THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019                                            11:04 A.M.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE HOUSE WILL COME

                    TO ORDER.

                                 IN THE ABSENCE OF CLERGY, LET US PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF

                    SILENCE.

                                 (WHEREUPON, A MOMENT OF SILENCE WAS OBSERVED.)

                                 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 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5TH.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                    DISPENSE WITH THE FURTHER READING OF THE JOURNAL OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE

                    THE 5TH AND ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  WITHOUT OBJECTION,

                    SO ORDERED.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  MR. SPEAKER, I

                    APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES, GUESTS THAT ARE

                    IN THE CHAMBERS [SIC], AS WELL AS STAFF, A QUOTE THAT COMES FROM NONE

                    OTHER THAN ABRAHAM LINCOLN.  AND IT SAYS, "THE BEST THING ABOUT THE

                    FUTURE IS THAT IT COMES ONE DAY AT A TIME."  HAPPY THURSDAY,

                    EVERYBODY.

                                 ON YOUR DESK IS A CALENDAR, A MAIN CALENDAR, AND A

                    DEBATE LIST AND AFTER THERE ARE INTRODUCTIONS AND HOUSEKEEPING, WE WILL

                    CONTINUE OUR CONSENT OF NEW BILLS WITH CALENDAR NO. 561, WHICH IS ON

                    PAGE 44.  WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE OUR CONSENT FROM YESTERDAY'S

                    A-CALENDAR BEGINNING WITH RULES REPORT NO. 66.  WE WILL ALSO TAKE

                    UP BILLS ON DEBATE, AS WELL.  MEMBERS OF THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES

                    SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT YOU WILL BE CALLED:  CORPORATIONS,

                    ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND WAYS AND MEANS.  AS WE SPEAK, THE

                    AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE IS DOING THEIR WORK.

                                 SO WITH THAT AS A GENERAL OUTLINE, MR. SPEAKER, IF THERE

                    ARE INTRODUCTIONS OR HOUSEKEEPING, NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME.  THANK

                    YOU.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  WE HAVE

                    INTRODUCTIONS.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                                 MRS. GUNTHER FOR THE PURPOSES OF A [SIC] INTRODUCTION.

                                 MRS. GUNTHER:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR

                    ALLOWING ME TO INTERRUPT THE PROCEEDING FOR AN INTRODUCTION OF A VERY

                    SPECIAL GUEST FROM SULLIVAN COUNTY.  THE MAYOR -- MAYOR THONY AND

                    HIS WIFE, DEBORAH, FROM THE VILLAGE OF JEFFERSONVILLE, AND WE ALL KNOW

                    THEIR SON, NICK, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING FOR DAVID GANTT FOR MANY,

                    MANY YEARS.  WILLIAM HAS SERVED AS MAYOR FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS WITH

                    24 YEARS IN TOTAL AS MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR & TRUSTEE FOR THE VILLAGE OF

                    JEFFERSONVILLE.  MAYOR THONY'S PAST VOLUNTEER SERVICES ALSO INCLUDE 25

                    YEARS AS AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER IN JEFFERSONVILLE.  HIS WIFE,

                    DEBRA, HAS PAST VOLUNTEER SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE FEDERATION FOR

                    THE HOMELESS IN SULLIVAN COUNTY.  SHE'S A FORMER MEMBER OF THE TOWN

                    OF CALLICOON PLANNING BOARD, AND IS A CURRENT MEMBER OF JEMS, THE

                    JEFFERSONVILLE ENHANCES MORE OF SULLIVAN COUNTY.

                                 SO, I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU THANK THEM -- I'D LIKE TO THANK

                    THEM FOR MAKING THIS TRIP AND I'D ALL INVITE YOU TO COME AND VISIT THE

                    VILLAGE OF JEFFERSONVILLE WHICH HAS GONE THROUGH AN INCREDIBLE

                    RENAISSANCE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.  WE'VE GOT TED'S DINER [SIC] AND ALL

                    KINDS OF GOOD PLACES TO EAT.  SO, I WISH YOU'D WELCOME THEM TODAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY.  ON BEHALF

                    OF MRS. GUNTHER, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU

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

                    THE FLOOR.  BOTH OF YOU HAVE HAD SUCH A TREMENDOUS PUBLIC SERVICE

                    CAREER.  WE APPRECIATE THAT.  WE APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT.  KNOW THAT YOU

                    ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET TO GO TO

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                    JEFFERSONVILLE.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 MS. WALSH FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN INTRODUCTION.

                                 MS. WALSH:  GOOD MORNING.  THANK YOU, MR.

                    SPEAKER, FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTERRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS FOR AN

                    INTRODUCTION.  TODAY, I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY MEMBERS OF THE

                    HARADEN FAMILY WHO ARE HERE IN CELEBRATION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY

                    OF MOHAWK HONDA, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF GLENVILLE.  I'M

                    JOINED BY JEFF HARADEN, PRESIDENT OF MOHAWK HONDA; HIS WIFE, KARA

                    AND SOME OF HIS CHILDREN, LINDSEY, DYLAN AND KARLY.  ALSO, STEVE

                    HARADEN, WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF MOHAWK HONDA, WITH HIS WIFE,

                    DEE, AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, SAM AND TYLER.

                                 MOHAWK HONDA IS A FAMILY-OWNED AND OPERATED

                    BUSINESS THAT SERVES CUSTOMERS IN THE ALBANY, SCHENECTADY, CLIFTON

                    PARK, SARATOGA SPRINGS AND LATHAM COMMUNITIES SINCE BEING OPENED

                    BY JOSEPH HARADEN IN 1919.  IN ADDITION TO TEN DECADES OF EXEMPLARY

                    OPERATION, MOHAWK HONDA, NOW RUN BY PRESIDENT JEFF HARADEN AND

                    VICE PRESIDENT STEVE HARADEN, HAS MADE COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO

                    THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE, DONATION OF TIME AND

                    RESOURCES FOR LOCAL GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS.  IT'S MY PLEASURE TO

                    RECOGNIZE THE GREAT IMPACT THAT YOU HAVE HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY, AND

                    TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR THIS 100-YEAR MILESTONE, WITH BEST WISHES FOR

                    MANY MORE YEARS OF SUCCESS.  THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY AND IF

                    YOU WOULD PLEASE, MR. SPEAKER, EXTEND THE CORDIALITIES AND PRIVILEGES

                    OF THE HOUSE, IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY.  ON BEHALF

                    OF MS. WALSH, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU HERE,

                    THIS DISTINGUISHED FAMILY, TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, COMMEND

                    YOU ON A 100TH YEAR OF OPERATIONS AND HARD TO NOT KEEP THAT JINGLE OUT

                    OF MY MIND BECAUSE I HEAR IT EVERY MORNING WHEN I WATCH THE NEWS.

                    THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.  CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK, CONTINUE THE

                    SERVICE THAT YOU GIVE THE COMMUNITY.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 MR. MANKTELOW FOR THE PURPOSES OF A [SIC]

                    INTRODUCTION.

                                 MR. MANKTELOW:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND

                    GOOD MORNING.  AS WE ALL KNOW, THIS MONTH IS DAIRY MONTH, JUNE, AND

                    IT'S MY PRIVILEGE THIS MORNING, AS WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR WAYNE

                    COUNTY YOUNG LADIES THAT CAME DOWN, PLEASE STAND UP.  WE HAVE OUR

                    WAYNE COUNTY PRINCESS AND HER COURT.  WAYNE COUNTY FIRST STARTED THE

                    DAIRY PRINCESS AND ITS TRADITION BACK IN 1947 WITH THE FIRST PRINCESS

                    BEING JANE SANDEROCK ECK.  TODAY, THESE TRADITIONS ARE CARRIED ON BY

                    THE 2019-2020 DAIRY PRINCESS, NATALIE VERNON, AND HER COURT.

                                 JUST A QUICK OVERSIGHT OF WHO WE HAVE HERE TODAY.

                    NATALIE VERNON IS A SENIOR AT THE MARION JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

                    IN THE FALL, SHE WILL BE ATTENDING SUNY GENESEO.  THIS IS NATALIE'S

                    FOURTH YEAR ON THE PRINCESS COURT, AND HER SECOND YEAR AS PRINCESS.

                    NATALIE TRULY LOVES WORKING FOR HER LOCAL DAIRY FARMER AND PROMOTING

                    THEIR HARD WORK, COMMITMENT AND NATURE'S MOST NEARLY PERFECT FOOD.

                    THANK YOU, NATALIE.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                                 ALSO, WE HAVE KAILEY KUHN, WHO IS THE WAYNE

                    COUNTY ALTERNATE DAIRY PRINCESS.  KAILEY ALSO ATTENDS MARION

                    JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND IS A SOPHOMORE.  SHE -- SHE BECAME

                    INVOLVED IN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY BY WORKING ON HER LOCAL FARM WITH HER

                    FATHER WHILE SHOWING COWS AT THE WAYNE COUNTY FAIR.  THIS -- THIS IS

                    KAILEY'S FIFTH YEAR ON THE PRINCESS COURT.  HER FAVORITE THING ABOUT

                    BEING ON THE COURT IS EDUCATING THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT

                    THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

                                 ALASKA DUNSTAN IS ALSO A WAYNE COUNTY ALTERNATE

                    DAIRY PRINCESS.  ALASKA IS A SOPHOMORE AT WAYNE COUNTY CENTRAL

                    SCHOOLS.  SHE BECAME INVOLVED IN THE DAIRY PRINCESSES PROGRAM FIVE

                    YEARS AGO BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO HELP PROMOTE THE INDUSTRY.

