TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2022 4:52 P.M.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE HOUSE WILL COME
TO ORDER.
THE REVEREND CRAIG WILL OFFER A PRAYER.
REVEREND PHIL CRAIG: FIRST AND FOREMOST, I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. SPEAKER, TO ALSO, SINCE THIS IS QUEENS
DAY, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY QUEENS REPRESENTATIVES ALICIA
HYNDMAN, ALSO TO VIVIAN COOK AND TO KHALEEL ANDERSON. I'M HERE
WITH MY SON JONATHAN CRAIG, WHO IS GOING TO MAKE HISTORY TODAY AND
OFFER THE PRAYER WITH US. SO I WILL NOW PRESENT HIM.
MR. JONATHAN CRAIG: LET US PRAY. DEAR
HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR TODAY. THANK YOU FOR WAKING AND
SHAKING US THIS MORNING AND STARTING US ON OUR WAY. WE -- GOD, WE
INVITE YOU INTO THIS -- IN -- INTO THIS CHAMBER ASKING THAT YOU WOULD
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DO SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL AND MAGNIFICENT IN -- IN THIS -- IN YOUR
MAJESTY.
REVEREND CRAIG: AND LORD, AS YOU COME INTO
THIS PLACE, GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU WILL GRANT THIS GOVERNING BODY AND
ALL OF ITS IMPORTANT STAFF DIVINE WISDOM AND ALSO FAITH TO LEGISLATE LAWS
AND THE POLICIES THAT WILL ENHANCE AND PROTECT THE LIVES OF ALL NEW
YORKERS. GOD, GIVE THESE LEGISLATORS THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND PURPOSE TO
CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS EMPIRE STATE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, LORD, AND
ALSO THE MELTING POT OF CULTURE. GOD, AND IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE
TODAY, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THE ENEMY A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN,
LORD, IN EVERY PLOT, PLAN AND SCHEME THAT MIGHT BECOME ACROSS THESE
LEGISLATORS. LORD, THAT AS YOUR WORD DECLARES THAT NO WEAPON FORMED
AGAINST THEM SHALL PROSPER, AND IT'S IN THAT NAME OF GOD THAT WE DO
PRAY.
LET EVERYONE IN THIS HOUSE SAY AMEN.
MEMBERS: AMEN.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: 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 MONDAY, MAY 9TH.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE TO
DISPENSE WITH THE FURTHER READING OF THE JOURNAL OF MONDAY, MAY THE
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9TH ASK AND THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO
ORDERED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, SIR.
COLLEAGUES, WELCOME BACK TO THE CHAMBERS TODAY. GOOD TO SEE YOU
ALL HERE. AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE SO MANY GUESTS IN THE CHAMBERS AS
WELL. I DO WANT TO START WITH A QUOTE. THIS ONE TODAY, MR. SPEAKER, IS
COMING FROM OUR FORMER PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN. HE SERVED AS
UNITED STATES PRESIDENT FROM 1981 TO 1989. HIS WORDS ARE VERY
APPROPRIATE FOR US TODAY. IT IS THAT, PEACE IS MORE THAN JUST THE
ABSENCE OF WAR. TRUE PEACE IS JUSTICE, TRUE PEACE IS FREEDOM AND TRUE
PEACE DICTATES THE RECOGNITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. AGAIN, MR. SPEAKER,
THESE WORDS FROM FORMER PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN.
COLLEAGUES SHOULD BE AWARE THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR
DESK A MAIN CALENDAR AS WELL AS AN A-CALENDAR. WE ALSO HAVE A
DEBATE LIST. MR. SPEAKER, I NOW MOVE TO ADVANCE THAT A-CALENDAR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON MRS. PEOPLES-
STOKES' MOTION THE A-CALENDAR IS ADVANCED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, SIR. AFTER
ANY HOUSEKEEPING OR INTRODUCTIONS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP RESOLUTIONS
ON PAGE 3 OFF OF THE MAIN CALENDAR. WE WILL THEN TAKE UP THE
FOLLOWING BILLS ON CONSENT: CALENDAR NO. 542 BY MR. GOTTFRIED,
CALENDAR NO. 547 BY MS. PAULIN AND CALENDAR NO. 566 BY MR.
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GOTTFRIED. WE'RE THEN GOING CONTINUE TO CONSENT WITH NEW BILLS WHERE
WE LEFT OFF ON YESTERDAY. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH CALENDAR NO. 623
WHICH IS ON PAGE 41. WE'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT THROUGH TO CALENDAR NO.
644 WHICH IS ON PAGE 45. AFTER THAT WE ARE GOING TO AGAIN BEGIN
WORKING ON OUR DEBATE LIST, STARTING WITH CALENDAR NO. 310 BY MR.
ABINANTI, CALENDAR NO. 390 BY MR. STERN AND CALENDAR NO. 394 BY
MS. STERN [SIC]. THERE WILL BE FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENT OF FUTURE DEBATES
ON TODAY, MR. SPEAKER. I WOULD ASK COLLEAGUES TO STAY ATTUNED TO THAT
AND WE WILL PROCEED WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT.
THAT'S THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF WHERE WE ARE, MR.
SPEAKER. IF YOU HAVE HOUSEKEEPING NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME.
THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MRS.
PEOPLES-STOKES. NO HOUSEKEEPING. WE WILL GO TO INTRODUCTIONS BY
MS. HYNDMAN.
MS. HYNDMAN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR
ALLOWING ME THIS INTRODUCTION. YOU JUST HEARD FROM THE REVEREND DR.
PHIL CRAIG AND HIS SON JONATHAN-PHILIP CRAIG. AND I WANT TO SAY IT'S
AMAZING TO SEE A YOUNG MAN WHO IS FOLLOWING IN THE WORD WHEN I USED
TO SEE HIM RUN AROUND THE PEWS AT THE GREATER SPRINGFIELD CHURCH. DR.
REVEREND -- REVEREND DR. PHIL CRAIG WAS RAISED AND CONTINUES TO
RESIDE IN JAMAICA, QUEENS WITH HIS LOVELY WIFE JENNIFER AND THREE
BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, JASMINE, CC AND JONATHAN-PHILIP CRAIG. PASTOR
CRAIG WAS ORDAINED AT -- AT AME ELDER AT THE GREATER ALLEN AME
CATHEDRAL UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SENIOR PASTOR THE HONORABLE
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REVEREND DR. H. FLAKE [SIC] AND REVEREND DR. ELAINE FLAKE. HIS
INVOLVEMENT AT THE GREATER ALLEN CATHEDRAL MINISTRY CONSISTED OF A
NUMBER OF MINISTRIES SUCH AS THE MALE USHER MINISTRY, MEN'S
MINISTRY, DISCIPLESHIP MINISTRIES, SINGLES MINISTRY AND THE FATHERS
SUPPORT MINISTRY, ASSISTED SINGLE FATHERS IN NEED OF RESOURCES. AFTER
HE BECAME MORE INVOLVED IN LOCAL ACTIVISM, IN APRIL OF 2012 REVEREND
CRAIG BECAME THE PRESIDENT OF THE QUEENS CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL
ACTION NETWORK UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REVEREND AL SHARPTON AND HE
STILL HOLDS HIS POSITION TODAY. TO BROADEN HIS MINISTRY EXPERIENCE,
REVEREND PHIL CRAIG WAS GRANTED THE REQUEST TO ASSIST A LOCAL CHURCH
CALLED SPRINGFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH AND HAS CONTINUED TO SERVE AS
THE HEAD PASTOR OF THE GREATER SPRINGFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH, A/K/A
GSCC, WELL-KNOWN IN SOUTHEAST QUEENS. HE HAS TRANSFORMED IT INTO A
THRIVING MINISTRY, AS THE QUEENS PRESS ONCE DESCRIBED IT AS ONE OF THE
FASTEST-GROWING MINISTRIES IN SOUTHEAST QUEENS. NOT ONLY HAS THE
MEMBERSHIP GROWN, BUT THE IMPACT OF THE FOOD GIVEAWAYS THAT HE'S
DONE WEEKLY AND FREE CLOTHING AS THE ONLY FAITH-BASED MINISTRY IN NEW
YORK CITY TO HAVE A FREE DENTAL PROGRAM, JUST A FEW OF THE MINISTRIES
THAT THIS CHURCH HAS. REVEREND CRAIG IS A KNOWN COMMUNITY
ORGANIZER, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, PREACHER, CHURCH CONSULTANT AND
CURRENTLY SERVES AS BOARD MEMBER OF THE BROOKLYN ANCHOR HOUSE,
QUEENS -- QUEENS COMMUNITY PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION, GREATER SPRINGFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, GREATER
ALLEN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE ALLEN -- ALLEN COMMUNITY
NON-PROFIT PROGRAMS AND ONE CITY NEW YORK, INCORPORATED. REVEREND
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CRAIG POSSESSES A CERTIFICATE IN CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, AN ASSOCIATE'S
DEGREE IN APPLIED SCIENCES, BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ORGANIZATIONAL
MANAGEMENT, MASTER'S DEGREE AND A -- A MASTER'S DEGREE IN DIVINITY
AND A DOCTORAL DEGREE IN MINISTRY.
PLEASE -- I THANK THE SPEAKER FOR ALLOWING ME TO
INTRODUCE OUR MINISTER TODAY. THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MS. HYNDMAN, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, THE PASTORS CRAIG,
WE WELCOME YOU BOTH HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, EXTEND
TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
PRAYER WITH US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU.
REVEREND CRAIG: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AND BE BLESSED.
THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE)
MR. RAMOS FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.
MR. RAMOS: MR. SPEAKER, I RISE FOR AN
INTRODUCTION. MY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS TODAY ARE FROM THE TAIWAN
COMMUNITY. AND THEY'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE IN A LITTLE WHILE I'M GOING
TO BE PASSING A RESOLUTION TO PROCLAIM MAY 10TH TAIWAN HERITAGE DAY
IN NEW YORK STATE. IT'S A DISTINCT PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE HERE TODAY AND
INTRODUCE AMBASSADOR JAMES LEE. AMBASSADOR LEE HAS BEEN A VERY --
HAS HAD A VERY DISTINGUISHED CAREER AND HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY ON
BEHALF OF THE TAIWANESE COMMUNITY. HE'S CURRENTLY DIRECTOR GENERAL
OF THE TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE IN NEW YORK AND THE HEAD
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OF THE U.N. AFFAIRS TASK FORCE IN NEW YORK.
