WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2021 11:52 A.M.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE HOUSE WILL COME

TO ORDER.

IN THE ABSENCE OF CLERGY, AS WE PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF

SILENCE, LET US KEEP IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS THE VICTIMS OF THE

ATTACK YESTERDAY IN THE ATLANTA AREA, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THOSE WHO

RESPONDED AND WILL CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITY'S INJURIES

AND NEEDS.

(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

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

JOURNAL OF TUESDAY, MARCH 16TH.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

DISPENSE WITH THE FURTHER READING OF THE JOURNAL OF TUESDAY, MARCH

16TH AND ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO

ORDERED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER. I WANTED TO CERTAINLY WELCOME FOLKS TO CHAMBERS. WE DO

HAVE SOME WORK WE'RE GOING TO GET DONE TODAY, BUT PRIOR TO THAT I

WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH A QUOTE AND I'LL START BY SAYING HAPPY ST.

PATRICK'S DAY TO MY COLLEAGUES. MR. SPEAKER, THIS QUOTE IS FROM

JANUARY THE 1ST, 1846. IT WAS ACTUALLY WRITTEN BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS

WHILE HE WAS IN BELFAST AND HE WAS PREPARING TO GO TO SCOTLAND; HE

HAD BEEN IN BELFAST FOR FOUR MONTHS. AND HE SAYS, "ELEVEN DAYS AND A

HALF GONE, AND I HAVE CROSSED THREE THOUSAND MILES OF THE PERILOUS

DEEP OCEAN. INSTEAD OF A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT, I AM UNDER A

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT. INSTEAD OF THE BRIGHT BLUE SKY OF AMERICA, I

AM COVERED WITH THE SOFT GRAY FOG OF THE EMERALD ISLE. I BREATHE, AND

LO! THE CHATTEL BECOMES A MAN." AGAIN, MR. SPEAKER, THESE WORDS

FROM FREDERICK DOUGLASS AFTER HE SPENT FOUR MONTHS IN IRELAND AND

ENCOUNTERED DANIEL O'CONNELL. THEY BECAME FAST FRIENDS AND THESE

WERE HIS WORDS. I THINK IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE THAT WE SHARE THEM TODAY.

MR. SPEAKER, MEMBERS HAVE ON THEIR DESKS THE MAIN

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

CALENDAR AND AFTER THERE ARE ANY INTRODUCTIONS AND/OR HOUSEKEEPING,

OUR PRINCIPAL WORK FOR THE DAY WILL BE TAKING UP ON CONSENT FROM THE

MAIN CALENDAR. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH CALENDAR NO. 154 AND GO

STRAIGHT THROUGH TO CALENDAR NO. 175. ALSO, MEMBERS SHOULD NOTE THAT

THERE WILL ABSOLUTELY BE BUDGET -- JOINT BUDGET CONFERENCE

COMMITTEES AT THE COMPLETION OF OUR MEETING TODAY. THESE JOINT

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES WILL START AT 1:00 OR MAYBE A LITTLE LATER, BUT

THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE CYCLE A AND THAT WILL BE PUBLIC PROTECTION,

CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND JUDICIARY, AND MENTAL HEALTH. THAT WILL BE

CYCLE 1 WILL HAPPEN AT 1:00 OR CLOSE AROUND THAT TIME. CYCLE B, WHICH

IS ENVIRONMENT, AGRICULTURE, AND HOUSING, AND TRANSPORTATION, THAT

WILL HAPPEN AT 2:00. THE CHAIRS AND PARTICIPANTS WILL BE

DULY-PROVIDED WITH THE ZOOM INFORMATION TO JUMP ON. CYCLE C IS

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH. CYCLE D IS EDUCATION, GENERAL

GOVERNMENT, AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE. AND CYCLE E: HUMAN SERVICES,

LABOR, AND HIGHER EDUCATION.

MR. SPEAKER, THAT'S THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF WHERE WE'RE

GOING TODAY. IF THERE IS ANY HOUSEKEEPING THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN UP, IT

WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO DO THAT. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: NO HOUSEKEEPING,

BUT WE WILL START ON PAGE 3, RESOLUTION. THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 116, MR.

CUSICK.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MARCH 2021 AS IRISH AMERICAN

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

HERITAGE MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. CUSICK ON THE

RESOLUTION.

MR. CUSICK: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. IT IS AN

HONOR TO SPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING IRISH HERITAGE MONTH

IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND RECOGNIZING THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO

THIS STATE AND COUNTRY BY THE IRISH PEOPLE. NEW YORK'S BOND TO IRELAND

AND THE IRISH COMMUNITY GROWS STRONGER EVERY DAY IN OUR SHARED

CULTURE AND ADMIRATION, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THAT WITH THIS

RESOLUTION EVERY YEAR TO HONOR IRISH HERITAGE MONTH IN THE STATE OF

NEW YORK.

MR. SPEAKER, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS

OPPORTUNITY ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN IRISH LEGISLATORS TO WISH ALL OUR

COLLEAGUES A HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MR.

CUSICK.

ON THE RESOLUTION, MR. BROWN.

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

SAY HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY, AND JUST SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE HOLIDAY.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY IS SO MUCH MORE THAN STRICTLY AN IRISH OR CHRISTIAN

HOLIDAY. EACH AND EVERYONE OF US CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM ST.

PATRICK'S STORY. ST. PATRICK IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF HOW LOVE AND

PERSEVERANCE CAN BRING NOT ONLY ONESELF OUT OF THE DARK, BUT HELP

OTHERS FIND THE LIGHT AS WELL.

PATRICK'S COMPASSION AND DETERMINATION TO HELP THE

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

IRISH FIND SALVATION WAS AN UNLIKELY PATH FOR HIM TO TAKE. PATRICK'S

RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND BEGAN WHEN HE WAS KIDNAPPED

BY IRISH RAIDERS FROM HIS FAMILY'S HOME. ST. PATRICK WAS HELD AS A SLAVE

IN IRELAND FOR SIX YEARS BEFORE GOD SPOKE TO HIM AND COMMANDED HIM

TO RETURN HOME. UPON HIS ESCAPE, HE RETURNED AND BECAME A PRIEST.

HIS LIFE'S WORK FROM THAT POINT FORWARD BECAME TO SHARE THE CHRISTIAN

FAITH THAT HAD HELPED HIM MAKE IT THROUGH HIS CAPTIVITY WITH THE VERY

PEOPLE THAT HAD HELD HIM AGAINST HIS WILL. PATRICK RETURNED TO IRELAND

AND DEDICATED THE REST OF HIS LIFE TO TEACHING CHRISTIANITY TO THE IRISH

PEOPLE WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR CULTURE AND HERITAGE. THE LEGEND OF ST.

PATRICK IS THAT HE DROVE THE SNAKES FROM IRELAND, BUT THE MORE COMMON

VERSION OF HISTORY IS THAT PATRICK USED THE THREE-LEAF CLOVER TO ILLUSTRATE

THE HOLY TRINITY AND MADE THE SHAMROCK THE NATIONAL SYMBOL OF FAITH.

ST. PATRICK'S STORY IS EXTREMELY INFLUENTIAL TO IRISH AND

IRISH AMERICANS. HE REPRESENTS THE PERSON THAT WE ALL STRIVE TO BE;

STRONG, OVERCOMING INCREDIBLE ADVERSITY, AND LOVING THY NEIGHBOR.

WHEN THE IRISH ARRIVED IN DROVES TO THIS COUNTRY, THEY FOUGHT TO MAKE

THE MOST OF THIS LAND OF OPPORTUNITY. YOU SEE, THE IRISH DID NOT HAVE

THE RIGHT TO VOTE SO THEY MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD IN GOVERNMENT,

RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND BECOMING CIVIL SERVANTS LIKE POLICEMEN AND

FIREMEN, SOMETHING THEY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO BACK HOME. I URGE

EVERYONE IF YOU'VE EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO VISIT IRELAND. IT'S A

WONDERFUL COUNTRY.

