP A PIECE OF THE FEDERAL STATUTE FOR THE PURPOSES OF

DEFINING THE SECURITY EXEMPLAR.

MR. GOODELL: NOW, AS YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, IN

ORDER TO HAVE A VALID AND EFFECTIVE PENAL LAW SANCTION, YOU HAVE TO --

THE LAW ITSELF HAS TO BE VERY CLEAR SO THAT A DEFENDANT WOULD KNOW,

WITH REASONABLE CERTAINTY, THAT THEIR ACTIVITY VIOLATES THE LAW. AND, OF

COURSE, THE COURTS ARE MORE STRICT, IF YOU WILL, THE STRONGER THE PENALTY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: YOUR COLLEAGUE IS

DEBATING A BILL. I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD GIVE HIM THE RESPECT OF BEING

QUIET.

MR. GOODELL: MY CONCERN, AND PERHAPS YOU

WOULD ADDRESS IT, IS THIS BILL SAYS THAT A WEAPON IS ILLEGAL IF -- IF IT'S

SUBJECT TO THE TYPES OF DETECTION DEVICES COMMONLY USED AT AIRPORTS,

AND THAT COMMONLY USED EQUIPMENT, DOESN'T THAT GENERATE AN IMAGE

THAT ADEQUATELY DISPLAYS THE GUN? SO, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S MEANT BY

"COMMONLY USED?" IS -- IS THE DEFENDANT EXPECTED TO TAKE A SURVEY TO

SEE WHAT PERCENT OF AIRPORT EQUIPMENT WOULD DETECT THIS GUN? BECAUSE

AIRPORT EQUIPMENT IS CONSTANTLY BEING UPDATED, OF COURSE, AND THE

LARGER AIRPORT EQUIPMENT IS A LOT MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN SOME OF THE

RURAL AIRPORTS.

MR. ABINANTI: UM, I BET YOU THE SAME QUESTION

WAS POSED TO REPRESENTATIVE HUGHES FROM NEW JERSEY WHEN THE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USED THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE. IT WAS OUR INTENT

TO MIRROR THE FEDERAL STATUTE SO THERE WOULD BE NO CONFUSION, NO

DISAGREEMENT AS TO WHAT WAS LEGAL AND WHAT WASN'T LEGAL. SO, WE USED

THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT THE FEDS HAVE USED FOR THE LAST, AS YOU SAID, 25

YEARS. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE CAUSED ANY CONFUSION ON THE FEDERAL

LEVEL. WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY CONFUSION ON THE STATE

LEVEL.

MR. GOODELL: AND CAN YOU GIVE US SOME ADVICE,

SINCE SENATOR HUGHES IS NOT HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, WHAT'S MEANT BY

"COMMONLY USED" --

MR. ABINANTI: I THINK -- I THINK HE'S A

CONGRESSMAN.

MR. GOODELL: CONGRESSMAN, YES. WHAT'S MEANT

BY "COMMONLY USED?"

MR. ABINANTI: I WILL LEAVE THAT TO THE COURTS TO

DETERMINE, AND TO THE HISTORY AND THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY IN CONGRESS IF

IT DOES BECOME AN ISSUE. AS I SAID, WE'VE HAD 25 YEARS, AS YOU

YOURSELF NOTED, 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THIS ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

SO, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

OFFICIALS CAN ENFORCE THE SAME STANDARDS THAT THE FEDS HAVE USED FOR

THE LAST 25 YEARS.

MR. GOODELL: WELL, AS YOU CAN APPRECIATE,

CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATIVE HISTORY IS IRRELEVANT WHEN WE'RE ADOPTING

STATE LAWS, WE LOOK TO STATE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY. SO, MY QUESTION AGAIN

IS, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY FOR THIS PROPOSED STATE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

BILL, AND I UNDERSTAND IT DOES NOTHING MORE THAN WHAT THE FEDS ALREADY

DO BUT --

MR. ABINANTI: RIGHT.

MR. GOODELL: -- FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE STATE LAW,

WHAT'S MEANT BY "COMMONLY USED AT AIRPORTS?" DOES THAT MEAN MORE

THAN 10 PERCENT OF THE AIRPORTS OR HALF THE AIRPORTS? I MEAN, WHAT'S

MEANT BY "COMMONLY USED?"

MR. ABINANTI: I THINK THOSE WORDS ARE ENGLISH

WORDS THAT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR A COURT AS TO

HOW THEY WOULD INTERPRET THEM IF THEY'RE EVER CHALLENGED.

MR. GOODELL: AND WHAT'S MEANT BY "ADEQUATELY

DISPLAYED?"

