MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2021 3:25 P.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 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2021

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

THE 21ST AND ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO

ORDERED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU. I WANT TO

WELCOME MY COLLEAGUES BOTH IN THE CHAMBERS AND THOSE THAT ARE WITH

US REMOTELY BACK TO OUR -- THE PEOPLE'S WORK. WE DID HAVE A BRIEF

REPRIEVE. SOME OF US ENJOYED OURSELVES AND SOME OF US WORKED THE

WHOLE TIME. WITH THAT, MR. SPEAKER, I WANT TO CERTAINLY WELCOME FOLKS

BACK AND OFFER THIS QUOTE TODAY. THIS ONE IS FROM ROBERT F. KENNEDY,

WHO IS THE FORMER UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL: “THE FUTURE IS NOT A

GIFT: IT IS AN ACHIEVEMENT. EVERY GENERATION HELPS MAKE ITS OWN

FUTURE. THIS IS THE ESSENTIAL CHALLENGE OF THE PRESENT.” AGAIN, MR.

SPEAKER, THAT IS FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT F. KENNEDY.

MEMBERS DO HAVE ON THEIR DESK THE MAIN CALENDAR.

THERE ARE 30 NEW BILLS ON THIS ONE, MR. SPEAKER, BEGINNING WITH

CALENDAR NO. 87. SO OUR WORK FOR TODAY IS GOING TO BE TO CONSENT

THOSE BILLS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF TODAY'S CALENDAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE

TAKING UP THE PRIVILEGED RESOLUTION SPONSORED BY MS. CLARK AND OTHERS

COMMEMORATING SUSAN B. ANTHONY DAY. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING

SESSION, THERE IS A NEED FOR A MAJORITY CONFERENCE AND, AS ALWAYS, WE

WILL CONSULT OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE TO SEE WHAT THEIR NEEDS

WILL BE.

THAT, MR. SPEAKER, IS A GENERAL OUTLINE OF WHAT WE

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2021

HAVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY HOUSEKEEPING, IF SO, NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: NO HOUSEKEEPING,

BUT WE DO HAVE RESOLUTIONS WHICH WE WILL TAKE UP NOW.

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 54, MR.

GOTTFRIED.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM JANUARY 2021 AS BLOOD DONOR

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. 55, MS.

ROSENTHAL.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 22-28, 2021 AS EATING

DISORDERS 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.

PAGE 4, CALENDAR NO. 87, THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00169, CALENDAR NO.

87, GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO, ABINANTI, DINOWITZ, L. ROSENTHAL, SIMON,

CAHILL, BRONSON, HEVESI, SEAWRIGHT, WEPRIN, WOERNER, SAYEGH,

TAYLOR, FERNANDEZ, DARLING, BARRON, KELLES, VANEL. AN ACT TO AMEND

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2021

THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO THE DEFINITION OF A SERIOUS

CONDITION REGARDING THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00191, CALENDAR NO.

88, GOTTFRIED, REYES, PAULIN, SIMON, BARRON, STECK, EPSTEIN,

ENGLEBRIGHT, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, GALEF, ABINANTI, NOLAN, JACKSON,

MITAYNES, HEVESI, SOLAGES, MAGNARELLI, L. ROSENTHAL, SAYEGH. AN ACT

TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO HEALTH EQUITY

ASSESSMENTS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OR CONSTRUCTION OF A HOSPITAL.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

ON A MOTION BY MR. GOTTFRIED, THE SENATE BILL IS

BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS ADVANCED. THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00228, CALENDAR NO.

89, GOTTFRIED, ABINANTI, MCDONOUGH, THIELE, GUNTHER, MCDONALD,

SAYEGH, BARRON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION

TO SOURCE PLASMA DONATION CENTERS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00263, CALENDAR NO.

90, STECK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW, IN RELATION TO THE

IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES AND REMEDIES IN SUITS BROUGHT FOR THE

VINDICATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS OR HUMAN RIGHTS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00273, CALENDAR NO.

91, GOTTFRIED, GRIFFIN, GALEF, BARRON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC

HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO CONSIDERATION AND PRESCRIPTION OF

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2021

NON-OPIOID TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES FOR TREATMENT OF

NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00382, CALENDAR NO.

92, PAULIN, L. ROSENTHAL, JACOBSON, COLTON, QUART, GOTTFRIED, VANEL,

HEVESI, FAHY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW, IN

RELATION TO THE CREATION, OPERATION, AND DUTIES OF NATURAL ORGANIC

REDUCTION FACILITIES AS CEMETERY CORPORATIONS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00466, CALENDAR NO.

93, ROZIC, GRIFFIN, EPSTEIN, DE LA ROSA, PAULIN, LUPARDO, SIMON,

RAMOS, KELLES. AN ACT DIRECTING THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF

PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO PROVIDE FOR THE

RE-DESIGNATION OF DONALD J. TRUMP STATE PARK, IN PUTNAM AND

WESTCHESTER COUNTIES TO A NAME OTHER THAN DONALD J. TRUMP STATE

PARK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00528, CALENDAR NO.

94, PAULIN, GALEF, ENGLEBRIGHT, QUART, ZEBROWSKI, COOK, ABINANTI, L.

ROSENTHAL, COLTON, WEPRIN, OTIS, DINOWITZ, THEILE, SIMON, GOTTFRIED,

LUPARDO, PERRY, FERNANDEZ, GRIFFIN, STECK, JACOBSON, CARROLL,

SEAWRIGHT, REYES, BARRON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW

AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO PROHIBITING

THE USE OF PESTICIDES AT CHILDREN'S OVERNIGHT OR SUMMER DAY CAMP.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2021

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01394, CALENDAR NO.

95, MCDONALD, STIRPE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELECTION LAW, IN RELATION

TO REQUIRING THE COUNTY SEAT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE

POLLING PLACE DESIGNATED FOR EARLY VOTING.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

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

2021.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT S.1310. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY MEMBER

WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE IS REMINDED TO CONTACT THE

MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADERS AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MS. WOERNER TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

(PAUSE)

MS. WOERNER TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE. THERE SHE IS.

MS. WOERNER: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I WOULD

JUST LIKE TO THANK THE SPONSOR OF THIS BILL FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS

COMMONSENSE ACCOMODATION FOR A SMALL COUNTY THAT I REPRESENT SO THAT

THEY CAN MANAGE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY VOTING IN A MANNER

THAT IS -- THAT IS SUSTAINABLE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE SPEAKER

AND TO THE SPONSOR, AND WITH THAT I VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. WOERNER IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2021

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01514, CALENDAR NO.

96, DINOWITZ, REYES, SAYEGH, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, SIMON, STIRPE, STECK,

GLICK, ZEBROWSKI, WEPRIN, CRUZ, FERNANDEZ. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, IN RELATION TO PROHIBITING EMPLOYERS FROM

REQUIRING CERTAIN CONDITIONS OR PRECONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01860, CALENDAR NO.