SO FROM YATES TO JOHN F. KENNEDY, ST. PATRICK TO

JAMES JOYCE, I'M GLAD TO HAVE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE ST.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

PATRICK'S DAY AND THE GREAT LESSONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF IRISH CULTURE

AND HISTORY HAS PROVIDED TO US. THANK YOU ALL. GOD BLESS, AND HAPPY

ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. GALLAHAN.

MR. GALLAHAN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. FIRST

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION. IRISH CATHOLIC

IMMIGRANTS CAME TO AMERICA DURING THE COLONIAL TIMES. FOR EXAMPLE,

CHARLES CARROLL IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA IN 1706. HIS GRANDSON,

CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON, SIGNED HIS NAME TO THE DECLARATION OF

INDEPENDENCE. IRELAND'S 1845 POTATO BLIGHT IS OFTEN CREDITED WITH

LAUNCHING THE SECOND WAVE OF IRISH IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA. THE

FUNGUS WHICH DECIMATED POTATO CROPS CREATED A DEVASTATING FAMINE,

STARVATION PLAGUED IRELAND AND WITHIN FIVE YEARS, 1 MILLION IRISH WERE

DEAD WITH HALF A MILLION HAD ARRIVED IN AMERICA TO START A NEW LIFE.

LIVING CONDITIONS IN MANY PARTS OF IRELAND WERE VERY

DIFFICULT LONG BEFORE THE POTATO FAMINE OF 1845; HOWEVER, A LARGE

NUMBER OF IRISH LEFT THEIR HOMELAND AS EARLY AS THE 1820S. IN FACT,

IRELAND'S POPULATION DECREASED DRAMATICALLY THROUGHOUT THE 19TH

CENTURY. CENSUS FIGURES SHOW THE 19TH CENTURY POPULATION OF 18 --

8.2 MILLION IN 1841, 6.6 MILLION A DECADE LATER, AND ONLY 4.7 MILLION IN

1891. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT AS MANY AS 4.5 MILLION IRISH ARRIVED IN

AMERICA BETWEEN 1820 AND 1930. BETWEEN 1820 AND 1860, THE IRISH

CONSTITUTED OVER ONE-THIRD OF ALL IMMIGRANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. IN

THE 1840S, THEY COMPRISED NEARLY HALF OF ALL IMMIGRANTS IN THIS NATION,

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

INTERESTINGLY PRE-FAMINE IMMIGRANTS FROM IRELAND WERE PREDOMINANTLY

MALE, WHILE IN THE FAMINE YEARS AND THEIR AFTERMATH, ENTIRE FAMILIES LEFT

THE COUNTRY. IN THE YEARS LATER, THE MAJORITY OF IRISH IMMIGRANTS WERE

WOMEN.

WHAT CAN ALL THESE STATISTICS TELL US ABOUT LIFE IN

IRELAND DURING THIS PERIOD? THE IRISH IMMIGRANTS LEFT A RURAL LIFESTYLE

IN A NATION LACKING MODERN INDUSTRY. MANY IMMIGRANTS FOUND

THEMSELVES UNPREPARED FOR THE INDUSTRIALIZED URBAN CENTERS IN THE

UNITED STATES. THOUGH THESE IMMIGRANTS WERE NOT THE POOREST PEOPLE

IN IRELAND, THE POOREST WERE ABLE TO RAISE THE MONEY REQUIRED IN THE

SUM FOR STEERAGE PASSAGE ON THE SHIP TO AMERICA. BY AMERICAN

STANDARDS, THEY WERE DESTITUTE. THEY OFTEN HAD NO MONEY BEYOND THE

FARE FOR THEIR PASSAGE AND, THUS, SETTLED IN THE PORTS OF THEIR

DESTINATIONS. IN TIME, THE SUM OF TOTAL IRISH AMERICANS EXCEEDED THE

ENTIRE POPULATION OF IRELAND. NEW YORK CITY BOASTED MORE IRISHMEN

THAN DUBLIN, IRELAND.

THE IRISH ESTABLISHED PATTERNS THAT NEWCOMERS TO THE

UNITED STATES CONTINUE TO FOLLOW TODAY: HOUSING CHOICES, OCCUPANTS

ENTERED -- OCCUPATIONS ENTERED, FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO FAMILIES REMAINING

IN THE HOMELAND, AND CHAIN IMMIGRATION WHICH BROUGHT ADDITIONAL

RELATIVES TO AMERICA, AND SOME OF THESE PATTERNS STILL ARE HERE TODAY.

IMPOVERISHED AMERICAN -- IRISH IMMIGRANTS OFTEN

CROWDED INTO SUBDIVIDED HOMES THAT WERE INTENDED FOR SINGLE FAMILIES,

LIVING IN TINY, CRAMPED SPACES, CELLARS, ATTICS, MAKE NEW SPACES IN

ALLEYS, THEY ALL BECAME HOME. A LACK OF ADEQUATE SEWAGE AND RUNNING

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

WATER IN THESE PLACES MADE CLEANLINESS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE. DISEASE OF

ALL KINDS INCLUDING CHOLERA, TYPHUS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MENTAL ILLNESSES

RESULTED FROM THOSE MISERABLE LIVING CONDITIONS. IRISH IMMIGRANTS

SOMETIMES FACED HOSTILITY FROM OTHER GROUPS IN THE U.S., AND WERE

ACCUSED OF SPREADING DISEASE AND BLAMED FOR UNSANITARY CONDITIONS

MANY LIVED IN.

IRISH IMMIGRANTS OFTEN ENTERED THE WORKPLACE AT THE

BOTTOM OF THE OCCUPATIONAL LADDER, AND TOOK ON THE MENIAL AND

DANGEROUS JOBS THAT WERE OFTEN AVOIDED BY OTHERS. MANY IRISH

AMERICAN WOMEN BECAME SERVANTS OR DOMESTIC WORKERS, WHILE MANY

IRISH AMERICAN MEN LABORED IN COAL MINES AND BUILT RAILROADS AND

CANALS. RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION WAS SO DANGEROUS THAT IT WAS SAID THAT

THERE WAS AN IRISHMAN BURIED UNDER EVERY TIE. AS IRISH IMMIGRANTS

MOVED INLAND FROM THE EASTERN CITIES, THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN HEATED

COMPETITIONS FOR JOBS. THE AUTO RECORDING -- AUDIO RECORDING

"IMMIGRANT LABORERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY," DESCRIBES HOW WEST

VIRGINIA COAL OPERATORS FIRED UNION LABORERS TO GIVE THEIR JOBS TO THE

IRISH, ITALIAN, AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN WORKERS. BECAUSE OVER TIME,

MANY IRISH AMERICANS CLIMBED OCCUPATIONAL LADDERS AND SOCIAL LADDERS

THROUGH POLITICALLY-APPOINTED POSITIONS, SUCH AS POLICEMEN, FIREMEN,

AND TEACHERS. SECOND- AND THIRD-GENERATION IRISH AMERICANS WERE, ON

AVERAGE, BETTER EDUCATED AND MORE AFFLUENT THAN WERE THEIR PARENTS.

AND SOME, SUCH AS THE KENNEDY FAMILY, ENTERED THE CIRCLES OF POWER.

THE FIRST KENNEDY WHO ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1848 WAS A

LABORER. HIS SON HAD MODEST SUCCESS, BUT HIS GRANDSON, COLLEGE

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

EDUCATED JOSEPH P. KENNEDY MADE A FORTUNE THAT ENABLED THE

GREAT-GRANDSONS, ONE OF WHOM BECAME PRESIDENT, JOHN F. KENNEDY, TO

ACHIEVE GREAT POLITICAL SUCCESS.

