MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2021 2:35 P.M.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE HOUSE WILL COME

TO ORDER.

THE REVEREND ELIA WILL OFFER A PRAYER.

REVEREND DONNA ELIA: LET US PRAY. HOLY AND

RIGHTEOUS GOD, WE PAUSE TO REFLECT UPON YOUR GOODNESS. WE THANK

YOU FOR THIS DAY AND FOR THE VITAL WORK OF THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY. THANK

YOU FOR THE SACREDNESS OF WORK AND THE OPPORTUNITY AND PRIVILEGE OF

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS. THANK YOU FOR THE CALL TO

PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE OPPORTUNITY IT BRINGS TO CONTRIBUTE TO HONOR AND

JUSTICE. ON THIS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AND IN THIS WOMEN'S

HISTORY MONTH, WE PRAY FOR WOMEN EVERYWHERE THAT ALL WOMEN MAY

HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION AND FOR LIVES OF RESPECT AND

DIGNITY. WE ARE PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL FOR WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP. THANK

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

YOU FOR EACH ASSEMBLYWOMAN AND EACH STAFF WOMAN. WE ARE

MINDFUL OF THE SACRIFICES OF THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE TO BRING ABOUT

THIS DAY WHEN DAUGHTERS AS WELL AS SONS ASPIRE TO LEADERSHIP. AS THIS

MEETING OF THE ASSEMBLY CONVENES, INSPIRE AND GUIDE THEM WITH YOUR

WISDOM, ENERGY AND LOVE. WHEN NEW VISION IS NEEDED, MAKE IT

POSSIBLE. WHEN A LARGE MEASURE OF PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILL IS CRITICAL,

POUR IT OUT IN ABUNDANCE. WHEN RESOURCES ARE STRAINED, FIND A WAY, O

HOLY ONE, TO EXPAND AND RENEW THEM. STRENGTHEN THE WEAK AND GIVE

GOOD HEALTH TO ANY WHO FEEL UNWELL. BLESS THEIR FAMILIES AND

COMMUNITIES, AND LET THE VOICES OF THE MARGINALIZED BE HEARD. ONE

MORE THING WE ASK, O HOLY ONE, GRANT ALL OF US OPEN MINDS AND HEARTS.

IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AMEN.

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, MARCH 7TH.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

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

7TH AND ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO

ORDERED.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER. CLEARLY, THIS IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH SO I'M GOING TO BE

QUOTING TODAY FROM ANOTHER REALLY GREAT WOMAN IN HISTORY OF -- OF

AMERICA. HER NAME IS MADAM C. J. WALKER. SHE WAS BORN IN 1867

AND SHE LIVED UNTIL 1919. SHE WAS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR,

PHILANTHROPIST, A POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST. SHE IS RECORDED AS THE

FIRST FEMALE SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE IN THE GUINNESS WORLD BOOK OF

RECORDS [SIC]. MADAM C. J. WALKER SHARES WITH US TODAY, I WANT YOU

TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR FIRST DUTY IS TO HUMANITY. I WANT OTHERS TO LOOK

AT US AND SEE THAT WE CARE NOT JUST ABOUT OURSELVES, BUT ABOUT OTHERS.

SO WE WANT TO THANK HER FOR THOSE WORDS SHE LEFT. SHE LEFT A GREAT

LEGACY.

I WANT TO ALSO LET MEMBERS KNOW YOU HAVE ON YOUR

DESK A CALENDAR, A MAIN CALENDAR. IT HAS 17 NEW BILLS ON IT, MR.

SPEAKER, AND THEY BEGIN WITH CALENDAR NO. 137. AND AFTER THERE ARE

INTRODUCTIONS AND/OR HOUSEKEEPING, WE'RE GOING TO START OUR WORK WITH

CALENDAR RESOLUTIONS BY MRS. BARRETT AND BY MR. CYMBROWITZ. MRS.

BARRETT'S RESOLUTION IS COMMEMORATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, SO OF

COURSE, MRS. BARRETT WILL BE MAKING COMMENTS AND THERE MAY BE OTHER

MEMBERS WHO MIGHT LIKE TO DO LIKEWISE. OUR PRINCIPAL WORK FOR TODAY

WILL BE TO CONTINUE CONSENTING WHERE WE LEFT OFF ON THE CALENDAR,

BEGINNING WITH CALENDAR NO. 117, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ON PAGE 18. AND

WE'RE GOING TO GO STRAIGHT THROUGH TO CALENDAR NO. 135. WE'RE ALSO

GOING TO TAKE UP RULES REPORT NO. 29 BY MR. ABINANTI, WHICH IS ON

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

PAGE 8. MEMBERS SHOULD CERTAINLY BE AWARE, MAJORITY MEMBERS, THAT

THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR A CONFERENCE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SESSION

TODAY. AND AS ALWAYS, WE WILL TALK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER

SIDE OF THE AISLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THEIR NEEDS MAY BE.

MR. SPEAKER, THAT -- THAT'S THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF

WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO TODAY IN OUR FLOOR WORK. IF THERE'S

HOUSEKEEPING THAT WE SHOULD TAKE UP AT THIS TIME, NOW WOULD BE

APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: NO HOUSEKEEPING,

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES. AND SO WE WILL GO TO PAGE 3, ASSEMBLY PRINT 89,

RESOLUTIONS.

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 89, MRS.

BARRETT.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MARCH 2021 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY

MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MRS. BARRETT ON THE

RESOLUTION.