97, JEAN-PIERRE, J. RIVERA, DE LA ROSA, J. M. GIGLIO, COOK, TAYLOR,

SEAWRIGHT, DAVILA, WILLIAMS, VANEL, HYNDMAN, BARRON, DICKENS. AN

ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN RELATION TO INFORMATION

PROVIDED TO UNLICENSED OR UNREGISTERED CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDERS BY THE

OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT A.1860. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY

MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE IS REMINDED TO

CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY

PROVIDED.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2021

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02000, CALENDAR NO.

98, CUSICK. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 306 OF THE LAWS OF 2011,

AUTHORIZING OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY IN HIGH RISK BRUSH FIRE

AREAS IN THE BOROUGH OF STATEN ISLAND TO CUT AND REMOVE REEDS FROM

THEIR PROPERTY, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE EXPIRATION AND REPEAL DATE

THEREOF FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT A.2000. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY

MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE IS REMINDED TO

CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY

PROVIDED.

(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. A02037, CALENDAR NO.

99, DINOWITZ, BARRON, DICKENS, WALLACE, ANDERSON, VANEL. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO PUBLICATION OF NURSING

HOME RATINGS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 90TH

DAY.

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2021

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT A.2037. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY

MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE IS REMINDED TO

CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY

PROVIDED.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MR. ANDERSON TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. ANDERSON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE

TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: PROCEED.

MR. ANDERSON: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I

CO-SPONSOR THIS CRITICALLY-IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION BECAUSE IT'S

CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY IN OUR NURSING HOMES,

TRANSPARENCY WHERE WE PUT OUR -- OUR SENIORS, OUR ELDERLY, OUR SICK, OUR

DISABLED FOR CARE, AND AS IT IS THE STORY OF THE DAY, WE'RE STRUGGLING --

THE EXECUTIVE IS STRUGGLING WITH THAT INSTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE

HAVE TRANSPARENCY. I BELIEVE THAT THIS BILL WORKS TO PROVIDE THAT

TRANSPARENCY AND ALLOW PEOPLE, CONSUMERS, IF YOU WILL, KNOW SOME

HISTORICAL CONTEXT OR SOME VERY CRITICALLY-IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT

THAT NURSING HOME OR FACILITY BEFORE THEY ALLOW THEIR LOVED ONE TO ENTER

THAT FACILITY. SO I THINK THAT THAT BILL DOES THIS WORK IN THAT -- IN THAT

RESPECT, AND I THANK THE SPONSOR FOR INTRODUCING THIS LEGISLATION.

THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. ANDERSON IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2021

MR. LAWLER.

MR. LAWLER: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THIS

SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE DAY,

WHICH IS THE GOVERNOR'S POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO NURSING HOMES AND

HOW IT HAS IMPACTED NEW YORKERS ACROSS THIS STATE. IT IS SHAMEFUL,

SHAMEFUL WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN NEW YORK STATE, AND THE 15,000

PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED IN NURSING HOMES DUE TO THE POLICIES BY OUR

GOVERNOR --

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. LAWLER.

MR. LAWLER: YES, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SIR, YOU NEED TO

ADDRESS THE BILL, YOU'RE EXPLAINING YOUR VOTE.

MR. LAWLER: I'M ADDRESSING THE BILL, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: PLEASE -- PLEASE

CONTAIN YOURSELF, THEN.

MR. LAWLER: I'M ADDRESSING THE BILL, SIR. THANK

YOU. THIS BILL CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR

NURSING HOMES IN NEW YORK STATE AND TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY IN NEW

YORK STATE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, FOR THOSE FAMILIES WHO DIED IN NURSING

HOMES. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CRITICAL AND, AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER

ALLUDED TO, IF WE WANT TO BRING ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BACK TO

NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT, THEN WE NEED TO RETURN TO REGULAR ORDER

AND REIN IN THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE EMERGENCY POWERS AND DO SO

TODAY AND DO SO IMMEDIATELY, AND STOP HIDING BEHIND PROCEDURAL

MATTERS AND GET TO THE HEART OF WHAT'S WRONG, AND THAT IS UNILATERAL

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2021

CONTROL BY ONE PERSON, AND THIS CHAMBER NOT ACTING AS A CO-EQUAL

BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. I HOPE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ADDRESS --

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. LAWLER, HOW DO

YOU VOTE?

MR. LAWLER: -- WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND --

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. LAWLER, HOW DO

YOU VOTE?

MR. LAWLER: I VOTE YES. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. LAWLER IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. THIS BILL WOULD

REQUIRE THE STAR RATINGS THAT GO FROM ONE TO FIVE STARS BE POSTED ON THE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S WEB PAGE, AND I THINK IT IS A -- A GOOD THING

THAT WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NURSING HOMES POSTED SO I WILL

BE SUPPORTING THE BILL, ALTHOUGH I WOULD NOTE THAT THERE'S BEEN

CONCERNS RAISED BY THE -- SOME OF THE ENTITIES THAT ARE RATED THIS WAY

THAT THE RATINGS THEMSELVES ARE NOT ACCURATE. AND AS -- AS MY

COLLEAGUE NOTED, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THE STAR -- THE

STAR RATING SYSTEM THAT THIS BILL ADDRESSES IS THAT HOW MANY

COVID-ACTIVE PATIENTS THE PARTICULAR FACILITY HAS BEEN FORCED TO TAKE

IN WHICH, OF COURSE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO PLACE A LOVED ONE IN A FACILITY,

YOU WANT TO KNOW NOT ONLY THE STAR RATING, BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO KNOW

HOW THAT STAR RATING WAS DEVELOPED, AND WHAT INFORMATION WAS

INCLUDED, AND WHAT INFORMATION WASN'T. AND SO, WHILE THERE'S BEEN AN

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A LOT OF CONCERNS OVER THE ACCURACY OF THESE STAR RATINGS, MORE

INFORMATION IS ALWAYS HELPFUL TO THE CONSUMERS AND I WILL BE

SUPPORTING IT. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. DINOWITZ.

MR. DINOWITZ: TO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN MY VOTE AND I

WILL TALK ABOUT THIS BILL. THIS IS A VERY GOOD TIME TO PASS THIS BILL SO

I'M GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY WHO IS VOTING FOR IT. I KNOW THAT WE ARE

GOING TO WORK HARD TO PASS OTHER GOOD LEGISLATION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP

OF OUR HEALTH COMMITTEE CHAIR AND I URGE EVERYBODY TO VOTE YES AS I

DO. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. DINOWITZ IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

MR. GOODELL FOR EXCEPTIONS.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE RECORD THE

FOLLOWING REPUBLICAN MEMBERS IN THE NEGATIVE: MS. BYRNES AND MR.