ILL WILL TOWARDS IRISH IMMIGRANTS BECAME -- BECAUSE

OF THEIR POORER LIVING CONDITIONS AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO WORK FOR LOW

WAGES WAS EXAGGERATED BY RELIGIOUS CONFLICT. CENTURIES OF TENSION

BETWEEN PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS FOUND THEIR WAY INTO THE UNITED

STATES IN THE CITIES, AND VERBAL ATTACKS OFTEN LED TO MOB VIOLENCE. FOR

EXAMPLE, PROTESTANTS BURNED DOWN ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NEW

YORK CITY IN 1831, AND IN 1844 RIOTS IN PHILADELPHIA CLAIMED OVER 100

LIVES.

ANTI-IMMIGRANT AND ANTI-CATHOLIC SENTIMENTS IN THE

1840S PRODUCED GROUPS SUCH AS THE NATIVIST AMERICAN PARTY, WHICH

FOUGHT INFLUENCES AND PROMOTED TRADITIONAL AMERICAN IDEAS.

AMERICAN PARTY MEMBERS EARNED THE NICKNAME "KNOW-NOTHINGS,"

BECAUSE THEIR STANDARD REPLY TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR PROCEEDINGS AND

ACTIVITIES WAS, "I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT." AND THE QUESTIONS FOR

ADMITTANCE TO THE AMERICAN PARTY IN 1854, INDUCTEES COMMITTED TO

ELECT ALL OFFICES OF HONOR, PROFIT, OR TRUST, NO ONE BUT NATIVE-BORN

CITIZENS OF AMERICA OF THIS COUNTRY, THE EXCLUSION OF ALL FOREIGNERS AND

TO ALL ROMAN CATHOLICS, WHETHER THEY BE OF NATIVE OR FOREIGN BIRTH,

REGARDLESS OF ALL PARTY AFFILIATIONS, WHATEVER. THIS COMMITMENT HELPED

ELECT THE AMERICAN PARTY AND GOVERNORS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND

DELAWARE, AND PLACED MILLARD FILLMORE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL TICKET IN

1856.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATIONS, THE TWO GROUPS OFTEN

PUSHED INTO CONFLICT. THE CONSCRIPTION ACT OF 1863 EXAGGERATED THESE

TENSE RELATIONSHIPS, AND THIS ACT MADE ALL WHITE MEN BETWEEN THE AGES

OF 20 AND 45 YEARS ELIGIBLE FOR THE DRAFT IN THE UNION ARMY. FREE

AMERICAN -- FREE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN WERE PERMITTED TO VOLUNTEER

TO FIGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE EMANCIPATION

PROCLAMATION, HOWEVER THE AMERICAN -- AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN WERE

NOT DRAFTED; IN OTHER WORDS, FORCED TO FIGHT.

IN CUTTING THIS SHORT, SIR, THE IRISH IMMIGRANTS WHO

ENTERED THE UNITED STATES FROM THE 16TH TO THE 20TH CENTURIES WERE

CHANGED BY AMERICA, AND ALSO CHANGED THIS NATION. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MR.

GALLAHAN. AND YOU HAVE USED A GOOD IRISH MINUTE IN THAT DISSERTATION

(LAUGHTER)

-- AND WE DO APPRECIATE IT, IT WAS QUITE INFORMATIVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MR. LAWLER.

MR. LAWLER: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I'D LIKE TO

THANK THE SPONSOR FOR PUTTING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD. I'M PROUD TO

REPRESENT AND LIVE IN ONE OF THE LARGEST IRISH COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK

STATE, THE HAMLET OF PEARL RIVER, WHICH IS ALSO HOME TO THE SECOND

LARGEST ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN OUR STATE. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE

SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, THE PARADE HAS BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE OF

COVID, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BEING BACK NEXT YEAR AND BETTER

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

THAN EVER. AND CERTAINLY, EXTEND AN INVITATION TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES

TO JOIN US NEXT YEAR AS WE MARCH DOWN THE STREET IN PEARL RIVER TO

CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

WE HAVE MANY GREAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT CELEBRATE AND

PUSH FORWARD OUR RICH IRISH CULTURE AND HISTORY IN MY COMMUNITY, THE

ROCKLAND COUNTY ANCIENT ORDER OF THE HIBERNIANS, OF WHICH I AM A

MEMBER, THE ROCKLAND GAA, WHICH HELPS PROMOTE GAELIC ATHLETICS,

THE IRISH CULTURAL CENTER, THE FRIENDLY SONS OF ST. PATRICK, AND MANY

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHICH HELP ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M A PROUD GRANDSON AND GREAT-GRANDSON AND

GREAT-GREAT-GRANDSON OF IRISH IMMIGRANTS, AND THE IRISH COMMUNITY HAS

ENRICHED OUR STATE. THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED MIGHTILY TO IT,

ECONOMICALLY, POLITICALLY, GOVERNMENTALLY, AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO

HAVE MANY MEMBERS OF THIS BODY WHO SHARE IN THAT HERITAGE. I WOULD

ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHO WAS RECOGNIZED AS

ONE OF THE TOP 40 UNDER 40, MR. BYRNE, BY THE IRISH ECHO, AND

CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM ON THIS ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

AND IN CLOSING, I WANT TO WISH A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TO OUR SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, WAYNE "O'JACKSON," AND THANK HIM FOR ALL OF

HIS SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MR.

LAWLER. YOU GAVE MR. GALLAHAN BACK TWO MINUTES OF THE TIME THAT HE

USED. EVERYBODY WHO DOES THAT WILL GET A REWARD.

(LAUGHTER)

MR. BURKE.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

MR. BURKE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, I'LL BE QUICK.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR THIS RESOLUTION. YOU KNOW, I'M FROM

BUFFALO, BUT BUFFALO IS UNIQUE FOR A MID-SIZED AMERICAN CITY IN THAT

WE STILL HAVE OUR MANY EURO-ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I'M FORTUNATE

ENOUGH TO REPRESENT AND BE FROM SOUTH BUFFALO WHICH IS -- WHICH IS

THE IRISH NEIGHBORHOOD OF BUFFALO. AND YOU KNOW, JUST TO EXPLAIN

WHAT IT WAS LIKE GROWING UP, YOU KNOW, I WENT TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL, BUT

I ASSUMED THAT THE WHOLE COUNTRY GOT OFF FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND

USUALLY THE DAY AFTER, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE AT WORK HERE TODAY,

BUT I GUESS WE'LL KEEP IT MOVING, THAT'S OKAY.

SO IT'S JUST A GREAT POINT OF PRIDE TO BE A PART OF THIS

COMMUNITY, MY GRANDFATHER, YOU KNOW, EMIGRATED FROM IRELAND IN

1950 SO UNDERSTANDING THE IMMIGRANT, YOU KNOW, LIFE AND HISTORY, IT'S

CERTAINLY DEEPLY INGRAINED IN MY FAMILY AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW,

EVERYONE OF IRISH DESCENT, YOU KNOW, FEELS THAT IN SOME WAY. WE

UNDERSTAND THE LONG HISTORY. ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES JUST KIND OF WENT

THROUGH A PRIMER IN THAT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE'RE ALL SENSITIVE

TO AND UNDERSTANDING THE IMMIGRANT HISTORY AND, FRANKLY, HOW POORLY

IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN TREATED WHEN THEY COME HERE AND THEN MAKE

THIS STATE A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US.

SO THANK YOU, AND HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MR.

BURKE AND FOR YOUR EDIFICATION, WE ARE ACTUALLY HERE BECAUSE WE WOULD

BE GOING TO THE HIBERNIAN HALL FOR CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE TONIGHT,

AND SO, A TRADITIONAL ALBANY CELEBRATION.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

MRS. GUNTHER.

MRS. GUNTHER: AM I UN-MUTED? YEAH?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: YOU ARE UN-MUTED.