MRS. BARRETT: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. ON THE

RESOLUTION. IT HAS ONLY BEEN SINCE 1987 THAT MARCH WAS RECOGNIZED AS

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN OUR COUNTRY. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY,

WHICH IS TODAY, MARCH 8TH, HAS A LONGER HISTORY. IT WAS FIRST CELEBRATED

IN 1911 IN AUSTRIA, DENMARK, GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND, AND THE

UNITED STATES -- UNITED NATIONS MADE IT OFFICIAL IN 1975. BUT NONE OF

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

THIS DIMINISHES THE SIGNIFICANT ROLES THAT WOMEN HAVE PLAYED IN EVERY

FIELD AND AT EVERY MOMENT IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY. WOMEN'S STORIES

WERE ALWAYS FOUND IN THE LETTERS, THE DIARIES, THE FAMILY BIBLES, IF NOT IN

THE FORMAL HISTORY BOOKS THAT MANY OF US WERE DECEPTIVELY TOLD HELD

THE WHOLE STORY OF AMERICAN HISTORY. WOMEN'S STORIES WERE SHARED BY

WORD OF MOUTH IN EVERY CULTURE, ETHNIC BACKGROUND AND COMMUNITY

BETWEEN MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS, GRANDMOTHERS AND GRANDDAUGHTERS,

SISTERS AND FRIENDS. EVERY GENERATION THINKS THEY ARE THE FIRST TO FEEL

PASSIONATELY ABOUT AN ISSUE. TO STEP UP, TO ADVOCATE, TO RECOGNIZE A

WRONG AND TRY TO RIGHT IT. BUT PAUSING TO LOOK AT OUR HISTORY TO

REMEMBER THE SHOULDERS ON WHICH WE STAND IS WHAT I BELIEVE HAVING A

SPECIAL MONTH SET ASIDE IS ALL ABOUT. EACH YEAR DURING WOMEN'S

HISTORY MONTH MY OFFICE HAS PUBLISHED A BOOKLET THAT TELLS TEN

DIFFERENT STORIES OF WOMEN WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US, BUT WHO LIVED

FOR SOME PERIOD IN THEIR LIVES IN DUTCHESS OR COLUMBIA COUNTIES, THE

TWO COUNTIES THAT I REPRESENT. AND THEY'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR

COMMUNITIES, OUR STATE OR OUR COUNTRY. WE DISTRIBUTE THESE BOOKLETS

THROUGH PUBLIC AND SCHOOL LIBRARIES IN OUR DISTRICT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

THE MID-HUDSON LIBRARY DISTRICT SO THAT GIRLS AND BOYS GROWING UP

TODAY CAN LEARN ABOUT THESE REMARKABLE WOMEN FROM THEIR OWN

COMMUNITIES WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE.

HERE IN THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE WE ARE

PRECEDED BY FORMIDABLE WOMEN WHO CAME BEFORE US AND WHO FOUGHT

FOR ACTUALLY VERY FAMILIAR ISSUES RANGING FROM THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN

TO FAIR RENT FOR IMMIGRANTS. TWO OF THESE WOMEN - MARY LILLY, A

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

DEMOCRAT, AND MARGUERITE SMITH, A REPUBLICAN - SERVED IN 1919 AND

1920 RESPECTIVELY, AND THOSE WERE THEIR PRIORITIES THEN. TODAY WE ARE

IN A MOMENT IN HISTORY THAT DEMANDS WE RECOMMIT TO THE FURTHERANCE

OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS, BUT THAT ALSO DEMANDS THAT WE ENSURE THAT THE

STRIDES MADE ALREADY ARE NOT DEGRADED. WE CANNOT TAKE OUR PROGRESS

FOR GRANTED. WE MUST LEARN AND REMEMBER THE LESSONS OF THE PAST. WE

SIMPLY WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITHOUT THE INCREDIBLE

WOMEN WHO CAME BEFORE. CLEARLY, THERE IS STILL MUCH WORK TO BE

DONE. THE CHALLENGES OF CREATING AN EQUITABLE SOCIETY, A LEVEL PLAYING

FIELD AND A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE IS ESSENTIAL WORK,

AND IT'S NOT WORK THAT WOMEN CAN OR SHOULD DO ALONE. WE SHOULD ALL

BE VERY PROUD THAT THIS 244TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION BEGINS WITH AN

HISTORICALLY HIGH NUMBER OF 73 ELECTED WOMEN IN THE NEW YORK STATE

LEGISLATURE; 55 WOMEN IN THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY AND 18

WOMEN IN THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE. THESE NUMBERS ARE A

CULMINATION OF THE EFFORTS MADE BY COURAGEOUS WOMEN THAT CAME

BEFORE, THOSE OF US WHO ARE SERVING NOW, MANY OF WHOM BROKE OUR

OWN GLASS CEILINGS AND FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHTS, OPPORTUNITIES AND

PROTECTIONS THAT HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR A RECORD NUMBER OF FIRST-EVER

WOMEN TO BE ELECTED TO OUR HOUSE AND TO EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT

ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WRITER AND ACTIVIST GLORIA STEINEM, NOW AGE 86,

HAS FAMOUSLY SAID, QUOTE, "PEOPLE NOW ASK ME IF I'M PASSING THE TORCH.

I ALWAYS EXPLAIN THAT NO, I'M KEEPING MY TORCH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

AND I'M USING IT TO LIGHT THE TORCHES OF OTHERS."

HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. GLICK ON THE RESOLUTION.

MS. GLICK: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SPEAKER. I

AM VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. I -- I'M REMINDED THAT

WOMEN HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN MOST HISTORIES IN MOST COUNTRIES.

AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REFLECT UPON THE WOMEN WHO WENT BEFORE

US. MANY OF US MARVELED AT THE MOVIE HIDDEN FIGURES BECAUSE IT WAS

NOT HISTORY WE HAD BEEN TAUGHT. WE DIDN'T KNOW OF THE WOMEN OF

NASA WHO MADE THE SPACE PROGRAM A REALITY AS MUCH AS ANY OF THE

MEN. I REFLECT UPON THE FACT THAT WHEN MY MOTHER WAS BORN, WOMEN

DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE. AND THAT WHEN I WENT TO COLLEGE, WOMEN

DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE. IT IS WONDERFUL THAT WE HAVE SEEN A

SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO HAVE JOINED US IN

THE STATE LEGISLATURE. BUT THE ISSUES THAT CONFRONT WOMEN, WHETHER IT

IS A SUBMINIMUM WAGE FOR WOMEN WORKING IN RESTAURANTS OR THE LACK

OF CHILD CARE, OUR SOCIETY WILL NOT REACH ITS FULL POTENTIAL UNLESS WOMEN

ARE GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO WE WANT TO WRITE NEW

HISTORY. WE WANT TO BE CERTAIN THAT WOMEN IN THE FUTURE LOOK BACK ON

THESE DAYS AS A DRAMATIC CHANGE FROM THE PAST AND A CONTINUATION OF

THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY. I AM SO PROUD OF THE WOMEN THAT I HAVE

KNOWN WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US WHO FOUGHT FOR EVERY ASPECT OF

WOMEN'S EQUALITY, AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL COMMEMORATE WOMEN'S

HISTORY THIS YEAR BY ENSURING THAT ALL OF THE WOMEN IN OUR DISTRICTS ARE

AWARE OF THE SPECIAL HISTORY THAT EXISTS IN EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND I COMMEND ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY,

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

MANY OF THEM WITH SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THEIR FAMILIES. AND

I COMMEND THE SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION WHO SPOKE SO ELOQUENTLY

ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN'S HISTORY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. WALSH ON THE RESOLUTION.