JENSEN. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02062, CALENDAR NO.

100, SIMON, TAYLOR, FORREST, COLTON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CORRECTION

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2021

LAW, IN RELATION TO A PROFICIENCY LEVEL ASSESSMENT AND DYSLEXIA

SCREENING FOR INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 90TH

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON A -- ASSEMBLY PRINT A.2062. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY

MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE IS REMINDED TO

CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY

PROVIDED.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MS. SIMON TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

MS. SIMON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I WOULD LIKE

TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. THIS IS A BILL THAT IS, I BELIEVE, VERY, VERY

IMPORTANT TO STOPPING THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE. WE KNOW FROM

DATA THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INCARCERATED HAVE

DIFFICULTIES WITH READING, AND WE KNOW THAT MANY OF THEM HAVE

READING DISABILITIES THAT WERE EITHER NOT DIAGNOSED OR NEVER ATTENDED

TO. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES IF WE ASSESS WHERE THEY

ARE WITH READING AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED.

THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM AND ALSO TO GET US THE

DATA THAT WE NEED TO FURTHER THE EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE

TAUGHT HOW TO READ, FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE OF READING, AND THAT WILL

MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE -- THE HEALTH AND THE WELFARE OF THE

PEOPLE OF OUR STATE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I'LL BE VOTING IN THE

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2021

AFFIRMATIVE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. SIMON IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE -- ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE

RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

HAVE ANY FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING AND/OR RESOLUTIONS?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WE HAVE NO

HOUSEKEEPING, MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES, BUT WE DO HAVE A PRIVILEGED

RESOLUTION BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER CLARK WHICH WE WILL TAKE UP AT THE

MOMENT.

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 53, MS.

CLARK.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 17TH

ANNUAL SUSAN B. ANTHONY DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. CLARK ON THE

RESOLUTION.

MS. CLARK: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. SUSAN B.

ANTHONY SPENT MOST OF HER ADULT LIFE IN ROCHESTER. SHE'S CONSIDERED

ONE OF OUR HOMETOWN HEROES ALONG WITH HER FRIEND, FREDERICK

DOUGLASS. SUSAN B., AS WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL HER, HAD A MONUMENTAL

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2021

IMPACT ON THE U.S. AND NEW YORK HISTORY. FOR OVER 50 YEARS FROM HER

HOUSE IN DOWNTOWN ROCHESTER, SHE ORGANIZED THOUSANDS OF WOMEN IN

THE NAME OF SUPPORT FOR SUFFRAGE. SHE TRAVELED THE COUNTRY GIVING

SPEECHES, BUILDING GRASSROOTS SUPPORT AND ORGANIZING MORE SUPPORT FOR

CAUSE. AND WHILE HER ACTIVISM TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF

UPSTATE NEW YORK, HER EFFORTS AT ACHIEVING WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE TOOK HER

ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FROM CALIFORNIA TO MICHIGAN, TO COLORADO. SHE

ALSO APPEARED BEFORE EVERY CONGRESS FROM 1869 TO 1906 ASKING FOR THE

PASSAGE OF THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT; THAT'S 37 YEARS FOR EVERYONE DOING

MATH.

BUT IT WAS IN 1872 WHEN SUSAN B. WAS ARRESTED

OUTSIDE OF HER HOME IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, FOR VOTING IN THE

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND FINED $100 FOR HER CRIME THAT REALLY BROUGHT

NATIONAL ATTENTION TO THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT, THRUSTING HER INTO THE

SPOTLIGHT AS THE LEADER. MANY TIMES ALONG THE WAY, THERE WAS AN EASIER

PATH PRESENTED. INSTEAD OF MOVING HER ENERGY TO A STATE-BY-STATE

APPROACH TO VOTING EQUALITY WHICH, AT THE TIME, WAS ALREADY FINDING

SUCCESS, SHE STUCK TO HER GOALS, FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS GUARANTEED,

NOTHING LESS. THIS CAUSED A SPLINTER IN THE MOVEMENT THAT TOOK YEARS

TO OVERCOME. HER TIRELESS WORK EFFECTIVELY LEAD THE GROUNDWORK FOR

THE MOVEMENT THAT LED TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT IN

1920, 14 YEARS AFTER HER DEATH, AND OF WHICH WE CELEBRATED 100 YEARS

LAST YEAR.

AND IT WASN'T JUST SUFFRAGE. SHE WANTED EQUITY AND

EQUALITY EVERYWHERE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO ACCESSING HIGHER

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2021

EDUCATION. AT THE TIME, THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ONLY ALLOWED MEN

TO ENROLL. STARTING IN THE 1880S, WOMEN BEGAN TO PETITION THE

UNIVERSITY TO OPEN ITS DOORS TO ALL. SOME TIME IN 1898, THE BOARD OF

TRUSTEES VOTED TO ALLOW WOMEN TO ENTER THE UNIVERSITY, BUT ONLY IF

THEY RAISED -- THEY HELPED BY RAISING THE MONEY NEEDED FOR THE

EXPENSE. AT THE TIME, IT WAS $100,000. TODAY, THAT WOULD BE $2

MILLION. A COMMITTEE OF WOMEN RAISED $40,000 OVER THE NEXT TWO

YEARS. THE BOARD AGREED -- TWO YEARS LATER, THE BOARD AGREED TO ADMIT

WOMEN THAT SEPTEMBER IF THEY COULD SECURE THE LAST $10,000. THE DAY

BEFORE THE DEADLINE, THEY WERE STILL $8,000 SHORT AND SUSAN B. TOOK

CHARGE. SHE SOLICITED $6,000 FROM CLOSE FRIENDS AND HER SISTER. STILL

SHORT, SHE PLEDGED HER LIFE INSURANCE POLICY, OUTSMARTING THEM ALL, AND

GUARANTEED THE ADMISSION OF WOMEN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER IN

THE FALL OF 1900. WE KNOW HER COMMITMENT AND PERSISTENCE CAN NEVER

BE QUESTIONED.

SO HERE WE ARE TODAY, READY TO CHALLENGE HER --

CHANNEL HER STRENGTH AS WE FACE NEW CHALLENGES ABOUT EQUALITY AND

EQUITY, ABOUT NOT COMPROMISING, HAVING THE COURAGE TO STAND UP TO

POWER STRUCTURES, RACIAL BARRIERS, AND AN UNJUST SYSTEM. WE ARE FACING

SOME OF THE LARGEST ECONOMIC DISPARITIES RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK. IT IS

TIME TO STAND STRONG. IT IS TIME TO REALLY FIGHT FOR ALL.

SO AS I INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION HONORING SUSAN B.