MRS. GUNTHER: OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO SAY A LITTLE

POEM IN HONOR OF MY GRANDMOTHER, MARY HAYES; MY GRANDFATHER, JOHN

J. COLLINS (PHONETIC); MY GRANDMOTHER, NORA O'CONNER (PHONETIC); MY

GRANDFATHER, THOMAS MALONE (PHONETIC); AND MY PARENTS, TERRES AND

EUGENE MALONE (PHONETIC). SO IT'S AN IRISH BLESSING, WE'VE ALL HEARD IT,

BUT WE NEED THIS RIGHT NOW: "MAY YOUR TROUBLES BE LESS, YOUR

BLESSINGS BE MORE, AND NOTHING BUT HAPPINESS COME THROUGH YOUR

DOOR." HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU SO MUCH,

MRS. GUNTHER.

MR. SAYEGH.

MR. SAYEGH: HELLO, MR. SPEAKER. I'D LIKE TO ALSO

JOIN THIS MORNING IN CELEBRATING ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND CELEBRATING THE

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF IRISH HERITAGE HERE IN MY CITY OF YONKERS AND

NEW YORK STATE AND THE NATION. AND I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, ELABORATE

ON THE TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF IRISH

AMERICANS HERE IN AMERICA. AND MY FIRST EXPERIENCE AS AN 8-YEAR-OLD

WAS HELPING PASS OUT LITERATURE BACK THEN IN THE EARLY '60S FOR PRESIDENT

JOHN F. KENNEDY. AND AS I WENT ON AS A SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENT,

LEARNED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HAVING A SON OF IRISH IMMIGRANTS BECOME

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AND THAT WAS A FIRST, AND IT REALLY

OPENED THE DOOR. AND I KNOW IN MY COMMUNITY, THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

IRISH AMERICANS IN CIVIC LIFE, HUMANITARIAN CAUSES, AND ESPECIALLY THE

ROLES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, IN FIRE, CIVIL SERVICE, EDUCATION AND HEALTH

CARE WERE TRULY COMMENDABLE. AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY

TO REALLY THANK MY WESTCHESTER FELLOW ASSEMBLYMEMBER KEVIN

BYRNES [SIC] WHO CONTINUOUSLY ENTERTAINS US WITH THE BAGPIPES, WHICH I

LOVE TREMENDOUSLY, AND IT'S REALLY SYMBOLIC OF -- OF THE IRISH CULTURE

AND ALSO AS A NATIVE OF JORDAN, IT WAS -- IT WAS VERY MUCH ACCEPTABLE

EVEN IN MY NATIVE JORDAN WHERE BAGPIPES WERE PART OF EVERY

CEREMONY.

SO I CONGRATULATE, YOU KNOW, OUR IRISH AMERICAN

LEGISLATORS FOR ALL THEY DO TO CONTINUE TO HELP US EXPAND THE AWARENESS

AND UNDERSTANDING OF IRISH CULTURE AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS. SO TODAY AT

ST. PATTY'S DAY, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US THAT CELEBRATES ARE HONORARY

IRISHMEN. SO AGAIN, BEST WISHES AND, AGAIN, SPECIAL BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

TO WAYNE JACKSON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

MS. FAHY ON THE RESOLUTION.

MS. FAHY: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AND I THINK

THIS IS MY NINTH YEAR IN THE ASSEMBLY, BUT IT'S MY FIRST TIME I THINK

SPEAKING ON THIS RESOLUTION AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, MR. SPEAKER,

BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DINNER. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO

CHIME IN HERE AND THANK THE SPONSOR, AS WELL, FOR ALL HE DOES TO KEEP

OUR HERITAGE ALIVE, TO KEEP THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY

ALIVE. AND I JUST WANT TO SPEAK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT HOW MUCH IT HAS

DEEPLY INFLUENCED ME.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT

THIS, BUT SINCE JUST BEFORE COVID I LOST BOTH OF MY PARENTS, AND I'M

PROBABLY THE LAST GENERATION OF THOSE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR PARENTS COME

OFF THE BOAT, AND BOTH MY PARENTS CAME OFF THE BOAT FROM IRELAND INTO

THE NEW YORK CITY HARBOR, EVEN THOUGH I GREW UP IN CHICAGO. SO

WHILE NEW YORK IS MY ADOPTED HOME, IT IS WHERE MY PARENTS FIRST

LANDED. AND I TRY TO NEVER FORGET THE SHOULDERS THAT I STAND ON BECAUSE

IT IS VERY MUCH A UNIVERSAL IMMIGRANT STORY. THEY CAME HERE SO THAT

THEIR CHILDREN WOULD HAVE A CHANCE AT A BETTER EDUCATION AND THAT THEY

WOULD HAVE A CHANCE AT A JOB. AND IT IS THEIR EXPERIENCES THAT REMIND

ME ALL THE TIME THAT WE DO STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS, THE SACRIFICES THEY

MADE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL. THEY NEVER HAD A

CHANCE AT HIGH SCHOOL, THEY NEVER HAD A CHANCE AT COLLEGE. AND SO THE

FACT THAT THEIR SACRIFICES, THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS COUNTRY GAVE THEM,

THEY HAD A -- THEY LIVED A CERTAIN VERSION OF AN AMERICAN DREAM THAT I

KNOW SOMETIMES SEEMS OUT OF REACH FOR SO MANY, AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN

REMINDED TO NEVER FORGET WHERE I COME FROM AND THE FACT THAT THIS

COUNTRY ALLOWED THEIR DAUGHTER TO BE ABLE TO WORK HER WAY THROUGH

COLLEGE HAS REALLY IMPACTED ME IN MAKING SURE THAT OTHERS HAVE THAT

CHANCE AT ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE COLLEGE, AND IT'S WHY I TALK SO

MUCH ABOUT JOBS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS POST-COVID ECONOMY ON THE

IMPORTANCE OF A JOB, BECAUSE IT MEANT SO MUCH TO MY PARENTS. AND

YOU HEARD A REFERENCE TO DOMESTIC SERVANTS, THAT'S WHAT MY MOTHER DID

WHEN SHE CAME HERE. SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE DOMESTIC SERVANTS WHO

TOOK CARE OF OTHERS AND THEN WENT TO A FACTORY. AND MY FATHER WENT

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

INTO THE CHICAGO STOCKYARDS, NOW -- NOW DEFUNCT. BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY

DID AND THEY WERE SO PROUD TO DO IT BECAUSE IT GAVE THEM A SENSE OF

IDENTITY, IT GAVE THEM A SENSE OF DIGNITY AND IT ALLOWED THEM TO EARN A

PAYCHECK. BOTH OF THEM HAD COME OFF OF FARMS AND LEFT STILL STRUGGLING

TIMES RIGHT AFTER WORLD WAR II WHEN THE WORLD WAS STILL COMING OUT OF

A WORLDWIDE DEPRESSION.

SO MY UNCLE NAMED THE FAMILY FARM F�ILTE, WHICH IS

"WELCOME" IN IRELAND, AND I JUST WANT TO READ THE BRIEFEST OF POEMS. I

DIDN'T WANT TO DELAY HERE, BUT I WANT TO READ THE BRIEFEST OF POEMS THAT

WAS SENT TO ME LAST NIGHT, OR TOAST, I SHOULD SAY, THAT I THOUGHT WAS AN

IMPORTANT ONE. AND I HAD IT IN FRONT OF ME AND NOW I DON'T. OH, WELL,

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL ONE, HERE WE GO. IT'S SAYS, "MAY YOUR NEIGHBORS RESPECT

YOU, MAY TROUBLES NEGLECT YOU, THE ANGELS PROTECT YOU, AND HEAVEN

ACCEPT YOU." SO THANK YOU ALL, AND ST. PATRICK'S DAY -- HAPPY ST.

PATRICK'S DAY TO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR THIS

OPPORTUNITY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MS.

FAHY.

MR. RIVERA.