MS. WALSH: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE TO ALSO

SUPPORT THIS FINE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH AS WOMEN'S HISTORY

MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. I -- I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE

LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S CAUCUS. I WAS VERY STRUCK LAST WEEK WHEN

SOMEBODY SAID - I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO IT WAS - THAT WE ARE LIVING

HISTORY RIGHT NOW. WE'RE CERTAINLY LIVING THROUGH AN UNPRECEDENTED

TIME. WE'RE LIVING HISTORY. AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE -- LAST YEAR,

RIGHT BEFORE EVERYTHING KIND OF SHUT DOWN, I WAS ABLE TO HOLD MY FIRST

WOMEN OF DISTINCTION PROGRAM WITHIN MY OWN DISTRICT WHERE I COULD

RECOGNIZE WOMEN WHO HAD REALLY CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO -- TO THEIR

COMMUNITIES. I'M SAD I CAN'T DO IT THIS YEAR, HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR I CAN.

I -- I'M PROUDLY THE FIRST GENERATION IN MY FAMILY TO HAVE COMPLETED

HIGH SCHOOL, TO HAVE COMPLETED COLLEGE, TO HAVE COMPLETED LAW SCHOOL.

AND IT REMINDED ME OF THIS POEM THAT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH

EVERYBODY. IT'S BY A WOMAN NAMED RUPI KAUR. AND SHE SAYS, I STAND

ON THE SACRIFICES OF A MILLION WOMEN BEFORE ME THINKING WHAT CAN I DO

TO MAKE THIS MOUNTAIN TALLER SO THE WOMEN AFTER ME CAN SEE FARTHER.

THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

MS. GIGLIO.

MS. GIGLIO: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AND I

WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR PUTTING FORTH THIS RESOLUTION TODAY.

TODAY WE RECOGNIZE WOMEN'S DAY [SIC] NOT JUST HERE IN THE STATE OF

NEW YORK, BUT GLOBALLY, AS WE HIGHLIGHT AND CELEBRATE THE MANY GREAT

ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS "CHOOSE TO CHALLENGE."

AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE SOCIAL,

ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL FORCES THAT WILL CHANGE OUR PLANET FOR

THE BETTER. SINCE 1911 WHEN OUR ORGANIZERS GATHERED FOR THE FIRST TIME

TO RAISE AWARENESS OF EQUALITY ISSUES, WE'VE BEEN AN INDEFATIGABLE

FORCE FOR ACHIEVEMENT, PARITY AND CHARITY. I STAND HERE AS A PROUD

SUPPORTER OF WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT, SPORTS, EDUCATION, INDUSTRY,

TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE AND THE MANY OTHER DIVERSE UNDERTAKINGS WHERE

WE LEAVE OUR MARK ON SOCIETY EACH AND EVERY DAY.

LONG LIVE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AND THE MANY

DEVOTED, HARDWORKING AND CONSCIENTIOUS PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT ITS CAUSE.

THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. KELLES.

MS. KELLES: I WANTED TO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR

BRINGING THIS VERY IMPORTANT RESOLUTION FORWARD. THIS MONTH IS

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND MARCH 8TH IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S

DAY. I RISE TO HONOR ALL THE WOMEN WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US AND

TRAILBLAZED A PATH TOWARDS GENDER EQUITY. IN JULY OF 1848, SENECA

FALLS, NEW YORK WAS THE SITE OF THE FIRST NATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

NEED FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS. THIS CONVENTION AND A SECOND ONE HELD TWO

WEEKS LATER IN ROCHESTER HELPED LAUNCH THE SUFFRAGIST MOVEMENT IN THE

U.S. THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THOUGH WE

MUST ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE VOICES OF WOMEN OF COLOR WERE MOST

OFTEN EXCLUDED FROM THESE CONVERSATIONS. AND THOUGH SOME WOMEN

WERE GIVEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN 1917, MANY SOUTHERN STATES EFFECTIVELY

DENIED THE RIGHT TO VOTE TO WOMEN OF COLOR UNTIL 1965. WE ARE ON A

ROAD TO THE RIGHT OUTCOME THAT WE ALL ARE SEEKING. WOMEN REPRESENT

ALMOST 51 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION, AND YET WE ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR

EQUAL GENDER RIGHTS, WAGE EQUITY AND THE RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR

OUR BODIES THAT HAVE NO IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH, LIKE THE RIGHT TO CARRY

A NEW LIFE. WE ARE NOT THERE YET. AND I WANT TO NOTE WHAT THIS

PANDEMIC HAS HIGHLIGHTED. WOMEN HAVE DISPROPORTIONATELY

SHOULDERED THE BURDEN OF INCREASED CHILDCARE DUTIES. MANY HAVE

REDUCED THEIR HOURS, AND WITH IT, THEIR SALARIES. HUGE NUMBERS OF

WOMEN HAVE LEFT THE WORKFORCE ALTOGETHER. IN SEPTEMBER, AS FAMILIES

ACROSS THE U.S. NAVIGATED DISTANCE LEARNING, 80 PERCENT OF THE 1.1

MILLION PEOPLE WHO LEFT THE WORKFORCE WERE WOMEN. RECENT ESTIMATES

BY MCKINSEY AND OXFORD ECONOMICS ESTIMATE THAT THE NUMBER OF

WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE MAY NOT RECOVER TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS UNTIL