ALSO JOINING IS HANS CHANG, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL
OF THE TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE OF NEW YORK; RAYMOND
TSANG, PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE CONSOLIDATED BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION;
MR. TOM SU, PRESIDENT OF TAIWAN CENTER OF NEW YORK; PAT -- MS.
PATSY CHEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE TAIWAN CENTER OF NEW YORK; MR.
JAMES PEI, PRESIDENT OF THE TAIWAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF NEW
YORK; MS. MEI TIEN, BOARD MEMBER OF THE CHINESE CHAMBER; MS.
CHUNG CHING -- MR. CHUNG-CHIN CHEN, FOUNDER OF THE TAIWANESE
AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY; MS. SHOU-BANG JIAN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
TAIWANESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT; MS. CHI-HUA
TSENG, PRINCIPAL OF THE TAIWANESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION IN THE
CAPITAL DISTRICT; MS. JACQUELINE KUAN, WHO IS NO STRANGER TO MANY OF
OUR MEMBERS HERE, A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS, IS ALWAYS UP HERE. SHE IS
FROM THE POLITICAL DIVISION OF THE DIRECT -- AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE
TAIPEI ECONOMIC CULTURAL OFFICE IN NEW YORK. MS. FU-YUAN LIU,
DEPUTY DIVISION DIRECTOR OF THE TAIPEI ECONOMIC CULTURAL OFFICE IN
NEW YORK.
MR. SPEAKER, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING TAIWAN,
AND I FOUND A COUNTRY VERY MUCH LIKE OUR OWN. LOVERS OF FREEDOM, A
COUNTRY BASED IN THE PRINCIPLES OF PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS AND ALL THE
THINGS THAT THE U.S. STANDS FOR. SO, MR. SPEAKER, I ASK YOU TO JOIN ME
IN WELCOMING OUR GUESTS AND EXTENDING ALL THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MR. RAMOS, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU
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HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. WE EXTEND TO YOU THE
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR, AMBASSADOR LEE AND THIS FINE DISTINGUISHED
GROUP THAT YOU BRING TO US. WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO JOIN
US TODAY. HOPE YOU ENJOY THE PROCEEDINGS AND YOUR TRIP TO ALBANY.
AND I, TOO, HAVE VISITED THE WONDERFUL LAND AND HOPE TO GET BACK THERE
SOON. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
(APPLAUSE)
MS. SILLITTI FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.
MS. SILLITTI: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR
ALLOWING ME THE PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME OUR SPECIAL GUESTS TODAY
REPRESENTING THE MANY DEDICATED STAFF AND REMARKABLE STUDENTS. I'M
JOINED TODAY BY THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE HENRY VISCARDI SCHOOL
AND THE VISCARDI CENTER, DR. CHRIS ROSA; CHAIR OF THE VISCARDI SCHOOL
BETH DALY; AS WELL AS KIM BRUSSELL, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC
AFFAIRS AND MARKETING AT THE VISCARDI CENTER.
TODAY MARKS A SPECIAL OCCASION. IT IS THE 110TH
BIRTHDAY OF THE LATE DR. HENRY VISCARDI, JR. AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR
SESSION, THIS BODY WILL BE PASSING A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THIS DAY.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, DR. HENRY VISCARDI HAS AN INSPIRING STORY.
BORN ON MAY 10TH, 1912, DR. VISCARDI HAD PHYSICAL DEFORMITIES THAT
KEPT HIM HOSPITALIZED FOR THE FIRST SIX YEARS OF HIS LIFE. HE DID NOT LET
HIS DISABILITIES LIMIT HIM, THOUGH. INSTEAD, HE BECAME ONE OF THE
WORLD'S LEADING ADVOCATES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. HE SERVED AS
DISABILITY ADVISOR TO EIGHT U.S. PRESIDENTS FROM FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT TO
JIMMY CARTER. HAVING RECEIVED THE MAJORITY OF HIS OWN EDUCATION IN A
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HOSPITAL SETTING, DR. VISCARDI MADE IT A PRIORITY OF CHILDREN WITH
DISABILITIES HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS ANY OTHER CHILD. YOU HAVE
TO REMEMBER, THIS WAS REVOLUTIONARY FOR ITS TIME. SIXTY YEARS LATER I
AM SO VERY PROUD TO HAVE THE HENRY VISCARDI SCHOOL IN MY DISTRICT. IT
PROVIDES CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES A TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL
ENVIRONMENT WHILE ALSO HAVING ONSITE LIFE-SUSTAINING MEDICAL
TREATMENT FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT SO THE CHILD'S EDUCATION AND FUN IS
NEVER SACRIFICED. WALKING THROUGH THE HALLWAYS OF THE VISCARDI
SCHOOL I SAW FOR MYSELF THE SMILES ON THE CHILDREN'S FACES. MANY OF
THEM GREETED ME WITH HI-FIVES, TELLING ME HOW MUCH THEY LOVED
SCHOOL. I WELCOME MY COLLEAGUES TO COME TAKE A TOUR WITH ME, AS WE
HAVE CHILDREN FROM ALL OVER OUR STATE. YOU WILL SEE FIRSTHAND THIS
INCREDIBLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND WHY IT IS SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE.