MR. ABINANTI: I THINK THAT'S THE SAME THING. I

THINK THAT WILL BE LEFT TO A CHALLENGE IF THERE IS ONE, BUT I -- BUT I -- YOU

KNOW, EVERY ONE OF THESE STATUTES HAS TO BE INTERPRETED. AGAIN, THERE'S

A HISTORY OF 25 YEARS ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT THE STATE COURTS COULD

LOOK TO TO GET GUIDANCE IF -- IF THEY BELIEVE THAT THE STATUTE IS NOT CLEAR

ON ITS FACE. I THINK IT'S CLEAR ON ITS FACE.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MR. ABINANTI.

ON THE BILL, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, MR.

GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE'S DESIRE

TO BAN UNDETECTABLE GUNS, IT'S A -- IT'S AN OBJECTIVE THAT WAS RECOGNIZED

BY THE U.S. CONGRESS 30 YEARS AGO. AND THE BILL THAT BANS

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

UNDETECTABLE GUNS ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL HAS BEEN CONTINUED UNTIL 2023.

AND AS MY COLLEAGUE SO ACCURATELY STATED, THIS BILL DOES NOTHING MORE

THAN WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALREADY DOES.

BUT WHETHER WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FEDERAL STATUTE OR

THIS STATUTE AND, ACTUALLY, WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT THIS STATUTE, WHEN WE

DEVELOP A CRIMINAL LAW WE OUGHT TO HAVE STANDARDS THAT ARE REASONABLY

CLEAR FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON SO THAT SOMEBODY'S NOT ARRESTED FOR A

FELONY, CLASS D FELONY, OR A CLASS E FELONY WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THEY

VIOLATED THE LAW. AND THE PROBLEM WITH THIS BILL IS THE STANDARD SAYS IS

THAT DEVICES THAT ARE "COMMONLY USED AT AIRPORTS," WOULD NOT GENERATE

AN IMAGE THAT ADEQUATELY DISPLAYS A FIREARM. WHAT'S MEANT BY

"COMMONLY USED?" DO YOU KNOW? WOULD YOU KNOW? AND WHAT'S

MEANT BY "ADEQUATELY DISPLAYS?" NONE OF US WOULD KNOW. NONE OF US

I DON'T THINK DO KNOW WHAT'S MEANT BY "ADEQUATELY DISPLAYED." BUT

WHAT WE ALL KNOW IS THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE SECURITY FIELD IS

CONSTANTLY BEING UPGRADED AND IMPROVED. SO WHAT WASN'T DISPLAYED

FIVE YEARS AGO CAN BE EASILY DISPLAYED NOW, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO PASS, OR

SEEKING TO PASS A BILL THAT WOULD MAKE IT A CLASS E FELON IF YOU DIDN'T

KNOW WHAT'S COMMONLY DISPLAYED OR COMMONLY USED OR ADEQUATELY

DISPLAYED.

AND SO, MY COLLEAGUES, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

SERIOUS FELONIES, I THINK WE NEED TO BE EQUALLY SERIOUS ABOUT PROVIDING

CLEAR AND ADEQUATE GUIDANCE TO AVOID CRIMINAL PROSECUTION BY

SOMEBODY WHO BELIEVES THAT WHAT THEY'RE CARRYING WOULD BE

ADEQUATELY DISPLAYED ON DEVICES COMMONLY USED AT AIRPORTS. THANK

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. REILLY.

MR. REILLY: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WILL THE

SPONSOR YIELD?

MR. ABINANTI: YEAH. YES, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. ABINANTI YIELDS,

SIR.

MR. REILLY: THANK YOU. SO, UNDER THIS LEGISLATION

IT WOULD BE A CLASS E FELONY?

MR. ABINANTI: POSSESSION IS A CLASS E FELONY;

MANUFACTURE IS A CLASS D FELONY.

MR. REILLY: OKAY. SO UNDER PENAL LAW 265, IF

YOU POSSESS A FIREARM WITH A DEFACED SERIAL NUMBER AT THIS MOMENT, IT'S

A CLASS D FELONY. THAT WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR A DESK APPEARANCE

TICKET, BUT A CLASS E FELONY WITH THE PRIOR LEGISLATION THAT WE PASSED, IT

WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A D-A-T; IS THAT CORRECT?

MR. ABINANTI: THAT MAY BE THE CASE UNDER THE

NEW STATUTE.