                                 GABRIELLA TAYLOR.  SHE IS SERVING AS THE WAYNE

                    COUNTY DAIRY AMBASSADOR.  GABRIELLA IS A FRESHMAN AT NEWARK SENIOR

                    HIGH SCHOOL.  THIS IS HER FIFTH YEAR ON THE COURT.  WHEN SHE WAS

                    INTRODUCED TO THE INDUSTRY, SHE IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE AND CONTINUES

                    TO SHOW THAT PASSION.  GABRIELLA'S FATHER IS THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF

                    NEWARK UP IN WAYNE COUNTY.  THANK YOU, GABRIELLA.

                                 THERE'S TWO MORE LEFT.  KAILEY VERNON IS ALSO A

                    WAYNE COUNTY DAIRY AMBASSADOR.  KAILEY IS A SOPHOMORE AT THE

                    MARION JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.  SHE WAS INTRODUCED ON THE DAIRY

                    -- SHE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE DAIRY INTRODUCTION - AH, DOUBLE TYPO -

                    INDUSTRY THROUGH THE COUNTY 4-H PROGRAM.  THIS IS HER FOURTH YEAR ON

                    THE COURT AND IS THANKFUL FOR THE EXPERIENCE SHE HAD -- HAS HAD

                    PROMOTING SUCH AN AMAZING INDUSTRY.  THANK YOU.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                                 ALYSHA KUHN IS A FOURTH YEAR WAYNE COUNTY DAIRY

                    AMBASSADOR.  ALYSHA IS AN 8TH GRADER AT THE MARION JUNIOR/SENIOR

                    HIGH SCHOOL.  SHE BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE PROGRAM THROUGH

                    SHOWING COWS AND ALSO WITNESSING HER FATHER'S PASSION FOR THE INDUSTRY.

                                 AND LASTLY WE HAVE ALEXIS SCHULTZ.  ALEXIS IS IN HER

                    THIRD YEAR, WAYNE COUNTY DAIRY AMBASSADOR.  ALEXIS IS A 6TH GRADER

                    ALSO AT THE MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.  SHE BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE

                    PROGRAM THROUGH HER LOVE FOR SHOWING COWS AND LIVING ON HER FAMILY'S

                    DAIRY FARM.  SHE FINDS THE COURT A FUN WAY TO PROMOTE THE INDUSTRY.

                                 SO, LADIES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN

                    TODAY.  THANK YOU FOR PROMOTING THE INDUSTRY NOT ONLY IN WAYNE

                    COUNTY IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT THROUGHOUT ALL OF NEW YORK STATE IN MANY

                    OF YOUR DISTRICTS, AS WELL.  SO, MR. SPEAKER, I ASK THAT YOU SHOW THEM

                    ALL THE CORDIALITIES OF THE HOUSE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY.  ON BEHALF

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

                    THESE DISTINGUISHED YOUNG WOMEN HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE

                    ASSEMBLY.  WE EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND APPLAUD

                    YOU ON THE SUCCESS OF REPRESENTING YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE INDUSTRY,

                    THE DAIRY INDUSTRY, IN THAT COMMUNITY.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

                    CONTINUE THAT GREAT WORK.  WE LOOK TO SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR.  THANK

                    YOU SO VERY MUCH.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                    COULD PLEASE CALL THE MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATIONS COMMITTEE TO THE

                    SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.  MS. PAULIN WILL BE THERE MOMENTARILY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CORPORATIONS

                    COMMITTEE, SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.  PLEASE FOLLOW MS. PAULIN;

                    SHE'S ON HER WAY.

                                 MS. BUTTENSCHON FOR THE PURPOSES OF A [SIC]

                    INTRODUCTION.

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

                    THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERRUPT OUR PROCEEDINGS TO INTRODUCE A YOUNG,

                    STRONG MAN THAT I'M ALWAYS PROUD OF AND LOVE, MY SON, MATTHEW.  IN

                    JEST, SO MANY OF US SAY OUR CHILDREN THINK THEY KNOW MORE THAN US.

                    WELL, MY SON DOES.  HE IS A FIREFIGHTER AND A PARAMEDIC FOR THE CITY OF

                    UTICA, A CAREER THAT HE DREAMED OF AS A YOUNG CHILD.  HE HELPS FAMILIES

                    WHEN THEY FACE THEIR DARKEST DAYS.  HE SAVES LIVES; HE'S BROUGHT LIFE

                    INTO THIS WORLD AND HE'S COMFORT THOSE AS THEY'VE PASSED AWAY.  HE

                    DOESN'T DISCUSS HIS WORK WITH ME, BUT MANY HAVE COME TO ME THAT HE

                    HAS ASSISTED AND TELL ME HOW APPRECIATIVE THEY ARE OF HIS EXPERIENCE

                    AND HIS ABILITY AND EXPERTISE.  SO, TO MY SON AND ALL OF HIS COLLEAGUES, I

                    THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AS WHEN WE CALL FOR THEM, THEY ARE THERE TO

                    HELP US AT ANY PLACE OR ANY TIME.  THANK YOU, AND I'M PROUD OF HIM AND

                    PLEASED THAT HE IS HERE.  PLEASE PROVIDE HIM WITH THE CORDIALITIES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY.  MATTHEW,

                    ON BEHALF OF YOUR MOTHER, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE

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

                    YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.  WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                    THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND I HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART

                    FOR YOU, BECAUSE MY SON IS NAMED MATTHEW, AND SO, WE LIKE MATTHEWS

                    A LOT.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.  CONTINUE THAT --

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 MR. FITZPATRICK FOR THE PURPOSES OF A [SIC]

                    INTRODUCTION.

                                 MR. FITZPATRICK:  WELL, THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                    I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN INTRODUCTION.  WAYNE IS GOING TO GO.  I WAS IN THE

                    ELEVATOR THIS MORNING COMING UP HERE AND I SAW A LOVELY COUPLE, ONE

                    GENTLEMAN WEARING A CAMERA AND I SAID, OH, YOU MUST BE TOURISTS AND

                    WHERE ARE YOU FROM?  AND THEY'RE FROM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND THEIR

                    NAMES ARE KATHY AND GARY HEIGHT.  AND THEY'RE ON VACATION, THEY ARE

                    DRIVING TO THE NORTHERN MOST TIP OF THE UNITED STATES WHICH IS IN THE

                    STATE OF MAINE.  I SAID, WHAT BRINGS YOU TO ALBANY?  WELL, WE JUST

                    DECIDED TO STOP AND VISIT AND SEE.  SO I SAID, WELL, WHY DON'T I TAKE YOU

                    TO THE FLOOR AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A NICKEL TOUR.  AND I SAID, YOU

                    KNOW, WHY -- YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU ON THE FLOOR.  SO,

                    THEY'RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND THEY'VE DECIDED TO VISIT US HERE IN THE

                    STATE CAPITOL AND I WOULD ASK, MR. SPEAKER, IF YOU WOULD GIVE THEM A

                    WARM NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY WELCOME TO THE HEIGHTS, AND THANK

                    YOU VERY MUCH.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON BEHALF OF MR.

                    FITZPATRICK, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU HERE TO

                    THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY.  WE EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE

                    FLOOR.  THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE AND HERE IN NEW YORK WE HAVE

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                    SPECIAL REGARD FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO, THAT GREAT TOWN.  THANK YOU SO

                    VERY, VERY MUCH.  PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE AND

                    ENJOY YOUR TRIP TO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY.  THANK YOU SO

                    VERY MUCH.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 (PAUSE)

                                 MS. JOYNER FOR THE PURPOSES OF A [SIC] INTRODUCTION.

                                 SHH.

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

                    ALLOWING ME TO INTERRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS.  IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT I

                    WELCOME THE CLASS OF 2019, THE NEW YORK LEGAL EDUCATIONAL

                    OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM FELLOWS, IF THEY CAN RISE AT THIS TIME.  I WOULD

                    LIKE TO WELCOME THEM TO THE FLOOR AND THEIR PROGRAM DIRECTOR, MS.

                    ANDREA HIGGS.  THE NEW YORK LEO PROGRAM IS A SIX-WEEK PROGRAM

                    THAT EXPOSES STUDENTS TO THE FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS NEEDED TO SUCCEED IN

                    LAW SCHOOL.  THE PROGRAM OPENS THE DOOR TO THE LEGAL COMMUNITY TO

                    THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE LEGAL

                    PROFESSION.  MANY OF THESE STUDENTS HAVE GONE ON TO HARVARD LAW,

                    NYU, CORNELL, BUFFALO LAW SCHOOL, LIKE MYSELF.  I WAS A PROUD LEO

                    OF THE CLASS OF 2009, AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE PROGRAM IS

                    CONTINUING TO THRIVE, AND I MADE IT A BUDGET PRIORITY OF MINE ONCE I GOT

                    ELECTED.  I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THESE GREAT STUDENTS WILL

                    CONTINUE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE FUTURE.  AND AT THIS TIME, MR. SPEAKER, IF

                    YOU CAN PLEASE WELCOME THEM TO THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.  THANK YOU.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY.  ON BEHALF

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

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

                    DISTINGUISHED STUDENTS HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY.  WE

                    EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.  HOPE THAT YOUR INTEREST IN

                    LAW WILL CONTINUE AND THAT YOU WILL FILL IN THE RANKS OF THE LEGAL

                    PROFESSION WHERE WE NEED REPRESENTATION.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

                    KEEP UP THAT WORK, AND I HOPE THIS TRIP TO ALBANY HELPS YOU

                    UNDERSTAND A BIT MORE ABOUT THE SIDE OF MAKING LAW, AS WE ARE IN THE

                    BUSINESS OF.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 MR. LALOR.