2024, TWO YEARS LATER THAN THE EXPECTED DATE OF JOB FORCE RECOVERY FOR

MEN. WOMEN HAVE ALSO DISPROPORTIONATELY BEEN THE VICTIM OF

SIGNIFICANTLY ESCALATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I DO NOT SHARE THESE FACTS TO

BRING DOWN THE ROOM IN DARKNESS, BUT TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE THE FACTS

THAT WOMEN FACE, AND YET WE STAND. WE PUSH FORWARD. WE FIGHT. AND

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

WE CONTINUE TO PAVE THE WAY TO WHAT IS RIGHT, TRUTH AND EQUITY. THE

TRUTH IS POWER AND IT MUST BE SEEN AS NOTHING MORE OR LESS THAN WHAT

MUST BE ADDRESSED TO CREATE THE SOCIETY WE ALL SAY WE WANT. I STAND

WITH WOMEN COLLEAGUES, AND AS SO ELOQUENTLY STATED BY MALALA

YOUSAFZAI, STATE, I RAISE UP MY VOICE NOT SO THAT I CAN SHOUT, BUT SO

THAT THOSE WITHOUT A VOICE CAN BE HEARD. WE CANNOT ALL SUCCEED WHEN

HALF OF US ARE HELD BACK. RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME I CALL ON ALL

WOMEN TO RAISE UP ALL WOMEN TO BE OUR BEST SELVES AND HOLD EMPATHY,

PATIENCE AND COLLABORATION AS OUR HIGHEST AND INNATE IDEALS TO DEMAND

FROM SOCIETY WHAT WE KNOW ALL YOUNG WOMEN -- WOMEN NEED FROM US,

TO BE THE TRAILBLAZERS OF THOSE WOMEN YET TO COME.

THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. FAHY.

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

COMMEND THE SPONSOR FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. AS BUSY

AS WE ARE THIS MONTH WITH THE BUDGET IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE A FEW

MOMENTS TO CELEBRATE. TO CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY, TO CELEBRATE

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. I, TOO, LIKE MANY OF THE -- THE SPEAKERS

WE JUST HEARD FROM, I TOO, LOOK AT THE GLASS HALF FULL. MY MOTHER NEVER

EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL, SO I'M -- I'M A FIRST ON -- ON

MANY LEVELS. FIRST IN HIGH SCHOOL, FIRST IN COLLEGE. CERTAINLY, THE FIRST

TO -- TO HOLD MY ASSEMBLY SEAT, THE CAPITAL DISTRICT SEAT. AND IT IS A --

A REMINDER TODAY TO APPRECIATE HOW FAR WE HAVE COME. AND I LIKE TO

SAY, I -- I TRY TO LOOK AT THE GLASS HALF FULL. DESPITE ALL THE OBSTACLES

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

THAT ARE THERE AND DESPITE ALL THE WORK WE HAVE AHEAD, THE GLASS IS HALF

FULL. I ALSO REMIND MYSELF, AS YOU HEARD SO MANY OTHERS REFERENCED, WE

STAND ON THOSE SHOULDERS. WE STAND ON THOSE -- THE SHOULDERS OF SO

MANY WOMEN WHO CAME BEFORE US. AND AS YOU HEARD, WE'VE SEEN

SOME SETBACKS. WE'VE SEEN SOME SETBACKS JUST IN THE LAST YEAR WITH

COVID OF WOMEN BEING ONCE AGAIN KNOCKED OUT OF THE WORKFORCE IN

ORDER TO BE THE PRIMARY CAREGIVERS FOR THEIR FAMILIES. SO WE CONTINUE

TO HAVE CHALLENGES, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE WAGE DISPARITY. WE'VE TALKED

A LOT ABOUT THE WORKPLACE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF

-- OF HAVING A HEALTHY AND SAFE WORKPLACE. YES, LOTS OF OBSTACLES, LOTS

OF WORK AHEAD. BUT THIS IS A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE AND A MOMENT TO

REMIND OURSELVES THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO BE AN INSPIRATION FOR THE

WOMEN COMING BEHIND US, THE -- THE YOUNG WOMEN, AND CONTINUE TO

GROW THAT GLASS SUCH THAT THAT GLASS KEEPS FILLING UP AND THAT WE

CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL WOMEN INTERNATIONALLY AND HERE WITHIN OUR

STATE SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO -- TO LIFT THEM UP.

SO, THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE SPONSOR, TO THE SPEAKER FOR

BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IT IS A MOMENT TO STOP AND REFLECT ON SOME OF

THE GOOD THINGS AS WE CONTINUE TO PLOW AHEAD AND WORK ON THE

OBSTACLES THAT WE KNOW CONTINUE TO BE THERE, BUT WE'VE MADE

TREMENDOUS PROGRESS. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. SIMON.

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

COMMEND THE SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION WHO SPOKE SO ELOQUENTLY

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

ABOUT WOMEN'S HISTORY, HOW FAR WE'VE COME, HOW LONG IT HAS TAKEN US

TO GET WHERE WE ARE, AND TO JUST REMEMBER AND HONOR THOSE WOMEN

WHO CAME BEFORE US. I'M -- I'D NOTE THAT IN BROOKLYN WE NOW HAVE

NINE WOMEN IN THE ASSEMBLY REPRESENTING -- COMING FROM BROOKLYN

AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT AUGUST GROUP. AND I ALSO WANT TO

RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE -- THE WOMEN FROM BROOKLYN WHO HAVE GONE

BEFORE US AND WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO OUR HISTORY. PEOPLE

LIKE THE LATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG, BARBARA

STREISAND, ROSIE PEREZ, MARY TYLER MOORE AND THE GREAT LENA HORNE.

AND OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL REMEMBER THE LATE CONGRESSWOMAN SHIRLEY

CHISHOLM, WHO FAMOUSLY SAID, IF THERE'S NO ROOM FOR YOU AT THE TABLE,

PULL UP A FOLDING CHAIR. AND SO MANY OF US HAVE PULLED UP THOSE

FOLDING CHAIRS. AND WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO ADVANCE THE LIVES AND

CENTER THE LIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF GIRLS AND WOMEN SO THAT IN THE

FUTURE WOMEN WILL NOT NEED TO PULL UP A FOLDING CHAIR IN ORDER TO FIT IN

ANYWHERE, AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ALL STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF SO

MANY HIDDEN FIGURES. THOSE WOMEN THAT WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT WHO PARTICIPATED AND REALLY LED AND KEPT THEIR FAMILIES TOGETHER

AND KEPT THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER.