I NOT ONLY HAVE THE VISCARDI SCHOOL IN MY DISTRICT, I
ALSO HAVE THE VISCARDI CENTER. THE CENTER BUILDS CONFIDENCE IN YOUTH,
ADULTS AND VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES. IT GIVES EVERYONE WHO COMES
THROUGH THEIR DOORS A SENSE OF PRIDE AND LEARNING, WORKING AND THE
FREEDOM OF INDEPENDENT LIVING. NO DONATIONS, NO CHARITY, JUST A
CHANCE TO COMPETE IN THE OPEN MARKET, A LINE DR. VISCARDI WOULD OFTEN
REPEAT.
(BUZZER SOUNDS)
ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES ON LONG ISLAND I'M SO
PROUD TO RECOGNIZE DR. VISCARDI, JR. TODAY AND HONOR HIM FOR HIS
PERSONAL STORY AND COURAGE AND DETERMINATION, DIGNITY AND HUMAN
RIGHTS. MR. SPEAKER, PLEASE WELCOME OUR GUESTS FROM THIS
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EXTRAORDINARY PLACE AND EXTEND TO THEM THE COURTESY OF THE FLOOR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MS. SILLITTI AND MS. DARLING, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE
WELCOME YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. WE EXTEND TO
YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. OUR CONGRATULATIONS ON THE GREAT WORK
THAT YOU'RE DOING. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE THAT WORK AND YOU WILL
BE SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING THIS A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL. THANK YOU SO VERY
MUCH. KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE.
(APPLAUSE)
FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION, MS. DAVILA.
MS. DAVILA: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR
ALLOWING ME TO MAKE THESE TWO INTRODUCTIONS. TODAY IS -- WE'RE
CELEBRATING THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN ALBANY, AND I THINK THAT
EVERYONE THAT -- THAT IS INVOLVED IN YOUR DISTRICT, NO SMALL DEED GOES
WITHOUT BEING LOOKED AT. THE FIRST PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE,
HER NAME IS MARITZA RODRIGUEZ. SHE IS A MOTHER OF TWO, GRANDMOTHER
OF THREE. THIS WONDERFUL WOMAN HAS TAKEN ON THE CHALLENGES OF THE
SOUTH SIDE OF MY DISTRICT TO HELP UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE WITH ANY OF THE
SERVICES. SHE TAKES THEM TO HER HOUSE. SHE FEEDS THEM. SHE IS JUST A
REMARKABLE PERSON, AND I BELIEVE THAT -- THAT SHE ONE DAY WILL ALSO HAVE
A GREAT -- SOME -- SOMEHOW A POLITICAL CAREER SOMEWHERE DOWN THE
LINE.
THE NEXT PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, HIS NAME IS
FELIX CEBALLOS. HE IS, YEAH, DOMINICAN AS WELL. CAME FROM THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. HE IS AN ARCHITECT IN HIS HOME, AND HE CAME TO
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THE UNITED STATES FOR THE BEAUTIFUL DREAM THAT WE ALL DREAM AND THAT HE
HAS. HE IS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE. HE HAS TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS
THAT HE'S RAISED. HE'S PART -- HE'S PART OF THE COMMUNITY BOARD AND ALSO
BEEN MY FRIEND FOR OVER 30 YEARS HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE NORTHERN
BUSHWICK RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION.
MR. SPEAKER, THESE TWO PEOPLE THAT GIVE THEMSELVES
SELFISHLY [SIC] CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE THEM THE COURTESY OF THIS HOUSE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MS. DAVILA, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME BOTH OF
YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY AND YOUR FAMILY. WE
EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT
YOU DO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF OTHERS. IT'S ALWAYS PROBABLY MORE
BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO TAKE. YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW THAT AND HAVE
PROVIDED WITH MANY WITH THE BENEFITS OF YOUR SKILLS. CONTINUE TO DO
THAT GREAT WORK AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS A FRIEND HERE. YOU MAY
ALWAYS COME AND VISIT US. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
(APPLAUSE)
MS. KELLES FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.
MS. KELLES: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SPEAKER, FOR
LETTING ME TAKE A MOMENT FROM THE -- THE FLOOR AND OUR PROCEEDINGS
TODAY TO INTRODUCE MY PREDECESSOR AND ALLY IN ALL THINGS ENVIRONMENT
AND PROTECTION OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS ON SO MANY ISSUES, THE FORMER
ASSEMBLYMEMBER OF THE 125TH, BARBARA LIFTON. SHE HAS BEEN A
STEADFAST CHAMPION PASSING BILLS TO PROTECT THE LAKE FROM HARMFUL ALGAL
BLOOMS, ALSO SUPPORTING IT WITH A LICENSURE, AND SUPPORT AGAIN ALWAYS
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FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS. ALSO PROTECTING THE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, YOU
KNOW, NEED FOR VOTER PROTECTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MACHINES ARE
SECURE. THESE ARE JUST A SMATTERING OF THINGS DURING HER LONG TENURE
HERE. MOST IMPORTANTLY WHAT EVERYBODY KNOWS HER FOR IS HER
INCREDIBLE TIRELESS, ARTICULATE PASSIONATE AND COURAGEOUS FIGHT FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT IN THE EFFORTS AGAINST THE FRACKING MOVEMENT MANY YEARS
AGO AND IT WAS A MODEL FOR ME, AN INSPIRATION FOR ME.