MR. J. RIVERA: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THE YEAR

WAS 1917 WHEN AMERICA, OUR COUNTRY, MADE PUERTO RICANS AMERICAN

CITIZENS, IN TIME -- IN TIME FOR US TO SERVE IN THE FIRST WAR. ONE PUERTO

RICAN, PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS, AN AFRO-BORICUA, BECAME A UNITED

STATES FIRST LIEUTENANT WITH GREAT HONORS. AND HE THEN WENT ON TO

BECOME A STUDENT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY. THERE HE MET �AMON DE

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

VALERA, I THINK I PRONOUNCED HIS NAME CORRECTLY, ANOTHER STUDENT WHO

WAS ORGANIZING THE COMMITTEE TO FREE IRELAND. ALBIZU IDENTIFIED WITH

HIM BECAUSE WHILE WE'RE AMERICAN CITIZENS, WE'RE A COLONY OF THE

UNITED STATES. WE'RE NOT FREE TO CHOOSE FREEDOM, AND WE'RE NOT FREE TO

CHOOSE TO BECOME A STATE. THEY BOTH SERVED VERY WELL.

THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY BETWEEN PUERTO RICANS AND --

AND THE IRISH IN THE PUERTO RICAN HISTORY BOOKS. I HAVE TRAVELED WITH

MANY OF YOU TO PUERTO RICO AND I HAVE SHOWN SOME OF YOU AS WE TAKE

A TOUR OF OLD SAN JUAN, BEAUTIFUL SAN JUAN, NOT MANY ARE AWARE THAT

BEAUTIFUL SAN JUAN AND THE FORTIFICATIONS IN PUERTO RICO WERE BUILT BY

IRISH ENGINEERS WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE ARMY WITH SPAIN. WHY?

BECAUSE THEY WERE COMMON ENEMIES OF THE OPPRESSOR OF THOSE DAYS,

ENGLAND.

NOW I FIND MYSELF IN THE GREAT UNITED STATES AND I

MEET THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, THE IRISH PEOPLE WHO, WHEN I CAME TO

THIS STATE, THEY WERE STILL BEING ABUSED, THEY WERE TREATED LIKE

SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS. BUT I LEARNED FROM THEM, WE LEARNED FROM

THEM. WE LEARNED THAT IN ORDER TO GET RESPECT, YOU NEED TO REGISTER AND

VOTE. AND TODAY, WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THEM, THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE,

AND I AM PROUD TO RUN FOR OFFICE IN 1982 AND I WON ONLY BECAUSE I GOT

20 PERCENT OF THE IRISH VOTE. SO I WANT TO THANK THE IRISH. THIS WAS A

BASTION OF BOTH IRISH AND PUERTO RICAN WERE THE TWO MAIN GROUPS

LIVING IN THIS AREA, AND THE IRISH ARE STILL INVOLVED IN MY COMMUNITY. I

COMMEND THEM TODAY. MY CONSTITUENTS, I COMMEND ONE STRONG UP AND

COMING YOUNG IRISH LEADER THAT I HOPE HE RUNS FOR SOME KIND OF OFFICE,

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

JOHN DOYLE FROM CITY ISLAND.

SO TODAY'S A GREAT DAY, MR. SPEAKER. SO I JOIN YOU

AND MY COLLEAGUES IN WISHING EVERYONE HAPPY IRISH DAY. THANK YOU

VERY MUCH.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. TAGUE.

MR. TAGUE: CAN YOU HEAR ME, MR. SPEAKER?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: YES, SIR.

MR. TAGUE: ON THE RESOLUTION, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION,

MR. TAGUE.

MR. TAGUE: FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK MY FRIEND

AND THE SPONSOR OF THIS BILL MR. CUSICK, FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION TO

THE FLOOR. I ALSO WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS HARD WORK WITH OUR

AMERICAN IRISH LEGISLATORS ORGANIZATION. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT

TO THANK MR. CAHILL AND MR. BYRNE FOR THE MUSIC THAT WAS PROVIDED BUT

MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO THANK MRS. GUNTHER AND HER STAFF FOR THE

WONDERFUL IRISH DANCE THAT WAS DONE DURING THE PLAYING OF THE

BAGPIPES. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE MICHAEL QUILL IRISH

CULTURAL CENTRE, WHICH IS IN THE HEART MY DISTRICT IN DURHAM, NEW

YORK, IT'S A LOVELY PLACE AND A GREAT PLACE FOR ALL TO VISIT. AS AN IRISH

AMERICAN, I AM PROUD OF MY HERITAGE. I'M PROUD OF THE EFFORT THAT MY

FELLOW IRISH HAVE GIVEN TO BUILDING THIS COUNTRY. I WANT TO WISH ALL

IRISH AMERICANS, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE IRISH TODAY, A GREAT FILLED

DAY FROM MY IRISH AMERICAN FAMILY AND TO ALL OF YOURS, HAPPY ST.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

PATRICK'S DAY.

AND LASTLY, I WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY

FAVORITE DEMOCRAT IN THE WHOLE WORLD, MR. WAYNE "O'JACKSON."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WAYNE. WISH I WAS THERE IN ALBANY TO SAY HELLO TO

YOU. AND IN CLOSING, KEEP THOSE IRISH EYES A SMILIN', MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

MS. GALLAGHER.

MS. GALLAGHER: HI. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE SPONSOR

OF THIS RESOLUTION AND I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE RESOLUTION, PLEASE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: PROCEED, MS.

GALLAGHER.

MS. GALLAGHER: I STAND AS A GALLAGHER, THE

GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF JOHN GALLAGHER WHO IMMIGRATED FROM COUNTY

DONEGAL TO PHILADELPHIA. AND I ALSO STAND AS A PUBLIC HISTORIAN WHO

ONCE SPECIALIZED IN TELLING THE STORIES OF IMMIGRANTS WHO LIVED IN THE

LOWER EAST SIDE OF NEW YORK CITY WHERE THEY LIVED AMONGST

GERMANS, CHINESE AND FREED BLACKS. A KEY PART OF THE CRITICISMS OF

THE IRISH-AMERICAN PEOPLE WHEN THEY CAME WERE THAT THEY WERE MORE

LOYAL TO CATHOLICISM THAN TO THE UNITED STATES AND COULD NOT BE TRUSTED

FOR THAT REASON. THE FACT THAT THEY STUCK TOGETHER AND TRIED TO HELP ONE

ANOTHER SURVIVE WAS SEEN AS EVIDENCE THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE

AMERICAN. THEY WERE ALSO CRITICIZED FOR SENDING MOST OF THEIR MONEY

HOME TO FAMILIES WHO WERE STARVING THERE. THE HIGH RATE OF RETURN TO

IRELAND WAS ANOTHER CRITICISM OF MY PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY MISSED THEIR

HOME AND THEY WANTED TO RETURN ONCE THEY HAD MONEY. BUT OFTEN, THEY

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

WERE RETURNING TO NEARLY NOTHING THERE.

THE SITUATIONS HERE WERE OFTEN TERRIBLY DIFFICULT.

MANY OF THE FOLKS WHO CAME OVER AS MEN WERE IMMEDIATELY

CONSCRIPTED INTO THE CIVIL WAR ARMY DURING THE 1860S, AND THEY WERE

OFFERED CITIZENSHIP AS PART OF THIS DEAL. WE KNOW THAT MANY

IMMIGRANTS TODAY ALSO END UP JOINING ARMED FORCES, LOOKING FOR

CITIZENSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. AND THE -- AS A DAUGHTER OF THE IRISH, I STAND

ALLIED WITH ALL IMMIGRANTS AND ALL FOLKS WHO ARE COMING TO NEW YORK

TODAY AS A PLACE OF REFUGE, BOTH THOSE WHO STAY AND THOSE WHO WISH TO

RETURN TO THEIR -- THEIR HOMELANDS. I ALSO STAND ALLIED WITH IMMIGRANTS

WHO HAVE STOOD FOR THE SAME GENERATIONS HERE, BUT LACK OPPORTUNITIES

AND SAFETY BECAUSE OF WHITE SUPREMACY. I'M BLESSED WITH AN IRISH

SENSE OF HUMOR, BUT ALSO AN IRISH SENSE OF MELANCHOLY, AND I'M GRATEFUL

TO BE HERE TO HELP IMPROVE THE 21ST CENTURY FOR IMMIGRANTS THE SAME

AS MY IRISH ANCESTORS DID FOR ME IN THE PAST. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. BUTTENSCHON.