SO, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE

HERE AND TO GIVE HONOR TO THE WOMEN WHO CAME BEFORE US AND THE

WOMEN WHO ARE WITH US TODAY THAT ARE FIGHTING THIS BATTLE AND THE

WOMEN WHO ARE YET TO COME. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. SEAWRIGHT.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

MS. SEAWRIGHT: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I'M

HONORED TO RISE TODAY TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND TO THANK THE

SPONSOR AND TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE WOMEN THAT CAME

BEFORE US, LIKE GOVERNOR ANN RICHARDS AND BARBARA JORDAN AND SARAH

WEDDINGTON AND SO MANY WOMEN. WE LOST THIS YEAR RUTH BADER

GINSBURG, WHO FAMOUSLY SAID, EVERY CONSTITUTION HAS THE EQUAL RIGHTS

AMENDMENT, BUT OURS DOES NOT. AND WOMEN WILL NEVER HAVE COMPLETE

EQUALITY UNTIL WE GET THE ERA AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

SO, MR. SPEAKER, I AM HONORED TODAY TO SPEAK ON THIS

RESOLUTION AND AGAIN THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING IT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER, FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION.

THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, AS IT'S TAKING TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO CELEBRATE

WOMEN BOTH IN WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL

WOMEN'S DAY. I CERTAINLY DO WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THOSE WHO HAVE

TALKED ABOUT HOW ELOQUENTLY MRS. BARRETT SPOKE ON THIS RESOLUTION AND

THANK HER FOR SUBMITTING IT. CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, MOST OF US AS WOMEN

HAVE HAD A LOT OF WOMEN TO POUR LOVE INTO OUR LIVES IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT

SECTORS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE SAYING THAT IF YOU SAY THEIR

NAMES THAN YOU'LL NEVER FORGET HOW THEY POURED INTO YOUR LIFE. SO, I

JUST WANT TO REPEAT THE NAMES OF SOME WOMEN WHO POURED INTO MY LIFE

AND MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO STAND STRONG AND STAND STRONG TODAY.

I'M GOING TO START WITH EMMA RICHARDSON, ELLA DAVIS, VERA

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

RICHARDSON, CLARA DAVIS, MINNIE GILLETTE, JOAN BOWSER, JULIE FISHER,

JAN PETERS, HARRIET TUBMAN, MADAM C.J. WALKER, HILLARY CLINTON,

JANE GRIFFIN, JANET DUPREY, MRS. ANGELO - MY FIRST GRADE TEACHER -

EUNICE LEUNG, VIVIAN COOK, AURELIA GREENE, BEVERLY GRAY AND

GENEVIEVE SCRUGGS. THAT'S JUST A FEW OF THE MANY WHO POURED DEEPLY

INTO MY LIFE AND I WILL ALWAYS BE APPRECIATIVE OF THEM.

THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY

SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 90, MR.

CYMBROWITZ.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MARCH 2020 AS COLORECTAL CANCER

AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

ADOPTED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

NOW GO TO PAGE 8 AND TAKE UP RULES REPORT NO. 29 BY MR. ABINANTI.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05844-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 29, ABINANTI, SAYEGH, OTIS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELECTION

LAW, IN RELATION TO THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES OF ENROLLED VOTERS NEEDED

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

ON A DESIGNATING PETITION FOR ANY TOWN OFFICE TO BE FILLED BY ALL THE

VOTERS OF CERTAIN TOWNS; RELATES TO THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED ON

A DESIGNATING PETITION FOR A VILLAGE ELECTION; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE

REPEAL OF SUCH PROVISIONS UPON THE EXPIRATION THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. NORRIS.

MR. NORRIS: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WOULD THE

SPONSOR YIELD FOR A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. ABINANTI, WILL

YOU YIELD?

MR. ABINANTI: YES, MR. SPEAKER, I WILL GLADLY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE SPONSOR YIELDS,

MR. NORRIS.

MR. NORRIS: THANK YOU, MR. ABINANTI. MY FIRST

QUESTION IS, DID WE NOT ALREADY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES

NEEDED FOR DESIGNATING PETITIONS BY 70 PERCENT THIS YEAR?

MR. ABINANTI: EXCUSE ME?

MR. NORRIS: HAVE WE ALREADY REDUCED THE NUMBER

OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED BY 70 PERCENT FOR DESIGNATING PETITIONS THIS

YEAR?

MR. ABINANTI: YES, WE DID IN GENERAL, AND WE'VE

ALSO PROVIDED SOME OTHER LIMITS IN ADDITION TO THAT FOR CITIES.

MR. NORRIS: AND WHAT IS THE PURPOSE, THEN, FOR THE

REDUCTION -- FURTHER REDUCTION IN YOUR BILL?

MR. ABINANTI: WELL, IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STATE

YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS CAPS IN ADDITION TO THE 1.5 PERCENT

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

REQUIREMENT TO GET ON THE BALLOT. SO IF YOU HAVE A LARGER COMMUNITY

AND HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERS ENROLLED IN ONE PARTICULAR PARTY OR THE

OTHER, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ACHIEVE THE 1.5 PERCENT. INSTEAD, YOU COULD

USE ANOTHER CAP, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S SOME VERY LARGE COMMUNITIES OUT

ON LONG ISLAND WHERE INSTEAD OF GETTING 1.5 PERCENT THEY USE EITHER THE

SENATE OR THE CONGRESSIONAL CAP SO THE PER-PERSON REQUIREMENT FOR

SIGNATURES TO ACCESS THE BALLOT FOR A POLITICAL PARTY IS FAR LESS THAN 1.5

PERCENT. IN REVIEWING THAT WE FOUND THAT TOWNS IN THE STATE THAT WERE

LESS THAN 100,000 WERE ACTUALLY REQUIRING MORE SIGNATURES PER ENROLLED

VOTER THAN IN OTHER PLACES IN THE STATE. SO THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO

EQUALIZE THAT SO THAT THOSE PEOPLE IN THE SMALLER TOWNS, UNDER 100,000,

ARE NOT REQUIRED TO GO OUT AND GET MORE SIGNATURES PER ENROLLEE THAN

PEOPLE IN THE REST OF THE STATE.