AND SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK
BARBARA LIFTON FOR COMING BACK AND JOINING US TODAY. THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MS. KELLES, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, ONCE A MEMBER,
ALWAYS A MEMBER. YOU KNOW THAT LESSON. SO, WELCOME BACK. WE'RE
SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU. GLAD TO HAVE SHARED A LITTLE BIT OF THE PILOTS LAST
NIGHT WITH YOU, BUT MOST OF ALL SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU AND HOPE THAT LIFE
IS AS FULL AND WONDERFUL AS YOU DESERVE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
(APPLAUSE)
MS. BYRNES FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION -- MR.
BYRNE.
MR. BYRNE: THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER AND FOR ALLOWING ME THE COURTESY TO INTERRUPT THESE
PROCEEDINGS FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION. I AM HONORED TO
INTRODUCE A FRIEND AND PROUD PUBLIC SERVANT AND VOLUNTEER FOR THE
PEOPLE OF PUTNAM COUNTY, BARBARA REITZ. BARBARA, YOU CAN STAND.
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BARBARA HAS A LONG DISTINGUISHED CAREER FROM HELPING PEOPLE OF
PUTNAM COUNTY SERVING ON THE YOUTH BUREAU. SHE ALSO SERVES FOR A
FORMER STATE SENATOR, AND ALMOST MORE IMPORTANTLY SHE WAS THE -- SHE
WAS MARRIED 20 PROUD YEARS TO THE LATE JUDGE JAMES F. REITZ. AND FOR
THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY REMEMBER, BACK IN 2019 BEFORE ALL THE
PANDEMIC MADNESS SHOOK THIS CHAMBER, I RUSHED UP HERE DURING THE
FINAL DAYS OF SESSION WHEN WE WERE VOTING ON BILLS EVERY SINGLE, YOU
KNOW, MINUTE IT SEEMS, AND IT WAS REALLY LATE AT NIGHT AND I WAS VERY
DELIGHTED AND -- AND GLAD AND APPRECIATIVE OF THE SPEAKER ALLOWING ME
TO PROVIDE A PRIVILEGED RESOLUTION TO HONOR THE LIFE OF JUDGE JAMES F.
REITZ. JIM SERVED EVERY MINUTE TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF PUTNAM COUNTY.
HE CREATED THE DRUG TREATMENT COURT IN PUTNAM COUNTY. HE HAD A
SPECIAL ON NBC CALLED "HOOKED ON HEROIN", WHICH HE RECEIVED AN
EMMY FOR WHEN IT WASN'T SO COMMON FOR PEOPLE TO CHAMPION THESE
DIFFICULT CAUSES TO HELP PEOPLE WHO WERE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION.
JUST ACROSS THE WAY OVER IN THE SENATE CHAMBER MY COLLEAGUE SENATOR
HARCKHAM INTRODUCED BARBARA AND ALSO PASSED A PIECE OF LEGISLATION
CHANGING THE NAME OF A COURTROOM IN THE PUTNAM COUNTY AND STATE
SUPREME COURT IN MEMORY OF JUDGE JAMES F. REITZ. IT IS THE SAME
COURTROOM THAT JUDGE REITZ WORKED IN AND DIED IN. AND I WANT TO
THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE FOR REPORTING THAT OUT,
AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL PASS IN THIS CHAMBER AS WELL. AND
PERHAPS IT WOULD BE ONE OF MY -- MY FINAL BILLS IN THIS CHAMBER TO
HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF A MAN THAT SO MANY PEOPLE LOOK UP TO.
BUT I AM HONORED THAT BARBARA IS HERE SEEING THE
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PEOPLE'S WORK, AND AGAIN, MR. SPEAKER, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME TO PROVIDE THIS INTRODUCTION. PLEASE EXTEND THE
CORDIALITIES OF THE HOUSE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF
OF MR. BYRNE, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, BARBARA, WELCOME
HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. WE EXTEND TO YOU THE
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. OUR CONGRATULATIONS ON A LIFE WELL LIVED,
PROVIDING HELP TO MANY, MANY PEOPLE. CONTINUE THAT GREAT WORK. YOU
ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
(APPLAUSE)
WE WILL GO TO RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 3. ASSEMBLY NO.
843, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 843, RULES
AT THE REQUEST OF MS. NIOU.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 2022 AS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN
HERITAGE MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. NIOU ON THE
RESOLUTION.