                                 MR. LALOR:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  IT GIVES ME

                    GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE A VERY LARGE GROUP OF 4TH GRADERS.  WE

                    MIGHT BE SETTING A RECORD HERE FOR 4TH GRADERS IN -- IN ONE ASSEMBLY

                    CHAMBER.  THEY'RE FROM THE WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT,

                    GAYHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.  THEY CAME UP HERE, THEY'RE STUDYING

                    STATE GOVERNMENT.  THEY CAME UP HERE TO SEE WHERE ALL THE MAGIC

                    HAPPENS.  AND THIS GROUP IS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL BECAUSE A NUMBER OF

                    THESE FOURTH GRADERS ARE FRIENDS WITH MY CHILDREN.  THOUGH MY CHILDREN

                    GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL IN THE SAME DISTRICT, THERE'S A NUMBER OF YOUNG

                    MEN WHO I'VE COACHED IN YOUTH FOOTBALL AND YOUTH BASEBALL, A NUMBER

                    OF YOUNG LADIES WHO ARE FRIENDS WITH MY DAUGHTERS AND SONS.  SO, I

                    WANT TO WELCOME THE STUDENTS AND, OF COURSE, THEIR TEACHERS:  MRS.

                    FERRARA, MR. NESBITT, MRS. COLUCCI AND MR. KEENAN.  ON BEHALF OF

                    EVERYONE, WOULD YOU WELCOME THEM TO THE CHAMBER AND EXTEND THEM

                    ALL THE CORDIALITIES.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY.  ON BEHALF

                    OF MR. LALOR, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME THIS

                    EXCITING CLASS FROM THE FOURTH GRADE HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE

                    ASSEMBLY, EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR, CONGRATULATE YOU

                    ON A SUCCESSFUL YEAR, I PRESUME.  WE'RE ALMOST AT THE END OF THAT YEAR.

                    HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE YOUR EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS AND THAT YOU LEARN A

                    LITTLE BIT TODAY.  AND TO THE TEACHERS, THANK YOU FOR THE JOB THAT YOU DO,

                    ENSURING OUR FUTURE BY TAKING CARE AND EDUCATING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

                    THANK YOU.  CERTAINLY, YOU'VE MADE MR. LALOR HAPPY TODAY, BECAUSE

                    YOU HAVE SUCH TIES TO HIS FAMILY.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 WE HAVE A BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING.

                                 ON A MOTION BY MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES, PAGE 5, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 69, BILL NO. A02969, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND

                    ADOPTED.

                                 AT THE REQUEST OF MR. GOTTFRIED, CALENDAR NO. 128,

                    BILL NO. A01203, THE BILL IS STARRED.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

                    COULD NOW GO TO PAGE 3, OUR RESOLUTIONS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH


                    ASSEMBLY NO. 505 BY MR. BLAKE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 505, MR.

                    BLAKE.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                    ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM JUNE 2019, AS AFRICAN-AMERICAN

                    MUSIC APPRECIATION MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

                    ADOPTED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 506, MS.

                    SIMOTAS.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM JUNE 2019.  AS POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS

                    DISORDER AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

                    ADOPTED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 507, MR.

                    ABINANTI.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2019, AS BREAK THE

                    HOLD DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

                    ADOPTED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 508, MS.

                    SOLAGES.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM JUNE 10-16, 2019, AS INFANT MENTAL

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                    HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

                    ADOPTED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 509, MR.

                    BRABENEC.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 17-23, 2019, AS

                    CONSTITUTION WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE

                    OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL CONSTITUTION WEEK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

                    ADOPTED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 510, MR.

                    BRONSON.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2019, AS BREAST CANCER

                    AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

                    ADOPTED.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  THANK YOU, MR.

                    SPEAKER.  I JUST WANT TO MAKE MEMBERS AWARE THAT TODAY IS THE 75TH

                    ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY AND SO, MR. SPEAKER, AT THE CLOSE OF OUR SESSION

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                    WE WILL BE PRESENTING A PRIVILEGED RESOLUTION TO HONOR THOSE MEN AND

                    WOMEN WHO SERVED.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, MRS.

                    PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

                    COULD NOW GO TO PAGE -- CALENDAR NO. 561 WHICH I BELIEVE IS ON PAGE

                    44.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07603, CALENDAR NO.

                    561, HEVESI.  AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 436 OF THE LAWS OF 1997,

                    CONSTITUTING THE WELFARE REFORM ACT OF 1997, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING

                    THE CURRENT EXEMPTIONS OF INCOME AND RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

                    PROGRAMS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07604, CALENDAR NO.

                    562, BUTTENSCHON, WEPRIN.  AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 3 OF THE LAWS OF

                    1997, AMENDING THE BANKING LAW AND THE INSURANCE LAW RELATING TO

                    AUTHORIZING THE BANKING BOARD TO PERMIT BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES TO

                    EXERCISE THE RIGHTS OF NATIONAL BANKS, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF

                    CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SUCH CHAPTER; AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 322 OF THE

                    LAWS OF 2007, AMENDING THE BANKING LAW RELATING TO THE POWER OF

                    BANKS, PRIVATE BANKERS, TRUST COMPANIES, SAVINGS BANKS, SAVINGS AND

                    LOAN ASSOCIATIONS, CREDIT UNIONS AND FOREIGN BANKING CORPORATIONS TO

                    EXERCISE THE RIGHTS OF NATIONAL BANKS, FEDERAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONS,

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                    FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS AND FEDERAL BRANCHES AND AGENCIES OF FOREIGN

                    BANKS, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SUCH

                    CHAPTER.

                                 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.)

                                 FIRST VOTE OF THE DAY, MEMBERS.  IF YOU ARE IN YOUR

                    SEATS, PLEASE VOTE NOW.  IF YOU ARE IN THE SOUND OF OUR VOICES, PLEASE

                    COME TO THE CHAMBER AND CAST YOUR VOTE.  THANK YOU.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER FRONTUS:  ARE THERE ANY

                    OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07647, CALENDAR NO.

                    563, WEPRIN, WALCZYK, FINCH.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE CORRECTION LAW,

                    IN RELATION TO THE DETENTION OF INDIVIDUALS IN A COUNTY JAIL PENDING A

                    FIRST COURT APPEARANCE IN AN OFF-HOURS ARRAIGNMENT PART.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER FRONTUS:  READ THE LAST

                    SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER FRONTUS:  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. A07668, CALENDAR NO.

                    564, SEAWRIGHT, WEPRIN.  AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 223 OF THE LAWS OF

                    1996, AMENDING THE BANKING LAW RELATING TO PERMISSIBLE FEES IN

                    CONNECTION WITH OPEN END LOANS, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE

                    EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER FRONTUS:  ON A MOTION BY

                    MS. SEAWRIGHT, 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 FRONTUS:  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. A07673, CALENDAR NO.

                    565, EPSTEIN.  AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 192 OF THE LAWS OF 2011,

                    RELATING TO AUTHORIZING CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS LICENSED TO

                    PRACTICE IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE IN CONNECTION

                    WITH AN EVENT SANCTIONED BY NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS, IN RELATION TO

                    EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS THEREOF.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER FRONTUS:  ON A MOTION BY

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                    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 FRONTUS:  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. A07677, CALENDAR NO.

                    566, WILLIAMS, ENGLEBRIGHT, D'URSO.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE

                    ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE

                    AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO MANAGE

                    BLUEFISH.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER FRONTUS:  READ THE LAST

                    SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER FRONTUS:  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. A07678, CALENDAR NO.

                    567, ENGLEBRIGHT, D'URSO.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL

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                    CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE

                    DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO MANAGE CLAMS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER FRONTUS:  READ THE LAST

                    SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER FRONTUS:  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. A07679, CALENDAR NO.

                    568, OTIS, ENGLEBRIGHT.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL

                    CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE

                    DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO MANAGE OYSTERS.

                                 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. A07689, CALENDAR NO.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                    569, BURKE, ENGLEBRIGHT, D'URSO.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL

                    CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE

                    DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO MANAGE FISH.

                                 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. A07692, CALENDAR NO.

                    570, ENGLEBRIGHT, D'URSO, COLTON, WOERNER, CARROLL, ORTIZ, MOSLEY,

                    SIMON, GOTTFRIED.  AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 330 OF THE LAWS OF 2014,

                    AMENDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW RELATING TO AQUATIC

                    INVASIVE SPECIES, SPREAD PREVENTION, AND PENALTIES, IN RELATION TO THE

                    EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MR.

                    ENGLEBRIGHT, 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.

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                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07714, CALENDAR NO.

                    571, DINOWITZ.  CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

                    PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 15 OF ARTICLE VI OF THE

                    CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE NEW YORK CITY CIVIL COURT.

                                 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. A07749, CALENDAR NO.