MR. NORRIS: I COULD UNDERSTAND TO A CERTAIN POINT

SOME OF THE TOWNS THAT MAY BE A LITTLE LARGER IN THE CATEGORY. BUT IS IT

-- MY UNDERSTANDING IN THE BILL THAT IT'S TWO TIMES THE NUMBER OF

ELECTION DISTRICTS PER TOWN OR 300 PEOPLE OR LESS, IS THAT CORRECT?

WHICHEVER IS LESS. WOULD THAT BE RIGHT?

MR. ABINANTI: IF YOU USE THE SENATE AS THE CAP,

YES.

MR. NORRIS: OKAY. BUT -- SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN

EXAMPLE. SO, IF YOU HAVE A TOWN -- WHERE I LIVE, FOR EXAMPLE -- WITH

ONLY TWO ELECTION DISTRICTS, THERE WOULD ONLY BE FOUR SIGNATURES TO GET

ON THE BALLOT FOR ANY LINE, PARTICULARLY THE MAJOR PARTY LINES.

MR. ABINANTI: FOR A TOWN-WIDE OFFICE, YES. WE

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

ARE TRYING -- WHAT -- WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BY

CANDIDATES FOR A POLITICAL -- PARTICULAR POLITICAL PARTY. WE'RE TRYING TO

STOP PEOPLE FROM GOING OUT AND KNOCKING ON DOORS. WE -- IF IT -- WE'RE

FINDING ACROSS THE STATE THERE ARE VERY FEW PRIMARIES, SO THE CONCEPT

HERE IS LET BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES GET THEIR CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT AND

NOT HAVE BALLOT CONTESTS, BUT RATHER LET'S HAVE ELECTIONS. WE HAVE

FOUND -- LET ME GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

HERE. IN MY TOWN OF GREENBURGH, THE DEMOCRATS NEED 300 SIGNATURES.

THIS WOULD REDUCE IT DOWN TO 162 SIGNATURES. IN THE TOWN OF

YORKTOWN, THE REPUBLICANS WOULD REQUIRE 125 SIGNATURES. THIS WOULD

REDUCE IT TO 86 SIGNATURES. SO IT WORKS FOR BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES,

THOUGH THE OTHER PARTIES, THE CONSERVATIVES AND THE WORKING FAMILIES

PARTY, ALREADY REQUIRE ONE, TWO SIGNATURES SO THEY DON'T NEED THIS --

THIS ALTERNATIVE. BUT WE'RE FIGURING THAT 300 SIGNATURES IS A LOT. EVEN,

AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, IN -- IN YORKTOWN, 125 SIGNATURES EVEN THOUGH

THERE'S A LOT OF REPUBLICANS IN THAT TOWN. THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF PEOPLE

TO GO OUT AND GET SIGNATURES. WE'RE TRYING TO DIMINISH THE FACE-TO-FACE

CONTACT AND LET'S MOVE ON FROM THAT AND LET'S GET PEOPLE ON THE BALLOT.

MR. NORRIS: DID YOU MAKE AN AMENDMENT OR

SOMEONE MAKE AN AMENDMENT SINCE WE'VE DEBATED IT IN THE ELECTION

LAW COMMITTEE TO REMOVE THE 25,000-PERSON THRESHOLD?

MR. ABINANTI: I'M SORRY, THAT'S NOT MINE. I'M NOT

QUITE SURE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

MR. NORRIS: OKAY. I -- I -- I THOUGHT THAT I SAW --

WE HAD -- IN THE ORIGINAL BILL THAT WE DEBATED IN THE ELECTION LAW

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

COMMITTEE THERE WAS UP TO 25,000, WHICH WOULD BE 150, AND THEN

FROM 25,000 TO 100,000 IT'LL BE 300 AS A LOWER --

MR. ABINANTI: YES, WE ORIGINALLY WERE TRYING TO

-- TO MODEL AFTER THE SMALL CITIES LEGISLATION, BUT WE FOUND IT WASN'T

REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES FOR THE TOWNS THE WAY IT REDUCED IT

FOR THE CITIES. JUST THE WAY THE NUMBERS WORK OUT IT JUST WASN'T AS

EFFECTIVE. SO WE JUST WENT WITH THIS. THIS WAS A MUCH EASIER

APPROACH. IT APPLIES TO EVERYBODY EQUALLY AND IT -- IT REALLY DOES

REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES THAT ARE NEEDED. AS I SAID, WE'RE

TRYING TO STOP UNNECESSARY CONTACT. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE KNOCKING ON

DOORS OF STRANGERS OR STANDING IN SUPERMARKETS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW,

HOLDING A PIECE OF PAPER ASKING PEOPLE TO PLEASE SIGN, ET CETERA.

MR. NORRIS: OKAY.

MR. ABINANTI: AND IT BENEFITS THE TWO MAJOR

POLITICAL PARTIES. THE SMALL PARTIES DON'T NEED IT ALREADY BECAUSE THEY

HAVE SO FEW SIGNATURES THAT THEY HAVE TO GET.

MR. NORRIS: OKAY. THANK YOU VERY -- VERY MUCH,

MR. ABINANTI.

MR. ABINANTI: OKAY.

MR. NORRIS: ON THE BILL, PLEASE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, SIR.

MR. NORRIS: MY MAJOR CONCERN ABOUT THIS BILL IS

WHEN WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN ACTION WITHIN THIS BODY TO REDUCE THE

NUMBER OF SIGNATURES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THE DESIGNATING PETITION BY

70 PERCENT. WE HAVE ALSO REDUCED THE INDEPENDENT PARTY NOMINATING

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

PETITION BY 50 PERCENT. AND FOR SOME OF US WHO COME FROM SMALLER

COUNTIES, FOR EXAMPLE, OR SMALLER TOWNS, IT IS A VERY SERIOUS REDUCTION.