MS. NIOU: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SPEAKER, FOR
ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION. FIRST, I WANTED TO SAY THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR A COUPLE OF OUR FRIENDS JOINING US HERE TODAY. I
WANTED TO INTRODUCE REALLY QUICKLY CHAI (INAUDIBLE) FROM THE GOPOPNY
(INAUDIBLE) STEERING COMMITTEE WHO EMPOWERS (INAUDIBLE) AND
AAPIS. AND THEN ALSO I WANTED TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT ON TOP OF
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THE LIST THAT ANOTHER COLLEAGUE OF MINE HAD JUST GIVEN FOR ONE OF OUR
LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, RAYMOND TSANG FROM THE CHINESE
CONSOLIDATED BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION WHO IS THE YOUNGEST PRESIDENT OF
OUR ASSOCIATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. I WANTED TO THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AS I RISE TO SPEAK ON A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY
2022 AS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN NEW YORK STATE.
FOR OVER 40 YEARS, COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION HAVE SET ASIDE THE
MONTH OF MAY TO CELEBRATE THE GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS OF ASIAN-AMERICANS
TO THE ECONOMY, ARTS, SCIENCE, GOVERNMENT AND DOZENS OF OTHER FIELDS.
THIS IS ALSO BITTERSWEET BECAUSE EVEN AS WE CELEBRATE OUR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE STILL MADE TO FEEL LIKE SECOND-
CLASS CITIZENS IN THIS COUNTRY. WE'VE WATCHED FOR OVER TWO YEARS NOW
AS PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE US ARE VERBALLY HARASSED, PHYSICALLY ATTACKED
IN THE STREETS AND EVEN MURDERED FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN WHAT WE
LOOK LIKE. WE ARE AMERICANS. WE ARE NEW YORKERS. WE BELONG. IN
DIFFICULT TIMES, ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IS AS MUCH AN
ACT OF DEFIANCE AS IT IS AN ACT OF CELEBRATION. DEFIANCE AT THOSE WHO
WANT US TO GO AWAY, TO DISAPPEAR, TO ERASE OURSELVES FROM AMERICA'S
STORY. WE REFUSE. ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IS ABOUT
SHOWING WHO WE ARE, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT US
TO CELEBRATE AND DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE BELONG HERE. OUR PAIN IS
REFLECTED IN A 339 PERCENT SURGE IN ANTI-ASIAN HATE AND VIOLENCE OVER
THE PAST YEAR ALONE. IT'S REFLECTED IN THE 10,730 REPORTED ANTI-ASIAN
RACIST INCIDENTS ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND THE COUNTLESS OTHER INCIDENTS
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ASIAN-AMERICANS WERE EITHER TOO AFRAID OR LACKED THE RESOURCES TO
REPORT. IT'S REFLECTED IN THE FACT THAT 62 CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS
VOTED AGAINST THE SENATE'S BILL STRENGTHENING HATE CRIME PROTECTIONS FOR
ASIAN-AMERICANS. BUT ASIAN-AMERICANS IN NEW YORK STRUGGLED EVEN
WHEN THE SUBJECT IS NOT AS HEADLINE-GRABBING AS A BRUTAL ATTACK OR A SLUR
SPRAYED ON A CULTURAL CENTER. ONE IN FOUR ASIAN-AMERICANS IN NEW
YORK LIVE IN POVERTY WITH SOME ETHNIC SUBGROUPS POSTING EVEN HIGHER
POVERTY RATES. WE ARE THE LARGEST-GROWING UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY,
YET WE RECEIVE THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF STATE SUPPORT. AND EVEN WITH
THE NEW AAPI LEGISLATORS ELECTED LAST CYCLE, WE REMAIN THE MOST
UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY GROUPS IN GOVERNMENT. I WANT TO BE VERY
CLEAR. DESPITE THE CHALLENGE AND DESPITE THE PAIN OF THE PAST FEW YEARS,
THE ASIAN-AMERICAN STORY IS NOT ONE OF VICTIMHOOD, BUT TRIUMPH
THROUGH ADVERSITY. THE ASIAN-AMERICAN POPULATION GREW 81 PERCENT
OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, MAKING US THE FASTEST-GROWING RACIAL GROUP
IN THE COUNTRY. ASIAN-AMERICANS GENERATE THREE-QUARTERS OF A TRILLION,
TRILLION WITH A T, DOLLARS IN INCOME AND PUT A HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS
SPENDING POWER BACK INTO THE ECONOMY AT A TIME WHEN WE DESPERATELY
NEEDED IT. ASIAN-AMERICANS HAVE AMERICA'S BACK EVEN AT THAT TIME
AMERICA HAS NOT HAD OURS. WE'RE PROUD TO BE HERE. PLEASE STOP KILLING
US. ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IS AS MUCH ABOUT THE
FUTURE AS IT IS ABOUT THE VIBRANT STORY ASIAN-AMERICANS HAVE WRITTEN FOR
OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY SO FAR. IT MEANS LOOKING BEYOND THE ASIAN
COMMUNITY AS JUST NUMBERS AND DEMOGRAPHICS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY,
AND SEEING US AS YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, NEIGHBORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
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IT MEANS CELEBRATING US AS NEW YORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH HELL
AND STILL WAKE UP PROUD TO LIVE AND WORK HERE.
I NEED TO THANK OUR SPEAKER FOR SUPPORTING THE
HISTORIC PASSAGE OF FUNDING IN OUR MOST RECENT BUDGET. TWENTY MILLION
DOLLARS TO SUPPORT ANTI-HATE EFFORTS AND ORGANIZATIONS RISING UP TO
COMBAT ANTI-ASIAN BIGOTRY IN ALL OF ITS FORMS, AS WELL AS SOCIAL SERVICES,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL HELP STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY.