AND ALL THAT SHE MEANS TO ME AND SO MANY MORE, I WANT TO END HERE. IN

ORDER TO RIGHT THE WRONGS OF OUR PAST AND MOVE TO A MORE JUST FUTURE,

WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT IN 1920, THE 19TH AMENDMENT DIDN'T

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GIVE ALL WOMEN VOTING RIGHTS, AND NOT ALL STORIES ARE TOLD EQUALLY. WE

MUST NOT SHY AWAY FROM THIS REALITY. WE NEED TO CELEBRATE THE

AMAZING WOMEN OF COLOR WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY IN OUR STRUGGLES FOR

EQUALITY, SUFFRAGE, AND CIVIL RIGHTS, WHO TODAY ARE LEADING US TO A

BETTER WORLD. IT IS OUR DUTY TO ELEVATE THEIR STORIES AND THEIR VOICES.

FAILURE IS IMPOSSIBLE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. WALSH.

MS. WALSH: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. SO I JUST

WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH I WAS

VERY PROUD TO BE A SPONSOR OF. I THINK WHAT STRIKES ME ABOUT SUSAN B.

ANTHONY IN A LOT OF WAYS IS THE 50-YEAR RELATIONSHIP THAT SHE HAD WITH

ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. THEY WERE KIND OF LIKE THE THELMA AND

LOUISE OF THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT. YOU KNOW, ELIZABETH

CADY STANTON WAS THE SPEECHWRITER AND ANTHONY WAS THE ONE WHO

DELIVERED THOSE SPEECHES. AND THEY WOULD OFTEN SAY THAT ELIZABETH

CADY STANTON FORGED BULLETS -- OR THE LIGHTENING BOLTS AND ANTHONY

THREW THEM. IT WAS -- IT WAS A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. IT WAS A LONG ONE

AND ALTHOUGH THEY DID HAVE THEIR DISAGREEMENTS AND VERY DIFFERENT

STYLES, THEY DID WORK TOGETHER SO WELL.

SHE WAS BLESSED, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, WITH A VERY LONG

AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE, WELL INTO HER -- THE LATER YEARS, SHE WAS GIVING 70

TO 100 SPEECHES A YEAR AROUND THE COUNTRY IN SUPPORT OF WOMEN'S

SUFFRAGE. AND THE SPONSOR, MS. CLARK, JUST TALKED ABOUT THE 1872

ARREST FOR VOTING IN ROCHESTER WHERE SHE WAS CONVICTED BUT REFUSED TO

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PAY THE FINE, AND THAT DID BRING NATIONAL ATTENTION TO HER AND I THINK IT

JUST SHOWS THE VALUE OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND THE FACT THAT SHE WAS

STANDING UP TO THE POWERS THAT WERE IN FORCE AT THAT TIME AND HAD

SIGNIFICANT ODDS AGAINST HER AND, YET, IN A BLOODLESS, CIVIL MANNER,

DISPUTED IT AND WAS ABLE TO BRING AND SHINE A LIGHT ON THE ISSUE.

I ALWAYS FELT LIKE I KNEW HER, ALTHOUGH CLEARLY I DID

NOT, BECAUSE I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER. I DID MY FOUR

YEARS OF UNDERGRADUATE WORK THERE, AND SHE WAS BURIED -- IS BURIED IN

THE MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY WHICH JUST ADJOINS THE CAMPUS. SO WE

WOULD CUT THROUGH THE CEMETERY VERY OFTEN TO GET TO THE OTHER PLACES I

WON'T TALK ABOUT -- ANYWAY, I PASSED HER GRAVE VERY OFTEN AND GOT A

CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT HER AS A ROCHESTER NATIVE.

SO ANYWAY, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE HONORING HER

ON -- I THINK HER BIRTHDAY WAS FEBRUARY 15TH, SO THIS WOULD BE -- HER

101ST BIRTHDAY WAS LAST WEEK. SO ANYWAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUSAN B.

ANTHONY. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MRS. BARRETT.

MRS. BARRETT: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER. AS CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S CAUCUS, I WANT TO

THANK THE SPONSORS OF THIS RESOLUTION FOR HELPING US RECOGNIZE THIS

PROFOUND PIECE OF UPSTATE NEW YORK HISTORY IN OUR CHAMBER TODAY

WITH THE CELEBRATION OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY DAY. WOMEN'S HISTORY,

WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS MORE NEXT MONTH DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH,

IS TOO OFTEN FOUND ONLY IN FAMILY BIBLES, LETTERS OR STORIES PASSED FROM

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WOMAN TO WOMAN, GENERATION TO GENERATION. SUSAN B. ANTHONY WAS

ONE OF VERY FEW 19TH CENTURY NEW YORK WOMEN WHOSE STORIES MOVED

BEYOND THAT REALM OF QUOTE, "WOMEN'S HISTORY," AND INTO THE FULL

NARRATIVE OF AMERICAN HISTORY. I REMEMBER AS A GIRL GROWING UP

SEEKING OUT BIOGRAPHIES OF WOMEN IN HISTORY, AND OTHER THAN ANTHONY

AND BETSY ROSS AND CLARA BARTON, MOST OF THE BIOGRAPHIES THAT I WAS

ABLE TO READ AND FIND IN THE LIBRARY WERE ABOUT FIRST LADIES, WOMEN

FAMOUS FOR WHO THEY MARRIED. SUSAN B. ANTHONY ACTUALLY NEVER

MARRIED. SHE ONCE SAID, QUOTE, "I NEVER FELT I COULD GIVE UP MY LIFE OF

FREEDOM TO BECOME A MAN'S HOUSEKEEPER." HER FAMILY WAS QUAKER, A

RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT THAT BELIEVED IN PEACE, JUSTICE, AND EQUALITY, AND

SUPPORTED EDUCATION FOR GIRLS. HER FATHER, A MILL OWNER, STARTED A

SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN WHO WORKED THERE. ANTHONY STARTED

TEACHING PART-TIME AND LATER SUPPORTED HERSELF AS A TEACHER.

HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE MANY YOU'VE HEARD

ALREADY. SHE ALSO ORGANIZED THE WOMEN'S LOYAL NATIONAL LEAGUE,

WHICH CAMPAIGNED TO ABOLISH SLAVERY. IN THIS -- IN THIS WORK AND THIS

ORGANIZATION, SHE COLLECTED OVER 400,000 SIGNATURES IN ONE OF THE

LARGEST PETITIONS EVER IN U.S. HISTORY TO ADVOCATE FOR AN END TO SLAVERY.

