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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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,

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2019

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.)

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2019

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

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2019

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

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2019

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.

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.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2019

(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.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2019

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

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2019

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

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2019

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.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2019

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

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2019

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.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2019

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

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2019

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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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

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.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2019

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.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2019

(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.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2019

(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

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.)