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

RISE TO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR THIS RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING MARCH IRISH

AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. YOU HAVE HEARD THE IRISH HISTORICAL,

CULTURAL, AND RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES FROM MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES THIS

MORNING, INCLUDING ALL THE CHALLENGES AND POSITIVE INSIGHT THAT OUR

ANCESTORS TOOK PART IN. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE RAISED BY THE

INFLUENCE OF EIGHT STRONG IRISH WOMEN WHO TOLD ME OF THE MANY

JOURNEYS THAT MY ANCESTORS AND RELATIVES ENCOUNTERED. I AM HONORED

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

ALSO TO REPRESENT THE MANY OF IRISH HERITAGE IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY,

WHERE WE HAVE A NEW BEAUTIFUL IRISH CULTURAL CENTER AND MUSEUM THAT

IS ALWAYS DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY; IN FACT, TODAY THEY ARE HOSTING A

FOOD GIVEAWAY AT THE CULTURAL CENTER IN HONOR OF ST. PATRICK.

IN CLOSING, HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. GRIFFIN.

MS. GRIFFIN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I WANT TO

THANK THE SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION WHO ALSO CHAIRS THE IRISH

AMERICAN LEGISLATORS SOCIETY. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. I

AM A PROUD IRISH AMERICAN WHO IS 84 PERCENT IRISH, AND I'M PROUD TO

REPRESENT SO MANY CONSTITUENTS OF IRISH DESCENT. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE

VAST CONTRIBUTIONS IRISH AMERICANS HAVE MADE IN ASSEMBLY DISTRICT

21, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK STATE, AND IN OUR COUNTRY.

THE TOWN I LIVE IN, ROCKVILLE CENTRE, HAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PARADES ON

LONG ISLAND AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MARCHING IN IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR SINCE

THE LAST TWO YEARS OBVIOUSLY WE COULDN'T MARCH.

JUST A LITTLE QUOTE FROM AN UNKNOWN AUTHOR: MAY THE

LUCK OF THE IRISH LEAD TO HAPPIEST HEIGHTS AND THE HIGHWAY YOU TRAVEL BE

LINED WITH GREEN LIGHTS. HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY TO ALL, AND AN EXTRA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, WAYNE JACKSON. THANK YOU

VERY MUCH.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. BYRNES.

MS. BYRNES: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, IF I MIGHT

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

SPEAK ON THE RESOLUTION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: PLEASE.

MS. BYRNES: AS YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS FROM MY

NAME, WHICH IS MARJORIE LOUSIE BYRNES, I DO TEND TO HAVE A LITTLE IRISH

IN ME. AND MY GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER HUGH BYRNES ACTUALLY ARRIVED

IN CANADA IN THE 1820S. OUR FAMILY MOVED TO NIAGARA COUNTY IN

ABOUT 1905 AND AFTER THAT GRAVITATED OVER TO ROCHESTER. THE IRISH

HERITAGE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MY ENTIRE FAMILY, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF

IT. I'M VERY PROUD TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS RESOLUTION TODAY, AND I

THANK MY OLDER BROTHER ROB, WHO HAS SPENT MANY YEARS RESEARCHING

OUR ANCESTRY TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION WHICH I'M ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU

TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK WAYNE JACKSON A VERY, VERY HAPPY

BIRTHDAY, ALSO FROM MYSELF AND MY BROTHER WHO USED TO WORK IN THE

ASSEMBLY WITH MR. JACKSON ABOUT THREE DECADES AGO. BUT FROM BOTH

OF US WAYNE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MS.

BYRNES.

MS. KELLES.

MS. KELLES: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I FIND I ALWAYS

HAVE THE MOST DIFFICULTY WITH TECHNOLOGY OVER ZOOM, SO I'M NOT

EXACTLY SURE WHY THESE IN PARTICULAR, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH AND ON THE

BILL -- ON THE RESOLUTION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: YES, MA'AM.

MS. KELLES: THANK YOU. FOR ME, I JUST WANTED TO

FOR A MOMENT HONOR SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY, WAS

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE, MY GRANDFATHER, JIM DAUR

(PHONETIC), AND I'M SURE FROM MY FATHER DENNIS DAUR (PHONETIC), THIS

IS FOR YOU. HE STOOD AS A LIGHT FOR ALL OF US. HE TAUGHT ME JIGS WHEN I

WAS A KID. HE ALWAYS HAD THE IRISH SPARKLE IN HIS EYE AND THE RED NOSE

FOR ALL ITS MEANING. ONE OF THE KINDEST HUMAN BEINGS, ONE OF THE

HUMBLEST HUMAN BEINGS I'VE EVER MET, AND HE HAS BEEN A NORTH STAR

FOR ME THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. SO THESE POEMS, I JUST WANTED TO READ TWO

POEMS, THESE ARE FOR YOU. AND THESE ARE TWO POEMS THAT ARE IRISH

POEMS OR BY IRISH POETS THAT HAVE MEANT A LOT TO ME IN MY LIFE.

SO THE FIRST IS BY JOHN O'DONOHUE: "THERE'S NO INNER

LANDSCAPE IN THE INVISIBLE WORLD OF OUR SOULS AND HEARTS BUT IS FULL OF

THE MOST MELODIOUS AND NOURISHING AND WILD FREEDOM. AND EVERYONE

SHOULD GO THERE, TO THE WILD PLACE, WHERE THERE ARE NO CAGES, WHERE

THERE ARE NO TIGHT ROOMS WITHOUT WINDOWS AND WITHOUT DOORS.

EVERYONE SHOULD GO TO THE FREE CLEARANCE PLACES IN THEIR OWN HEARTS."

AND THE SECOND ONE IS CALLED FREEDOM: "I WILL NOT

FOLLOW YOU, MY BIRD. I WILL NOT FOLLOW YOU. I WOULD NOT BREATHE A

WORD, MY BIRD, TO BRING ME HERE ANEW. I LOVE THE FREE IN ME, MY BIRD,

THE LURE OF FREEDOM DREW; THE LIGHT YOU FLY TOWARDS, MY BIRD, I FLY WITH

THEE UNTO. AND THERE WE YET WILL MEET, MY BIRD, THOUGH FAR I GO FROM

YOU, WEARING THE LIGHT OUTPOURED, MY BIRD, ARE LOVE AND FREEDOM, TOO."

THE FREEDOM OF THE IRISH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S GEORGE WILLIAM

RUSSELL.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MR. CARROLL.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

MR. CARROLL: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I WOULD

LIKE TO THANK THE SPONSOR OF THE RESOLUTION, ASSEMBLYMEMBER CUSICK,

FOR BRINGING THIS HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES

THAT THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN NEW YORK CITY PREDATES THE

FOUNDING OF OUR NATION, AND IS A HARBINGER FOR THE IMMIGRANT

EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT AMERICA. THE IRISH EXPERIENCE FROM THE POTATO

FAMINE UP UNTIL TODAY MIRRORS SO MANY OTHER IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCES

FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT OUR

CITY, OUR STATE, OUR COUNTRY IS A BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC, AND WHAT MAKES OUR

COUNTRY SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE

WORLD WHO BRING THEIR CULTURE, THEIR FOOD, THEIR LITERATURE TO OUR SHORES.