AND IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1855, SHE VISITED 54 COUNTIES IN NEW

YORK STATE, GIVING SPEECHES ABOUT WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AND THE NEED TO

END SLAVERY. SHE AND ELIZABETH CADY STANTON FOUNDED THE NATIONAL

WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION, WHICH THEN MERGED WITH OTHER

ORGANIZATIONS. SHE WAS THE PROPRIETOR OF A WEEKLY AMERICAN WOMEN'S

RIGHTS NEWSPAPER KNOWN AS THE REVOLUTION. THE PAPER WAS

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INSTRUMENTAL IN ATTRACTING WORKING-CLASS WOMEN TO THE SUFFRAGE

MOVEMENT BY DEVOTING COLUMNS TO CONCERNS SUCH AS UNIONIZATION AND

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST FEMALE WORKERS. CLEARLY, SHE PERSISTED.

SHE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE -- THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE

DEPICTED ON A UNITED STATES CURRENCY WITH THE ISSUANCE OF A NEW

DOLLAR COIN IN 1979; IN FACT, HERE IT IS, MY SUSAN B. ANTHONY DOLLAR. I

NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY THIS DOLLAR COIN WAS SO MUCH SMALLER THAN

PREVIOUS SILVER DOLLARS; IN FACT, IT WAS QUITE A BIT SMALLER THAN THE

KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR ISSUED SEVERAL YEARS EARLIER. THAT'S WOMEN'S

HISTORY. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. LUNSFORD.

MS. LUNSFORD: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. SUSAN

B. ANTHONY SAID, THERE WILL NEVER BE COMPLETE QUALITY UNTIL WOMEN

THEMSELVES HELP TO MAKE LAWS AND ELECT LAWMAKERS. I STAND HERE TODAY

A WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN ELECTED TO MAKE THE LAWS, AND I KNOW THAT IN

LARGE PART, I OWE THAT TO SUSAN B. ANTHONY. SUSAN B., AS WE DID CALL

HER, MADE HER HOME IN ROCHESTER. HER HOUSE STILL STANDS AND OFFERS A

UNIQUE WINDOW INTO THE SUFFRAGIST MOVEMENT AND SUSAN B. ANTHONY'S

LIFE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME VISIT US HERE AND TOUR HER HOME.

SUSAN B. MADE HISTORY WHEN SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR

TRYING TO VOTE HERE, AND SHE WAS CONVICTED IN THE ONTARIO COUNTY

COURTHOUSE WHERE I HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF ARGUING CASES. AND EVERY

TIME I STEPPED FOOT IN THAT COURTHOUSE, I KNEW THAT I WAS STANDING ON

SUSAN B.'S SHOULDERS. THIS YEAR, AS WOMEN LEAVE THE WORKFORCE IN

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DROVES, WE'RE WATCHING THE HARD-FOUGHT GAINS WE'VE MADE FOR WOMEN'S

EQUALITY ERODED BY THIS PANDEMIC, PROVING JUST HOW FRAGILE OUR

FREEDOMS ARE.

SO I CALL ON MY FELLOW LEGISLATORS AND MY FELLOW

ACTIVISTS, AND WOMEN ACROSS THIS STATE TO, IN THE WORDS OF MS.

ANTHONY, "ORGANIZE, AGITATE, EDUCATE." THAT MUST BE OUR WAR CRY,

AND WE MUST ENSURE THAT UNLIKE SUSAN B. ANTHONY, WE ENSURE

INCLUSION AND EQUITY IN OUR FIGHT, FOR WE CANNOT IGNORE THE DISPARATE

WAYS THIS PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTED OUR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY DIED BEFORE SEEING THE FRUITS OF HER

LABOR REALIZED. THAT IS WHY TODAY I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION

TO HONOR HER MEMORY AND HER LIFE'S WORK, BECAUSE I KNOW I WOULD NOT

BE STANDING HERE WITHOUT HER. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. HAWLEY.

MR. HAWLEY: WELL, THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. IT'S

MY PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION. TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE

LEGACY OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY, AS WE'VE HEARD, WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY TO

ASSURE THAT ALL OF US HAVE A SAY IN STARTING AND CHARTERING A PATH

FORWARD IN OUR STATE AND IN OUR NATION. THE CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE

OVER 100 YEARS AGO IN SENECA FALLS AND PUT INTO MOTION A MOVEMENT

THAT GAVE US A STRONGER AND TRUER DEMOCRACY, AND HAS OPENED THE DOOR

FOR SOME OF THE GREATEST LEADERS IN OUR HISTORY WHO HAVE COME TO

POWER.

THE CAUSE OF SUFFRAGE RUNS DEEP IN MY FAMILY'S

LINEAGE. ON BOTH SIDES OF MY FAMILY, WE HAVE SUFFRAGETTES WHO FOUGHT

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FOR THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN ALONGSIDE SUSAN B. ANTHONY. ON MY FATHER'S

SIDE WAS MY GREAT AUNT, ELLA HAWLEY CROSSETT, WHO CRUSADED ALONG

SIDE OF HER FRIEND, SUSAN B. ANTHONY. AND IF YOU GO DOWN UNDER THE

FIRST FLOOR OF THE CAPITOL WHERE SUSAN B. ANTHONY AND THOSE WOMEN

WHO FOUGHT SO TIRELESSLY, MY AUNT'S NAME IS ON THAT PLAQUE. ON MY

MOTHER'S SIDE MY GRANDMOTHER, TUSANELDA SIMPSON, SPOKE IN SENECA

FALLS AT THAT FIRST GATHERING OVER 100 YEARS AGO, ALONG SIDE OF HER

DAUGHTER, WHO WAS A YEAR-AND-A-HALF OLD, MARY. MY FUTURE AUNT MARY

WOULD THEN ATTEND FOR THE SECOND TIME AT THE CELEBRATION 100 YEARS

LATER AT THE AGE OF 102 YEARS OF AGE, AND SHE SPOKE AS HER MOTHER HAD AT

THE BEGINNING.

NOW TODAY, I LOOK TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY GREAT

AUNT, ELLA HAWLEY CROSSETT; MY GRANDMOTHER SIMPSON; AND MY GREAT

AUNT, MARY SIMPSON SMART, AS WE CELEBRATE THE ROLE WOMEN HAVE

PLAYED IN OUR DEMOCRACY AND BROUGHT OUR SOCIETY. WITH THAT, I WANT

TO GIVE MY FULL SUPPORT TO THIS RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING FEBRUARY

15TH AS SUSAN B. ANTHONY DAY AS WE WORK TO HONOR HER LEGACY AND

ASSURE OUR NATION IS A PLACE WHERE ALL PEOPLE CAN PROSPER AND INFLUENCE

THE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT EACH OF OUR LIVES. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. JENSEN.