TOGETHER, WE ARE LETTING OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY KNOW THAT WE ARE
MORE THAN JUST A, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, "CENSUS POPULATION GROUP", MORE
THAN AN APA HERITAGE MONTH SPEECH AND MORE THAN THE HATE CRIMES
INFLICTED UPON US. ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE NEW YORKERS AND AMERICANS,
AND WITHOUT US THIS WOULD NOT BE OUR BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE NEW YORK OR
AMERICA.
I HOPE ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES TODAY WILL JOIN ME IN
RAISING AWARENESS AND SPREADING JOY AS WE MARK THIS ASIAN PACIFIC
AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.
MR. KIM ON THE RESOLUTION.
MR. KIM: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE TO FIRST
THANK THE SPEAKER, THE LEADERSHIP, FOR ALLOWING THIS RESOLUTION EVERY
YEAR TO COME TO THE FLOOR AS WE CELEBRATE AS A BODY ASIAN PACIFIC
AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. I ALSO RISE TO THANK THE SPONSOR, WHO HAS
CHAMPIONED THIS RESOLUTION AS THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST RESOLUTION THAT WE
WILL HEAR FROM HER ON THIS FLOOR AS SHE'S MOVING ON TO POSSIBLE BIGGER
AND BETTER THINGS IN THE FUTURE. AND JUST HER EXPERIENCE AS THE FIRST
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ASIAN-AMERICAN -- CHINESE-AMERICAN TO REPRESENT LOWER MANHATTAN,
IN CHINATOWN -- THE FIRST CHINATOWN OF NEW YORK CITY. SHE'S MADE
HISTORY. BUT MORE THAN THAT SHE'S BEEN A FRIEND TO ME AND THE
ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. I STILL REMEMBER THE -- THE FIRST TIME I
MET THE SPONSOR. WE WERE BOTH NATIONAL URBAN FELLOWS AT A ASIAN --
ASIAN-AMERICANS FOR EQUALITY CONFERENCE. AND SHE CAME UP TO ME
AND SAID, RON, YOU'RE A NATIONAL FELLOW. YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
CONSUMER RIGHT PROTECTION, WE GOT TO DO THIS AND THAT. AND -- AND THE
PASSION, YOU KNOW, FROM THERE ON HAS NEVER STOPPED TO NOT ONLY TO
PROTECT ASIAN-AMERICANS BUT ALL NEW YORKERS. BUT NOW ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE OF HOW OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN UNDER ATTACK FOR TWO YEARS,
SHE'S BEEN AT THE FRONT OF THIS FIGHT. SO I THANK HER FOR HER COURAGE AND
ALL THE HARD WORK AS A -- AS A -- AS A COLLEAGUE AND A FRIEND.
LASTLY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE HERE TOGETHER WHEN WE
FOUGHT HARD TO GET LUNAR NEW YEAR A RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY. THAT WAS
ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO WHEN NEW YORK CITY STARTED TO RECOGNIZE LUNAR
NEW YEAR. AND THE INDELIBLE IMPACT THAT IT HAD ON GENERATIONS OF
NEW YORK CITY STUDENTS CAN'T BE MEASURED OF ASIAN-AMERICAN'S
FEELING LIKE WE DON'T JUST HAVE TO COMPETE TO FIT IN, BUT WE ACTUALLY
BELONG IN THIS STATE AND THIS COUNTRY. BUT NOW WE NEED TO DO A LOT
MORE AS EVERY DAY WHEN WE TURN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE TV, ASIANS ARE
GETTING POUNDED ON, ASIAN-AMERICAN SENIORS, WOMEN, WORKERS ARE
GETTING KILLED EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT'S ALL DONE SO BECAUSE WE'RE JUST
PITTED -- COMMUNITIES OF OTHER IMMIGRANTS ARE PITTED AGAINST EACH
OTHER, AND WE AS A BODY HAVE TO STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH,
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WE HAVE TO DO MORE. BUT I CLOSE BY THANKING THE LEADERSHIP BODY SO
HARD FOR NECESSARY FUNDING TO GET US CLOSER TO A BETTER OUTCOME.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.
ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 864, RULES
AT THE REQUEST OF MR. RAMOS.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 10TH, 2022 AS TAIWAN HERITAGE DAY IN
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
(APPLAUSE)
THANK YOU.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 865, RULES
AT THE REQUEST OF MS. HYNDMAN.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 10TH, 2022 AS QUEENS DAY IN THE STATE
OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. HYNDMAN ON THE
RESOLUTION.
MS. HYNDMAN: IT'S QUEENS DAY, FOLKS.
(APPLAUSE)
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I PROMISE I WON'T BE LONG. BUT WE FINALLY HAVE
QUEENS DAY BACK IN ALBANY WHERE WE -- AS WE KNOW FOR THE PAST TWO
YEARS WE HAVE BEEN REMOTE DUE TO THIS PANDEMIC. IT IS THE WORLD'S
BOROUGH, THE MOST DIVERSE BOROUGH ON THE PLANET. AND IT WAS THE
EPICENTER DURING COVID-19 WHEN IT SIDELINED NOT ONLY THE CITY BUT
THE ENTIRE STATE AND COUNTRY. QUEENS TOOK ON COVID-19. WE LOST SO
MANY OF OUR HEROES AND SHEROES AND SO MANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS.