                    572, O'DONNELL, BICHOTTE, REYES, DICKENS.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE

                    EDUCATION LAW, IN RELATION TO CONTRACTS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL

                    CHILDREN.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MR.

                    O'DONNELL, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE.  THE SENATE BILL IS

                    ADVANCED.  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07751, CALENDAR NO.

                    573, WEPRIN, LENTOL.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO SUSPENDING JURY DELIBERATIONS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

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                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07788, CALENDAR NO.

                    574, BICHOTTE.  AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 81 OF THE LAWS OF 1995,

                    AMENDING THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW AND OTHER LAWS RELATING TO THE

                    ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT THROUGH THE SUSPENSION OF DRIVING PRIVILEGES,

                    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.)

                                 MS. WALSH TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

                                 MS. WALSH:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  I DO SUPPORT

                    THIS -- THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND THIS EXTENDER.  I JUST WANT MY

                    COLLEAGUES TO KNOW THAT I'M WORKING ON A BILL RIGHT NOW AND WOULD

                    LOVE TO WORK WITH MAYBE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE AISLE ON A

                    BILL THAT WOULD GIVE DISCRETION TO A JUDGE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE A

                    CONDITIONAL LICENSE TO SOMEBODY WHO IS EMPLOYED, BUT IS BEHIND ON

                    THEIR CHILD SUPPORT SO THAT THEY CAN GET TO WORK AND MAKE THE MONEY

                    AND THEN GET CURRENT ON THEIR SUPPORT.  THAT'S -- THAT'S LACKING RIGHT NOW

                    AND WHILE I DO SUPPORT THE -- GETTING PEOPLE'S ATTENTION BY MAYBE

                    SUSPENDING THEIR DRIVING PRIVILEGES IN THE -- IN THE SHORT-TERM, I THINK

                    THAT IN THE LONG-TERM, IF SOMEBODY DOES HAVE A JOB AND WANTS TO COME

                    CURRENT, I THINK THAT THE JUDGES SHOULD HAVE THE DISCRETION TO ISSUE A

                    CONDITIONAL LICENSE, LIKE WE DO WITH DRINKING AND DRIVING OFFENSES.  SO,

                    I DO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A -- A LITTLE TEASER OF I

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                    THINK A GOOD PIECE OF LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD HELP IN THIS AREA OF THE

                    LAW.  THANK YOU.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MS. WALSH IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07794, CALENDAR NO.

                    575, TITUS.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO THE

                    TIMEFRAME FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED WITHIN

                    FINAL REPORTS FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION.

                                 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.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

                    CALL -- PLEASE CALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION MEETING IN THE

                    SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM?  MR. ENGLEBRIGHT IS ON HIS WAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ENVIRONMENTAL

                    CONSERVATION, SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.  MR. ENGLEBRIGHT WILL LEAD

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                    YOU IF YOU ARE QUICK ENOUGH.

                                 THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07796, CALENDAR NO.

                    576, ZEBROWSKI, WEPRIN.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE BANKING LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO THE DEFINITION OF "SERVICING" BY STUDENT LOAN SERVICERS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT OCTOBER 9TH,

                    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.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

                    COULD NOW GO TO PAGE 9, RULES REPORT NO. 89 ON DEBATE BY MR.

                    CRESPO.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  PAGE 9, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 89, THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A06346-C, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 89, CRESPO, SIMOTAS, REYES, BLAKE, RIVERA, ORTIZ, SIMON,

                    ROZIC, BENEDETTO, D. ROSENTHAL, JOYNER, CRUZ, BICHOTTE, ABBATE, M. G.

                    MILLER, COLTON, HEVESI, BARRON, SOLAGES, ABINANTI, JEAN-PIERRE, TAYLOR,

                    BUCHWALD, PERRY, RAMOS, LAVINE.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE LABOR LAW, IN

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                    RELATION TO THE PAYMENT OF THE MINIMUM WAGE TO CERTAIN CAR WASH

                    WORKERS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. CRESPO, AN

                    EXPLANATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED, SIR.

                                 WE ARE ON DEBATE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.  PLEASE SETTLE

                    DOWN.  IN YOUR SEATS.  CLEAR THE AISLES.

                                 MR. CRESPO:  SURE, MR. SPEAKER.  THIS BILL WOULD

                    ENSURE THAT CAR WASH WORKERS ARE PAID APPROPRIATE WAGES BY REQUIRING

                    THEM TO BE PAID MINIMUM WAGE.  CURRENTLY, CAR WASH WORKERS ARE

                    DEPENDENT ON TIPS FOR THEIR WAGES, AND IF THESE TIPS DO NOT RAISE -- RAISE

                    THE LEVEL OF PAY TO AT LEAST THE STATUTORY MINIMUM WAGE, CAR WASH

                    EMPLOYERS ARE OBLIGATED TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE IN ADDITIONALLY

                    HOURLY WAGES.  HOWEVER, WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY CONTINUE TO

                    BE VICTIMS OF WAGE THEFT; IN FACT, IN 2008, THE NEW YORK STATE

                    DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FOUND THAT FOUR OUT OF EVERY FIVE CAR WASHES IN

                    NEW YORK CITY WERE STEALING THEIR WORKERS' WAGES.  DURING THAT

                    INVESTIGATION, DOL FOUND THAT 79 PERCENT OF EMPLOYERS DID NOT PAY

                    MINIMUM WAGE IN OVERTIME, 40 PERCENT OF EMPLOYERS HAD MANAGERS

                    ILLEGALLY SHARING TIPS, AND 86 PERCENT OF EMPLOYERS COMMITTED

                    RECORDKEEPING VIOLATIONS.

                                 THIS LEGISLATION WOULD HELP ADDRESS THESE ISSUES BY

                    REQUIRING CAR WASH WORKERS IN NASSAU, SUFFOLK AND WESTCHESTER

                    COUNTIES, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF NEW YORK, TO BE PAID MINIMUM WAGE

                    WHICH IS CURRENTLY $15 FOR LARGE EMPLOYERS AND $13.50 FOR SMALL

                    EMPLOYERS.

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                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  BEFORE MR. RA, LET'S

                    DO THE MINISTERIAL WORK.

                                 ON A MOTION BY MR. CRESPO, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE

                    THE HOUSE.  THE SENATE BILL IS ADVANCED.

                                 MR. RA.

                                 MR. RA:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  WILL THE SPONSOR

                    YIELD?

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. CRESPO, WILL YOU

                    YIELD?

                                 MR. CRESPO:  YES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE SPONSOR YIELDS.

                                 MR. RA:  THANK YOU, MR. CRESPO.  AND OUR FORMER

                    COLLEAGUE WHO WAS A FORMER SPONSOR OF THIS JUST TEXTED ME AND TOLD ME

                    TO BE EASY ON YOU, WHICH I WOULD HAVE BEEN ANYWAY --

                                 (LAUGHTER)

                                 -- BUT I JUST HAVE A -- A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.  FIRST AND

                    FOREMOST, YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                    STATISTICS OF -- OF WHERE THEY HAVE FOUND VIOLATIONS.  SO, IS THIS AN

                    ENFORCEMENT ISSUE IN TERMS OF CURRENT LAW?  WHY -- WHY CHANGE IT IF

                    THERE'S ALREADY -- THE OWNERS ARE ALREADY OBLIGATED TO BRING THE WORKERS

                    UP TO MINIMUM WAGE?

                                 MR. CRESPO:  IT'S NOT AS MUCH AN ENFORCEMENT

                    ISSUE; THERE CLEARLY IS ONE IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF ENFORCEMENT THAT

                    HAS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WORKERS IN THIS STATE AND IN THIS

                    INDUSTRY ARE -- ARE RECEIVING THEIR FAIR WAGE.  IT'S REALLY AN ECONOMIC

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                    ISSUE.  WE HAVE A NUMBER OF WORKERS WHO ARE SUBJECTED TO AN INDUSTRY

                    THAT UNFORTUNATELY SEEMS TO, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, PRACTICE THESE WAGE

                    THEFT VIOLATIONS.  IT'S ACTUALLY ALSO AN ISSUE AFFECTING TAXPAYERS IN THIS

                    STATE WHEN SO MUCH OF OUR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OUR AGENCY

                    WORKFORCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE TO SPEND THEIR RESOURCES

                    CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE, GIVEN THE HISTORY AND -- AND DOCUMENTED

                    CASES THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST DECADE WITH REGARD TO THIS

                    INDUSTRY.

                                 AND SO, WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE -- WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE

                    THAT THESE WORKERS ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE WAGES THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BY

                    LAW.  WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT BUSINESSES CAN OPERATE IN A MORE

                    EFFICIENT WAY AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STATE RESOURCES ARE

                    -- ARE BETTER SPENT THAN CONTINUALLY INVESTIGATING WHAT SEEM TO BE

                    RAMPANT PRACTICES WITHIN THE INDUSTRY.

                                 MR. RA:  OKAY.  AND IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE OF THIS, I

                    KNOW WE VOTED A COUPLE YEARS AGO ON A VERSION OF THIS THAT JUST APPLIED

                    TO NEW YORK CITY.  THIS INCLUDES NASSAU, SUFFOLK AND WESTCHESTER.  I

                    BELIEVE THERE WAS A VERSION EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT WAS STATEWIDE.  YOU

                    KNOW, WHAT -- HOW IS THE DETERMINATION BEING MADE THAT -- THAT THESE

                    ARE THE APPROPRIATE MUNICIPALITIES THAT -- WHERE THIS SHOULD APPLY?