MR. JENSEN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I AM PROUD

TO VIRTUALLY RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION, AND THANK THE SPONSOR FOR

HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THE

STATE KNOWS WHAT WE KNOW IN MONROE COUNTY ABOUT THE LEGACY AND

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WORK OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY. CERTAINLY, IT'S HARD TO GO AROUND THE CITY

OF ROCHESTER OR THE COUNTY AND NOT BE AFFECTED BY HER INFLUENCE, NOT

JUST ON THE ISSUE OF SLAVERY, ON WOMEN'S EQUALITY, ON TEMPERANCE. HER

IMPACT WAS NOT JUST PROFOUND IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STATE, BUT

ACROSS THE NATION AS MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES HAVE SO PUT IT EARLIER.

FOR ME, I'M THE FATHER OF A TWO-AND-A-HALF YEAR OLD

DAUGHTER, AND I'M PROUD THAT SHE'S GOING TO GROW UP IN A STATE, IN A

COMMUNITY WHERE HER VOICE IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE ELSE'S, AND THAT

WE HAVE EQUALITY AND THAT NO GENDER IS ABOVE ANY OTHER. SO I THANK THE

SPONSOR FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND I'M PROUD TO BE IN FAVOR OF IT TODAY.

THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. RAJKUMAR.

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

ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I AM A PROUD COSPONSOR OF THE

RESOLUTION TO COMMEMORATE THE 17TH ANNUAL SUSAN B. ANTHONY DAY IN

THE STATE OF NEW YORK. I SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY AS THE FIRST SOUTH

ASIAN WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO A GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN NEW YORK STATE.

MYSELF, AS WELL AS ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, STAND

ON THE SHOULDERS OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY. SHE IS THE ORIGINAL CIVIL RIGHTS

HEROINE THAT MADE ALL OTHER FIRSTS POSSIBLE.

IN 1872, ANTHONY AND 14 WOMEN WENT TO A VOTING

BOOTH AND CAST THEIR BALLOTS TO VOTE, AND AS THEY WALKED TO THE POLLS

THAT DAY, THEY CARRIED THE HOPES OF ALL AMERICAN WOMEN WITH THEM,

AND THE DREAMS OF ALL AMERICAN WOMEN TO COME AFTER THEM. AFTER

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THEIR EXTRAORDINARY ACT OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, ANTHONY WAS ARRESTED ON

CHARGES OF ILLEGAL VOTING. A COURT CASE ENSUED: THE UNITED STATES V.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY. THE JUDGE FOUND ANTHONY GUILTY AND ORDERED HER

TO PAY A $100 FINE. SHE STATED, I SHALL NEVER PAY A DOLLAR OF YOUR

UNJUST PENALTY, AND SHE NEVER DID. INSTEAD, SHE SPENT DECADES FIGHTING

FOR THE RIGHT OF WOMEN TO VOTE.

THE NEXT GENERATION OF WOMEN FOLLOWING HER LEAD

LAUNCHED A HUNGER STRIKE FROM PRISON TO ACHIEVE THE PASSAGE OF THE

19TH AMENDMENT IN 1920. IT'S NOW BEEN 101 YEARS SINCE AMERICAN

WOMEN WON THAT PRECIOUS RIGHT TO VOTE. LAST YEAR, THE FORMER

PRESIDENT ISSUED A PARDON OF ANTHONY FOR HER CONVICTION, BUT THE SUSAN

B. ANTHONY HOUSE REFUSED, SAYING TO ACCEPT THE PARDON WOULD BE TO

LEGITIMIZE THE COURT PROCEEDINGS OF 1872 AGAINST HER, JUST LIKE PAYING

$100 WOULD HAVE. INDEED, SUSAN B. ANTHONY NEEDS NO PARDON, BUT

ONLY OUR ETERNAL GRATITUDE AND REVERENCE.

LET US DRAW INSPIRATION FROM HER INCREDIBLE COURAGE

AND ENSURE THAT HER STORY IS TAUGHT IN HISTORY BOOKS FOREVER, AND LET US

DREAM OF WHERE WE CAN GO FROM HERE, A WOMAN PRESIDENT, A NATIONAL

EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, AND EXPANDED PAID FAMILY LEAVE LAW, EQUAL

PAY FOR WOMEN, FINALLY ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS ALL

AROUND THE WORLD. THANK YOU, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, FOR ALL YOU HAVE

GIVEN US. I PROUDLY SUPPORT TODAY'S RESOLUTION IN HER HONOR. THANK

YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I YIELD MY TIME.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MR. BURKE.

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MR. BURKE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND I'D ALSO

LIKE TO THANK THE SPONSOR. YOU KNOW, SUSAN B. ANTHONY IS A DAUGHTER

OF ROCHESTER, BUT ALL OF US IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, AND I'M SURE ALL OF US

IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN HER LEGACY BEING

ASSOCIATED WITH US. SHE WAS A GREAT WARRIOR FOR WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE, BUT

THERE ARE MANY GREAT LEADERS IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY, GREAT

PROGRESSIVE LEADERS WHO CAME FROM, YOU KNOW, UPSTATE NEW YORK,

SUSAN B. ANTHONY MAYBE BEING ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE, BUT YOU'VE

GOT SUSAN B. ANTHONY, FREDERICK DOUGLASS, HARRIET TUBMAN, WILLIAM

HENRY SEWARD, JOHN BROWN. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST NOTE THE

LEGACY OF GREAT PROGRESSIVE LEADERS WHO CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE OF THIS

COUNTRY, WHO PUSHED FOR EQUALITY AND WHO GOT IT DONE AND WHAT JOHN

LEWIS HAS DESCRIBED AS "GOT INTO THAT GOOD TROUBLE." SO IT'S WITH GREAT

PRIDE THAT I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND I THANK THE SPONSOR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

MS. WOERNER.

MS. WOERNER: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. SUSAN

B. ANTHONY SPENT HER FORMATIVE YEARS IN GREENWICH, NEW YORK, IN THE

DISTRICT THAT I REPRESENT, AND THIS SUMMER WE KICKED OFF THE RESTORATION

OF HER FAMILY HOME, A PLACE THAT WILL BECOME A NEW STATE HISTORIC SITE

IN THE COMING YEARS. HER FORMATIVE YEARS SPENT IN GREENWICH BEFORE

SHE MOVED ON TO ROCHESTER WERE SPENT REALLY IN THE -- IN THE SERVICE OF

ABOLITION AND THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT THAT WAS TAKING PLACE IN

UPSTATE NEW YORK IN THE 19TH CENTURY. SHE COLLECTED SIGNATURES FOR

THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AT THE AGE OF 17, SHE WAS A TEACHER, SHE WAS

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VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS THAT WERE ACTIVE

AT THE TIME NOT JUST ON BEHALF OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS, BUT RIGHTS FOR PEOPLE

ACROSS THE WORLD. SHE AND HER SISTER, MARY, FOUNDED THE WOMEN'S

POLITICAL EQUALITY CLUB IN EASTON, NEW YORK, AN ORGANIZATION THAT

ACTUALLY STILL EXISTS. SO HER LEGACY IN THIS PART OF THE STATE IS STILL

STRONG AND IT IS MY -- IT IS MY GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE A

COSPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION AS WE HONOR THE TREMENDOUS

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND LEADERSHIP OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY. THANK YOU,

MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. GALLAGHER.