AND THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE TO MAKE SURE YOU TEST THE VIABILITY OF A

CANDIDACY TO GET ON THE BALLOT. YOU KNOW, IF IN THAT PARTICULAR TOWN

THAT I SPOKE OF EARLIER WITH TWO ELECTION DISTRICTS, LITERALLY A CANDIDATE

COULD JUST GO TO THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, SOME IN THEIR OWN HOUSEHOLD,

AND GET FOUR SIGNATURES TO GET ON THE BALLOT. SO REALLY, THERE SHOULD BE

A BALANCE. I THINK WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT BY REDUCING THE NUMBERS BY

70 PERCENT. AND IN THOSE PARTICULAR CASES LIKE I JUST MENTIONED OR IN

MY HOMETOWN WHERE THERE'S 16 ELECTION DISTRICTS, YOU'D ONLY NOW NEED

32 SIGNATURES TO GET ON THE BALLOT WHEN YOU NORMALLY WOULD NEED

ABOUT 250 IN A NORMAL YEAR.

SO, FOR THOSE CONCERNS, I WILL BE VOTING IN THE

NEGATIVE. I UNDERSTAND, MR. ABINANTI, YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT COVID

AND I BELIEVE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED DUE TO THE PREVIOUS

LEGISLATION THAT WE ALREADY ADOPTED. SO, FOR THOSE REASONS, I WILL BE

VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE AND I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME.

THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

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.5844-A. THIS IS A PARTY VOTE. ANY

MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED AS AN EXCEPTION TO THEIR

CONFERENCE POSITION IS REMINDED TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. THE REPUBLICAN

CONFERENCE WILL BE GENERALLY VOTING NO ON THIS LEGISLATION. BUT ANY

MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO VOTE YES ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE

MINORITY LEADER'S OFFICE AND LET US KNOW. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I'D LIKE TO

REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT AS A PARTY WE WILL BE VOTING IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE ON THIS ONE. IF THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, FOLKS SHOULD FEEL FREE

TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY LEADER'S OFFICE AND WE WILL SO PROPERLY RECORD

YOUR VOTE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU SO VERY

MUCH.

REMEMBER, THIS IS THE FIRST VOTE OF THE DAY. EVEN IF

YOU'RE HOME IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR LIVING ROOM.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MR. ABINANTI TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

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

LEGISLATION FURTHERS THE GOAL THAT WE HAVE HAD TO REDUCE CONTACT

BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS IN THIS COVID PANDEMIC TIME. WE HAVE

PREVIOUSLY REDUCED THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES FOR A CANDIDATE OF A

POLITICAL PARTY TO GET ON THE BALLOT TO 1.5 PERCENT OF THE PARTY

ENROLLMENT. BUT WE FIND THAT IN MANY CASES, PARTICULARLY IN THE SMALLER

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

TOWNS, THE -- THAT NUMBER IS STILL A LOT. SO THIS PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE.

IT ALLOWS FOR THE LOWER NUMBER TO BE TWO SIGNATURES PER ELECTION

DISTRICT. THAT IS A GOOD DECREASE. IT STILL REQUIRES IN MANY CASES A LOT

OF SIGNATURES, BUT IT'S FAR LESS THAN THE SIGNATURES THAT ARE REQUIRED

UNDER THE PRESENT LAW. ONE EXAMPLE IS MY TOWN OF GREENBURGH WITH

1.5 PERCENT WOULD REQUIRE 300 SIGNATURES. UNDER THIS LEGISLATION THIS

TOWN WOULD REQUIRE 162 DEMOCRATIC SIGNATURES. LET ME TAKE THE OTHER

SIDE. IN YORKTOWN, THE TOWN OF YORKTOWN, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WITH

-- UNDER THE PRESENT LAW WOULD BE REQUIRED TO -- TO GET 125 SIGNATURES.

UNDER THIS LEGISLATION IT WOULD BE REDUCED TO 86 SIGNATURES. WE

BELIEVE THAT THAT IS STILL A SIGNIFICANT SHOWING OF SUPPORT FOR A

CANDIDATE TO GET ON THE BALLOT, AND AT THE SAME TIME IT REDUCES THE

NUMBER OF CONTACTS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, WHICH IS OUR GOAL, WHICH IS

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYWHERE IN THE STATE. HEALTH IS VERY

IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO PROMOTE HEALTH. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO

CATCH COVID JUST BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OUR DEMOCRACY GOING.

SO I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE FOR THIS. THIS APPLIES

TO TOWNS THAT ARE LESS THAN 100,000 PEOPLE, AND I -- WE BELIEVE THAT THIS

IS A -- THIS ONE-YEAR FIX IS APPROPRIATE DURING THIS PANDEMIC AND I URGE

MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. ABINANTI IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

MR. BURDICK.

MR. BURDICK: I WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR

BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD AND THE SPEAKER FOR BRINGING IT TO THE FLOOR.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

THIS ENTAILED A FAIR DEAL OF PERSEVERANCE ON THE PART OF MR. ABINANTI.

THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO SMALLER TOWNS LIKE THOSE IN MY DISTRICT,

AND AS MR. ABINANTI HAS EXPLAINED IN DETAIL, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO

EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID AND THIS IS

IMPORTANT TO THAT OBJECTIVE.

I WILL BE VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. AND AGAIN, MY

THANKS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. BURDICK IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

PAGE 18, CALENDAR NO. 117, THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00259-A, CALENDAR

NO. 117, GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, SOLAGES, DICKENS, SEAWRIGHT, THIELE,

SIMON, AUBRY, GALEF, BRONSON, BARRON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC

HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO ACCREDITATION, APPROVAL AND OPERATION OF

MIDWIFERY BIRTH CENTERS.

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 CALENDAR NO. A.259-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.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 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. A00950-A, CALENDAR

NO. 118, PHEFFER AMATO, JONES, COOK, WALLACE, BENEDETTO, GRIFFIN,

FERNANDEZ, ZINERMAN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION

TO HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLES TRIGGERS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01158, CALENDAR NO.

119, PEOPLES-STOKES, COOK, GOTTFRIED, RICHARDSON, ZINERMAN. AN ACT

TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO INSTITUTION OF COURT ACTIONS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01395, CALENDAR NO.

120, PERRY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO GROUP

POLICIES FOR CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF CARRYING

OR TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS FOR HIRE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

PERRY, 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 S.895. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY MEMBER

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

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADERS 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. A01918, CALENDAR NO.