                                 MR. CRESPO:  WELL, A COUPLE THINGS AND -- AND

                    YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.  WHEN MY -- OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE, FRANCISCO

                    MOYA, BROUGHT THIS BILL TO THE FLOOR, IT WAS A CITY LEGISLATION.  THERE

                    WAS A PROPOSAL TO LOOK STATEWIDE, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

                    WERE CAPTURING THOSE COMMUNITIES WHERE THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED

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                    FROM WORKERS AND/OR THE MAJORITY OF THE INVESTIGATIONS FOUND THIS SORT

                    OF ACTIVITY HAPPENING AND THAT IS THE COUNTIES REPRESENTED IN THIS BILL.

                    SO, WE TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT, AND IT'S ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE

                    MINIMUM WAGE SCHEDULE, I BELIEVE, ON LONG ISLAND, WESTCHESTER, NEW

                    YORK CITY WERE ALL INCLUDED IN THAT SCHEDULE.  AND SO, IT'S IN RESPONSE

                    TO WHERE WE KNOW THE PROBLEMS ARE.

                                 MR. RA:  OKAY.  TO THAT END, I MEAN, DO YOU

                    CONTEMPLATE GOING FORWARD IF WE WERE, YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS

                    THEY'RE -- THEY'RE TAKING THIS BILL UP DOWN THE HALL, AS WELL.  SHOULD IT BE

                    SIGNED INTO LAW, DO YOU -- DO YOU CONTEMPLATE PUTTING SOMETHING

                    FORWARD THAT'S GOING TO APPLY TO THE REST OF THE STATE, OR DO WE THINK

                    THIS IS GOING TO ADDRESS WHERE THE PROBLEM LARGELY LIES BY -- BY JUST

                    MAKING IT APPLY TO NEW YORK CITY, WESTCHESTER AND LONG ISLAND?

                                 MR. CRESPO:  WELL, COUPLE OF THINGS.  I THINK FOR

                    NOW, WE FEEL LIKE THIS BILL WOULD ADDRESS WHERE THE URGENCY IS AND

                    WHERE WE CAN MEET THAT URGENCY FOR WORKERS IN THE STATE.  CLEARLY, I

                    WOULD SUPPORT A STATEWIDE VERSION OF THE BILL, BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE

                    APPROACHING IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LET -- LET'S ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS

                    WHERE THEY ARE FOR NOW, TAKE A LOOK AT IT -- AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A

                    SEPARATE LONGSTANDING DISCUSSION AROUND THE FUTURE OF TIP WAGES IN THE

                    STATE IN ALL INDUSTRIES, BUT FOR NOW, WE -- LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR

                    INDUSTRY, LOOKING AT CAR WASH WORKERS, LOOKING AT THE CLOSE TO 5,000

                    EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTIES THAT THIS BILL WOULD -- WOULD ADDRESS, THESE

                    ARE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE PROBLEMS HAVE -- HAVE BEEN FOUND AND

                    WHERE WE FEEL WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND THE IMMEDIACY.

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                                 MR. RA:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

                                 MR. SPEAKER, ON THE BILL.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE BILL, MR. RA.

                                 MR. RA:  THANK YOU.  SO, YOU KNOW, THIS PIECE OF

                    LEGISLATION, AND AS THE SPONSOR TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING

                    THIS CONVERSATION IN OTHER INDUSTRIES, AS WELL.  YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN

                    TALK ABOUT RESTAURANTS AND WHETHER -- WHETHER WE SHOULD GET RID OF, YOU

                    KNOW, THE CURRENT SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, WITH TIPPED WAGES THAT -- THAT

                    HAVE TO BRING THE WORKER UP ABOVE MINIMUM WAGE.

                                 BUT, REALLY, THERE'S TWO ISSUES THAT -- THAT COME UP.

                    ONE IS THAT SO MANY OF THESE INDUSTRIES, BECAUSE THE MARKET REACTS TO

                    THINGS THAT WE -- WE DO.  AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN IT BEFORE WE -- WE

                    ADVANCED ON THE $15 MINIMUM WAGE LEGISLATIVELY STATEWIDE WE HAD

                    THIS WAGE BOARD AND IT DID IT FOR FAST FOOD WORKERS.  AND IF YOU WALK

                    INTO A LOT OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS NOW, YOU SEE KIOSKS WHERE PEOPLE

                    CAN GO AND -- I MEAN, I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE JUST DRIVING HOME ON THE

                    THRUWAY.  THERE IS, YOU KNOW, AT SOME OF THE REST STOPS.  THERE'S

                    PEOPLE LINED UP AT A KIOSK, THEY PUT IN THEIR ORDER, THEY PAY, THEY REALLY

                    NEVER INTERACT WITH A -- WITH AN ACTUAL WORKER BECAUSE THOSE BUSINESSES

                    HAVE DECIDED THAT THAT IS A CHEAPER WAY.  AND THIS INDUSTRY IS -- IS

                    MUCH THE SAME IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ANY OF US WHO -- AND I'M SURE

                    MANY OF US ARE REALLY CAREFUL WITH OUR VEHICLES.  WE WANT TO, YOU

                    KNOW, MAKE THEM CLEAN AND ALTHOUGH MINE LOOKS LIKE SOMETIMES THAT

                    I'M LIVING OUT OF IT WITH ALL THE STUFF I THROW INTO IT, SO I AM PROBABLY

                    EXCLUDED FROM KEEPING IT THAT CLEAN, BUT MANY PEOPLE ARE VERY CAREFUL

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                    WITH THEIR CARS AND THEY WANT TO KEEP IT CLEAN AND THEY GO TO THE CAR

                    WASH AND, YOU KNOW, YOU COME THROUGH AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE AND, YOU

                    KNOW, THAT ARE WORKERS THERE THAT WILL DRY THE CARS AND, YOU KNOW, AND

                    DO A GOOD JOB AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL GIVE -- WILL GIVE THEM A TIP.

                                 BUT THERE ARE AUTOMATED PROCESSES THAT CAN DO A LOT OF

                    THAT.  THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, MECHANICAL DRYERS THAT CAN DRY THE CAR.

                    AND MY CONCERN IS THE MORE WE MAKE IT COST-EFFECTIVE FOR THE CAR WASH

                    OWNERS TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?  FORGET THE TOWEL WASHERS, LET'S JUST

                    PUT IN A, YOU KNOW, A BIG, YOU KNOW, MECHANICAL BLOW DRYER FOR THE

                    CAR, THE MORE LIKELY THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE

                    BUSINESS PEOPLE.  IT'S -- IT'S TOUGHER AND TOUGHER WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT

                    THINGS THAT -- THAT HAVE GONE ON FOR MANY OF THESE BUSINESSES AND, YOU

                    KNOW, THAT -- THAT IS OFTENTIMES THE REACTION.

                                 THE OTHER ISSUE WHEN YOU GET INTO GETTING RID OF

                    TIPPED WORKERS, WHETHER IT'S IN THIS INDUSTRY OR OTHERS, IS THERE ACTUALLY

                    IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE WORKER TO MAKE LESS BECAUSE OVER TIME, PEOPLE

                    WILL RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT MAYBE THEY'RE GETTING PAID A CERTAIN

                    WAGE AND BE LESS LIKELY TO TIP THEM.  AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T

                    THINK THAT'S WHAT -- WHAT ANY OF US WANT.  SO, WE -- WE -- WHEN WE

                    LOOK AT PIECES OF LEGISLATION LIKE THAT, NEED TO BE -- NEED TO BE AWARE OF,

                    YOU KNOW, HOW THE MARKET'S GOING TO REACT, HOW THE CONSUMER'S GOING

                    TO REACT AND WHAT THE ULTIMATE IMPACT WILL BE ON THE CONSUMER.

                                 AND LASTLY, I'D SAY CURRENT LAW REQUIRES THEY HAVE THIS

                    TIP -- TIPPED MINIMUM WAGE AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE

                    PERSON UP TO THE MINIMUM WAGE IF -- IF THE TIPS DO NOT DO THAT.  IT'S A

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                    VIOLATION OF THE LAW IF THE OWNER DOES NOT DO THAT.  AND WE HAVE A

                    DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THAT IS THERE TO ADDRESS THOSE COMPLAINTS.  THIS

                    BODY HAS AN ENACTED, YOU KNOW, STRONG PROTECTIONS FOR OUR WORKERS TO

                    MAKE SURE THAT WAGE THEFT ISN'T -- ISN'T GOING ON AND PEOPLE CAN AVAIL

                    THEMSELVES OF THOSE -- OF THOSE PROCESSES AND IT CAN BE ADDRESSED IN A

                    WAY THAT GOES AFTER ANY BAD ACTORS WITHOUT -- WITHOUT HARMING THE

                    BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING BY THEIR CUSTOMERS AND

                    DOING THE RIGHT THING BY THEIR WORKERS.

                                 SO, I THINK DOING THIS BILL AT THIS -- AT THIS TIME HAS --

                    HAS A POTENTIAL TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT WORKERS AND WE -- WE WOULD BE

                    BETTER SERVED BY ALLOWING PEOPLE TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE PROCESSES

                    THAT ARE IN PLACE TO ENFORCE THE CURRENT LAW TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE'S

                    TIPPED WAGES ARE BRINGING THEM UP TO THE STATUTORY MINIMUM WAGE.