MS. GALLAGHER: HI. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME

TO SPEAK TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR THE CO-SPONSOR FOR BRINGING THIS

FORWARD. I GREW UP IN GREAT ADMIRATION OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY AND ONE

OF THE MAJOR THINGS I'VE LEARNED ABOUT HER IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK BACK IN

HISTORY, WE HAVE TIME ON OUR SIDE AND WE CAN COME TO APPRECIATE THE

WORK AND THE CHANGE THAT FOLKS LIKE SUSAN B. ANTHONY FOUGHT TO

EMBODY; HOWEVER, IT'S EASY TO FORGET THAT CHANGE-MAKERS LIKE SUSAN B.

ANTHONY WERE CONSIDERED RABBLE ROUSERS AND DANGEROUS IN THEIR TIME.

THEY, IN MANY COMMUNITIES, WOULD HAVE NOT ONLY BEEN UNPOPULAR, BUT

UNTOUCHABLE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT REAL CHANGE IS OFTEN

UNPOPULAR IN THE TIME IT IS INTRODUCED, AND TO FIGHT FOR CHANGE ALWAYS

COMES AT GREAT PERSONAL COST. LET US, ESPECIALLY US WOMEN, HAVE THE

COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT OVER WHAT IS POPULAR, KNOWING WE MAY NOT

SURVIVE, AS SUSAN B. ANTHONY DID NOT, TO SEE THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR. IT

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IS STILL WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR SUSAN B. ANTHONY. I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL

OF THE SUFFRAGETTES AND FOR THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS FIGHTERS

IN MY PAST, AND I INTEND TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. NOLAN.

MS. NOLAN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, MY

COLLEAGUES. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT IN SUPPORT OF THIS IMPORTANT

RESOLUTION. I'VE HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF BEING AT THE SUSAN B.

ANTHONY HOUSE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY TOUCHED ME WHEN I

WAS IN ROCHESTER THAT DAY WAS THAT AS A YOUNG GIRL, HER FATHER'S

BUSINESS WENT BANKRUPT AND WOMEN HAD SO LITTLE RIGHTS THAT THEY SOLD

HER MOTHER'S GLASSES OFF HER FACE, HER MOTHER'S EYEGLASSES WERE SOLD TO

HELP PAY HER FATHER'S DEBTS, AND SHE WAS AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND HER

AND HER SISTER VOWED THAT THEY WOULD TRY TO MAKE CHANGES.

AND I CAN ONLY SAY TO THIS DAY, IT'S SUCH AN EMOTIONAL

THING TO ME. IT SHOWS YOU THAT EVEN VERY YOUNG WOMEN CAN SEE

INJUSTICE AND FIGHT, AND SHE FOUGHT HER WHOLE LONG LIFE TO RIGHT THAT

BALANCE. AND THANK GOD THAT NO LONGER EXISTS, BUT IT SHOWS THE

INEQUITIES IN OUR COUNTRY STILL, OF COURSE, AND THE FACT THAT WOMEN HAD

SO LITTLE RIGHTS, IT JUST ALMOST BOGGLES THE MIND. BUT I SALUTE THE

MEMBERS BRINGING IT FORTH TODAY AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS

IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR, AND HAPPY TO DO SO. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. SEAWRIGHT.

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

ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION. AS CHAIR OF THE NEW YORK

ASSEMBLY MAJORITY TASK FORCE ON WOMEN'S ISSUES, I'M PROUD TO SPEAK

OUT IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. I THANK THE BILL'S SPONSOR.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY STATED THAT WOMEN WILL NEVER HAVE COMPLETE

EQUALITY UNTIL THEY HELP TO WRITE THE LAWS AND ELECT THEMSELVES

LAWMAKERS, SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DAY, AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION, AND

I'M PROUD TO COSPONSOR THIS IMPORTANT BILL. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. WALKER.

MS. WALKER: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. ONE OF

THE THINGS THAT WE RECOGNIZED IS THAT SUSAN B. ANTHONY AND, OF COURSE,

THE GREAT ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, DID AMAZING THINGS FOR WOMEN'S

RIGHTS AND WE JUST FINISHED A CENTENNIAL OF THE WOMEN RIGHT -- HAVING

THE RIGHT TO VOTE. AND WE RECOGNIZE ALSO THAT THE HONORABLE FREDRICK

DOUGLASS, WORKED WITH THE LIBERATION OF THE BLACK -- OF BLACK PEOPLE

ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND HELD THOSE TWO THINGS IN TANDEM WITH ONE

ANOTHER.

BUT BLACK WOMEN, BLACK WOMEN WERE LEFT OUT OF THAT

CONVERSATION. SO I ALWAYS FIND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR

SOJOURNER TRUTH. I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THE END BEFORE MY TIME IS

UP, BUT I'LL DO WHAT I CAN.

"WELL, CHILDREN, WHERE THERE IS SO MUCH RACKET THERE

MUST BE SOMETHING OUT OF KILTER. I THINK THAT 'TWIXT THE NEGROES OF THE

SOUTH AND THE WOMEN AT THE NORTH, ALL TALKING ABOUT RIGHTS, THE WHITE

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MEN WILL BE IN A FIX PRETTY SOON. BUT WHAT'S ALL THIS HERE TALKING

ABOUT? THAT MAN OVER THERE SAYS THAT WOMEN NEED TO BE HELPED INTO

CARRIAGES, AND LIFTED OVER DITCHES, AND TO HAVE THE BEST PLACE

EVERYWHERE. NOBODY EVER HELPS ME INTO CARRIAGES, OR OVER

MUD-PUDDLES, OR GIVES ME ANY BEST PLACE! AND AIN'T I A WOMAN? LOOK

AT ME! LOOK AT MY ARM! I HAVE PLOUGHED AND PLANTED, AND GATHERED

INTO BARNS, AND NO MAN COULD HEAD ME! AND AIN'T I A WOMAN? I COULD

WORK AS MUCH AND EAT AS MUCH AS A MAN - WHEN I COULD GET IT - AND

BEAR THE LASH AS WELL! AND AIN'T I A WOMAN? I HAVE BORNE THIRTEEN

CHILDREN, AND SEEN MOST ALL SOLD OFF TO SLAVERY, AND WHEN I CRIED OUT

WITH MY MOTHER'S GRIEF, NONE BUT JESUS HEARD ME! AND AIN'T I A

WOMAN? THEN THEY TALK ABOUT THIS THING IN THE HEAD; WHAT'S THIS THEY

CALL IT? THAT'S IT, HONEY. INTELLECT. WHAT'S THAT GOT TO DO WITH WOMEN'S

RIGHTS OR NEGROES' RIGHTS? IF MY CUP WON'T HOLD BUT A PINT, AND YOURS

HOLDS A QUART, WOULDN'T YOU BE MEAN NOT TO LET ME HAVE MY LITTLE HALF

MEASURE FULL? THEN THAT LITTLE MAN IN BLACK THERE, HE SAYS WOMEN CAN'T

HAVE AS MUCH RIGHTS AS MEN, 'CAUSE CHRIST WASN'T A WOMAN! WHERE DID

YOUR CHRIST COME FROM? WHERE DID YOUR CHRIST COME FROM? FROM

GOD AND A WOMAN! MAN HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM. IF THE FIRST

