MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2019 2:32 P.M.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE HOUSE WILL COME
TO ORDER.
THE REVEREND ELIA WILL OFFER A PRAYER.
REVEREND DONNA ELIA: LET US PRAY. GOD OF
THE AGES, OUR TIMES ARE IN YOUR HANDS. THANK YOU FOR THIS SACRED
MOMENT IN WHICH WE PAUSE TO PRAISE YOU. HELP US TO APPRECIATE THE
BEAUTY OF THE EARTH AND OF ONE ANOTHER. BLESS THIS BODY AND EACH
PERSON GATHERED HERE. WHEN THE WORKLOAD BECOMES HEAVY, GIVE THEM
A WAY TO EASE THE BURDEN. WHEN THEY DISAGREE, HELP THEM TO FIND A
WAY FORWARD. RENEW THEIR COMMITMENT TO WORKING FOR THE WELL-BEING
OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR STATE. AND THANK YOU FOR EACH STAFF
MEMBER, SEEN OR UNSEEN, WHOSE WORK UNDERGIRDS THE WORK OF THIS
ASSEMBLY.
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ON THIS DAY, O GOD, WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR
WOMEN VETERANS. WE HONOR THEIR SACRIFICE. BLESS THEM AND THEIR
FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR MILITARY WOMEN WHOSE PIONEERING WORK HAS
MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR OTHER WOMEN TO SERVE. THANK YOU FOR THEIR
DILIGENT AND FAITHFUL SERVICE, AND FOR THE MANY WAYS THEY ARE ROLE
MODELS FOR OTHER WOMEN. EMPOWER YOUNG GIRLS TO SEE NEW POSSIBILITY
BECAUSE OF THEM. HOLY ONE OF PEACE, HELP US TO MAKE PEACE AND TO DO
JUSTICE AND BRING ABOUT THE DAY WHEN VIOLENCE AND WAR WILL CEASE.
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 SUNDAY, JUNE 2ND.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE TO
DISPENSE WITH THE FURTHER READING OF THE JOURNAL OF JUNE THE 2ND AND
ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO
ORDERED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER, FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO --
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ONE MINUTE, MRS.
PEOPLES-STOKES, YOUR MIC IS NOT PICKING UP.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: IT'S NOT ON? IT IS -- IT'S
LIT UP. IS IT WORKING?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: IT'S NOT WORKING. I
BELIEVE YOU NEED TO USE MS. WEINSTEIN'S. THANK YOU.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: OKAY. IS THAT BETTER?
AWESOME. SO, THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A
QUOTE TODAY WITH COLLEAGUES. I -- I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAD
PREPARED A DIFFERENT QUOTE, BUT UPON GREETING MR. GOODELL THIS
MORNING, HE SHARED WITH ME SOMETHING THAT HE HAD ON HIS DESK. I
THOUGHT IT WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT AND, QUITE FRANKLY, WE'VE EVEN HEARD
MUCH ABOUT THIS EXACT SAME THING JUST FROM OUR PRAYER TODAY. SO, THIS
QUOTE IS FROM A THOUGHT LEADER AND A FIGHTER OF PEACE, FOR PEACE AND
JUSTICE, MR. GANDHI. IT IS, "BE TRUTHFUL, GENTLE AND FEARLESS."
AWESOME QUOTE FOR TODAY, MR. SPEAKER, PARTICULARLY AS WE HONOR
WOMEN VETERANS.
SO MEMBERS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE THAT THEY HAVE ON
THEIR DESK A MAIN CALENDAR WITH 112 NEW BILLS, BEGINNING WITH
CALENDARS NO. 465 ON PAGE 4. AND AFTER ANY INTRODUCTIONS AND
HOUSEKEEPING, WE WILL TAKE UP RESOLUTIONS BY ON PAGE 3, INCLUDING ONE
BY MS. HUNTER IN COMMEMORATION OF WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY. OUR
PRINCIPAL WORK OF TODAY, MR. SPEAKER, WILL BE TO CONTINUE CONSENT ON
BILLS THAT WERE LEFT OFF FROM LAST WEEK, BEGINNING WITH CALENDAR NO.
426 ON PAGE 52. WE WILL ALSO TAKE UP OTHER BILLS ON DEBATE FROM THE
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MAIN CALENDAR. THIS INCLUDES CALENDAR NO. 456 BY MS. HUNTER IN
ASSOCIATION WITH WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY. MEMBERS SHOULD ALSO BE
AWARE THAT THERE WILL BE COMMITTEES CALLED OFF THE FLOOR. THEY ARE
AGING, CONSUMER AFFAIRS, HIGHER ED AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
THAT IS A GENERAL OUTLINE, MR. SPEAKER. IF THERE ARE
INTRODUCTIONS AND HOUSEKEEPING, NOW WOULD BE A PERFECT TIME.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HOUSEKEEPING FIRST,
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
ON A MOTION BY MS. JAFFEE, PAGE 4, CALENDAR NO. 469,
BILL NO. A00413, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.
ON A MOTION BY MR. CRESPO, PAGE 27, CALENDAR NO.
66, BILL NO. A04508, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.
ON A MOTION BY MR. BRAUNSTEIN, PAGE 37, CALENDAR
NO. 215, BILL NO. A00420, THE AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.
ON A MOTION BY MS. ROSENTHAL, PAGE 49, CALENDAR
NO. 377, BILL NO. A00837, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF A [SIC] INTRODUCTION, MS. HUNTER.
MS. HUNTER: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AS THE
ONLY WOMEN VETERAN, U.S. ARMY, SERVING IN THE NEW YORK STATE
LEGISLATURE AND THE CHAIR OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WOMEN'S VETERANS,
LET ME WELCOME ALL THE WOMEN VETERANS WHO HAVE JOINED US TODAY IN
ALBANY FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT IN THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
CHAMBER. ALSO, LET ME GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO THE FIVE VETERAN SERVICE
ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAD DISPLAYS ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE LEGISLATIVE
OFFICE BUILDING THAT ARE DEVOTED TO HELPING AND ENCOURAGING WOMEN
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VETERANS OF ALL AGES AND ERAS, WARTIME OR PEACE, AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AS PART OF TODAY'S CHAMBER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE
SPECIAL DAY, THE ASSEMBLY WILL BE ADOPTING A LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR CUOMO TO PROCLAIM JUNE 12TH AS WOMEN
VETERANS' RECOGNITION DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. WE ALSO WILL BE
TAKING UP LEGISLATION TO UPDATE THE DUTIES OF THE WOMEN'S VETERANS
COORDINATOR AT THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF VETERANS' SERVICES.
THIS IS THE 25TH ANNUAL EVENT OF HONORING WOMEN
VETERANS. IT SERVES AS A REMINDER TO THOSE HERE IN THE CHAMBER, ELECTED
MEMBERS AND STAFF, AND THOSE WATCHING AND LISTENING, OF THE
TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS THESE WOMEN HAVE MADE DEFENDING AND
SUPPORTING OUR NATION AND STATE IN TIME OF PEACE AND WAR. TODAY, WE
ARE JOINED IN THE CHAMBER BY NUMEROUS WOMEN FROM AROUND THE STATE.
THESE WOMEN HAVE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, AIR FORCE,
NAVY, MARINES, NATIONAL GUARD UNITS, AS WELL AS RESERVE UNITS. WE
HAVE WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. MANY OF THESE
WOMEN ARE WORKING ON VETERANS' ISSUES.
MR. SPEAKER, I ASK THAT YOU WELCOME THESE WOMEN
TODAY, THAT YOU EXTEND TO THEM THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND GIVE
THESE SPECIAL VETERANS A VERY WARM WELCOME TO THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE
TODAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MS. HUNTER, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU
HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, TO THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE, EXTEND
TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND OUR UNDYING GRATITUDE FOR THE
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SERVICE THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED THIS COUNTRY AND OTHER WOMEN. THANK
YOU SO VERY MUCH. CONTINUE THAT GREAT WORK. THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE)
MR. RAMOS FOR A [SIC] INTRODUCTION.
MR. RAMOS: MR. SPEAKER, I RISE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
AN INTRODUCTION. IN A LITTLE WHILE, WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON A
RESOLUTION DECLARING AUGUST 6TH SALVADORIAN DAY IN NEW YORK STATE.
THE SALVADORIAN COMMUNITY IN -- ON LONG ISLAND STARTED TO IMMIGRATE
AROUND -- EN MASSE AROUND THE 1980S AFTER THE RAVAGES OF WAR IN
CENTRAL -- IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND IN THEIR COUNTRY. AND IN THE SHORT
TIME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IN OUR AREA, THEY HAVE -- THAT COMMUNITY HAS
EVOLVED INTO A COMMUNITY THAT'S IN MAINSTREAM AND ALL -- ALL FACETS OF
SOCIETY. THEY ARE -- WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO SALVADORIAN-ELECTED
OFFICIALS IN OUR AREA AND REALLY -- I'M VERY PROUD TO SEE HOW THIS
COMMUNITY HAS WORKED HARD, THEY'RE PART OF FIGHTING FOR MANY THINGS
FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THEY'RE GOOD PARTNERS FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO
HAVE BECAUSE THEY'RE UP HERE ALL THE TIME FIGHTING FOR THE THINGS THAT
ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WITH US TODAY WE HAVE -- I ACTUALLY HAVE THE -- THE
CONSULATE OF EL SALVADOR IN MY DISTRICT, AND I HAVE THE CONSUL GENERAL
MIGUEL ALAS AND ANA RUTH MORALES WITH -- WITH HIM. WE HAVE
SEVERAL BUSINESS OWNERS, OSCAR VAIAY (PHONETIC), CAROLINA AFFARO
(PHONETIC), PARIS MARAVILLA (PHONETIC), KIMBERELY MARAVILLA
(PHONETIC). WE HAVE FROM LATINOS TV CAIRO ZULIAGA (PHONETIC), AND
WE HAVE FROM TREGUNA TV OSCAR LUNA (PHONETIC). WE HAVE FROM THE
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FELION YOUTH ALTERNATIVE, JOSE LENOS (PHONETIC). WE HAVE FROM
ALIANZA TEPEACA (PHONETIC), TWO LADIES WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR DRIVER'S
LICENSE FOR ALL, FOR THE -- WERE OUT THERE WITH THE DREAM ACT FOR
MANY OF THE THINGS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY, MARIA RIVERA
(PHONETIC) AND ISABEL ESCOBAR (PHONETIC). WE HAVE WITH US PASTOR
JOSE SCIANS (PHONETIC), AND WE HAVE FROM FUNDACION HULAGAL
(PHONETIC), JOSE GARCIA (PHONETIC), UMBERTO ENRIQUES (PHONETIC) AND
WALTER LOBOS (PHONETIC).
MR. SPEAKER, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE GIVE THIS WONDERFUL
GROUP A WARM WELCOME AND PLEASE EXTEND THEM ALL THE PRIVILEGES OF
THE HOUSE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MR. RAMOS -- RAMOS, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE
WELCOME THIS CONSUL GENERAL, YOURSELF, AND ALL THESE DISTINGUISHED
MEMBERS FROM THE SAN SALVADOR COMMUNITY. WE EXTEND TO YOU THE
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL ENJOY THIS TRIP TO ALBANY
AND THAT YOU WILL BENEFIT FROM YOUR TIME HERE, AS WE WILL BENEFIT FROM
YOU SHARING THOSE EXPERIENCES. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, AND WE'RE
VERY PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE)
MR. PALUMBO FOR AN INTRODUCTION.
MR. PALUMBO: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR
ALLOWING ME TO INTERRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN
INTRODUCTION. I'M HONORED TO BE JOINED TODAY WITH A -- BY A GROUP OF
INDIVIDUALS, LORRAINE ZITO, MOLLY DRUCK, JENNIFER WHEATON, BENJAMIN
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WHEATON AND LITTLE ANNABELLA WHEATON, AS WELL AS EMILY FIALKOWSKI,
WHO ARE HERE TODAY, THEY'RE IN THE CHAMBER FOR THE FIRST TIME
ADVOCATING FOR SOME ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM. AND
SPECIFICALLY WITH -- WITH REGARD TO EMILY -- YOU CAN WAVE EMILY, THERE
SHE IS. I'VE KNOWN EMILY FOR MANY YEARS. SHE IS ONE OF OUR BEST LEGAL
AID ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING PEOPLE IN THE COURTS EVERY DAY ON THE EAST
END OF LONG ISLAND IN MY DISTRICT, AS WELL AS MR. THIELE'S DISTRICT. AND
SHE'S ALSO AN ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES. SHE IS ON THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS FOR SOUNDVIEW PREGNANCY SERVICES, WHICH IS -- BASICALLY
FOCUSES ON ALL OF WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES, INCLUDING PREGNANCY TESTING,
ULTRASOUND, ABORTION EDUCATION, PARENTING AND ADOPTION EDUCATION,
COACHING AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, MEDICAL AND COMMUNITY REFERRALS,
SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN IN GENERAL.
SO, WE DO HAVE A VERY STAUNCH ADVOCATE FOR MANY -- FOR MANY DIFFERENT
AREAS OF LIFE, BUT IF YOU WOULD PLEASE BE SO KIND AS TO WELCOME ALL
THESE INDIVIDUALS TO THE FLOOR, EXTEND TO THEM THE CORDIALITIES OF THE
HOUSE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MR. PALUMBO, MR. THIELE, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE
WELCOME YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, THE PEOPLE'S
HOUSE. WE EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU FOR
THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN YOUR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR
ALL OF US. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. CONTINUE THAT GREAT WORK.
(APPLAUSE)
MS. SEAWRIGHT FOR AN INTRODUCTION.
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MS. SEAWRIGHT: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR
ALLOWING ME TO INTERRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN
INTRODUCTION. I HAVE WITH ME HERE TODAY A VERY SPECIAL FRIEND AND
MENTOR, CAROL JENKINS, THE CO-PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS
AMENDMENT COALITION AND THE FUND FOR WOMEN'S EQUALITY, DEDICATED
TO THE PASSAGE OF BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL ERA. SHE'S A WRITER, A
MEDIA ANALYST, A COMMENTATOR, AN EMMY AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST.
SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY ON HER COVERAGE OF THE RELEASE OF
NELSON MANDELA AFTER 27 YEARS IN PRISON. SHE SITS ON THE BOARD OF THE
FEMINIST PRESS, THE OLDEST FEMINIST BOOK PUBLISHER IN EXISTENCE, HOUSED
AT THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH
FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND FOR 23 YEARS SHE WAS A CO-ANCHOR
OF WNBC TV, THE 6 P.M. NEWS. SHE HOSTED HER OWN DAILY TV SHOW,
CAROL JENKINS LIVE, ON WNYW TV. SHE'S APPEARED IN THE NATION,
HUFFINGTON POST, TELEVISION WEEK. SHE IS THE CO-AUTHOR, ALONG WITH
HER DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH HINES, OF THE BEST NON-FICTION BOOK FROM THE
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BLACK CONGRESS, IT RECEIVED AN AWARD,
ON HER UNCLE, A. G. GASTON: THE MAKING OF AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MILLIONAIRE, WHICH IS A FABULOUS BIOGRAPHY. SHE IS THE FOUNDING
PRESIDENT OF THE WOMEN'S MEDIA CENTER, FIGHTING SEXISM AND
EXCLUSION OF WOMEN IN THE MEDIA, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN GLORIA
STEINEM'S LIVING ROOM.
SO, MR. SPEAKER, I'M HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO HAVE
HER HERE TODAY AND I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE EXTEND HER THE PRIVILEGES AND
COURTESIES OF THE HOUSE.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MS. SEAWRIGHT, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, MS. JENKINS, WE
WELCOME YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, EXTEND TO YOU THE
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. OUR CONGRATULATIONS ON AN EXTRAORDINARY
CAREER, HOPING THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE ALL THAT GREAT WORK AND MAKE THIS
WORLD A BETTER PLACE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
(APPLAUSE)
MR. PHEFFER AMATO.
MS. PHEFFER AMATO: GOOD AFTERNOON, MR.
SPEAKER. I'M HONORED HERE TODAY TO RISE TO INTRODUCE TO THE CHAMBER
RICKY BYRD. RICKY BYRD IS BEING HONORED TONIGHT AT THE
ITALIAN-AMERICAN LEGISLATORS ANNUAL FESTA ITALIANO, BUT I'M PROUD
TODAY HE'S HERE AS MY CONSTITUENT. RICKY BYRD IS A PART OF ROCK AND
ROLL ROYALTY. HE IS A WELL-RECOGNIZED MUSICIAN WHO WAS INDUCTED INTO
THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AS A LEAD GUITARIST AND FORMER ORIGINAL
MEMBER OF JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS, WHICH PERSONALLY WAS MY
HIGH SCHOOL THEME SONG WAS "I LOVE ROCK & ROLL," WHICH MANY OF US
CERTAINLY KNOW THAT WE'VE ALL ROCKED OUT TO.
RICKY HAS BEEN COMBINING HIS LOVE OF MUSIC WITH THE
PASSION AND MISSION TO CHANGE THE STIGMA SURROUNDING DRUG AND
ALCOHOL USE. HE HOPES TO BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS AND SPREAD THE
MESSAGE OF HOPE, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS AND ADDICTION RESOURCES TO
HIS AUDIENCES. RICKY BYRD USES THE HEALING POWERS OF MUSIC TO
MOTIVATE THOSE EARLY IN RECOVERY OR STILL STRUGGLING, ALONG WITH THEIR
FAMILY MEMBERS, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH HIS -- THE VARIOUS SPEAKING
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APPEARANCES, CONCERT EVENTS, MUSIC OUTREACH, SESSIONS, SMALL RECOVERY
MUSIC GROUPS OR PREVENTIVE PROGRAMS. I'M HONORED HERE TODAY TO
INTRODUCE HIM TO THIS ASSEMBLY. HE'S ADJOINED -- HE'S JOINED WITH HIS
WIFE, CAROL, AND HIS DAUGHTER, FRANCESCA.
MR. SPEAKER, I WOULD APPRECIATE WITH ALL THE GOOD
ROCK AND ROLL IN YOUR VOICE TO WELCOME RICKY BYRD TO OUR CHAMBERS
TODAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MS. PHEFFER AMATO, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, RICKY,
WELCOME TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. WE ARE SO PLEASED AND
HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US, HONORED THAT YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THE
HONOR FROM THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN LEGISLATORS THIS EVENING. I HOPE YOU
HAVE A GREAT TIME. CONTINUE THAT GREAT WORK. IT'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND WE LOVE ROCK AND ROLL. THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE)
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES FOR AN INTRODUCTION.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. I AM SO EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THE
DENDEKKER FAMILY. OUR OWN COLLEAGUE HAS HIS WIFE WITH HIM, ANGELA;
HIS DAUGHTER, LINDA; LINDA'S WIFE, NIKKI; AND HIS GRANDSON, VINNY. SO,
MR. SPEAKER, IF YOU CAN PLEASE WELCOME THE DENDEKKER FAMILY TO OUR
CHAMBERS [SIC].
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE -- YOU
ARE FAMILY, WELCOME THE DENDEKKER FAMILY HERE TO THE NEW YORK
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STATE ASSEMBLY. WE EXTEND TO YOU GUYS THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.
CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. AND WE STILL HAVE
TO PUT UP WITH MICHAEL ON A DAILY BASIS. BUT, WE'LL FORGIVE YOU
ANYWAY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
(APPLAUSE)
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, IF YOU
WOULD PLEASE CALL THE SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE TO THE SPEAKER'S
CONFERENCE ROOM.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SOCIAL SERVICES,
SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM IMMEDIATELY.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: AND THEN, MR. SPEAKER,
IF WE COULD GO TO RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 3, WHICH WE WILL HAVE, OF COURSE,
THE CHAIR OF OUR WOMEN'S VETERANS COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIR OF THE
VETERANS COMMITTEE, BOTH TO SPEAK ON HUNTER NO. 473.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL READ
NO. 472, MR. BRONSON.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 472, MR.
BRONSON.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM JUNE 2019, AS ALZHEIMER'S AND BRAIN
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
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ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 473, MS.
HUNTER.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12TH, 2019, AS
WOMEN'S VETERANS RECOGNITION DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. HUNTER ON THE
RESOLUTION.
MS. HUNTER: TODAY WE ARE HOLDING OUR ANNUAL
WOMEN'S VETERANS RECOGNITION DAY CELEBRATION TO HONOR AND PAY
TRIBUTE TO THE SOMETIMES FORGOTTEN VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED OUR
COUNTRY AND STATE WITH HONOR AND DIGNITY SINCE THE BEGINNINGS OF THIS
NATION. WOMEN VETERANS ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES IN OUR LONG MILITARY
HISTORY. WOMEN VETERANS HAVE SERVED OUR NATION WITH HONOR SINCE THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND EVERY WAR AND CONFLICT SINCE THAT TIME. NOW,
WOMEN ARE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR ASSIGNMENTS IN ALL MILITARY
OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES AND POSITIONS. THEY COMPRISE ABOUT 20
PERCENT OF ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, RESERVES AND
NATIONAL GUARD, AND 10 PERCENT OF THE VETERANS POPULATION, MAKING
THEM ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING SUB POPULATIONS OF VETERANS AND
MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY.
I STAND HERE TODAY IN THIS CHAMBER AS A PROUD U.S.
ARMY VETERAN AND CHAIR OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WOMEN'S VETERANS
HERE IN THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF NEW YORK WOMEN VETERANS, AND EDUCATE THE PEOPLE OF
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NEW YORK CONCERNING THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED
FORCES. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AND MRS. BARRETT ON
THE SAME RESOLUTION.
MRS. BARRETT: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, ON THE
RESOLUTION. AS THE FIRST WOMAN TO CHAIR THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON
VETERANS AFFAIRS, IT'S TRULY MY HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS THE
ASSEMBLY TAKES TIME TO CELEBRATE OUR WOMEN VETERANS, A GROUP THAT IS
TOO OFTEN BOTH UNSUNG AND UNDERSUPPORTED. WOMEN HAVE FORMALLY
BEEN PART OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE
ARMY NURSE CORPS IN 1901. I WOULD POINT OUT THAT WAS BEFORE WOMEN
COULD ACTUALLY VOTE. BUT WOMEN HAVE INFORMALLY BEEN PART OF THE
NATION'S MILITARY FOR -- SINCE ITS INCEPTION, SOMETIMES DRESSED AND
DISGUISED AS MEN.
WE HAVE HEARD SOME OF THE STORIES OF COURAGEOUS
WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN BATTLE, SUCH AS 16-YEAR-OLD SYBIL
LUDINGTON, WHO RODE HER HORSE, JUST LIKE PAUL REVERE, WHO YOU
PROBABLY HAVE HEARD OF, TO ALERT THE MILITIA OF THE ONCOMING BRITISH
TROOPS RIGHT HERE IN THE HUDSON VALLEY IN NEW YORK. OR MOLLY
PITCHER, WHO CARRIED WATER TO THE SOLDIERS DURING THE BATTLE OF
MONMOUTH. OR DR. MARY EDWARDS WALKER, AN MD FROM OSWEGO,
WHO VOLUNTEERED WITH THE UNION ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND
RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR IN NOVEMBER OF 1865 FROM PRESIDENT
ANDREW JOHNSON.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF WOMEN WHO
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VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE OUR NATION, EVEN BEFORE BEING FORMALLY GRANTED A
PERMANENT PLACE IN THE ARMY, THE NAVY, THE AIR FORCE AND THE
MARINES. IT WAS, IN FACT, HARRY TRUMAN, PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN, WHO
TOOK THE ACTION TO CHANGE THIS BY SIGNING LEGISLATION ON JUNE 12TH,
1948 TO FORM THE WOMEN'S ARMED FORCES -- TO CREATE THE WOMEN'S
ARMED FORCES SERVICES ACT OF 1948. THAT PROUD TRADITION OF WOMEN
IN THE SERVICE CONTINUES TO THIS DAY.
MR. SPEAKER, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON
THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION AS WE RECOGNIZE THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
FOR VETERANS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: YOU'RE WELCOME.
ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
(APPLAUSE)
NO. 474, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 474, MR.
RA.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM JUNE 3, 2019, AS ITALIAN-AMERICAN DAY
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. RA ON THE
RESOLUTION.
MR. RA: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AS THE VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK STATE CONFERENCE OF ITALIAN-AMERICAN STATE
LEGISLATORS, I'M VERY PROUD ALONG WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THAT
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ORGANIZATION TO PUT FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION DECLARING TODAY AS
ITALIAN-AMERICAN DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON
WE RECOGNIZED A NUMBER OF HONOREES, ONE OF WHICH WHO WAS
INTRODUCED EARLIER, AND WE'VE HAD VARIOUS GUESTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY
WHO -- WHO MAY BE VISITING US. AND THEN TONIGHT, AND I HOPE MANY OF
YOU WILL JOIN US FOR OUR FESTA, I KNOW MR. SANTABARBARA IS ANXIOUSLY
AWAITING DEFENDING HIS BOCCE CHAMPIONSHIP. BUT IT REALLY IS JUST A
GREAT DAY FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TO CELEBRATE OUR HERITAGE,
CELEBRATE THOSE WHO HAVE MADE SUCH GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR STATE
AND, CERTAINLY, TO HELP PROMOTE THE FUTURE BY RECOGNIZING THOSE
SCHOLARSHIP HONOREES.
SO, I ASK YOU ALL TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS
RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING TODAY AS ITALIAN-AMERICAN DAY IN THE STATE OF
NEW YORK. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.
ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
(APPLAUSE)
THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 475, MR.
RAMOS.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM AUGUST 6, 2019, AS
SALVADORAN-AMERICAN DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. RAMOS ON THE
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RESOLUTION.
MR. RAMOS: MR. SPEAKER, ON THE RESOLUTION. AFTER
40 YEARS OF POLITICAL TURMOIL THAT THE SALVADORAN PEOPLE WENT THROUGH,
MANY ENDED UP EXITING THEIR COUNTRY AS A RESULT OF MANY OF THE
ATROCITIES THAT HAPPENED, AND ENDED UP IN COMMUNITIES LIKE LONG
ISLAND, WASHINGTON D.C., LA. AND THEY HAVE EVOLVED, AS I -- I
MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY HAVE EVOLVED TO ALL -- ALL FACETS OF SOCIETY AND
REALLY MAKING A BIG CONTRIBUTION NOW.
AT THIS POINT, WE'VE SEEN THE SALVADORAN COMMUNITY
ACTUALLY MAKING DIFFERENCES IN PUBLIC POLICY, WORKING ON DIFFERENT
ISSUES AND REALLY HELPING -- HELPING SOCIETY AS A WHOLE ON THE ISSUES
THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ALL OUR FAMILIES. THIS RESOLUTION DECLARES THAT
AUGUST 6TH WILL BE SALVADORAN-AMERICAN DAY IN NEW YORK STATE. IT IS
BEFITTING, AS ALL AMERICANS WHO HAVE ENDED UP -- ENDED UP COMING
HERE THROUGH THE IMMIGRATING EXPERIENCE, IT IS BEFITTING THAT WE
RECOGNIZE THIS SEGMENT OF OUR SOCIETY, AND THIS, INDEED, IS A VERY PROUD
DAY. THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU. ON THE
RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
(APPLAUSE)
MR. PHILLIP STECK FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.
MR. STECK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER. IT
GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TODAY TO INTRODUCE MEMBERS OF THE
AMERICAN-ITALIAN HERITAGE ASSOCIATION MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER,
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WHICH IS IN THE TOWN OF COLONIE IN THE 110TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT. THEY
ARE LED HERE BY PROFESSOR PHILIP DINOVO, PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR. I HAVE BEEN TO THE MUSEUM MANY TIMES, HAVE TOURED THE
EXHIBITS, WHICH ARE OUTSTANDING, AND ALWAYS ENJOY TELLING THE STORY OF
MY GRANDFATHER'S FAMILY WHICH LEFT ITALY IN THE 15TH CENTURY. SO, I
WISH THAT THE SPEAKER WOULD WELCOME OUR VISITORS FROM THE
AMERICAN-ITALIAN HERITAGE MUSEUM TO THE CHAMBER TODAY.