MR. REILLY: OKAY. SO, ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT

IF YOU HAVE AN UNDETECTABLE FIREARM, CHANCES ARE YOU'RE -- YOU'RE

MOSTLY -- YOU'RE PROBABLY USING IT FOR SOMETHING IN THE LINES OF

TERRORISM, MAYBE BEING A HIT MAN OR A HIT WOMAN, BECAUSE WE WANT TO

MAKE SURE WE GIVE EVERYBODY EQUAL DESIGNATION, THE -- IF THEY'RE USING

THAT INTENT, I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT GIVEN A D-A-T

AND THEY GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM, THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM,

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

AND APPEAR FOR ARRAIGNMENT, NOT GIVEN THAT DESK APPEARANCE TICKET. IS

THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN AMEND THIS BILL TO MAKE SURE THAT POSSESSING

IT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT CLEAR INTENT OF HAVING A FIREARM LIKE THAT

MEANS THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE A NEXUS TO SOMETHING MORE SEVERE, LIKE

TERRORISM. SO, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN AMEND THAT?

MR. ABINANTI: WHEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE

CURRENT STATUTE, WE TRIED TO MATCH THE OTHER SECTIONS AND THE -- AND THE

PENALTIES AND THE CLASS OF -- YEAH, THERE IT IS. WE TRIED TO MATCH

PRESENT PENAL LAW. AND SO, IT APPEARED TO FIT IN THE WAY WE SET UP THE

D AND E FELONY. IT'S ALSO COMPARABLE TO THE WAY THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT CLASSIFIES IT. THAT'S WHY WE CAME TO THE -- THE BILL AS WE

HAVE IT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS AFTERWARDS PERHAPS INCREASING THE

PENALTIES, I'D BE GLAD TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT. BUT I THINK THAT'S A

DIFFERENT PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

MR. REILLY: WELL, THE REASON WHY I ASK IS BECAUSE

IF WE'RE TREATING AN UNDETECTABLE FIREARM LESS SEVERELY THAN A FIREARM

THAT CAN BE DETECTED, BUT THE SERIAL NUMBER HAS BEEN DEFACED BECAUSE

OUR TECHNOLOGY HAS NOW INCREASED, I THINK WE'RE GOING DOWN THE

WRONG PATH. I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO HAVE THAT

DISCUSSION NOW BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING, AS I'VE MENTIONED

OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WHAT WE DO ON PAPER

HERE TRANSLATES TO THE STREET MUCH DIFFERENTLY. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT

WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION BEFORE WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO IT. I'M

JUST WORRIED THAT -- AND, YOU KNOW, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT

I WOULD THINK THAT HAVING AN UNDETECTABLE FIREARM IS SOMETHING THAT WE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

SHOULD BE HARSH ON AND MAKING SURE THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THE

PENALTY, OR I SHOULD SAY THE PROCESSING OF THE ARREST, ISN'T JUST DONE IN

TWO HOURS AND THE PERSON WALKS AWAY AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME

FOR DETECTIVES TO INVESTIGATE, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO NOTIFY MAYBE THE

JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE BECAUSE IT'S A CLASS E FELONY.

MR. ABINANTI: I -- I THINK THAT WAS A QUESTION, BUT

I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE CONCEPT OF THE BILL.

MR. REILLY: IT IS -- IT IS A QUESTION, I'M SORRY. CAN

WE AMEND -- CAN WE AMEND THIS LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THAT THE ARREST IS

-- IS PROCESSED THE WAY IT SHOULD BE, BECAUSE THE GRAVITY OF HAVING A

[SIC] UNDETECTABLE FIREARM IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT JEOPARDIZES THE

PUBLIC?

MR. ABINANTI: LIKE I SAID, I APPRECIATE YOUR

SUPPORT FOR THE CONCEPT. NOW WE'RE JUST QUIBBLING OVER WHAT DEGREE IT

SHOULD BE. I THINK WE HAVE SET UP A -- A SCHEME THAT MAKES SENSE FOR

THE FIRST TIME WE PUT IT INTO THE STATUTE. AS I SAID, IT'S COMPARABLE TO

WHAT THE FEDS DO, IT'S ALSO COMPARABLE TO OTHER PARTS OF OUR PENAL LAW

WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, HOW WE TREAT EACH ONE.

SO, I -- I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE PASS IT THE WAY IT IS AT THIS

POINT AND IF FOR SOME REASON WE NEED TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES IN THE

FUTURE, BECAUSE WE -- THEY FIND THAT, AFTER EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'RE NOT

SUFFICIENT, THEN I'D BE GLAD TO WORK WITH YOU TO -- TO MAKE THAT

AMENDMENT.

MR. REILLY: THANK YOU, SIR.

ON THE BILL, PLEASE.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, SIR.