AND WE SHOULD BE REMINDED THAT MANY TIMES FOLKS -- I HAVE IRISH

GRANDPARENTS AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS WHO SAW PERSECUTION OR WHO SAW

PREJUDICE. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY WHO THEIR PARENTS,

THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE SEEING THAT SAME KIND OF PREJUDICE BECAUSE

THEY MAY HAVE DIFFERENT CUSTOMS, DIFFERENT BELIEFS, BUT WHEN WE GET TO

THE ROOT OF IT, SO MANY OF THE CUSTOMS AND CULTURES, CUSTOMS THAT IRISH

AMERICANS AND IRISH AROUND THE WORLD CHERISH, OF COURSE OTHER CULTURES

AROUND THE WORLD CHERISH, AS WELL.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I PERSONALLY LOVE ST. PATRICK'S DAY

AND I'M HAPPY TO CELEBRATE, AND I AM MISSING GOING OUT WITH SO MANY

OF YOU WHICH WE WOULD NORMALLY DO TONIGHT TO HAVE A PINT OF GUINNESS

AND TO LISTEN TO SOME MUSIC. HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY. HOPEFULLY WE

WILL ALL, AGAIN, BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THIS DAY AND SO MANY OTHER GREAT

CULTURAL DAYS THROUGHOUT OUR STATE LIVE AND IN PERSON. THANK YOU, MR.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

MS. WALSH.

MS. WALSH: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. SO MANY OF

US HAVE SPOKEN, I'LL KEEP IT VERY SHORT, BUT I, YOU KNOW, WE IRISH ARE

KNOWN FOR TALKING A LITTLE BIT, SO YOU'LL FORGIVE ME FOR JUST SAYING THAT

OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, I'VE BEEN VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN SITTING DOWN

WITH MY MOM WHO I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT A LOT IN THE CHAMBER, SHE'S 94

AND GETTING HER, SHE'S THE LAST OF 12 IN HER FAMILY, A BIG IRISH FAMILY,

AND GETTING HER REMEMBRANCES OF THAT SIDE OF THE FAMILY AND THAT IRISH

SIDE OF THE FAMILY. SO I STARTED TO DO SOME GENEALOGY RESEARCH TALKING

TO THE LAST OF THE MOHEGANS, AS SHE LIKES TO REFER TO HERSELF, BUT I JUST

WANTED TO MENTION, MY GRANDMOTHER, MARY FRANCES GILLICK, AND MY

MOTHER'S GRANDMOTHER, MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, MARTHA HART, TWO VERY

STRONG IRISH WOMEN WHO HELPED TO RAISE US ALL. AND ON MY HUSBAND,

ON THE WALSH SIDE OF THE FAMILY, THE HUSBANDS AND THE WALSH'S, JIM

AND I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SPEND SOME TIME IN IRELAND AND

VISITING WITH HIS FAMILY WHO IS STILL THERE, AND THEY HAVE JUST SUCH

WARM AND GENEROUS HEARTS AND IT'S SOME OF THE BEST TIMES THAT WE'VE

EVER HAD. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY MAKING THAT TRIP WITH THE

IRISH AMERICAN LEGISLATORS ASSOCIATION IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND

JOINING WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES IN HOISTING A PINT IN A FEW BARS IN

IRELAND IF WE CAN ENJOY THAT IN A COUPLE YEARS, I HOPE SO. SO THANK YOU

VERY MUCH.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

MR. FITZPATRICK.

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

ALSO WANT TO COMMEND MY DEAR FRIEND AND GOOD COLLEAGUE MIKE

CUSICK, FOR SPONSORING THIS RESOLUTION. HE IS -- WE ARE VERY PROUD OF

HIM AS THE PRESIDENT OF OUR IRISH AMERICAN LEGISLATORS SOCIETY

PRESIDENT. HE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB REPRESENTING ALL THE IRISH

MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE IN BOTH HOUSES. YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANT TO

WISH A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A DEAR FRIEND TO ALL OF US, OUR

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, WAYNE JACKSON. WAYNE, WE MISS YOU. I HAVEN'T

BEEN BACK TO ALBANY IN OVER A YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT THE

ONE THING I MISS IS WALKING INTO THAT CHAMBER AND SEEING YOUR SMILING

FACE, ESPECIALLY ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY, AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF.

YOU KNOW, AS THE SPEAKER AND OTHERS HAVE SAID MANY

TIMES, IT IS A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE TO SERVE IN THE NEW YORK STATE

LEGISLATURE, ESPECIALLY IN THE ASSEMBLY WHERE WE'RE ALL FAMILY. MANY

FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED THEIR DNA AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I HAD MY DNA

DONE YES, I'M PREDOMINANTLY IRISH AT 79 PERCENT, BUT I'M ALSO 19

PERCENT HISPANIC, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AND ALSO 2 PERCENT ASIAN. THERE'S

PROBABLY A FUNNY STORY SOMEWHERE IN THERE GIVEN THAT -- THAT MAKEUP,

BUT WHAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL IS THAT, YOU KNOW, TODAY WE'RE ALL IRISH,

BUT WE'RE ALSO ALL A BLEND. WE ALL ARE A MOSAIC WHEN YOU COME RIGHT

DOWN TO IT.

SO TODAY ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY, YES, WE CELEBRATE

IRELAND AND ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IRISH AMERICANS, BUT WE ALSO

CELEBRATE IMMIGRATION, THE IMMIGRANTS OF IRELAND, BUT WE ALSO

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

CELEBRATE THE IMMIGRANTS FROM ALL OVER, PUERTO RICO, HAITI, DOMINICAN

REPUBLIC, AFRICA, EUROPE, WHEREVER THEY MAY COME FROM, WHICH IS

WHAT MAKES NEW YORK STATE SO UNIQUE. SO I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A

VERY HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY. THANK YOU TO MICHAEL CUSICK FOR

EVERYTHING HE DOES FOR US IN THE IRISH -- AMERICAN IRISH LEGISLATORS

SOCIETY AND, THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND LET'S ALL HAVE A PINT TONIGHT

AND CELEBRATE LIFE. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. LEMONDES.

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

THANK YOU TO THE SPONSOR. ON THE RESOLUTION, PLEASE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION,

SIR.

MR. LEMONDES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST

WANTED TO SAY VERY SIMPLY AND VERY SHORTLY, AS A PROUD IRISH AMERICAN

ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE, OBVIOUSLY, REPRESENTING A LARGE COMMUNITY, A

PROUD COMMUNITY OF IRISH AMERICANS, I'D LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND MAY DAYS LIKE TODAY BRING US ALL CLOSER

TOGETHER. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING

AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.

PAGE 15, CALENDAR NO. 154, THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00081, CALENDAR NO.

154, QUART, DE LA ROSA, JACKSON, VANEL, HEVESI. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN RELATION TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS OF

CERTAIN FOSTER YOUTHS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00255-A, CALENDAR

NO. 155, GOTTFRIED, SEAWRIGHT, SAYEGH, BARRON, SIMON, STECK, QUART,

PAULIN, GALLAGHER, VANEL, HEVESI, OTIS, GONZ�LEZ-ROJAS. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE PENAL LAW, IN RELATION TO INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN

PROSTITUTION WHO ARE VICTIMS OF OR WITNESSES TO A CRIME.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00479, CALENDAR NO.

156, ROZIC, MCMAHON, SANTABARBARA, CONRAD. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO INCLUDING THE PROMOTION AND

EXPANSION OF CRICKET IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE

STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION.

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-479. 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.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00518, CALENDAR NO.

157, L. ROSENTHAL, ENGLEBRIGHT, OTIS, COOK, WEPRIN, ABINANTI, GALEF,

CARROLL, REYES, EPSTEIN, FAHY, GRIFFIN, COLTON, STECK, JACOBSON,

SEAWRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, KELLES, DICKENS, MCMAHON. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO PROHIBITING

COAL TAR IN PAVEMENT PRODUCTS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00597, CALENDAR NO.