ACTING SPEAKER ROZIC: ON BEHALF OF MR.
STECK, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME ALL OF YOU
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS TO THE CHAMBER, EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF
THE FLOOR AND HOPE YOU ENJOY TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US.
(APPLAUSE)
MR. SANTABARBARA FOR AN INTRODUCTION.
MR. SANTABARBARA: THANK YOU, MR. [SIC]
SPEAKER, FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTERRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS FOR AN
INTRODUCTION. TODAY, I'M VERY PLEASED TO HAVE MY PARENTS JOINING ME
IN THE CHAMBER, IT'S VERY RARE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT UP, BUT VERY
PLEASED TO HAVE THEM HERE IN HONOR OF ITALIAN-AMERICAN DAY HERE AT
THE STATE CAPITOL. THEY ARE BOTH ITALIAN-AMERICAN -- ITALIAN
IMMIGRANTS HERE IN THIS COUNTRY, AND I'M SO VERY PLEASED THAT THEY
MADE THAT DECISION YEARS AGO TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES IN ITALY AND TO CALL
NEW YORK THEIR HOME TILL THIS VERY DAY. WE GREW UP IN THE CITY OF
SCHENECTADY. I REMEMBER AT THE TIME WE LIVED WITH MY GRANDMOTHER,
MY AUNT LIVED ACROSS THE STREET, I DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH UNTIL I WAS IN
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FIRST GRADE. BUT IT WAS THAT -- THEIR ACTIONS YEARS AGO THAT LED TO THE
MANY OPPORTUNITIES, LIKE MANY ITALIAN-AMERICANS, THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IN MY LIFE. SO, I'M VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THEM
HERE IN THE CHAMBER. MADAM SPEAKER, IF YOU WOULD JUST WELCOME
THEM AND -- AND EXTEND TO THEM THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE.
ACTING SPEAKER ROZIC: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF YOUR SON, THE SPEAKER AND ALL OF -- ALL OF THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME
BOTH OF YOU TO THE CHAMBER, EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND
HOPE YOU ENJOY TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
YOUR SON WITH ALL OF US AND FOR JOINING US TODAY.
(APPLAUSE)
(PAUSE)
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MADAM SPEAKER, IF WE
COULD GO TO PAGE 57 AND TAKE UP CALENDAR NO. 456. FOLLOWING THAT,
WE'LL GO TO PAGE 52 AND START AT CALENDAR NO. 426.
ACTING SPEAKER ROZIC: PAGE 57, THE CLERK
WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07594, CALENDAR NO.
456, HUNTER, LUPARDO, NOLAN, BARRETT, D'URSO, WALLACE. AN ACT TO
AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO THE WOMEN VETERANS
COORDINATOR.
ACTING SPEAKER ROZIC: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
ACTING SPEAKER ROZIC: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
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THE VOTE.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MADAM SPEAKER, THIS IS
THE FIRST VOTE OF THE DAY. IF YOU COULD ASK COLLEAGUES IN AND AROUND THE
CHAMBERS [SIC] TO PLEASE CAST THEIR VOTE.
ACTING SPEAKER ROZIC: COLLEAGUES, THIS IS THE
FIRST VOTE OF THE DAY. IF YOU'RE IN THE CHAMBER, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
IF YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF OUR VOICES, PLEASE JOIN US, THIS IS THE FIRST VOTE
OF THE DAY.
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, MADAM
SPEAKER. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE HIGHER ED COMMITTEE TO THE
SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM? OUR COLLEAGUE, MEMBER GLICK, IS READY
TO GO.
ACTING SPEAKER ROZIC: HIGHER ED IN THE
SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.
PAGE 52, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06575, CALENDAR NO.
426, FAHY, WRIGHT, JAFFEE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW
AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO HOME VISITING PROGRAMS.
ACTING SPEAKER ROZIC: READ THE LAST SECTION.
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THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 90TH
DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER ROZIC: 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. A06596-A, CALENDAR
NO. 427, ABBATE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK, IN RELATION TO THE RATE OF INTEREST USED IN THE
ACTUARIAL VALUATION OF LIABILITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM,
THE NEW YORK CITY TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THE POLICE PENSION
FUND, SUBCHAPTER TWO, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND, SUBCHAPTER
TWO AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF SUCH CITY BY
PUBLIC EMPLOYERS AND OTHER OBLIGORS REQUIRED TO MAKE EMPLOYER
CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, THE CREDITING OF SPECIAL
INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL INTEREST TO MEMBERS OF
SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, AND THE ALLOWANCE OF SUPPLEMENTARY INTEREST
ON THE FUNDS OF SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEMS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
ABBATE, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.
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THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JULY 1ST,
2019.
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. A06710-A, CALENDAR
NO. 428, ROZIC, CRESPO, GOTTFRIED, AUBRY, BARRETT, BLAKE, DAVILA,
FAHY, JAFFEE, MOSLEY, PERRY, L. ROSENTHAL, DE LA ROSA, SIMON,
WEPRIN, QUART, DENDEKKER, CRUZ, D'URSO, COLTON, ORTIZ, DICKENS,
RIVERA, SAYEGH, HYNDMAN, COOK, GLICK, REYES, WILLIAMS,
MCDONOUGH, ABINANTI, WRIGHT, FERNANDEZ, RAYNOR, JEAN-PIERRE,
TAYLOR, ASHBY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CORRECTION LAW, IN RELATION TO
REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION
TO PLACE INCARCERATED PARENTS AT CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND FACILITIES
CLOSEST TO THEIR CHILDREN'S HOME.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06792-A, CALENDAR
NO. 429, STERN, D'URSO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN
RELATION TO WEBPAGE ACCESS TO ANY MOBILE APPLICATION USED TO SEARCH
FOR VETERANS' SERVICES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
HOLD ON ONE MIN -- ON A MOTION BY MR. STERN, THE
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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.)
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06867, CALENDAR NO.
NO. 430, MOSLEY, COLTON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CORRECTION LAW, IN
RELATION TO ALLOWING A TELEPHONE CALL PRIOR TO AN INMATE'S TRANSFER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07112, CALENDAR NO.
431, BENEDETTO, RAMOS, JACOBSON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EDUCATION
LAW, IN RELATION TO ALLOWING A BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REQUIRE MINORS
WHO ARE FIVE YEARS OF AGE TO ATTEND KINDERGARTEN.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
BENEDETTO, 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.)
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ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07118, CALENDAR NO.
432, BENEDETTO, D'URSO, COLTON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EDUCATION LAW,
IN RELATION TO INSURANCE RESERVE FUNDS.
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. A07312, CALENDAR NO.
433, SCHIMMINGER, GRIFFIN. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EMPIRE STATE
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
PROMOTING BUSINESSES LOCATED IN NEW YORK STATE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
SCHIMMINGER, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07323, CALENDAR NO.
434, MCDONALD. AN ACT IN RELATION TO PERMITTING THE MORNING STAR
MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR A REAL PROPERTY TAX
EXEMPTION.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
MCDONALD, 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. A07325, CALENDAR NO.
435, MCDONALD. AN ACT IN RELATION TO PERMITTING THE CHURCH OF JESUS
CHRIST TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR A REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
MCDONALD, 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.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, WOULD YOU
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PLEASE CALL THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TO THE SPEAKER'S
CONFERENCE ROOM? MR. DENDEKKER IS EN ROUTE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CONSUMER AFFAIRS,
SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM. PLEASE GO IMMEDIATELY.
THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07331, CALENDAR NO.
436, DILAN, TITUS, WEPRIN, OTIS, BUTTENSCHON, SANTABARBARA. AN ACT TO
AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO CLARIFYING THAT REASONABLE
ACCOMMODATION TO ENABLE A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY TO USE AND ENJOY A
DWELLING INCLUDES THE USE OF AN ANIMAL TO ALLEVIATE THE SYMPTOMS OR
EFFECTS OF A DISABILITY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07346, CALENDAR NO.
437, JAFFEE. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 442 OF THE LAWS OF 2018
RELATING TO AUTHORIZING KONBIT NEG LAKAY INC. OF SPRING VALLEY TO FILE
AN APPLICATION FOR CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, IN RELATION TO
MAKING TECHNICAL CHANGES REGARDING THE DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.
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. A07351, CALENDAR NO.
438, GOTTFRIED, TAYLOR, SEAWRIGHT, DE LA ROSA. AN ACT TO AMEND THE
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TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO RESEARCH TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
GOTTFRIED, 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. A07394, CALENDAR NO.
439, DAVILA. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CORRECTION LAW, IN RELATION TO THE
CLASSIFICATION OF TRANSGENDER OR INTERSEX INMATES IN COUNTY JAILS.
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. A07407, CALENDAR NO.
440, SCHIMMINGER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE SURROGATE'S COURT PROCEDURE
ACT, IN RELATION TO REMOVING INVALID REFERENCES.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
SCHIMMINGER, 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. A07418, CALENDAR NO.
441, SCHMITT. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 510 OF THE LAWS OF 2016,
AMENDING THE TAX LAW RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF A HOTEL AND MOTEL
TAX IN THE TOWN OF WOODBURY, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HOME RULE MESSAGE
IS AT THE DESK. THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07477, CALENDAR NO.
443, THIELE, D'URSO, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, MAGNARELLI, MCDONALD, ROMEO,
ZEBROWSKI, JAFFEE, JACOBSON, OTIS, ABINANTI. AN ACT TO AMEND THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, IN RELATION TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OF
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, CODES OF ETHICS AND BOARDS OF
ETHICS; AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 946 OF THE LAWS OF 1964, AMENDING THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW AND OTHER LAWS RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, IN RELATION TO PERMITTING LOCAL
CODES OF ETHICS TO PROHIBIT ACTIVITIES EXPRESSLY PERMITTED BY ARTICLE 18
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OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07502, CALENDAR NO.
445, ABBATE, JACOBSON, REYES, COLTON. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 695
OF THE LAWS OF 1994 AMENDING THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW RELATING TO
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IN IMPROPER PRACTICE CASES, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROVISIONS CONTAINED THEREIN.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07518, CALENDAR NO.
446, JOYNER, DINOWITZ. AN ACT TO AMEND THE FAMILY COURT ACT AND THE
DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW, IN RELATION TO THE DATE OF ADJUSTMENT AND
AMOUNT OF THE SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE CAP.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.
JOYNER, 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.)
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
THE BILL IS PASSED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, WOULD YOU
PLEASE CALL THE AGING COMMITTEE TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM,
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AGING COMMITTEE. MR. BRONSON'S ON HIS WAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AGING COMMITTEE,
SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM. MR. BRAUNSTEIN [SIC] IS LEADING THE WAY.
THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07519, CALENDAR NO.
447, STIRPE, DINOWITZ. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ESTATES, POWERS AND
TRUSTS LAW, IN RELATION TO TESTAMENTARY DISPOSITION TO TRUSTEE UNDER, OR
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, TERMS OF EXISTING INTER VIVOS TRUSTS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
STIRPE, 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. A07522, CALENDAR NO.
448, BUCHWALD, DINOWITZ. AN ACT TO AMEND THE SURROGATE'S COURT
PROCEDURE ACT, IN RELATION TO THE COMMISSIONS OF DONEES OF A POWER IN
TRUST, INCLUDING DONEES OF A POWER DURING MINORITY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
BUCHWALD, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.
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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.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07525, CALENDAR NO.
449, DENDEKKER, DINOWITZ, WRIGHT. AN ACT TO AMEND THE NEW YORK
CITY CIVIL COURT ACT, IN RELATION TO SMALL CLAIMS JURISDICTION.
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. A07526, CALENDAR NO.
450, LAVINE, DINOWITZ. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND
RULES, IN RELATION TO THE CONTENT OF A SUMMONS WITH NOTICE IN CERTAIN
ACTIONS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07547, CALENDAR NO.
451, PEOPLES-STOKES. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN
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RELATION TO A QUORUM OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON LEAD POISONING
PREVENTION.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MRS.
PEOPLES-STOKES, 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. A07568, CALENDAR NO.
452, RYAN. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 498 OF THE LAWS OF 2011
AMENDING THE EDUCATION LAW RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
CONSTRUCTION GRANT PROGRAM, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.
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. A07573, CALENDAR NO.
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453, GUNTHER, D'URSO, BUTTENSCHON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE
LAW, IN RELATION TO THE DEFINITION OF "VETERAN".
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 30TH
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. A07574, CALENDAR NO.
454, LIFTON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO EXEMPTING
CERTAIN CAR-SHARING ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL TAX ON
PASSENGER CAR RENTALS OUTSIDE OF THE METROPOLITAN COMMUTER
TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JUNE 1ST,
2019.
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.
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THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07584, CALENDAR NO.
455, LENTOL, FAHY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, IN
RELATION TO SEALING PETTY OFFENSES.
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.)
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07605, CALENDAR NO.
457, BRAUNSTEIN, DINOWITZ. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW
AND RULES, IN RELATION TO COMMISSIONS FOR RECEIVERS OF RENTS AND
PROFITS.
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. A07606, CALENDAR NO.
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458, LAVINE, JACOBSON, D'URSO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELECTION LAW, IN
RELATION TO THE FORM OF PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOTS; TO AMEND A CHAPTER OF
THE LAWS OF 2019, AMENDING THE ELECTION LAW RELATING TO ENACTING THE
VOTER FRIENDLY BALLOT ACT, AS PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS NUMBERS S.
2300-A AND A. 2682-A, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF; AND
REPEALING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SUCH LAW RELATING THERETO.