121, O'DONNELL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO

REQUIRING THE DISCLOSURE OF DISABLED TENANTS' RIGHTS TO REASONABLE

ACCOMMODATIONS; AND TO REPEAL CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SUCH LAW RELATED

THERETO.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

O'DONNELL, 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 867. 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. A01919, CALENDAR NO.

122, OTIS, ZINERMAN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE LABOR LAW, IN RELATION TO

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR MASS LAYOFFS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

OTIS, 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 2074. 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. A01933, CALENDAR NO.

123, GALEF, PEOPLES-STOKES, GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, DINOWITZ, ABINANTI, L.

ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN, GLICK, THIELE, BARRON, CARROLL, COLTON, DE LA

ROSA, FAHY, JACOBSON, JONES, NORRIS, QUART, SANTABARBARA, SEAWRIGHT,

SIMON, STIRPE, TAYLOR, LAWLER, ZINERMAN, J.D. RIVERA, GRIFFIN,

BURDICK, JACKSON, OTIS, RAJKUMAR. AN ACT TO AMEND THE REAL PROPERTY

LAW, IN RELATION TO THE INSTALLATION OR USE OF SOLAR POWER SYSTEMS

WITHIN A HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MRS.

GALEF, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS ADVANCED

AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01994, CALENDAR NO.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

124, CRUZ, BARRON, OTIS, RAJKUMAR, CLARK, MCDONALD. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE ELDER LAW, THE EXECUTIVE LAW AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE

CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, IN RELATION TO INCORPORATING IDENTITY

THEFT INTO THE DEFINITION OF ELDER ABUSE FOR PURPOSES OF SUPPORT SERVICES

AND PROGRAMS FOR ELDER PERSONS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

CRUZ, 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 1560. 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. A02684, CALENDAR NO.

125, GALEF, ZINERMAN, OTIS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW,

IN RELATION TO INCLUDING NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AS PART OF THE DEFINITION

OF "ELECTRIC PLANT"; TO PROVIDE FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE INDIAN POINT

NUCLEAR POWER PLANT TO BE PAID CERTAIN WAGES IN THE EVENT SUCH PLANT

IS SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR LEASED; AND TO REPEAL CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE

LABOR LAW AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW RELATING THERETO.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MRS.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

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

ADVANCED. THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03050, CALENDAR NO.

126, FAHY, SIMON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EDUCATION LAW, IN RELATION TO

REQUIRING CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS TO PROVIDE AND THE STATE EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT TO COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRACTICE OF THEIR

PROFESSIONS; AND REPEALING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SUCH LAW RELATING

THERETO.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

FAHY, 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 3543. 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. A03203-A, CALENDAR

NO. 127, MCDONALD, GALEF, STIRPE, FAHY, STECK, MONTESANO, SIMON,

CAHILL, M. MILLER, COLTON, GOTTFRIED, MORINELLO, ASHBY, PICHARDO,

LUPARDO, OTIS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS LAW, IN RELATION

TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL SERVICES TO LEASE

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03970, CALENDAR NO.

128, ABINANTI, BARRON, ZINERMAN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH

LAW, IN RELATION TO NOTIFYING LOCAL OFFICIALS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN

EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04499, CALENDAR NO.

129, GALEF, PAULIN, ABINANTI, OTIS, LUPARDO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, IN RELATION TO THE ABILITY OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

IN NEW YORK TO CLAIM COPYRIGHT PROTECTION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04572, CALENDAR NO.

130, GOTTFRIED, BARRON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN

RELATION TO NEWBORN SCREENING FOR ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY AND

GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 180TH

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 4572. 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.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04613, CALENDAR NO.

131, LUPARDO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, IN

RELATION TO THE TASK FORCE ON IMPROVING URBAN AND RURAL CONSUMER

ACCESS TO LOCALLY PRODUCED, HEALTHY FOODS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE

REPEAL OF SUCH PROVISIONS UPON EXPIRATION THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 4613. 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. A05127, CALENDAR NO.

132, BENEDETTO, JACKSON, ANDERSON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EDUCATION

LAW, IN RELATION TO ALLOWING THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN PRESCRIBED

MEDICATIONS BY TRAINED UNLICENSED SCHOOL PERSONNEL.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

ADVANCED.

READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 1239. 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 CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05414, CALENDAR NO.

133, L. ROSENTHAL, BARRON, ZINERMAN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL

SERVICES LAW, IN RELATION TO ALLOWING PERSONS APPLYING FOR OR RECEIVING

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TO BE INTERVIEWED BY PHONE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

ROSENTHAL, 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 3223-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.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05469, CALENDAR NO.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

135, ENGLEBRIGHT, PEOPLES-STOKES, GLICK, GALEF, ABINANTI, SEAWRIGHT,

LUPARDO, ZINERMAN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, IN

RELATION TO DEFINING THE TERMS "RETIREE" AND "BENEFICIARY" WITHIN THE

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

HAVE ANY FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING OR RESOLUTIONS?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: IT DOES NOT APPEAR

THAT WE HAVE EITHER, MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: I NOW -- I MOVE THAT THE

ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 1:00 P.M. TUESDAY, MARCH THE 9TH,

TOMORROW BEING A SESSION DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A

DAY MAKES. THE ASSEMBLY STANDS ADJOURNED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MS. HUNTER NEEDS TO

MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. I APOLOGIZE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: BEFORE WE LEAVE, MS.

HUNTER WILL TELL US -- I'LL TAKE THAT BACK.

MS. HUNTER, DO YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR US?

MS. HUNTER: I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR

MAJORITY MEMBERS --

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WE WAIT WITH BATED

BREATH.

MS. HUNTER: -- MR. SPEAKER. BATED BREATH. YES,

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 8, 2021

ON A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY MONDAY AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR A

MAJORITY CONFERENCE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ADJOURNMENT OF OUR

SESSION TODAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: A MAJORITY

CONFERENCE AT ADJOURNMENT. I WILL DO IT AGAIN.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER. THANK YOU, MS. HUNTER.

(WHEREUPON, AT 3:34 P.M., THE ASSEMBLY STOOD

ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY, MARCH 9TH, TUESDAY BEING A SESSION DAY.)