158, WOERNER, BUTTENSCHON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE

CONTROL LAW, IN RELATION TO LICENSE AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 60TH

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 597. 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 NUMBER PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MS. WOERNER TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

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

ALLOWING ME TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. THIS BILL PROVIDES SOME NECESSARY

TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE PART OF THE STATE LIQUOR

AUTHORITY. MANY OF US, ON A REGULAR BASIS, HEAR COMPLAINTS FROM

CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO SEEK A LIQUOR LICENSE,

AND THE UNACCOUNTABLE DELAYS. SO THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BUILT

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

INTO THIS BILL WILL ENSURE THAT THERE'S GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND

AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THOSE -- WHERE THAT PROCESS IS

AND WHERE AN APPLICATION IS IN THE PROCESS. SO I THANK THE SPEAKER FOR

-- AND THE CHAIR OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR

BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ITS PASSAGE. THANK

YOU SO MUCH AND I VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. WOERNER IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

MS. GRIFFIN.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ARE THERE ANY OTHER

VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00807, CALENDAR NO.

159, O'DONNELL, BRONSON, DE LA ROSA, CRUZ, FERNANDEZ, D. ROSENTHAL,

JACOBSON, EPSTEIN, VANEL, OTIS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW,

IN RELATION TO REQUIRING INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PRE-EXPOSURE

PROPHYLAXIS AND POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS TO PREVENT HIV INFECTION.

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 807. 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.)

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00868, CALENDAR NO.

160, GOTTFRIED, L. ROSENTHAL, DE LA ROSA, WALKER, WEPRIN, DINOWITZ,

BRONSON, ABINANTI, JOYNER, STECK, SIMON, GLICK, AUBRY, FERNANDEZ,

CRUZ, EPSTEIN, REYES, GALLAGHER, RODRIGUEZ, MEEKS, GONZ�LEZ-ROJAS,

CLARK, FORREST, MAMDANI, J. D. RIVERA, QUART, KELLES. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE PENAL LAW, IN RELATION TO CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN THE SEVENTH DEGREE; TO AMEND THE GENERAL

BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO DRUG-RELATED PARAPHERNALIA; TO AMEND THE

PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO THE SALE AND POSSESSION OF

HYPODERMIC SYRINGES AND NEEDLES; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 220.45 OF THE

PENAL LAW RELATING TO CRIMINALLY POSSESSING A HYPODERMIC INSTRUMENT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00903, CALENDAR NO.

161, O'DONNELL, ENGLEBRIGHT, ABINANTI, OTIS, GALEF, GLICK, GOTTFRIED,

EPSTEIN, STECK, REYES, COLTON, GRIFFIN, CARROLL, BRAUNSTEIN, SEAWRIGHT,

SIMON, VANEL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

LAW, IN RELATION TO PROHIBITING THE USE OF DRILLING FLUIDS, BRINE, AND

FLOWBACK WATER FROM WELLS, POOLS OR FIELDS ON ANY HIGHWAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01025, CALENDAR NO.

162, PAULIN, OTIS, GALEF, VANEL, WALLACE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW, THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW AND

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

THE RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS LAW, IN RELATION TO ALLOWING CORPORATIONS

TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AND MEETINGS ELECTRONICALLY FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF

TIME.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 3917-A. 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 NUMBER 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. A01073, CALENDAR NO.

163, ABINANTI, JEAN-PIERRE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE BANKING LAW, IN

RELATION TO THE ORDER IN WHICH A PAYOR BANK SHALL PAY CHECKS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

ADVANCED. THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01162, CALENDAR NO.

164, QUART. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CORRECTION LAW, IN RELATION TO

AMENDING THE TERM RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY; AND TO REPEAL

SUBDIVISION 10 OF SECTION 73 OF THE CORRECTION LAW RELATING THERETO.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01451-A, CALENDAR

NO. 165, SANTABARBARA, STECK, J. RIVERA, BRONSON. AN ACT TO AMEND

THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, IN RELATION TO AUTHORIZING THE

DELIVERY OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01693, CALENDAR NO.

166, PRETLOW. AN ACT TO AMEND THE BANKING LAW, IN RELATION TO

MAIL-LOAN CHECKS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02189, CALENDAR NO.

167, DINOWITZ, WEPRIN, WALKER, GOTTFRIED, BUTTENSCHON, OTIS. AN ACT

TO AMEND THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, IN RELATION TO EXPEDITING

ACTIONS INVOLVING INSURANCE CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A STATE

DISASTER EMERGENCY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02236, CALENDAR NO.

168, STERN, OTIS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO

STANDARDS FOR PROMPT INVESTIGATION AND SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS ARISING

FROM STATES OF EMERGENCIES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02547, CALENDAR NO.

169, WEINSTEIN, WEPRIN, SEAWRIGHT, BRONSON, L. ROSENTHAL, TAYLOR.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES AND THE SURROGATE'S

COURT PROCEDURE ACT, IN RELATION TO ADDRESSING DELAY IN PAYMENT OF A

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

SETTLEMENT WHERE THE SETTLEMENT REQUIRES COURT APPROVAL.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03360, CALENDAR NO.

170, PAULIN, OTIS, GALEF, VANEL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE

LAW AND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, IN RELATION TO PROVIDING RATE

PAYERS WITH REIMBURSEMENT FOLLOWING PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04177, CALENDAR NO.

171, LAVINE, ABINANTI, COLTON, GOTTFRIED, QUART, SEAWRIGHT, TAYLOR,

SIMON, STIRPE, BARRON, VANEL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW

AND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

APPLICATIONS AND TERMINATIONS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04690, CALENDAR NO.

172, LUPARDO, STIRPE, WOERNER, THIELE, STECK, WILLIAMS, BRABENEC,

DESTEFANO, MONTESANO, SCHMITT, ANGELINO, LEMONDES, MCDONOUGH,

B. MILLER, MORINELLO, TAGUE, SIMON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE AGRICULTURE

AND MARKETS LAW, IN RELATION TO THE MANUFACTURING, SALE, BRANDING AND

LABELING OF BEECH SUGAR AND BEECH SYRUP.

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 4690. 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.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

(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. A05031, CALENDAR NO.

173, RAMOS, WEPRIN, TAYLOR, L. ROSENTHAL, THIELE, COLTON, ABINANTI,

REYES, GRIFFIN, CARROLL, JACOBSON, GLICK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL

PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, IN RELATION TO TIME LIMITATIONS FOR FILING

CLAIMS FOR CERTAIN INJURIES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05040, CALENDAR NO.

174, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, L. ROSENTHAL, PICHARDO, COOK, BENEDETTO,

PERRY, BARRON, REYES, DE LA ROSA, RODRIGUEZ. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE EMERGENCY TENANT

PROTECTION ACT OF 1974, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW

AND THE REAL PROPERTY LAW, IN RELATION TO PROHIBITING CHARGES FOR LEGAL

FEES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05765-A, CALENDAR

NO. 175, PRETLOW. AN ACT TO AMEND THE RACING, PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING

AND BREEDING LAW, IN RELATION TO HEALTH INSURANCE FOR NEW YORK

TRAINERS AT FRANCHISED CORPORATION RACE TRACKS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2021

THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT A-5765-A. 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.

(PAUSE)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

HAVE ANY FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING OR RESOLUTIONS?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WE HAVE NEITHER,

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, SIR. NOW I

MOVE THAT THE ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 10 A.M., THURSDAY

MARCH THE 18TH, TOMORROW BEING A SESSION DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S

DAY.

THE ASSEMBLY STANDS ADJOURNED.

(WHEREUPON, AT 12:53 P.M., THE ASSEMBLY STOOD

ADJOURNED UNTIL THURSDAY, MARCH 18TH AT 10:00 A.M., THURSDAY BEING A

SESSION DAY.)