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. A07654-A, CALENDAR
NO. 459, JAFFEE, D'URSO, OTIS, BARRON, SAYEGH, ZEBROWSKI, LIFTON,
GALEF, LAWRENCE, DESTEFANO, MORINELLO, MCDONOUGH, SCHMITT,
MIKULIN, ASHBY, B. MILLER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EDUCATION LAW, IN
RELATION TO CERTAIN CONTRACTS WITH OUT-OF-STATE SCHOOLS; TO AMEND THE
EDUCATION LAW AND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN RELATION TO
REDESIGNATING THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS TO NEXT GENERATION
STANDARDS; AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 396 OF THE LAWS OF 2012, AMENDING
THE EDUCATION LAW RELATING TO SERVICES TO OUT-OF-STATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
BY BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING
THE PROVISIONS THEREOF.
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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. A07669, CALENDAR NO.
460, COOK, LENTOL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, IN
RELATION TO PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING ADOLESCENT OFFENDERS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07670, CALENDAR NO.
461, PRETLOW, LENTOL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW,
IN RELATION TO THE SEALING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS.
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.)
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07671, CALENDAR NO.
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462, ZEBROWSKI. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 425 OF THE LAWS 2013,
AMENDING THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW RELATING TO REQUIRING HOSPITALS TO
OFFER HEPATITIS C TESTING, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.
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. A07674, CALENDAR NO.
463, EPSTEIN. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 537 OF THE LAWS OF 2008,
AMENDING THE EDUCATION LAW RELATING TO A RESTRICTED DENTAL FACULTY
LICENSE, IN RELATION TO MAKING SUCH PROVISIONS PERMANENT.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
ONE MINUTE. ON A MOTION BY MR. EPSTEIN, 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.)
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THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07676, CALENDAR NO.
464, MOSLEY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CORRECTION LAW, IN RELATION TO THE
MANNER THROUGH WHICH ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS ARE BROUGHT.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
(PAUSE)
CONTINUING ON CONSENT ON PAGE 4.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00057, CALENDAR NO.
465, L. ROSENTHAL, PAULIN, ORTIZ, MOSLEY, BLAKE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE
GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS EDUCATION FOR PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE
OF NAIL SPECIALTY, WAXING, NATURAL HAIR STYLING, ESTHETICS AND
COSMETOLOGY.
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. A00218, CALENDAR NO.
466, PAULIN, GALEF, STIRPE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE REAL PROPERTY TAX
LAW, IN RELATION TO CHANGES IN ASSESSMENT FOR BUSINESSES THAT MAKE
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PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00306, CALENDAR NO.
467, STECK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO THE
FEE CHARGED FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00346, CALENDAR NO.
468, JOYNER, SIMON, BARRON. AN ACT AUTHORIZING A STUDY BY THE NEW
YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION TO
STUDY THE TREATMENT OF AGING PRISON POPULATIONS AND MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENSURING HUMANE TREATMENT OF SUCH POPULATIONS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: CALENDAR NO. 469 IS BEING AMENDED.
ASSEMBLY NO. A00414-A, CALENDAR NO. 470, PAULIN,
GALEF, WEPRIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC OFFICER'S LAW AND THE
CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, IN RELATION TO PREFERENCE GIVEN TO AN
APPEAL TO THE APPELLATE DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT REGARDING A
DENIAL OF AN EXCEPTION FROM DISCLOSURE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: 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 IN 180 DAYS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: I'M SORRY. THE BILL IS
LAID ASIDE.
READ THE LAST SECTION.
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(PAUSE)
READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 180 DAYS.
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. A00473, CALENDAR NO.
471, PAULIN, MAGNARELLI, LUPARDO, JAFFEE, GALEF, TITUS, BUCHWALD. AN
ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO INFORMATION ON STATE
BOARDS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: 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 APRIL 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. A00623, CALENDAR NO.
472, PAULIN, BUCHWALD, GALEF, SEAWRIGHT, DINOWITZ, ZEBROWSKI,
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GOTTFRIED, SIMON, MAGNARELLI, FAHY, D'URSO, LIFTON, BLAKE, MOSLEY,
ABINANTI, DIPIETRO, JACOBSON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW, IN
RELATION TO LIMITATIONS ON POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.
PAULIN, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00694, CALENDAR NO.
473, L. ROSENTHAL, PERRY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW, IN
RELATION TO PRIVACY OF ELECTRONIC FARE AND TOLL RECORDS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00842, CALENDAR NO.
474, SIMOTAS, ZEBROWSKI, GLICK, SCHIMMINGER, BLAKE, THIELE,
DICKENS, D'URSO, ORTIZ, LAVINE, JAFFEE, COLTON, JEAN-PIERRE, CRESPO,
FRIEND, MCDONOUGH, BUCHWALD, STIRPE, WALLACE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE
STATE -- STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT, IN RELATION TO THE TIME
NEEDED BY SMALL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO COMPLY WITH
NEW REGULATIONS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT NOVEMBER
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.)
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THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01297, CALENDAR NO.
475, L. ROSENTHAL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW,
IN RELATION TO THE SUPERVISION OF CERTAIN LIMITED PROFIT HOUSING
COMPANIES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
ON A MOTION BY MS. ROSENTHAL, PAGE 6, CALENDAR NO.
476, BILL NO. A01303-A, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED, AND
THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01348-A, CALENDAR
NO. 477, QUART, D'URSO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW AND
THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO HARASSMENT THROUGH ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATION.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01434-B, CALENDAR
NO. 478, SANTABARBARA, STECK, D'URSO, RIVERA, BRONSON, WALSH. AN
ACT TO AMEND THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, IN RELATION TO
AUTHORIZING THE DELIVERY OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS IN TIMES OF
EMERGENCY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01441, CALENDAR NO.
479, GOTTFRIED, COOK, GLICK, ORTIZ, GALEF, WEPRIN. AN ACT TO AMEND
THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW, IN RELATION TO AUTHORIZING THE
IMPOSITION OF CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS PART OF CERTAIN LICENSES
FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01599, CALENDAR NO.
480, HUNTER, D'URSO, MAGNARELLI, FAHY, LUPARDO, HAWLEY, GALEF,
COOK, RAIA, WILLIAMS, HYNDMAN, STIRPE, BLAKE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO WILDLIFE DAMAGE
MANAGEMENT.
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.)
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01746-C, CALENDAR
NO. 481, VANEL, D'URSO, BARRON, MONTESANO, GALEF, DICKENS, MOSLEY,
PICHARDO, BLAKE, RIVERA, NIOU, HYNDMAN, GIGLIO, RAIA, GLICK, TAYLOR,
JAFFEE, CRESPO, RA, BICHOTTE, FAHY, FITZPATRICK. AN ACT CREATING A
TEMPORARY STATE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND INVESTIGATE HOW TO REGULATE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
REPEAL OF SUCH PROVISIONS UPON EXPIRATION THEREOF.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
VANEL, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.
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THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
THE VOTE.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
MR. VANEL TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. VANEL: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR ALLOWING
ME THE OPPORTUNITY ME TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. HEY SIRI, WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE? SIRI: IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE,
SOMETIMES CALL "MACHINE INTELLIGENCE," IS INTELLIGENCE DEMONSTRATED
BY MACHINES --
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SIR, WE'RE NOT
ALLOWED TO USE PROPS IN EXPLAINING YOUR VOTE OR DEBATE.
MR. VANEL: SORRY. I -- I -- I TRIED TO EXPLAIN MY
VOTE THROUGH SIRI. WE HAVE MORE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ROBOTICS
AND AUTOMATION RIGHT AT OUR FINGERTIPS MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. THERE'S
MUCH TECHNOLOGY IN OUR CARS TODAY, LIKE SENSORS AND CRUISE CONTROL.
SOON, YOUR CAR WILL BE FULLY SELF-DRIVING. SOME PEOPLE SPEAK MORE TO
SIRI AND ALEXA THAN THEY DO TO PEOPLE. TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING FASTER
THAN EVER BEFORE, AND WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH IT. BUT, AT THE SAME
TIME, WE MUST NOT STIFLE INNOVATION. TECHNOLOGY IS AFFECTING THE FUTURE
OF WORK, OUR LOCAL AND GLOBAL ECONOMIES, HEALTH CARE, GENERAL LIFE
CONVENIENCE. WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW DO WE LEVERAGE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND FOR GOOD. BUT
WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT DIS -- DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES WHEN IT
COMES TO SOFTWARE AND ALGORITHMS. AND, HOW DO WE LIVE WITH
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HUMANOIDS? WILL THEY KILL US?
THIS BILL CREATES A TASK FORCE TO PUT TOGETHER EXPERTS TO
HELP NEW YORK STATE REGULATE PROPERLY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ROBOTICS
AND AUTOMATION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR NEW
YORK STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROPERLY LEVERAGE THE TECHNOLOGY AND
THAT WE REGULATE RIGHT IN THE SPACE. SO I VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. VANEL IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
MS. FAHY TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.
MS. FAHY: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE TO JUST
TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE, AND THAT IS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO
COMMEND THE SPONSOR FOR THIS BILL. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER
EXAMPLES OF WHERE GOVERNMENT IS NOT KEEPING UP WITH TECHNOLOGY.
THE IDEA OF SETTING UP A TASK FORCE TO HELP REGULATE AND LOOK AT
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OTHER ROBOTICS AND OTHERS IS -- IS TRULY VERY
TIMELY BECAUSE WHILE WE HEAR A LOT OF NEGATIVE STORIES ABOUT ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE, WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT CAN HELP US IN SOLVING A WHOLE HOST
OF CHALLENGES AT THIS POINT IN OUR SOCIETY. AND I WAS -- AS THE CHAIR OF
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION THIS YEAR, JUST LAST FRIDAY WE
HELD A HEARING -- SORRY, A ROUNDTABLE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE
ABILITY TO HELP WITH SOLVING CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S WITH THE
ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND BUILDING EFFICIENCY, AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION,
INCLUDING DRIVERLESS VEHICLES AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND BUSES.
SO, THE POTENTIAL IS LIMITLESS. WE HAD EXPERT PANELISTS
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COME IN FROM NYU, UNIVERSITY OF ALBANY, SUNY POLY, COLUMBIA AND
-- AND A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
ENCOURAGING FORUMS THAT I'VE -- I'VE WORKED AT OR THAT I'VE HELPED
ORGANIZE IN THE YEARS. AND I COMMEND THE SPEAKER AGAIN FOR -- SORRY,
THE SPONSOR, AGAIN, FOR THIS BILL. IT'S GOT TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. FAHY IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. I ACTUALLY WANT TO
COMMEND THE SPONSOR ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION. NOT ONLY IS IT TIME
FOR US DO THIS, BUT, IN FACT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT ALMOST PAST THE TIME WE
SHOULD HAVE DONE IT. AND FOR ME, THE BIG PART OF THIS IS, WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO WITH THE FUTURE WORKFORCE AS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GROWS?
HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S STILL JOBS FOR PEOPLE WHO
ARE RIGHT NOW DOING THE THINGS THAT SOON WON'T BE DONE BY HUMAN
HANDS? I THINK THIS IS THE MOST PROACTIVE THING WE COULD BE DOING AT
THIS POINT AND I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION
AND HOPEFUL -- HOPEFULLY THE RESULTS OF THIS COMMISSION, THIS STUDY,
WILL GIVE US A -- A PLAN FOR HOW DO WE NOT ONLY DEAL WITH OUR HIGHER
ED, WITH OUR K-12, WITH OUR ENTIRE EDUCATION SYSTEM, WITH OUR CURRENT
WORKFORCE AS WELL AS OUR FUTURE WORKFORCE, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT
THERE'S A ROLE FOR PEOPLE TO STILL WORK AS WE GO FURTHER INTO THE WORLD OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. SO, I'M HAPPY TO BE VOTING YES FOR THIS ONE.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES
IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02156, CALENDAR NO.
482, SCHIMMINGER, COLTON. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 413 OF THE LAWS
OF 2003 AMENDING THE LABOR LAW RELATING TO THE SELF-EMPLOYMENT
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND OTHER MATTERS, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE
EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.
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. A02157-A, CALENDAR
NO. 483, PAULIN, SANTABARBARA, FAHY, M.G. MILLER, TAYLOR, THIELE,
ARROYO, D'URSO, DE LA ROSA, BLAKE, GOTTFRIED, ABBATE, WILLIAMS,
MOSLEY, COOK, CRUZ, GRIFFIN, SMULLEN, WALSH, MCDONOUGH, FALL,
STECK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, IN RELATION TO THE
INSTALLATION OF SAFETY BELTS IN STRETCH LIMOUSINES, AND THE POSTING OF
NOTICE THEREIN.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1ST,
2020.
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. A02176, CALENDAR NO.
484, SOLAGES, CRESPO, PICHARDO, LENTOL, PEOPLES-STOKES, BICHOTTE,
NIOU, BARRON, DAVILA, DE LA ROSA, DICKENS, EPSTEIN, FERNANDEZ,
HEVESI, HYNDMAN, JAFFEE, JEAN-PIERRE, MOSLEY, O'DONNELL, PRETLOW,
RAMOS, ROZIC, SEAWRIGHT, WEPRIN, WILLIAMS, WRIGHT, LAVINE, KIM,
GOTTFRIED, D'URSO, PERRY, JOYNER, ORTIZ, FAHY, SIMON, BUCHWALD,
LIFTON, ARROYO, GLICK, L. ROSENTHAL, TAYLOR, CAHILL, COOK, RIVERA,
OTIS, PAULIN, SIMOTAS, CRUZ, CARROLL, LUPARDO, DENDEKKER, STIRPE,
RICHARDSON, JACOBSON, BUTTENSCHON, QUART, ZEBROWSKI, COLTON, GALEF,
FALL, DINOWITZ, SAYEGH, BRONSON, RAYNOR, BLAKE, REYES, VANEL,
WALKER, NOLAN, TITUS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW AND THE
JUDICIARY LAW, IN RELATION TO PROTECTING CERTAIN INTERESTED PARTIES OR
PEOPLE FROM CIVIL ARREST WHILE GOING TO, REMAINING AT, OR RETURNING
FROM THE PLACE OF SUCH COURT PROCEEDING.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02198, CALENDAR NO.