                    SO, I'M GOING TO BE VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.

                    SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 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. CRESPO TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

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

                    APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS BY MY COLLEAGUE IN REGARDS TO THE CONCERNS.  I

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                    JUST URGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR A COUPLE OF

                    DIFFERENT REASONS.  WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT AUTOMATION AND CHANGES ARE

                    INEVITABLE THROUGHOUT A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES, IT SHOULD NOT BE A BARRIER

                    TO DOING RIGHT BY EMPLOYEES TODAY.  WE HAVE WAGE LAWS AND -- AND

                    WAGE PROTECTION LAWS THAT WE HAVE CREATED TO ENFORCE AND ENSURE THAT

                    EVERYONE WHO GOES OUT TO DO JOBS, JOBS LIKE THIS WHERE OFTENTIMES IT IS

                    GRUNT WORK IN DIFFICULT CONDITIONS WITH DIFFICULT CHEMICALS, A LOT OF

                    IMMIGRANT WORKERS WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THOSE CONDITIONS, AND TO

                    KNOW THAT IN A 2011 INVESTIGATION, 91 OUT OF 98 BUSINESSES IN THIS

                    INDUSTRY WERE FOUND TO BE COMMITTING WAGE THEFT VIOLATIONS SHOULD BE

                    THE REASON WHY WE PASS THIS AND ENSURE THAT THAT NO LONGER BE THE CASE.

                                 ANY BUSINESS THAT IS DEPENDENT ON THE PRACTICE OF

                    WAGE THEFT TO BE A VIABLE BUSINESS SHOULD NOT BE IN BUSINESS IN THIS

                    STATE.  AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY WORKER OUT THERE KNOWS

                    THAT WE WILL ENSURE THAT THEY RECEIVE THE WAGE THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED

                    TO RECEIVE, AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND, THIS LAW DOES NOT PRECLUDE THOSE

                    CUSTOMERS WHO ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK FROM CONTINUING TO TIP

                    THEM FOR THAT ADDITIONAL SERVICE, BUT RATHER ENSURE THAT THEY RECEIVE THE

                    WAGE THEY'RE ENTITLED TO.  SO, I ASK ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. CRESPO IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 MR. ORTIZ.

                                 MR. ORTIZ:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR ALLOWING

                    ME TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.  I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SPEAKER FOR FINALLY

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                    HAVING THIS BILL AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, AND ALSO THE SPONSOR OF THIS

                    BILL.  AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE ADVOCATES, BECAUSE THE

                    ADVOCATES HAVE BEEN COMING TO ALBANY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO REALLY

                    SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND, FINALLY, THAT LIGHT HAS COME

                    WHERE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE MINIMUM WAGE, THAT THERE WILL BE

                    ABLE TO BE JUSTICE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS.

                                 WHEN I LOOKED BACK ABOUT THIS BILL, MR. SPEAKER, I

                    ALSO LOOK BACK ABOUT THE FIGHT THAT WE HAD ABOUT BRINGING AWARENESS

                    ABOUT THE INJUSTICES THAT WAS HAPPENING ON SWEATSHOPS.  SO WHEN YOU

                    LOOK AT A CAR WASH AND THEN YOU LOOK SWEATSHOP, YOU CAN SEE ALMOST

                    THE SAME KIND OF INJUSTICE THAT'S HAPPENING ABOUT THE UNSCRUPULOUS

                    OWNERS OF THIS -- OF THIS -- OF THIS BUSINESS.  NO ONE SHOULD BE

                    SHORT-CHANGED IN THEIR JOB, MR. SPEAKER.  SO I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THIS

                    BILL, I'M HERE TO THANK THE ADVOCATE, I'M HERE TO THANK THE SENATE WHO

                    ALREADY HAVE PASSED THIS BILL AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE THE GOVERNOR

                    SIGNING THIS BILL AND THERE WILL BE A NEW DAY FOR NEW YORK AND FOR THE

                    CAR WASHERS.  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. ORTIZ IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 MR. TAYLOR.

                                 MR. TAYLOR:  MR. SPEAKER, THANK YOU.  I WANT TO

                    THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR INTRODUCING THIS LEGISLATION.  AND I STAND JUST

                    TO LEND MY VOICE.  AND I KNOW WITHOUT CERTAIN, THE SERVICES THAT ARE

                    PROVIDED WHEN YOU GO TO THESE FACILITIES, AS WAS INDICATED, IS GRUNT

                    WORK.  AND I DON'T KNOW THAT FOLKS THAT ARE THERE THAT HAVE THE

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                    OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE EMPLOYMENT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE TIME TO, IN

                    MOST INSTANCES, LEAVE AND HANDLE CONVERSATIONS THAT SAYS, I'M BEING

                    SHORTED MY WAGES, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT THERE, THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID.

                                 SO, ALSO IF THEY'RE THERE AND WE KNOW THAT IN THIS

                    PROGRESSIVE STATE THAT WE'RE SAYING $15 IS THE MINIMUM WAGE, WHY

                    WOULD WE NOT WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT?

                    AND I THINK MOST MANUFACTURERS -- OR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE OPERATING

                    THESE TYPE OF BUSINESSES UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS

                    SERVICE, IT'S PEOPLE ORIENTED AND, SOMETIMES, PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT AS

                    GENEROUS AS WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE, AND THIS BILL WOULD AFFORD THEM

                    AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE HOME A DECENT PAY FOR THEIR FAMILY.  SO, I WANT

                    TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND I VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. TAYLOR IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 MS. DE LA ROSA.

                                 MS. DE LA ROSA:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  I ALSO

                    WANT TO RISE AND CONGRATULATE THE SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION, AND THE

                    PREVIOUS SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION.  THIS HAS BEEN A FIGHT TO ENSURE

                    THAT WAGE THEFT IS NOT PERMEATED IN OUR -- IN OUR SOCIETY, IN OUR

                    COMMUNITIES.  YOU KNOW, IN MY DISTRICT I HAVE SEVERAL CAR WASH

                    LOCATIONS AND MANY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK IN THESE

                    LOCATIONS ARE IMMIGRANTS.  MANY OF THEM ARE EXPLOITED.  MANY OF THEM

                    DEPEND ON TIPS IN ORDER TO EVEN GET BY.  AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

                    BROUGHT A CASE IN MY DISTRICT FOR WAGE THEFT AND THE WORKERS WERE ABLE

                    TO WIN BACK SOME OF THE WAGES THAT WERE STOLEN FROM THEM.

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                                 I THINK THAT IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A STATE TO LEGISLATE

                    AND ENSURE THAT THESE COMMUNITIES ARE PROTECTED, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT

                    ARE MOST VULNERABLE, THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, AND

                    THOSE THAT, AS OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, WORK UNDER VERY DIFFICULT

                    CONDITIONS.  OFTENTIMES IN NEW YORK CITY, WE SEE THESE WORKERS IN THE

                    WINTER SOAKING WET.  WE KNOW WHAT THEY GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO MAKE

                    ENDS MEET IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND WE KNOW THAT IT IS OUR JOB AND

                    OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THEM FROM WAGE THEFT AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE

                    GETTING PAID FOR A GOOD DAY'S WORK.

                                 SO I COMMEND THE SPONSOR AND I CONGRATULATE

                    EVERYONE WHO HAS FOUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT WORKERS IN OUR STATE ARE

                    RECOGNIZED.  THANK YOU.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MS. DE LA ROSA IN

                    THE AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 MR. RAMOS.

                                 MR. RAMOS:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR THIS

                    OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.  I COMMEND THE SPONSOR OF THIS BILL FOR

                    PUTTING THIS OUT.  I THINK THIS IS -- I LOOK AT THIS AS A CONSUMER

                    PROTECTION BILL, SOMETHING THAT PROTECTS THE CONSUMER.  WHEN YOU GIVE

                    A TIP TO SOMEBODY, EVERYBODY EXPECTS THAT TIP TO GO TO A WORKER FOR THE

                    GOOD WORK THAT HE DID.  I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN THEIR MIND IS THINKING

                    THAT THEY'RE SUBSIDIZING THE BOSS OR THE OWNER OF A CORPORATION OR A

                    BUSINESS WHEN THEY'RE GIVING THAT TIP.  AND THAT IS THE INTENT OF THE

                    CONSUMER.  AND THIS BILL PROTECTS WHAT THAT CONSUMER IS INTENDING TO

                    DO.

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                                 I MEAN, SOME OF THE -- THE IDEAS BEHIND THIS THAT THIS

                    WOULD -- BEHIND THE ARGUMENT AGAINST IT, THAT THIS WOULD REDUCE JOBS

                    BECAUSE IT WOULD PUSH PEOPLE TOWARDS MECHANIZED CAR WASHES.

                    TECHNOLOGY AT TIMES TAKES -- TAKES JOBS AWAY IN ITSELF AS IT -- AS THE

                    PRICES GO DOWN AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT BUSINESS OWNERS LOOK AT.

                    THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT THEY LOOK AT AND IF TECHNOLOGY -- THE PRICE GOES

                    DOWN, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS IT AND THEN NEW JOBS ARE

                    GOING TO BE CREATED BASED ON THE TECHNOLOGY.  I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S

                    A REASON TO ALLOW THE -- THE STEALING OF PEOPLE'S WAGES WHEN -- WHEN

                    THEY'RE WORKING.