WOMAN GOD EVER MADE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE

DOWN ALL ALONE, THESE WOMEN TOGETHER OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO TURN IT BACK,

AND GET IT RIGHT SIDE UP AGAIN! AND NOW THEY IS ASKING TO DO IT, THE

MEN BETTER LET THEM. OBLIGED TO YOU FOR HEARING ME, AND NOW OLD

SOJOURNER AIN'T GOT NOTHING MORE TO SAY."

THANK YOU.

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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. GRIFFIN.

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

ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THE RESOLUTION. I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS

RESOLUTION AND THANK THE SPONSOR FOR CONVEYING THE PIVOTAL, IMPACTFUL,

AND MEANINGFUL ROLE SUSAN B. ANTHONY HAD ON OUR DEMOCRACY. AS THE

FIRST WOMAN TO REPRESENT THE 21ST ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, I'M HERE TODAY

BECAUSE OF THE GLASS CEILINGS SUSAN B. ANTHONY BROKE. I AM PROUD TO

SHARE THESE TWO QUOTES IN HONOR OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY DAY IN NEW

YORK STATE: THERE WILL NEVER BE COMPLETE EQUALITY UNTIL WOMEN

THEMSELVES HELP TO MAKE LAWS ELECT LAWMAKERS. ANOTHER QUOTE: A TRUE

REPUBLIC, MEN THEIR RIGHTS AND NOTHING MORE; WOMEN, THEIR RIGHTS AND

NOTHING LESS. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSOR

OF THIS RESOLUTION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. SIMON.

MS. SIMON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THANK YOU,

MR. SPEAKER. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO THANK THE SPONSORS OF THIS

RESOLUTION, OF WHICH I AM ONE, BUT ALSO TO SAY THAT I JOIN WITH MY

SISTERS WHO HAVE BEEN SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF OUR RESOLUTION HONORING

SUSAN B. ANTHONY. IT WAS WOMEN LIKE SUSAN B. ANTHONY WHO WERE

SCORNED AND LAUGHED AT AND RIDICULED, BUT HAD THE VISION AND THE GUTS

AND THE PERSEVERANCE TO SEE THROUGH THEIR GOAL AND THEIR VISION. AND

WE ARE JUST THE -- THE PROGENY OF THAT AND NEED TO ALWAYS REMEMBER AS

WE DO OUR WORK THAT IT IS OUR WORK TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WOMEN AND

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GIRLS AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AND

OUTCOMES AS OUR MALE BRETHREN. SO I THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY,

AND THANK YOU SUSAN B. ANTHONY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MS.

SIMON.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ONE OF THE MORE POWERFUL

RESOLUTIONS THAT COMES BEFORE OUR HOUSE. I WANT TO COMMEND THE

SPONSOR FOR BRINGING IT TO US, AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO SAY TO ALL OF THOSE

COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE THE PLEASURE TO LIVE IN AND AROUND THE ROCHESTER

AREA WHERE YOU CAN GET TO SEE SOME OF THE WORK OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY

ON A REGULAR BASIS, I APPRECIATED HEARING YOUR WORDS, AS WELL.

IT'S AN EXCITING THOUGHT TO THINK THAT IN THE 1800S,

THERE WAS THIS WOMAN WHO WAS SO DESPERATE ABOUT FINDING EQUALITY

AND FINDING EQUITY, AND WORKING AGAINST SLAVERY AND WORKING FOR EQUAL

PAY, AND EQUAL RIGHTS AND EVEN LABOR ORGANIZING RIGHTS. I MEAN, WHEN I

THINK ABOUT THE LATITUDE OF THAT, HOW -- I MEAN, 1872 WE'RE TALKING SHE

WAS WORKING ON THESE ISSUES. I CAN'T SPEAK LOUD ENOUGH ABOUT HOW

CRITICALLY-IMPORTANT I THINK WHAT'S THIS SAYING TO US TODAY AS WE STAND

HERE IN 2021 AND WE STILL KEEP FIGHTING FOR THE SAME THINGS. WE STILL

KEEP FIGHTING FOR THE SAME RIGHTS, THE SAME EQUITY, THE SAME RIGHT TO

VOTE. SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR VOTING. AND WE'RE STILL, IN A WAY, HERE.

I THINK IF WE REALLY WANT TO HONOR SUSAN B. ANTHONY,

NO MATTER WHAT SPECTRUM WE COME FROM AND NO MATTER WHERE WE LIVE

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IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WE SHOULD WORK HARD TO CONTINUE HER FIGHT

ON THESE ISSUES THAT SHE FOUGHT FOR DURING HER LIFETIME. SO WHILE WE

ADMIRE THE WOMAN, LET'S ADMIRE HER WORK AND DUPLICATE IT BECAUSE WE

STILL HAVE SOME TO DO.

WITH THAT MR. SPEAKER, I THANK YOU FOR THE

OPPORTUNITY AND I WOULD ASK THAT IF YOU COULD CALL ON MS. HUNTER FOR

AN ANNOUNCEMENT AFTER YOU PASS THE RESOLUTION, OF COURSE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

ADOPTED.

WE HAVE NUMEROUS OTHER FINE RESOLUTIONS. WE WILL

TAKE THEM UP WITH ONE VOTE. ON THESE RESOLUTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR

SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.

(WHEREUPON, ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NOS. 56-60 WERE

UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER. IF YOU CAN CALL ON MS. HUNTER FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN

ANNOUNCEMENT?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. HUNTER FOR THE

PURPOSE OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

MS. HUNTER: YES, THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THERE

WILL BE AN IMMEDIATE CONVENING OF THE MAJORITY CONFERENCE UPON OUR

ADJOURNMENT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: IMMEDIATE

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DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE FOLLOWING SESSION.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I NOW

MOVE THAT THE ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 1:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY

FEBRUARY THE 23RD, TOMORROW BEING A SESSION DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE ASSEMBLY STANDS

ADJOURNED.

(WHEREUPON, AT 4:25 P.M., THE ASSEMBLY STOOD

ADJOURNED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD AT 1:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY

BEING A SESSION DAY.)