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485, STECK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO INCREASING
THE RATE OF TAXATION OF THE HOTEL OR MOTEL TAX IN THE COUNTY OF
SCHENECTADY TO 5 PERCENT.
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.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, IF WE COULD
NOW DO A FEW MORE BILLS ON CONSENT. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PAGE 55,
CALENDAR NO. 441 BY MR. SCHMITT; PAGE 4, CALENDAR NO. 467 BY MR.
STECK; AND PAGE 51, CALENDAR NO. 411 BY MR. MAGNARELLI. THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.
THE CLERK WILL READ. PAGE 55, CALENDAR NO. 441.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07418, CALENDAR NO.
441, SCHMITT. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 510 OF THE LAWS OF 2016,
AMENDING THE TAX LAW RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF A HOTEL AND MOTEL
TAX IN THE TOWN OF WOODBURY, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
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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.
AND, MR. SCHMITT, IT'S YOUR FIRST. THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE)
THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00306, CALENDAR NO.
467, STECK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO THE
FEE CHARGED FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATES.
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. A04763, CALENDAR NO.
411, MAGNARELLI, HUNTER, STIRPE. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 264 OF THE
LAWS OF 2009 AMENDING THE COUNTY LAW RELATING TO COMMUNICATION
SERVICE SURCHARGES APPLIED TO ONONDAGA COUNTY, IN RELATION TO
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EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH CHAPTER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
MAGNARELLI, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED. HOME RULE MESSAGE IS AT THE DESK. READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JULY 28TH,
2019.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
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.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER
AND, COLLEAGUES. WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING ALONG AT A VERY NICE SPEED.
WE JUST WANT TO DO A COUPLE OF DEBATE BILLS, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE
YOU THAT LIST, MR. SPEAKER, IF PEOPLE COULD GIVE SOME ATTENTION TO THIS
LIST. WE'RE GOING TO GO ON DEBATE TO CALENDAR NO. 44 BY MS. PAULIN,
IT'S ON PAGE 26. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CALENDAR NO. 49 BY MS. NIOU,
IT'S ON PAGE 26, AS WELL. WE'RE GOING TO DO CALENDAR NO. 82 BY MR.
GOTTFRIED, IT'S ON PAGE 28; CALENDAR NO. 193 BY MR. THIELE, IT'S ON PAGE
35; AND CALENDAR NO. 399 BY MR. COLTON ON PAGE 51. MR. SPEAKER, IN
THAT ORDER.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: THE CLERK WILL
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READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00217-A, CALENDAR
NO. 44, PAULIN, DINOWITZ, LUPARDO, SOLAGES, SIMON, BUCHWALD,
ARROYO, MCDONOUGH, SEAWRIGHT, WEPRIN, OTIS, GALEF, COLTON,
JEAN-PIERRE, D'URSO, THIELE, GRIFFIN, MOSLEY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE
GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO THE PROHIBITION OF THE SALE OF CRIB
BUMPER PADS AND THE RESTRICTION OF THE USE OF SUCH PADS IN CERTAIN
SETTINGS.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: ON A MOTION BY
MS. PAULIN, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED.
MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
SPEAKER.
ON THE BILL.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: ON THE BILL, SIR.
MR. GOODELL: A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE
CONCERNED THAT THE EFFORT TO BAN THE USE OF -- AND THE SALE OF CRIB
BUMPER PADS WILL ACTUALLY INCREASE THE DANGER TO CHILDREN TO THE EXTENT
THAT FAMILIES IN NEW YORK WILL COME UP WITH THEIR OWN HOMEMADE
SOLUTIONS TO KEEP THEIR KIDS FROM HITTING THEIR HEADS ON THE SIDE OF THE
CRIB. I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION DID RESEARCH ON THIS AND REPORTED BACK IN MAY OF 2013
THAT THERE WERE NO CONCLUSIVE OR PERSUASIVE EVIDENCE IMPLICATING CRIB
BUMPER PADS AS A PRIMARY CAUSE OF DEATH WHEN THEY WERE USED
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PROPERLY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT ACCOMPANY
THEM.
SO, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME MEMBERS THINKING THAT
PERHAPS WE OUGHT TO MOVE CAREFULLY IN THIS AREA, BECAUSE OF THEIR
CONCERN THAT IT MAY INCREASE DANGERS TO INFANTS RATHER THAN REDUCE THE
DANGER TO INFANTS. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE
THOSE COMMENTS.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: SURE THING, MR.
GOODELL.
READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 60TH
DAY.
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: ASSEMBLY NO. A00677, CALENDAR NO.
49, NIOU, KIM, BLAKE, MORINELLO, DE LA ROSA, ROZIC, L. ROSENTHAL,
WEPRIN, RICHARDSON, FITZPATRICK, ENGLEBRIGHT, FRONTUS, SOLAGES,
REYES, FERNANDEZ, BRAUNSTEIN, GOTTFRIED. AN ACT TO AMEND THE
EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING THE COLLECTION OF CERTAIN
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION BY CERTAIN STATE AGENCIES, BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS.
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ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: AN EXPLANATION
HAS BEEN REQUESTED, MS. NIOU.
QUIET, PLEASE, MEMBERS. WE ARE ON DEBATE. THANK
YOU.
MS. NIOU: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR -- FOR
ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT. ACCORDING TO THE 2010 CENSUS, THE
MANY ETHNICITIES WHICH COMPRISE NEW YORK'S ASIAN-AMERICAN
POPULATION GREW FASTER THAN ANY OTHER RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUP BETWEEN
2000 AND 2010, WITH THE POPULATION WHO REPORTED ASIAN ALONE
INCREASED BY 43 PERCENT; HOWEVER, SPECIFIC ASIAN-AMERICAN ETHNICITIES
ARE NOT BROKEN DOWN WITHIN THAT 43 PERCENT POPULATION INCREASE. THE
REGIONS AND COUNTRIES THAT MAKE UP ASIA ARE AS DIVERSE AND VARIED AS
THOSE THAT MAKE UP THE ENTIRE PLANET; IN FACT, OVER 62 PERCENT OF THE
PLANET'S POPULATION LIVES IN WHAT IS CONSIDERED ASIA. ASIAN-AMERICANS
INCLUDE MANY MORE THAN JUST CHINESE OR KOREAN COMMUNITIES. IT
INCLUDES THOSE FROM SOUTHERN ASIAN NATIONALS -- NATIONS OF INDIA,
PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH, CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS LIKE KAZAKHSTAN,
UZBEKISTAN AND THEIR NEIGHBORS; THE DIVERSE NATIONS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
INCLUDE VIETNAM, LAOS, THAILAND AND A HOST OF OTHER NATIONS, AND
UNIQUE CULTURES IN INDONESIA, JAPAN AND THE PHILIPPINES.
THE ASIAN POPULATION AT LARGE IS GROWING AND, AS A
STATE, WE ARE NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO SERVE THIS VERY NEED BECAUSE WE
DON'T HAVE THE DATA TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT GROWTH ACTUALLY LOOKS
LIKE. NEW YORK STATE IS HOME TO THE SECOND LARGEST ASIAN-AMERICAN
POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THE VAST MAJORITY, OVER 80 PERCENT, OF
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ASIAN-AMERICANS IN NEW YORK STATE RESIDE IN NEW YORK CITY.
ACCORDING TO A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE NYU CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF
ASIAN-AMERICAN HEALTH, ASIAN-AMERICANS REPRESENT A DIVERSE
COMMUNITY COMPRISING OF MORE THAN 30 COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN AND
VARIOUS CULTURES, TRADITIONAL BELIEFS, RELIGIONS, YEARS IN THE U.S.,
DEGREES OF ACCULTURATION, LEVELS OF ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF DATA
COLLECTION EMPLOYED BY STATE AGENCIES IS OVERLY BROAD AND THE
INFORMATION COLLECTED DOES NOT REFLECT THIS DIVERSITY. INSTEAD, IT
MISREPRESENTS ASIANS AS A HOMOGENOUS GROUP.
ACCORDING TO A 2013 STUDY DONE AT NYU, THE
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY AMONG APA SENIORS IS OVER 25 PERCENT. ALMOST
ALL ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN SENIORS, AS MANY AS 97 PERCENT, ARE FOREIGN
BORN, AS OPPOSED TO THE 47 PERCENT OF THE GENERAL SENIOR POPULATION.
MORE THAN ONE-IN-FIVE, OR 22 PERCENT OF NEW YORK CITY'S ASIAN-PACIFIC
AMERICANS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 LIVES IN POVERTY. HEALTH ISSUES, SUCH AS
CHRONIC HEPATITIS B, WHICH DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS THE
ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY, NEEDS TO BE A
PRIORITY. IN THE UNITED STATES OF -- OF THE NEARLY 1 MILLION AMERICANS
LIVING WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS B, HALF OF THEM ARE ASIAN-AMERICAN AND
PACIFIC ISLANDER. AS A RESULT, API'S ARE EIGHT TO 13 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO
DEVELOP LIVER CANCER DUE TO A HEPATITIS B INFECTION.
IN 2011, THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND
PREVENTION SHOWED THAT OF THE 8 PERCENT OF THE AMERICANS AGE 12 TO 18
WHO ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT LEAST ONCE, 11.8 PERCENT OF THEM WERE NATIVE
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HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, AND 9 PERCENT OF THEM IDENTIFIED AS
ASIAN-AMERICAN YOUTH, ACCORDING TO THE CDC. WE NEED TO SHED LIGHT
ON THIS REALITY AND THE DIFFERENT REALITIES ACROSS THE BOARD OF ISSUES AND
DISCUSS HOW WE CAN PROVIDE CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE
SERVICES TO THESE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. SUPPORTING THIS
BILL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DISAGGREGATE THE DATA ABOUT OUR
COMMUNITIES MAKES IT SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE
SERVICES THAT OUR COMMUNITIES DESPERATELY NEED.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
EXTENSIVE EXPLANATION. I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE ABOUT 195 COUNTRIES IN
THE WORLD. MANY OF THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. DO WE
COLLECT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR --
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: MR. GOODELL, I'M
SORRY. ARE YOU ASKING THE SPONSOR TO YIELD?
MR. GOODELL: I AM. I -- I THOUGHT IT WAS A
RHETORICAL QUESTION, BUT THAT'S A MUCH BETTER APPROACH, IS TO ASK THE
SPONSOR TO YIELD.
(LAUGHTER)
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: OKAY. WOULD
THE SPONSOR YIELD?
MS. NIOU: GLADLY, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: THE SPONSOR
YIELDS, MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AND
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--AND THANK YOU, SPONSOR.
MS. NIOU: I WAS LISTENING ANYWAY.
MR. GOODELL: WELL, I'M GLAD; I'M GLAD YOU WERE
LISTENING. DO WE COLLECT COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
FROM ANY OF THE 196 COUNTRIES OR 195 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD PRESENTLY?
MS. NIOU: NO.
MR. GOODELL: SO THIS BILL WOULD HAVE US COLLECT
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON 24 COUNTRIES, BUT NO COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
INFORMATION FOR THE REMAINING 171 COUNTRIES. WHY JUST THESE 24 AND
NOT THE OTHER 171?
MS. NIOU: I -- I JUST WANTED TO WORK ON THE
ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY BECAUSE -- SPECIFICALLY FOR THE LANGUAGE
ACCESS NEEDS AND THE SOCIAL BENEFITS NEEDS. THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF
HIDDEN POVERTY WHEN IT COMES TO THE FACT THAT IF WE DON'T DISAGGREGATE
THIS DATA, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO SEE WHERE THAT POVERTY IS ACTUALLY. AND
WE HAVE DIFFERENT WAVES OF IMMIGRATION AND SO IT MAKES IT SO THAT IT'S
VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE IT SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE THE
SOCIAL BENEFITS NEEDS TO GO, OR THE LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICES NEEDS TO
GO.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ASSEMBLYMEMBER KIM AND I BOTH
REPRESENT ASIAN-AMERICAN-HEAVY DISTRICTS, BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, IF
SOMEBODY WAS TO SEND SOMEBODY TO SAY LIKE, OH, HEY. WE NEED
SOMEBODY WHO IS ABLE TO BE IN -- YOU KNOW, ABLE TO GET SERVICES FOR
THIS ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT
FOR US TO ASK FOR THE SAME THINGS BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, HIS -- HIS
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COMMUNITY WOULD NEED DIFFERENT LANGUAGE SERVICES THAN MINE WOULD.
AND SO, JUST IN -- IF YOU'RE SAYING, WELL, WE NEED A CHINESE SPEAKER,
EVEN IN MY DISTRICT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE -- BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IF
IT'S GOING TO BE MANDARIN CHINESE, CANTONESE CHINESE, FUKIENESE OR
HAKKA OR ANY OF THE OTHER LANGUAGES THAT ARE BEING SPOKEN.
MR. GOODELL: AND I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THAT
DISTINCTION BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS AGO WE PASSED A BILL
THAT REQUIRED LANGUAGES, BUT THOSE LANGUAGES WERE IN CHINESE WITHOUT
ANY DISTINCTION ON WHICH OF THE MULTIPLE DIALECTS; RUSSIAN, I'M NOT
QUITE SURE WHAT THAT INCLUSION WAS ABOUT, BUT RUSSIAN, BUT NOT BROKEN
DOWN INTO THE HUNDREDS OF OTHER LANGUAGES. SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE
WHY DO WE WANT TO COLLECT INFORMATION, FOR EXAMPLE, ON TONGA, WHICH
HAS FEWER RESIDENTS THAN -- THAN EVEN AN ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, FEWER
RESIDENTS WORLDWIDE THAN A SINGLE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, DOESN'T SOME
AGGREGATION MAKE SENSE?