                                 YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THIS AS ALSO A HUMAN ISSUE.  I

                    WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ICE RUNNING THROUGH MY VEINS AFTER GOING THROUGH

                    A CAR WASH IN FEBRUARY AND SEEING WHAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE GO THROUGH

                    WASHING A CAR IN THE DAMP WEATHER, IN FREEZING WEATHER, THAT WE WOULD

                    -- WE WOULD FEEL OKAY WITH TAKING A FEW DOLLARS AWAY FROM THEM AND

                    TAKING THEIR WELL-EARNED TIP, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE WORKING CONDITIONS.

                                 SO FOR THAT [SIC] REASONS, I VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND

                    I ASK ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. RAMOS IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 MS. CRUZ.

                                 MS. CRUZ:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  BACK A FEW

                    YEARS AGO, I WAS PART OF A TEAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THAT

                    ACTUALLY INVESTIGATED CASES OF WAGE THEFT AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN

                    THEORY, IT SOUNDS GREAT, THE IDEA THAT WE CAN ALLOW AN EMPLOYER TO TAKE

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                    A TIP CREDIT FOR THE TIPS THAT THE WORKERS GET, BUT IN PRACTICE IT'S ACTUALLY

                    RESULTED IN A SUB-MINIMUM WAGE INDUSTRY WHERE EMPLOYERS, THE BAD

                    ONES, BECAUSE THERE ARE GOOD ONES, HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE

                    KINDNESS OF THESE WORKERS, HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT AT THE

                    DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES TO GO OUT AND

                    INVESTIGATE WHAT'S HAPPENING.  AND THAT'S THEN RESULTED IN WORKERS,

                    MANY OF THEM IN MY DISTRICT -- I HAVE SEVERAL CAR WASHES, BUT I HAVE A

                    BIG CONSTITUENCY.  MEMBERS OF MY COMMUNITY, MOST OF THEM

                    UNDOCUMENTED, ALL OF THEM IMMIGRANT, WHO RELY ON THEIR WAGES, ON THE

                    TIPS THAT OFTEN DON'T COME AND RESULT IN WAGE -- IN TIP THEFT, BECAUSE

                    THEY THEN GET POOLED AND THEN NO ONE SEES THEM.  IF MANY OF YOU WHO

                    OWN CARS KNOW THAT THE TIPS GENERALLY GO INTO A LITTLE BOX, AND THAT BOX

                    OFTEN DISAPPEARS.  THE WORKERS DON'T ACTUALLY GET THAT BOX OF TIPS.  SO

                    WHAT IT RESULTS IN A MINIMUM WAGE THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY BEING PAID TO

                    WORKERS.

                                 SO, I WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL FOR CREATING

                    A CHANGE THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS

                    AROUND OUR STATE, BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THIS AN INDUSTRY WHERE MOST OF

                    THE WORKERS, IF NOT ALL OF THEM, ARE IMMIGRANTS.  MANY OF THEM COME

                    FROM OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THEY HAD PROFESSIONAL JOBS, WHERE THEY

                    ACTUALLY ARE PROFESSIONAL, BUT THEY COME HERE AND THEY CAN'T EXERCISE

                    THAT PROFESSION AND THEY HAVE TO RELY ON JOBS LIKE THESE TO MAKE SURE

                    THAT THEIR CHILDREN CAN EAT.  SO FOR US TO STAND HERE AND PUT THE INTERESTS

                    OF BUSINESS OR, ACTUALLY, THE COMFORT OF BUSINESSES, WE CAN'T BE THAT

                    KIND OF LEGISLATURE.  WE HAVE TO BE THE KIND OF LEGISLATURE THAT SAYS

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                    PEOPLE DESERVE TO GET PAID FOR THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.  AND SO, IT

                    IS MY HONOR ON BEHALF OF THE THOUSANDS OF CAR WASH WORKERS THAT I

                    REPRESENT TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MS. CRUZ IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 MR. BARRON.

                                 MR. BARRON:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  ONCE

                    AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND SAY OF COURSE, OF COURSE TECHNOLOGY IS

                    COMING.  OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH REPLACEMENT OF

                    WORKERS, BUT IN THIS VERY EXPLOITATIVE CAPITALIST SYSTEM, THE OWNERS OF

                    BUSINESSES, MANY ARE EXPLOITING WORKERS.  THEY'RE EXPLOITING WORKERS

                    IN THE FAST-FOOD INDUSTRY, IN THE CAR WASH INDUSTRY, AND MOST OF THOSE

                    WORKERS ARE BLACK AND BROWN WORKERS BEING EXPLOITED.  AND THE THREAT

                    OF US TRYING TO DO ANYTHING DECENT FOR THEM IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FIRE

                    THEM.  THEY'RE GOING TO CUT BACK ON WORKERS.  THAT'S ALWAYS THE THREAT

                    WHEN WE WANT TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD HAVING WORKERS MAKE NOT A

                    MINIMUM WAGE, THEY NEED A LIVING WAGE.  YOU CAN'T EVEN LIVE OFF OF

                    MINIMUM WAGE.  IT'S NOT LIKE A MINIMUM WAGE IS SO MUCH THAT PEOPLE

                    COULD LIVE A DECENT LIFE OFF, WHAT IS THAT, $25-, $30,000 A YEAR?  YOU TRY

                    WORKING OFF OF MINIMUM WAGE, AND THEY'RE EXPLOITED TO MAKE LESS THAN

                    THAT.

                                 SO EVERY TIME WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING DECENT TO TRY TO

                    PROTECT WORKERS, THERE'S SOME RESISTANCE IN THE NAME OF CARING FOR THE

                    WORKERS BECAUSE THEY MAY BE FIRED.  SO WE HAVE TO SAY WELL, LET'S ALLOW

                    THE OWNERS TO CONTINUE TO EXPLOIT, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T LET THEM EXPLOIT

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                    US AND TRY TO GET MAYBE LESS PROFITS FOR THEM SO THAT THE WORKERS CAN

                    MAKE A LITTLE MORE AND HAVE SOME SEMBLANCE OF A LIVING, WELL, LET'S JUST

                    LET THEM CONTINUE TO EXPLOIT AS WE HAVE NO ANSWERS FOR THAT.  NO

                    ANSWERS FOR STOPPING THAT.  LET THEM CONTINUE TO EXPLOIT BECAUSE IF YOU

                    TRY TO DO ANYTHING DECENT --

                                 (BUZZER GOING OFF)

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. BARRON, HOW DO

                    YOU VOTE?

                                 MR. BARRON:  -- THEY MIGHT FIRE THEM.  I VOTE IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.  GOOD JOB.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. BARRON IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 MR. DENDEKKER.

                                 MR. DENDEKKER:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, TO

                    EXPLAIN MY VOTE.  I WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR OF THIS BILL.  I THINK IT'S A

                    VERY IMPORTANT BILL.  I -- I ALSO BELIEVE THAT BUSINESSES ARE NOT GOING TO

                    WANT TO LOSE MONEY AND I BELIEVE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS THEY'RE

                    GOING TO RAISE THE PRICE OF A CAR WASH AND WE WHO WANT TO WASH OUR

                    CARS ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT, AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH

                    THAT.  I'M WILLING TO PAY MORE TO GET MY CAR WASHED TO MAKE SURE THAT

                    PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING GETTING A -- AS -- NOT EVEN A LIVING WAGE, AS MY

                    COLLEAGUE JUST MENTIONED, BUT THE MINIMUM WAGE AT LEAST.  AND IF I

                    FEEL SO INCLINED AND WANT TO ADDITIONALLY TIP ON TOP OF THAT, I HOPE THEY

                    GET THAT, TOO, BECAUSE I DO HAVE REAL CONCERNS ABOUT PUTTING MONEY IN

                    THE BUCKET AND HOPING THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT SOMEONE ACTUALLY

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                    GETS IT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT AND I'M SURE MANY -- MANY PEOPLE

                    AREN'T GETTING IT.

                                 SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD BILL.  I -- I DON'T THINK IT'S

                    GOING TO PUT THE CAR WASH BUSINESS OUT OF BUSINESS.  I DON'T THINK IT'S

                    GOING TO HAVE EVERYBODY GO AUTOMATED, YOU KNOW -- AND IF IT DOES, AS

                    ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED, AT THAT REST AREA ON THE WAY HOME, DID

                    THE PRICE OF BURGERS GO DOWN WHEN THE KIOSK WENT IN, WHEN THEY GOT

                    RID OF THE EXTRA PEOPLE?  SO I GUESS THERE WAS NO SAVINGS THERE SO THEN

                    INSTEAD BY CHANGING TO TECHNOLOGY, IT WAS JUST A WAY FOR COMPANIES TO

                    MAKE EVEN MORE MONEY AND MORE PROFIT IN THE LONG RUN.

                                 SO, YES, WE ARE A CAPITALISTIC SOCIETY, BUT IT ALWAYS

                    SEEMS TO BE THAT LABOR GETS THE SHORT END OF THE STICK AND I'M GOING TO

                    STAND WITH THE WORKERS AND I HOPE WE CAN DO MORE TO GET PEOPLE A FAIR

                    AND LIVING WAGE.  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. DENDEKKER IN

                    THE AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 MR. LAVINE.