MR. REILLY: SEE, THAT'S MY FRUSTRATION, THAT WE'RE

GOING TO RUSH SOMETHING THROUGH AND PASS IT OR VOTE IT DOWN. THIS IS

SOMETHING THAT I THINK IF WE ACTUALLY TOOK OUR TIME AND GOT IT RIGHT AND

MADE SURE THAT WE PROCESS IT AS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE AS A SERIOUS CRIME

AND HAVE THE INVESTIGATION DONE TO THE POINT WHERE WE GIVE LAW

ENFORCEMENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE IS A TERRORIST

NEXUS INVOLVED, WE DON'T LET THEM OUT THE DOOR IN TWO TO THREE HOURS

WITH A DESK APPEARANCE TICKET, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IF

WE JUST MAKE IT A CLASS E FELONY, JUST LIKE YEARS AGO WHEN THE PENAL

LAW WAS AMENDED FOR A FIREARM WITHOUT A SERIAL NUMBER WHEN IT WAS

DEFACED, TECHNOLOGY EVOLVED AND WE MADE SURE -- WELL, THE PRIOR

LEGISLATORS WELL BEFORE ME MADE SURE THAT THEY MADE IT A D FELONY

BECAUSE IT WAS MORE SEVERE. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE TODAY TO

SAY, LISTEN, STOP, LET'S GET THIS RIGHT. LET'S MAKE IT THAT D FELONY SO THAT

IT CAN BE PROCESSED AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE TRULY PROTECT PUBLIC

SAFETY. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ -- READ THE LAST

SECTION.

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.)

MR. ABINANTI TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

MR. ABINANTI: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. FIRST, I'D

LIKE TO THANK THE -- THE SPEAKER FOR BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD AND THE

COMMITTEE THAT WORKED ON THE BILL. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF WHO

WORKED FOR A LONG TIME ON THIS VERY SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD BILL. THEY

WORKED WITH THE SENATE TO RESOLVE SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO

BILLS AND THAT'S WHAT'S PRODUCED A -- A BILL THAT WAS PASSED -- WILL BE

PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES.

THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE BILL. IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT A -- AN

UNDETECTABLE FIREARM HAS NO LAWFUL PURPOSE EXCEPT TO AVOID DETECTION

AND BRING IN A FIREARM TO A PLACE WHERE IT IS OTHERWISE PROHIBITED.

VERY SIMPLE, VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE'RE PASSING THIS LEGISLATION

TODAY TO EMPOWER OUR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO

BETTER DO THEIR JOBS AND TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. THE ISSUE THAT WAS RAISED

BY MY COLLEAGUE A MOMENT AGO IS REALLY JUST A BAIL ISSUE. WE'VE

ALREADY DEALT WITH THAT ISSUE IN THE PAST, AND I'M SURE IN THE FUTURE WE'LL

BE REVIEWING HOW THE BAIL REFORM THAT WE PASSED IS WORKING AND IF

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THIS BILL IS BEING TREATED, WE CAN DEAL

WITH IT AT THAT TIME. BUT THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO DISCUSS WHAT THE

PENALTY SHOULD BE. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TRIED TO MATCH THE

REQUIREMENTS OF THIS BILL WITH THE EXISTING SECTIONS OF THE PENAL LAW.

SO, THEREFORE, I URGE AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE ON THIS LEGISLATION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. ABINANTI IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, COULD YOU

PLEASE CALL ON MR. OTIS FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. OTIS FOR THE

PURPOSES OF A [SIC] ANNOUNCEMENT.

MR. OTIS: IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THERE

WILL BE A MAJORITY CONFERENCE IN THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM

UPON THE CONCLUSION OF SESSION THIS EVENING.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: DEMOCRATIC

CONFERENCE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SESSION.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, DO YOU

HAVE ANY FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING OR RESOLUTIONS?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY.

HOUSEKEEPING.

ON BEHALF OF MR. GOTTFRIED, BILL NO. A03076,

ASSEMBLY BILL RECALLED FROM THE SENATE. THE CLERK WILL READ THE TITLE

OF THE BILL.

THE CLERK: AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH

LAW AND THE INSURANCE LAW.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THERE IS A MOTION TO

RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE BILL PASSED THE HOUSE.

THE CLERK WILL RECORD THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019

THE CLERK WILL ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE AND RESTORED TO ITS ORDER

ON THIRD READING.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES, WE HAVE RESOLUTIONS, WE'LL 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. 421-424

WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I NOW

MOVE THAT THE ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 2:00 P.M. TUESDAY,

MAY THE 21ST, TOMORROW BEING A SESSION DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE ASSEMBLY STANDS

ADJOURNED.

(WHEREUPON, AT 6:01 P.M., THE ASSEMBLY STOOD

ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY, MAY 21ST AT 2:00 P.M., TUESDAY BEING A

SESSION DAY.)