MS. NIOU: WELL, I THINK THAT, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO
BE ABLE TO SERVE PEOPLE AS BEST AS WE CAN. I THINK THAT THAT'S OUR JOBS. I
DON'T THINK IT'LL COST US ANYTHING TO REALLY BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
SERVICES THAT ARE DELIVERED GO TO THE RIGHT PLACES. SO, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS FROM LAOS, CAMBODIA, TONGA WHO MAY HAVE
COME NEEDING DIFFERENT SERVICES THAN MY FAMILY OR MR. KIM'S FAMILY.
MR. GOODELL: NOW, THIS REQUIRES THAT EVERY
AGENCY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT COLLECTS ANY DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SEPARATELY LIST ALL 24 COUNTRIES. WHAT IS THE
ANTICIPATED COST OF LISTING ALL 24 COUNTRIES AND DOING THE DATA
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COLLECTION AND, PRESUMABLY, ALL THAT DATA IS THEN SENT SOMEPLACE
CENTRALLY SO THAT IT'S AGGREGATED. WHAT IS THE COST OF THAT AND HOW
MANY STAFF ARE WE LOOKING AT?
MS. NIOU: I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS
LAST TIME, BUT DUE TO TECHNOLOGY AND THE INTERNET AND, YOU KNOW, JUST
BEING ABLE TO CLICK ON AND OFF LIKE WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE
ASIAN-AMERICAN AND THEN CLICK A LITTLE ARROW, YOU CAN PROBABLY PULL
UP EVERY SINGLE THING AND THEN CHECK A LITTLE BOX.
MR. GOODELL: DOES THIS BILL REQUIRE ANY TYPE OF
VERIFICATION WHEN YOU FILL OUT THAT APPLICATION AS TO WHAT YOUR ANCESTRY
IS?
MS. NIOU: NO, BUT I'M SURE IF YOU COULDN'T READ
WHAT YOU NEEDED WHEN IT CAME IN THE MAIL FOR YOU, OR IF YOU ARE
GETTING SOME THING IN EMAIL FORM, YOU PROBABLY CHECKED THE WRONG
BOX.
MR. GOODELL: I -- I WOULD SUSPECT THAT MIGHT BE
THE CASE. AND -- AND DOES THIS ONLY DEAL WITH THOSE WHO ARE BORN IN
THESE 24 COUNTRIES, OR THOSE WHOSE PARENTS MAY HAVE COME FROM ONE
OF THESE 24 COUNTRIES?
MS. NIOU: I THINK IT'S ABOUT ETHNIC IDENTITY, YEAH.
MR. GOODELL: AND SO IF YOU HAVE A PARENT, SAY,
FROM ONE OF THESE COUNTRIES AND THE OTHER PARENT IS FROM A NON-LISTED
COUNTRY, IT WOULD BE UP TO YOU TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANTED TO
SEPARATE THAT DATA?
MS. NIOU: WELL, YOU KNOW, THE AWKWARD BOX OF
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"OTHER" HAS ALWAYS EXISTED AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN
PROBABLY WRITE IN IF SOMETHING IS NOT COVERED. BUT WE ARE HOPING TO
BE ABLE TO COVER EVERYTHING BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BOX, YOU KNOW, "ASIAN" DOESN'T COVER EVERYTHING.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. NIOU.
MS. NIOU: THANK YOU.
MR. GOODELL: ON THE BILL, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: ON THE BILL, MR.
GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THE
SPONSOR'S DESIRE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE 24 COUNTRIES AND THE
RESIDENTS OF THESE 24 COUNTRIES. I WOULD POINT OUT, THOUGH, THAT WE
DON'T COLLECT COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DATA ON ANY OTHER OF THE 195 COUNTRIES IN
THE WORLD, EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THOSE OTHER COUNTRIES OR MANY OF THOSE
OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, AND SOMETIMES HAVE
MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. AND IF WE WANT TO START COLLECTING INDIVIDUAL
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DATA, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ADD IN, IF YOU WILL, A FORM
ON THE APPLICATION AND YOU COULD PUT IN A NUMBER FROM 1 TO 195 THAT
LIST THE DATA, I SUPPOSE, BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS THERE -- IS IT WORTH THE
COST OF COLLECTING THE DATA AND WILL THE DATA BE OF SUFFICIENT VALUE TO
JUSTIFY THE ADDITIONAL ENERGY AND EFFORT? BECAUSE SOMEBODY
SOMEWHERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO DATA ENTER ALL THIS AND SOMEONE, PART OF
OUR STATE BUREAUCRACY, WILL BE COLLECTING ALL OF IT AND SETTING UP THE
PROGRAM AND PREPARING THE REPORTS.
AND SO WHILE I APPRECIATE THE DESIRE TO COLLECT DATA ON
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HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM TONGA OR -- OR ANY NUMBER OF ANY OF THESE 24
COUNTRIES ARE HERE IN NEW YORK STATE, I THINK WE'RE BETTER SERVED BY
FOCUSING ON MORE AGGREGATE DATA THAT ACTUALLY CAN BE USED BY US IN
DEVELOPING APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION. THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: READ THE LAST
SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 120TH
DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: THE CLERK WILL
RECORD THE VOTE.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
MS. NIOU TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.
MS. NIOU: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SPEAKER, FOR
ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. SO, THIS BILL AMENDS THE
EXECUTIVE LAW IN RELATION TO REQUIRING THE COLLECTION OF CERTAIN
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION BY CERTAIN STATE AGENCIES, BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS AS IT PERTAINS TO ASIAN-AMERICANS IN THE STATE OF NEW
YORK. AS MR. GOODELL HAD SAID, THERE'S 24 CATEGORIES JUST ON THE
AMENDED LIST. THAT IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF OUR POPULATION.
I REPRESENT A DISTRICT THAT IS DIVERSE IN CULTURE, RACE
AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. WE EMBRACE AND CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSITY
AND DIFFERENCES, BUT WE MUST FIND A BETTER WAY TO ENSURE THAT OUR
DISTINCTIONS WITHIN RACIAL AND ETHNIC POPULATIONS ARE ALSO REPRESENTED.
AS OUR STATE'S DEMOGRAPHICS CONTINUE TO SHIFT, WE NEED TO MODIFY THE
SYSTEM IN PLACE NOT ONLY TO BETTER CAPTURE OUR POPULATION, BUT ALSO TO
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ENSURE THAT GOVERNMENT RESOURCES ARE BEING USED EFFICIENTLY.
ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE THE FASTEST GROWING MINORITY
GROUP IN OUR STATE. THERE ARE ALSO MORE ASIAN-AMERICANS LIVING IN
POVERTY IN NEW YORK CITY THAN ANY OTHER MINORITY GROUP. THE MODEL
MINORITY MYTH AND THE AGGREGATED DATA IS HIDING THIS TRUTH. DATA
DISAGGREGATION CAN SERVE AS A POWERFUL TOOL IN TRACKING THESE
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES, ALLOWING US TO GAIN VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO OUR
POPULATION. THIS BILL ALLOWS US TO GATHER AND STUDY INFORMATION ON THE
MANY ASIAN-AMERICAN ETHNIC SUBGROUPS IN OUR STATE. THIS
INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT IN THAT IT ALLOWS US TO STUDY AND EXAMINE THE
DIFFERENT NEEDS WITHIN OUR DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND TARGET
APPROPRIATE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING UNCOVERING
PREVIOUSLY OVERLOOKED DATA ON UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS.
SIMPLY PUT, BETTER DATA MEANS MORE INFORMED
CHOICES. DISAGGREGATION WILL ALLOW STATE AGENCIES TO MORE EFFECTIVELY
ASSESS WHERE RESOURCES ARE MOST NEEDED. THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF DATA
COLLECTION FAILS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DISPARITIES WITHIN THE
ASIAN-AMERICAN POPULATIONS IN NEW YORK. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT
LIMITED TO, THE DIFFERENT OBSTACLES FACED BY SUBGROUPS. FOR EXAMPLE,
DISAGGREGATION WOULD ALLOW US TO DETERMINE AREAS WHERE CRITICAL
LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICES ARE NEEDED OR HELP US TO DEAL INEQUALITY GAPS
IN HEALTH OR EDUCATION, AMONG OTHER THINGS --
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. -- MS. NIOU,
HOW DO YOU VOTE?
MS. NIOU: I VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, SIR.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.
MR. MORINELLO TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
(PAUSE)
MR. MORINELLO: OH, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. TO
EXPLAIN MY VOTE ON THIS. I LOOK AT THIS MORE AS IDENTITY RATHER THAN
DEMOGRAPHICS. I THINK IT IS UNJUST AND UNFAIR. THERE ARE SO MANY
DIVERSE CATEGORIES IN THE ASIAN-AMERICAN, BUT UNTIL I VISITED PEARL
HARBOR TWO YEARS AGO, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT MOST OF HAWAII IS JAPANESE;
JAPANESE, CHINESE. WE HAVE OTHER ASIAN-AMERICANS THAT HAVE THEIR
OWN CULTURES AND THEIR OWN DEMOGRAPHICS. I, AS AN ITALIAN -- PEOPLE
SOMETIMES CLAIM I'M NOT AN ITALIAN BECAUSE I'M SICILIAN. WELL... BUT
SERIOUSLY -- BUT IT'S AN INSULT TO ME. I THINK THAT EVERYONE DESERVES TO
HAVE THEIR TRUE HERITAGE IDENTIFIED. I WAS AT A FUNCTION TODAY AND THE
GOVERNOR SPOKE ABOUT IDENTITY. THE GOVERNOR SPOKE ABOUT HERITAGE
AND CULTURE, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN THE -- THE FORMATION OF THAT CULTURE
OF INDIVIDUALS. FOR THAT REASON THAT I WILL VOTE YES ON THIS BILL BECAUSE
I THINK IT'S MORE SHOWING RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY THAN IT IS FOR
CATEGORIZING. THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. MORINELLO IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04072-A, CALENDAR
NO. 82, GOTTFRIED, MOSLEY, L. ROSENTHAL, EPSTEIN, ORTIZ, THIELE,
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D'URSO, DE LA ROSA, PAULIN, REYES, BLAKE, JEAN-PIERRE, TAYLOR, JAFFEE,
BARRON, GLICK, SOLAGES, SEAWRIGHT, HYNDMAN, FERNANDEZ, DICKENS,
SAYEGH, WILLIAMS, GRIFFIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN
RELATION TO OFFERING PLANT-BASED FOOD OPTIONS IN HOSPITALS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
GOTTFRIED, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED.
MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WOULD
THE SPONSOR YIELD?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOTTFRIED, WILL
YOU YIELD?
MR. GOTTFRIED: CERTAINLY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOTTFRIED YIELDS.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MR. GOTTFRIED. IS THERE
CURRENTLY A PROBLEM WITH VEGETARIANS BEING ABLE TO GET A VEGETARIAN
ENTRÉE WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL?
MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE
REPASSING A BILL THAT SOME TIME AGO PASSED THE ASSEMBLY, I THINK
UNANIMOUSLY ON CONSENT, WITHOUT COMMENT. THE REASON IT'S BACK
BEFORE US IS THAT IT NOW CONTAINS AN EXCEPTION FOR VARIOUS MEDICALLY
PRESCRIBED, SORT OF QUASI FOODS, LIKE NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS, THINGS
THAT ARE DONE THROUGH -- AS WELL AS THINGS THAT ARE DONE THROUGH TUBE
FEEDING, INFANT FORMULA AND THE LIKE.
MR. GOODELL: I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE PASSED
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THIS IN THE -- IN THE PAST. MY QUESTION, I GUESS IS, IS THERE ANY -- IS
THERE ANY INDICATION THAT VEGETARIAN MEALS ARE NOT PROVIDED IN
HOSPITALS TODAY?
MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, YES, THERE ARE INSTANCES IN
WHICH THINGS APART FROM MAYBE YOUR MAIN MEAL MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE.
AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE -- WHO ONLY EAT
PLANT-BASED FOOD HAVE THAT OPTION. THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN
VEGETARIAN AND PLANT-BASED. MOST VEGETARIANS WILL EAT EGG AND DAIRY.
PLANT-BASED FOOD WOULD -- WOULD EXCLUDE EGG AND DAIRY.
MR. GOODELL: SO THIS IS REALLY FOCUSED ON NOT
ONLY MAIN MEALS THAT ARE VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN, BUT ALSO SNACKS, THEN?
MR. GOTTFRIED: YES.
MR. GOODELL: THIS REQUIRES SNACKS TO ALSO BE
VEGAN.
MR. GOTTFRIED: AND I -- I THINK THE WORD "SNACK"
IS IN THE BILL.
MR. GOODELL: THIS ALSO STATES THAT A PLANT-BASED
FOOD OPTION WOULD BE AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. DOES THAT MEAN THE
SUPPLIER CAN'T CHARGE MORE TO THE HOSPITAL OR THAT THE HOSPITAL HAS TO
ABSORB ANY DIFFERENCE IN COST?
MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S -- THAT'S A
-- A FAIRLY HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION BECAUSE, GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU
KNOW, ANIMAL-BASED FOODS ARE -- ARE CONSIDERABLY MORE EXPENSIVE.
THE BILL DOESN'T TELL THE MANUFACTURERS OF SOY BEVERAGE, FOR THOSE WHO
DON'T WANT TO CALL IT SOY MILK, IT DOESN'T DICTATE WHAT THEIR PRICES CAN
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BE. IT SAYS THE HOSPITAL CAN'T CHARGE THE PATIENT EXTRA FOR CHOOSING THAT
OPTION.
MR. GOODELL: I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS WHAT'S MEANT
BY THE WORD "FREE" OR "NO COST" BECAUSE NORMALLY FREE DOESN'T REALLY
MEAN FREE, IT JUST MEANS SOMEBODY ELSE PAYS FOR IT, AND NO COST DOESN'T
MEAN FREE EITHER, OR NO COST, IT MEANS SOMEBODY ELSE IS PAYING. SO,
WE'RE ANTICIPATING IF WE PASS THIS BILL THAT IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL COSTS
INCURRED, THE HOSPITAL IS TO ABSORB IT?
MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, AGAIN, I THINK IN
VIRTUALLY EVERY CASE, IF NOT EVERY CASE, THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL
BURDEN ON THE HOSPITAL AS A RESULT OF MAKING THESE OPTIONS AVAILABLE. I
THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS HOSPITALS CAN'T JUST IMPOSE AN EXTRA CHARGE.