                                 MR. LAVINE:  THANK YOU.  SO, I'M REMINDED OF

                    LINCOLN'S OBSERVATION THAT WITHOUT LABOR THERE'S NO -- THERE WOULD

                    NEVER BE ANY -- ANY CAPITAL.  AND I SIMPLY WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW THIS

                    NOW, IT REACHES OUT TO NASSAU COUNTY, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.

                    AND I THINK THAT FAIR IS FAIR AND I THINK THAT WORKERS OUGHT TO BE FAIRLY

                    COMPENSATED.  I THINK THAT'S TRUE IN CAPITALISTIC SOCIETIES AND IT SHOULD

                    CERTAINLY BE EVERY BIT AS TRUE IN SOCIALISTIC SOCIETIES, BUT WE LIVE IN A

                    CAPITALISTIC SOCIETY.  I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING.  LET'S PROTECT OUR

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                    WORKERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE -- THOSE WHO WORK IN OUR CAR WASHES

                    BECAUSE, AGAIN, WITHOUT THEM, ACCORDING TO LINCOLN, THERE IS NO CAPITAL

                    WHATSOEVER.  THANK YOU.  I'M VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. LAVINE IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 MR. RAIA TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

                                 MR. RAIA:  THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.  I DO

                    APOLOGIZE.  I WAS IN A RATHER LENGTHY EN CON COMMITTEE MEETING, SO I

                    DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO WITNESS THE DEBATE ON THIS ISSUE, BUT I'M GOING TO

                    SPEAK FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND MY CONCERN IS AFTER WE INCREASED

                    THE MINIMUM WAGE, WE SAW A LOT IN RESTAURANTS, WE SAW A LOT MORE

                    AUTOMATED MACHINES.  THE CAR WASH THAT I USE USED TO HAVE TEN TO 15

                    INDIVIDUALS CLEANING CARS.  TODAY, THEY HAVE THREE BECAUSE THE SYSTEM

                    IS COMPLETELY AUTOMATED.  IN THIS DAY OF AGE, IT'S VERY EASY TO AUTOMATE

                    A CAR WASH AND I'M WORRIED THAT A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING TO LOSE

                    THEIR JOB AS A RESULT OF THAT AUTOMATION.  THANK YOU.  I WILL BE VOTING IN

                    THE NEGATIVE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. RAIA IN THE

                    NEGATIVE.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.

                                 MR. GOODELL FOR THE PURPOSES OF A [SIC] INTRODUCTION.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.  ON

                    BEHALF OF ASSEMBLYMAN LALOR, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE 4TH

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                    GRADE ELEMENTARY CLASS FROM WAPPINGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT.  IT'S THE

                    GAYHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.  THEIR MOTTO ARE -- IS A GRIZZLY BEAR, SO A

                    VERY IMPRESSIVE NOT MOTTO, BUT MASCOT; VERY IMPRESSIVE MASCOT.  GREAT

                    GROUP OF KIDS HERE WATCHING OUR PROCEEDINGS.  THEY'RE ACCOMPANIED BY

                    MRS. TORTARELLA, MRS. GUERRIERO, MRS. RUPPERT, MRS. MISCH.  SO, IF YOU

                    WOULD WELCOME THE GAYHEAD ELEMENTARY 4TH GRADE CLASS TO OUR

                    CHAMBERS [SIC] AS THEY'RE OBSERVING OUR PROCEEDINGS, I WOULD

                    APPRECIATE IT.  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY.  ON BEHALF

                    OF MR. LALOR AND THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME THIS

                    DISTINGUISHED 4TH GRADE CLASS HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY,

                    EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND ALSO MY APPRECIATION FOR

                    THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE CONDUCTED YOURSELF AS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH

                    THIS PERIOD OF WAITING WHILE THE VOTE WAS GOING UP ON THE BILL.  PLEASE

                    KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE, THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE AND

                    WE ARE ALWAYS HOPING THAT YOU WILL COME BACK AND JOIN US, AND THIS

                    WILL BE BOTH A PLEASURABLE AND AN EDUCATIONAL TRIP.  THANK YOU SO MUCH

                    FOR COMING.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  MR. SPEAKER, PLEASE CALL

                    THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  WAYS AND MEANS

                    COMMITTEE, SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  NOW IF WE COULD GO

                    BACK TO PAGE 5 ON CONSENT AGAIN, BEGINNING WITH RULES REPORT NO. 66.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  PAGE 5, CALENDAR NO.

                    66, THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A00375, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 66, STECK, GOTTFRIED, REYES, CRUZ, D'URSO, WRIGHT, EPSTEIN,

                    PICHARDO, SIMON, DESTEFANO, MAGNARELLI, FERNANDEZ.  AN ACT TO AMEND

                    THE LABOR LAW, IN RELATION TO ELIMINATING A DISINCENTIVE FOR

                    WHISTLEBLOWERS.

                                 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.)

                                 ACTING SPEAKER EPSTEIN:  ARE THERE ANY OTHER

                    VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A01656, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 67, LENTOL.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW AND THE STATE FINANCE

                    LAW, IN RELATION TO THE RESCUED ANIMALS SPAY AND NEUTER FUND.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER EPSTEIN:  READ THE LAST

                    SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER EPSTEIN:  THE CLERK WILL

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                    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. -- THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A02029, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 68, ABINANTI, MORINELLO, HEVESI, BRABENEC, PAULIN, SANTABARBARA,

                    QUART, MOSLEY, DILAN, JEAN-PIERRE, TAYLOR, BYRNE, STIRPE, MCDONOUGH,

                    JONES, RA, WALSH, PALMESANO, M.L. MILLER, GOTTFRIED.  AN ACT TO

                    AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO NOTICES PERTAINING TO

                    CHILDREN'S NON-REGULATED CAMP.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER EPSTEIN:  THE BILL IS LAID

                    ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A03075, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 70, HUNTER, D. ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN, MCDONALD.  AN ACT TO AMEND

                    THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO UNCLAIMED LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER EPSTEIN:  ON A MOTION BY MS.

                    HUNTER, 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 EPSTEIN:  THE CLERK WILL

                    RECORD THE VOTE.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

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                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A03168, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 71, ORTIZ, WEPRIN, BLAKE.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE BANKING LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO REQUIRING POSTING NOTICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL

                    SERVICES TOLL FREE CONSUMER'S HOTLINE TELEPHONE NUMBER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER EPSTEIN:  THE BILL IS LAID

                    ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A03217, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 72, COOK, PEOPLES-STOKES, GLICK, D'URSO, ENGLEBRIGHT, SAYEGH,

                    TAYLOR, BURKE, ARROYO.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL

                    CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO THE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF

                    FISHING, HUNTING AND TRAPPING LICENSES PURSUANT TO THE INTERSTATE

                    WILDLIFE VIOLATOR COMPACT.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER EPSTEIN:  READ THE LAST

                    SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER EPSTEIN:  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. A03245-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 73, DINOWITZ, WALLACE.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC

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                    SERVICE LAW, IN RELATION TO UNAUTHORIZED CHANGES IN SUPPLIERS OF

                    NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRIC SERVICE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER EPSTEIN:  THE CLERK WILL

                    RECORD THE VOTE.

                                 OH, READ THE LAST SECTION.

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

                    DAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER EPSTEIN:  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. A03771-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 74, BARRETT, PALMESANO, LUPARDO, RYAN, OTIS.  AN ACT TO

                    AMEND THE EDUCATION LAW, IN RELATION TO PROJECT COSTS FOR BUILDINGS OF

                    PUBLIC LIBRARIES LOCATED IN ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER EPSTEIN:  READ THE LAST

                    SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER EPSTEIN:  THE CLERK WILL

                    RECORD THE VOTE.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ARE THERE ANY OTHER

                    VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

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                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  ON BEHALF OF MR. OTIS, I

                    WOULD LIKE TO REMIND -- ASK PEOPLE TO JOIN THE SPEAKER IN THE SPEAKER'S

                    CONFERENCE ROOM IMMEDIATELY FOR A VERY BRIEF CONFERENCE AT THE END

                    OF SESSION.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  DEMOCRATIC

                    CONFERENCE, SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM AFTER SESSION.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

                    HAVE ANY FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING AND/OR RESOLUTIONS?

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  NO HOUSEKEEPING,

                    BUT WE DO HAVE MANY FINE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE WILL VOTE -- TAKE A VOTE

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

                    AYE; OPPOSED, NO.  THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.

                                 (WHEREUPON, ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NOS. 511-520

                    WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.)

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  I NOW MOVE THAT THE

                    ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL FRIDAY, JUNE THE 7TH, TOMORROW BEING

                    A LEGISLATIVE DAY, AND THAT WE RECONVENE AT 1:00 P.M. ON JUNE THE 11TH,

                    THAT BEING -- TUESDAY, BEING A SESSION DAY; RECONVENE AT 1:00 P.M.,

                    JUNE THE 11TH, TUESDAY BEING A SESSION DAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE ASSEMBLY STANDS

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                       JUNE 6, 2019

                    STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY, JUNE 11TH, 1:00 P.M.

                                 (WHEREUPON, AT 1:22 P.M., THE ASSEMBLY STOOD

                    ADJOURNED UNTIL FRIDAY, JUNE 7TH, FRIDAY BEING A LEGISLATIVE DAY, AND TO

                    RECONVENE ON TUESDAY, JUNE 11TH AT 1:00 P.M., TUESDAY BEING A

                    SESSION DAY.)









































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