I DON'T THINK IN ANY CASE THAT EXTRA CHARGE WOULD BE -- WOULD BE
ECONOMICALLY-BASED OR BASED ON A HIGHER PRICE AND, THEREFORE, WOULD
NOT BE FAIR. IF IT WERE SOMEHOW TO -- TO DEVELOP, AND I DON'T SEE HOW
THAT WOULD BE, BUT IF IT WERE TO DEVELOP THAT THERE WAS A HIGHER PRICE
THAT WAS PAID BY THE HOSPITAL, YES, THEY WOULD ABSORB THAT.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MR. GOTTFRIED.
ON THE BILL.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, MR.
GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. I'M SENSITIVE TO
THIS ISSUE SINCE MY WIFE IS A VEGETARIAN, AS SHE MAKES MEALS EVEN FOR
ME, BUT MOST OF THE TIME I MAKE MY OWN MEAT ENTRÉES, IF YOU WILL, BUT
SHE'S A VERY GOOD COOK AND, CERTAINLY, IF MY WIFE EVER WENT TO THE
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HOSPITAL, I WOULD HOPE THAT SHE HAS A WIDE VARIETY OF VEGETARIAN
OPTIONS. AND SO, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I AM
CONCERNED, HOWEVER, WHEN WE START DICTATING WHAT HOSPITALS CAN OR
CANNOT CHARGE, IT'S, I THINK, AN INAPPROPRIATE INTRUSION INTO THE PRIVATE
MARKET TO SAY THEY CAN'T CHARGE THEIR ACTUAL COSTS OR A REASONABLE
CHARGE.
SO, WHILE I HAVE GREAT SUPPORT FOR THE CONCEPT, MR.
GOTTFRIED, I APPRECIATE YOUR SENSITIVITY TO VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS, I AM
CONCERNED WHEN WE KEEP SUGGESTING, SOMEWHAT MISLEADING IN MY
OPINION, THAT SOMETHING IS FREE OR AT NO COST, BECAUSE THERE IS NO FREE
LUNCH SO WE'VE BEEN TOLD. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
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. A05187, CALENDAR NO.
193, THIELE, COOK, GALEF, JAFFEE, RAIA, SANTABARBARA, ZEBROWSKI,
MCDONOUGH, ROZIC, L. ROSENTHAL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL
BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO ZONE PRICING OF GASOLINE, AND TO AMEND
CHAPTER 579 OF THE LAWS OF 2008, AMENDING THE GENERAL BUSINESS
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LAW RELATING TO ZONE PRICING FOR RETAIL MOTOR FUEL BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC
LOCATION.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AN EXPLANATION IS
REQUESTED, MR. THIELE.
MR. THIELE: THIS LEGISLATION DEALS WITH THE TOPIC
OF ZONE PRICING OF GASOLINE. IN THE YEAR 2008, THE LEGISLATURE PASSED A
LAW OUTLAWING ZONE PRICING OF GASOLINE. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE, AFTER REVIEWING THAT BILL, FOUND THAT THERE WAS SOME VAGUENESS
IN SOME OF THE TERMS IN THE LEGISLATION AND RECOMMENDED SOME
AMENDMENTS SO THAT THE BILL WOULD BE MORE ENFORCEABLE. THIS BILL THAT
IS BEFORE US TODAY REFLECTS THOSE CHANGES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
SPECIFICALLY, THE LEGISLATION PROVIDES A MORE SPECIFIC
DEFINITION OF "ZONE PRICING" TO MEAN, "THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRICE
DIFFERENCE IS BASED ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF THE RETAIL OUTLET
WITHIN THE RELEVANT GEOGRAPHIC MARKET WITHOUT REGARD TO THE POSTED
TERMINAL PRICE AND ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS WHERE THE EFFECT IS TO INJURE
COMPETITION." IT ALSO PROVIDES A DEFINITION OF WHAT "ADDITIONAL COSTS"
ARE. IT MEANS, "ALL REPLACEMENT TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND TAXES
INCURRED." IT ALSO PROVIDES A DEFINITION OF THE "RELEVANT GEOGRAPHIC
MARKET" AS, "THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA WHICH IS SUPPLIED BY THE SAME
TERMINAL FACILITY." IN ADDITION, THIS BILL, WITH THE AMENDMENT, APPLIES
NOT JUST TO WHOLESALERS, BUT ALSO DEALERS, AND THE BILL ALSO PROVIDES FOR
A RIGHT OF ACTION, NOT JUST WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, BUT ALSO WITH ANY
WHOLESALER OR DEALER WHO MAY HAVE BEEN INJURED BY ZONE PRICING.
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IN ESSENCE, THIS BILL DEALS WITH WHAT IS, IN ESSENCE,
PRICE FIXING, AND THAT IS THE SETTING OF THE PRICE OF A GALLON OF GASOLINE
WITHOUT ANY REGARD TO ECONOMIC FACTORS SUCH AS COSTS OR THE COST OF THE
GASOLINE ITSELF, BUT SOLELY BASED ON WHERE THE -- WHERE THE RETAIL OUTLET
IS. THAT, BY ANY OTHER NAME IS PRICE FIXING AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL
IS NOT TO PREVENT A RETAIL OUTLET FROM RECOVERING LEGITIMATE ECONOMIC
COSTS, BUT TO SET -- BUT RATHER TO PREVENT THE SETTING OF AN ARBITRARY PRICE
JUST BASED ON WHERE THE STATION IS LOCATED.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. FRIEND.
MR. FRIEND: WILL THE SPONSOR YIELD?
MR. THIELE: YES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. THIELE YIELDS. IF
YOU WOULD HAVE THE MEMBER WHO'S KIND OF -- HELLO. YOU'RE IN BETWEEN
THEM. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. THANK YOU.
SIR, PROCEED.
MR. FRIEND: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. THIELE.
SO, THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTAND IT, BASICALLY THE WAY THE BILL IS SET UP IT
WOULD SET THE TERMINAL PRICE AS THE PRICE FOR THAT GEOGRAPHICAL ZONE; IS
THAT CORRECT?
MR. THIELE: THE TERMINAL PRICE PLUS ANY ADDITIONAL
COSTS WHICH WOULD BE --
MR. FRIEND: SO YOU -- YOU WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED --
MR. THIELE: -- TRANSPORTATION, REPLACEMENT AND
TAXES.
MR. FRIEND: ALL RIGHT. SO IF A GAS STATION IS MORE
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THAN A MILE OR 50 MILES FROM THAT TERMINAL, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ADD
THAT TRANSPORTATION COST INTO THE --
MR. THIELE: EXACTLY. ANY -- ANY LEGITIMATE
EXPENSES, ANY -- ANY COSTS.
MR. FRIEND: OKAY. AND WHAT ABOUT IF THERE ARE
FACTORS WITHIN THAT LOCAL ECONOMY? SO, SOMEBODY THAT'S RIGHT OFF THE
INTERSTATE VERSUS SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT BE, MAYBE FIVE MILES OFF THE
INTERSTATE AND OVER A COUPLE OF HILLS, THROUGH VALLEYS OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, WOULD THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ALSO WITH THIS
BILL?
MR. THIELE: IF -- IF IT AFFECTS THE COST OF PROVIDING
THE PROJECT -- THE PRODUCT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE TAKEN INTO
ACCOUNT WITH REGARD TO THE PRICE.
MR. FRIEND: OKAY. AND AS REGARDS TO THE RIGHT OF
ACTION, THERE'S ANOTHER PORTION OF THE LAW THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE USED
FOR THAT RIGHT OF ACTION. I BELIEVE IT'S EXISTING LAW, SECTION 396-R OF THE
GENERAL BUSINESS LAW. AND THAT -- THAT ALLOWS -- IT ADDRESSES PRICE
GOUGING, GIVES ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY TO THE STATE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL,
ALLOWS FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, CIVIL PENALTY OF UP TO $25,000, A MAXIMUM
CIVIL PENALTY OF $10,000, AS WELL AS COURT-ORDERED RESTITUTION TO
AGGRIEVED CONSUMERS. WHY AREN'T WE JUST USING THAT INSTEAD OF ADDING
THIS NEW --
MR. THIELE: WELL, THE DEFINITION OF PRICE -- PRICE
GOUGING IN THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW IS A VERY NARROW SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES, USUALLY RELATED TO AN EMERGENCY OR A STORM. I DON'T
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HAVE THAT SECTION OF THE LAW IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I DO KNOW THAT PRICE
GOUGING IN -- IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK IS A VERY NARROW SET OF FACTORS
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY INCLUDE ZONE PRICING. SO THAT IS THE -- THE NEED
FOR THE ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION AND FOR THE REMEDY.
MR. FRIEND: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ON THE BILL. THANK
YOU, MR. THIELE.
MR. THIELE: THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, SIR.
MR. FRIEND: EVERYBODY IN MY DISTRICT AND ACROSS
THE STATE ALWAYS HAVE ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRICE OF GAS. AND
WHAT WE ALL DO IT, IT HURTS US IN OUR POCKETBOOK. ON MY WAY FROM THE
SOUTHERN TIER TO ALBANY, I TRAVEL A PORTION THAT TRAVELS THROUGH
PENNSYLVANIA AND UNTIL THEY INCREASED THEIR TAXES IN PENNSYLVANIA, I
WOULD ALWAYS MAKE A STOP THERE BECAUSE THEIR GAS WAS ALWAYS CHEAPER,
BECAUSE IT WAS 20 CENTS CHEAPER BECAUSE OF THEIR TAX RATE IN
PENNSYLVANIA. HOWEVER, WHEN THEY RAISED THOSE TAXES, I, AS WELL AS
MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITHIN THE SOUTHERN TIER, STOPPED GOING TO THOSE
MARKETS AND STARTED GOING TO OTHER MARKETPLACES.
IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS JUST GOING TO THE GAS STORE AND
BUYING GASOLINE. THAT'S NOT JUST A SIMPLE COMMODITY. THE PRODUCTION
OF GAS STARTS OUT WITH THE REFINERY STEPS AND THEN GOES THROUGH A
TRANSPORTATION FROM THE REFINERIES TO THE TERMINALS, AND THEN THE BULK
PLANTS AND, FINALLY, TO WHAT WE ALL TYPICALLY GO TO WHICH IS A GASOLINE
SERVICE STATION. THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE STATION MAY BE OWNED OR
OPERATED BY AN INTEGRATED OIL COMPANY, A BRANDED OR UNBRANDED
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REFINER, AN INDEPENDENT MARKETER/DISTRIBUTOR, A CHAIN RETAILER, A
CONVENIENCE STORE OR AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE STATION DEALER. SO, THOSE
ARE SEVEN DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT -- AT A BASIC
LEVEL. THE GASOLINE IN THE STATIONS' PUMPS MAY BE BRANDED OR
UNBRANDED, MAY BE SUPPLIED DIRECTLY BY A REFINER OR BY AN INDEPENDENT
MARKETER. THERE ARE FOUR MORE POSSIBILITIES TO COUPLE INTO THE SEVEN
PREVIOUS TO GIVE YOU A VERY DIVERSE MARKET WITHIN OUR GASOLINE
ECONOMY AT THE GAS STATION.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF HOW THAT
MIGHT WORK OUT, YOU MAY HAVE THE OIL COMPANY OR THE OIL REFINER WHO
OWES -- OWNS AND CONTROLS RETAIL PROPERTY AND THEN LEASES TO A SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER. SO, THE IDEA HERE IS THAT THE TRADITIONAL GASOLINE
SERVICE STATION PROPERTY IS OWNED BY A MAJOR OIL COMPANY, IS LEASED
AND FRANCHISED TO THE DEALER WHO IS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. THERE'S A
PROPERTY RENTAL AGREEMENT AND A SUPPLY FRANCHISE AGREEMENT. DEALERS
PAY VERY HIGH RENTS TO THE OIL COMPANY, SOMETIMES UPWARDS OF
$20,000 PER MONTH. GASOLINE IS SOLD TO THE DEALER AT A PRICE
DETERMINED BY THE OIL COMPANY OR REFINER, AND THIS PRICE IS CALLED THE
DEALER TANK WAGON AND IT'S CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN THE REFINER SELLS TO
DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RACK PRICE. DEALERS PURCHASE GASOLINE AT FULL
TRUCKLOADS OF $8,500 AND MANAGE THEIR OWN INVENTORY. DEALERS SET THE
RETAIL PRICE ON THE PUMP, AND THIS IS DETERMINED BY LOCAL MARKET
COMPETITION. THE EMPLOYEES AT THIS LOCATION ARE ALL EMPLOYED BY THE
DEALER, AND THE TRADITIONAL GASOLINE SERVICE STATION HAS TWO TO THREE
SERVICE BAYS TO DO AUTO REPAIRS AND TO HELP TO BRING IN OTHER MONEY INTO
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THE MARKET.
A SECOND SCENARIO IS ANOTHER TRADITIONAL GASOLINE
SERVICE STATION PROPERTY THAT MAY BE OWNED BY A DISTRIBUTOR OR JOBBER,
IT'S LEASED AND FRANCHISED TO THE DEALER WHO IS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
THERE'S A PROPERTY RENTAL AGREEMENT AND SUPPLY FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.
GASOLINE IS SOLD TO THE DEALER AT A PRICE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE
DISTRIBUTOR OR JOBBER. THIS PRICE IS CALLED, AGAIN, THE "DEALER TANK
WAGON PRICE" AND, AGAIN, CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN THE RACK PRICE. THE
DEALERS SET THE RETAIL PRICE ON THE PUMP AND THIS, AGAIN, IS DETERMINED
BY THE LOCAL MARKET COMPETITION. THE EMPLOYERS [SIC] AT THIS LOCATION
ARE EMPLOYED BY THE DEALER. AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE BRANDED REFINER
ALLOW THE DISTRIBUTOR TO BE THE FRANCHISER AND THE DEALER IS THE
FRANCHISEE.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. A
TRADITIONAL GASOLINE SERVICE STATION PROPERTY MAY BE OWNED AND
OPERATED BY AN OIL -- OIL COMPANY OR REFINER. THE FRANCHISE IS OWNED
BY THE DISTRIBUTOR AND WORKERS ARE EMPLOYED BY THE DISTRIBUTOR OR
JOBBER. GASOLINE IS DELIVERED TO THE STATION AS NEEDED, AND IS THE
PROPERTY OF THE DISTRIBUTOR. THE OIL COMPANY REFINER SETS THE RETAIL
PRICE AT THE PUMP. SINCE REFINERS CONTROL THE RACK PRICE, PRICES AT THE
PUMP ARE USUALLY MORE COMPETITIVE THAN OTHER RETAIL LOCATIONS THAT
REQUIRE DEALERS TO PAY A HIGHER WHOLESALE PRICE. THE DEALER TANK
WAGON -- TANK WAGON PRICE, AND ALSO MUST ADD A MARKUP FOR PROFIT.
REFINERS THAT OWN RETAIL -- RETAIL LOCATIONS AND OPERATE THEM ARE A
DYING BREED.
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SO, THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF THE DIVERSITY
THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR GASOLINE STATIONS WITHIN THE STATE. AND IT'S NOT
JUST AS SIMPLE AS GOING TO A GAS STATION AND BUYING GAS LIKE BUYING --
BUYING AN ORANGE OR AN APPLE. IT'S VERY DIFFERENT, AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS
THAT OWN, LEASE, EMPLOY INDIVIDUALS OR NEED TO HAVE A CONVENIENCE
STORE OR SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENING AT THAT LOCATION TO BRING IN MONEY
DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY'VE SET UP THEIR BUSINESS. AND THAT'S
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT AMERICA, IS THE FREE MARKET AND HAVING
SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS DIVERSITY.
SO, I HAVE A STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY THE QUINNIPIAC
BACK IN ABOUT 2007, 2008, AND THEY DID A STUDY THAT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO HERE TODAY. AND WHAT THEY FOUND IS THAT IF WE
WERE TO EMPLOY THIS RATE, THAT PRICE -- GAS PRICES WOULD ACTUALLY GO UP.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM WOULD LIKE TO SEE
HAPPEN. I HAVE LETTERS IN OPPOSITION FROM NFIB, THE BUSINESS COUNCIL,
WHICH I WILL READ A PORTION OF THAT. FROM THE BUSINESS COUNCIL, THEY
SAY, "THIS BILL WOULD AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW BY PROHIBITING
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONE PRICING OF GASOLINE. THE BILL ASSUMES THAT
PRICES SET ACCORDING TO ZONES ARE ARBITRARILY BASED ON WHAT COMPANIES
ASSUME CONSUMERS ARE LIKELY TO PAY, OR THE EFFECT IS TO INJURE
COMPETITION. IN ESSENCE, THE BILL'S INTENT IS TO SUBVERT MARKET PRICING
THAT ALLOWS A FLEXIBILITY TO COMPLETE. ZONE OR MARKET-BASED PRICING IS
BASED ON THE REALITY THAT COMPETITION IS LOCALLY DRIVEN, IT VARIES FROM
MARKET TO MARKET AND FLUCTUATES OVER PERIODS OF TIME, AS ZONE PRICING
ALLOWS LOCAL SELLERS TO COMPETE BASED ON THE CONDITIONS WITHIN THEIR
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LOCAL MARKETS. THESE MARKETERS ARE DRIVEN BY THE COMPETITION THEY
FACE AND THE REACTIONS OF THE CONSUMERS. IT IS THIS MARKET-BASED
PRICING THAT ALLOWS THE GASOLINE INDUSTRY TO COMPETE."
AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GO ON AND THEY -- THEY
ALERTED ME TO THE EXISTING LAW WHERE THEY SAID THEY BELIEVE THE EXISTING
LAW, SECTION 396-R OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW IS ADEQUATE AND
APPROPRIATE TO ADDRESS PRICE GOUGING. IT GIVES THE ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITY TO THE STATE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALLOWS FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF,
CIVIL PENALTY UP TO $25,000, AS WELL AS COURT-ORDERED RESTITUTION TO
AGGRIEVED CONSUMERS.
AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER OPPOSITION LETTER FROM THE
INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM MARKETERS OF NEW YORK. THEY -- THEY SAY THAT
"CURRENTLY UNDER NEW YORK STATE LAW, THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL ALREADY HAS THE ABILITY TO PURSUE ACTIONS IN ZONE PRICING AT
PETROLEUM INSTANCES. ALLOWING FOR A SEPARATE PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION
WILL OPEN THE DOOR TO COUNTLESS FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS IN THE ALREADY
OVERBURDENED CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AGAINST INDEPENDENT MARKETERS
IN NEW YORK STATE. THE NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT NEW YORK-BASED GAS
STATIONS AND STORES ARE ALREADY IN DECLINE. IN 1972, 47 YEARS AGO, THERE
WERE 11,359 RETAIL GASOLINE OUTLETS THAT SERVED THE CONSUMERS OF THE
STATE. THERE ARE ONLY APPROXIMATELY 5,863 OUTLETS THAT HAVE MANAGED
TO KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN. AS RESPONSIBLE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, THE
INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM MARKETERS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR GASOLINE
PRICING SPIKES IN THE MARKET. WE URGE STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO
RECOGNIZE THAT PRICING -- PRICING POLICIES ARE DRIVEN BY BOTH COUNTRIES
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FAR DISTANT FROM OUR SHORES AND/OR MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS, AND TO
STOP PERSECUTING SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO WORK, PAY TAXES AND HIRE
CITIZENS IN NEW YORK STATE." THEY RESPECTFULLY REQUEST CONSIDERATION
OF THEIR CONCERNS AND URGE THE OPPOSITION TO THIS LEGISLATION.
THEY ARE QUITE CORRECT WHEN THEY SAY THAT THEY DO NOT
CONTROL THE PRICES OF GASOLINE. THIS IS SET WITHIN THE MARKET ECONOMY.
AND PRICES DO GO UP VERY QUICKLY AND COME DOWN VERY SLOWLY BECAUSE
OF THE WAY THE MARKET WAS SET UP. THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT. IF
WE REALLY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE CHANGES, ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF
CRISIS, A BETTER APPROACH MIGHT BE TO DO SOMETHING TO PRIVATELY -- OR
TEMPORARILY HALT THE SALES -- OR COLLECTION OF SALES TAX DURING A TIME OF
CRISIS.
NEW YORK IS THE FIFTH HIGHEST IN -- IN STATE TAXES WHEN
IT COMES TO GASOLINE. PENNSYLVANIA IS NOW THE HIGHEST AT 58.7 PERCENT
-- 58.7 CENTS, AND THAT WAS ONLY DONE A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN THEY'VE
SEEN A DIRECT DECLINE AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD GO ACROSS THE
STATE BORDER TO PURCHASE GASOLINE THERE. CALIFORNIA IS NUMBER TWO;
WASHINGTON, NUMBER THREE; HAWAII, NUMBER FOUR; NEW YORK, NUMBER
FIVE AT 45.76 CENTS A -- CENTS PER GALLON. THAT WOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE
HELP DURING A TIME OF CRISIS, TO HALT THOSE -- THOSE TAXES FOR A TEMPORARY
PERIOD OF TIME, AND THAT WOULD HELP DURING THOSE -- THOSE PERIODS,
INSTEAD OF HURTING OUR SMALL BUSINESS AND FURTHER DRIVING OUT SMALL
BUSINESS FROM WITHIN THE STATE.
SO, THE DANGER OF THIS BILL IS THAT IT WILL LIMIT THE
DIVERSITY OF OUR CURRENT GASOLINE RETAIL MARKET WHEN WE REALLY HAVE THE
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ONLY CASE OF A SURE PROFIT IS NEW YORK STATE IN COLLECTING TAXES. FOR
THAT REASON -- FOR THOSE REASONS, I URGE OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL AND TO
HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 30TH
DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
THE VOTE.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
MR. THIELE TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. THIELE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, TO EXPLAIN
MY VOTE. I JUST -- A COUPLE OF POINTS I WANT TO MAKE IN EXPLAINING MY
VOTE. NUMBER ONE, IF THIS BILL WOULD ACTUALLY INCREASE THE PRICE OF
GASOLINE AND REVENUE TO THE MAJOR OIL COMPANIES, THEY WOULDN'T BE
SENDING OUT MEMOS IN OPPOSITION TO THE BILL, BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE
MAKING MORE MONEY. SO, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT BEARS ANY -- ANY
FRUIT AS FAR AS AN ARGUMENT GOES. SECONDLY, AS FAR AS SMALL BUSINESSES
GO, IT'S THE LOCAL RETAILERS, SUCH AS THE LONG ISLAND GASOLINE RETAILERS
ASSOCIATION AND THE SERVICE STATION OWNERS ASSOCIATION THAT SUPPORT
THIS BILL, BECAUSE THEY'RE AT THE MERCY OF THE BIG OIL COMPANY REFINERS
AND DISTRIBUTORS WHO SET THE WHOLESALE PRICE THAT ULTIMATELY AFFECT THE
LOCAL RETAILERS. THE RETAILERS SUPPORT THESE -- THIS BILL, INCLUDING THE
LONG ISLAND GASOLINE RETAILERS.
SO, I -- I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER THOSE FACTS
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AND PARTICULARLY THAT -- THE FACT THAT THE BILL DOESN'T -- DOESN'T PREVENT
ANY RETAILER OR ANY WHOLESALER FROM TAKING INTO ACCOUNT LEGITIMATE
ECONOMIC FACTORS, BY THE VERY TERM OF THE BILL. THIS IS JUST THE --
OUTLAWS THE ARBITRARY -- ARBITRARY SETTING OF PRICES. AND I WOULD URGE
MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE NO [SIC]. I WITHDRAW MY REQUEST AND I VOTE IN
THE AFFIRMATIVE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. THIELE IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES FOR A [SIC] INTRODUCTION.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER, FOR A BRIEF INTERRUPTION IN OUR PROCEEDINGS TO INTRODUCE THE
MAYOR OF A GREAT CITY IN NEW YORK. ON BEHALF OF MR. GANTT, MR.
BRONSON AND MS. ROMEO, THE MAYOR OF ROCHESTER IS HERE WITH IS,
LOVELY WARREN. MS. WARREN IS ACTUALLY SERVING HER SECOND TERM AND
DOING A GREAT JOB. MR. SPEAKER, IF YOU WOULD WELCOME HER TO OUR
CHAMBERS [SIC].
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES AND ALL THE DELEGATION, WE WELCOME YOU HERE
TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. WE EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF
THE FLOOR. OUR CONGRATULATIONS ON DOING THAT WONDERFUL JOB YOU'RE
DOING IN ROCHESTER. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. YOU ARE ALWAYS
WELCOME HERE. THIS FLOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN TO YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY
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MUCH.
(APPLAUSE)
THE CLERK WILL READ. PAGE 51, RULES REPORT NO. 399.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03366-A, CALENDAR
NO. 399, COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT, CRUZ. AN ACT IN RELATION TO REQUIRING THE
COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON MOTOR
VEHICLE MANUFACTURER SAFETY RECALLS.
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.)
MR. RA TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. RA: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. JUST -- JUST A
POINT WITH REGARD TO THIS BILL. THIS WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE DEPARTMENT
OF MOTOR VEHICLES' WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, PUT UP SAFETY RECALL
INFORMATION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS CURRENTLY DONE IN PART
THROUGH A HYPERLINK TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION. YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS CERTAINLY A LAUDABLE ONE, WE
WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO CHECK FOR SAFETY RECALLS ON THEIR VEHICLES.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONCERNS RAISED, THOUGH, WITH REGARD TO
POTENTIAL LIABILITY THAT THE STATE COULD TAKE ON, AS WELL AS JUST IT
POTENTIALLY BEING REDUNDANT TO TRY TO KEEP THE INFORMATION UPDATED SO
THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE BOTH THE SAME INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE
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THROUGH THE -- THROUGH THE NATIONAL SITE AS THROUGH THE DMV. BUT I
HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE -- WE MONITOR THAT AND CONTINUE TO, YOU
KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE -- WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE
THE MOST UPDATED INFORMATION POSSIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ENJOY
THE FESTA TONIGHT.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: 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, DO WE
HAVE ANY FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING OR RESOLUTIONS?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: YES, WE HAVE BOTH
HOUSEKEEPING AND RESOLUTIONS.
ON A MOTION BY MR. EPSTEIN, PAGE 17, CALENDAR NO.
537, BILL NO. A06985-A, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.
ON BEHALF OF MS. ROSENTHAL, BILL NO. A00456,
ASSEMBLY BILL RECALLED FROM THE SENATE. THE CLERK WILL READ THE TITLE
OF THE BILL.
THE CLERK: AN ACT TO AMEND THE COOPERATIVE
CORPORATIONS 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.)
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THE CLERK WILL ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE
RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.
ON BEHALF OF MR. BLAKE, BILL NO. A05175, ASSEMBLY
BILL RECALLED FROM THE SENATE. THE CLERK WILL READ THE TITLE OF THE BILL.
THE CLERK: AN ACT TO AMEND THE PRIVATE HOUSING
FINANCE 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.)
THE CLERK WILL ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE
RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.
NUMEROUS FINE 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. 476-483
WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.)
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. WE HAVE -- AND THANK YOU, MY COLLEAGUES, WE'VE ACTUALLY
GOTTEN QUITE A BIT OF WORK DONE TODAY. WITH THAT, MR. SPEAKER, I WOULD
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LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 11:00 A.M.,
TUESDAY, JUNE THE 4TH, TOMORROW BEING A SESSION DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE ASSEMBLY STANDS
ADJOURNED.
(WHEREUPON, AT 6:17 P.M., THE ASSEMBLY STOOD
ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY, JUNE 4TH AT 11:00 A.M., TUESDAY BEING A
SESSION DAY.)
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