BUT WE FOUGHT OUR WAY BACK AND WE'RE STRONGER THAN EVER. WE ARE
HOME TO THE NEW YORK METS. WE ARE HOME TO THE U.S. TENNIS
ASSOCIATION. WE'RE HOME TO JUNETEENTH IN QUEENS AND WILKINS PARK.
WE ARE HOME TO COUNTLESS JAZZ GREATS FROM CORONA AND ADDISLEIGH
PARK. WE ARE HOME TO RESORTS WORLD. WE ARE HOME TO LL COOL J --
REMEMBER, BAMBOO EARRINGS, AT LEAST TWO PAIR TO BE AN AROUND THE
WAY GIRL. WE ARE HOME TO NAS FROM QUEENSBRIDGE HOUSES. MORE
THAN HALF OF OUR QUEENS RESIDENTS ARE FOREIGN BORN. WE SPEAK OVER
138 LANGUAGES. AND JUST REMEMBER THAT NEW YORK -- QUEENS HAS THE
OTHER CHINATOWN WHICH -- WHICH IS PROUDLY IN FLUSHING, QUEENS.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE QUEENS CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE TODAY WHO ARE WITH US. WE ALSO HAVE OUR DEPUTY BOROUGH
PRESIDENT, MS. EBONY YOUNG, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER
-- MY COUNCIL MEMBER NANTASHA WILLIAMS OF THE 27TH COUNCIL
DISTRICT. YOU MAY REMEMBER HER, SHE WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE -- THE CAUCUS SOME YEARS AGO. BUT ON BEHALF OF ALL 18 MEMBERS OF
THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, THE 18-MEMBER DELEGATION FROM
QUEENS, WE ARE PROUD THAT TODAY IS QUEENS DAY AND IT IS TAKING PLACE
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-- I KNOW WE'RE IN SESSION BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S TAKING PLACE IN THE HART
LOUNGE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GO THERE. BE THERE BY -- BY 7 O'CLOCK. BUT I
WANT TO SAY THIS, THAT WE ARE PROUD OF THE CHAMBER, THE WORK THAT THE
CHAMBER HAS DONE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES DURING THIS PANDEMIC AND
CONTINUES TO DO TO UPLIFT THE SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH IS A LOT OF THE
ECONOMY IN QUEENS. WE ARE HOME TO THE LANGSTON HUGHES LIBRARY
AND SO MUCH MORE.
AND I WILL END WITH THIS, IT'S A VERY POPULAR SAYING IN
QUEENS, IT'S, QUEENS GET THE MONEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
SPEAKER.
(APPLAUSE)
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
AND GOOD TO SEE ALL OF MY QUEENS COLLEAGUES HERE IN
THE ASSEMBLY. WE WOULD INTRODUCE YOU BUT WE'RE PAST THAT NOW.
(LAUGHTER)
ENJOY YOUR DAY.
THE CLERK WILL READ.
(APPLAUSE)
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 866, RULES
AT THE REQUEST OF MR. CUSICK.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 10TH, 2022 AS POLICE OFFICERS
MEMORIAL REMEMBRANCE DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. CUSICK ON THE
RESOLUTION.
MR. CUSICK: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. TODAY WE
COMMEMORATE POLICE OFFICER MEMORIAL REMEMBRANCE DAY. TODAY
WAS THE CEREMONY AT THE POLICE MEMORIAL THAT MANY OF THE LEGISLATIVE
COLLEAGUES AND POLICE OFFICERS FROM THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND FAMILY
MEMBERS REMEMBERED THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY THIS
PAST YEAR. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE REFLECT ON THE SACRIFICES THAT OUR
POLICE OFFICERS MAKE, BUT WHAT OUR FAM -- THE FAMILIES OF THOSE POLICE
OFFICERS MAKE EVERY DAY WHEN THEIR FAMILY GOES OUT TO PROTECT OUR
COMMUNITIES. THE MEMORIAL TODAY WAS A BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL AND
TRIBUTE TO THE FAMILIES, AND IT'S ALSO AN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE THAT
WAS CREATED BY THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY IN 1989, THE POLICE MEMORIAL, IN
APPRECIATION FROM NEW YORK STATE TO POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR
FAMILIES. IN COMMEMORATING MAY 10TH, 2022 AS POLICE MEMORIAL
REMEMBRANCE DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY
HONORS THOSE OFFICERS WHO HAVE GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, BUT
REMEMBERS THEM TODAY -- BUT REMEMBERS THEM EVERY DAY FOR THEIR
WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND FOR PROTECTING US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
(APPLAUSE)
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.
MR. REILLY ON THE RESOLUTION.
MR. REILLY: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THANK YOU
TO THE SPONSOR AND FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BODY TO MEMORIALIZE POLICE
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OFFICER MEMORIAL DAY HERE IN ALBANY. IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT I
HOLD NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. AS I LOOK AT THAT WALL TODAY, I WORKED
FIRSTHAND WITH SEVERAL OF THE OFFICERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THAT -- IN THAT
WALL. YOU KNOW, JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, 49 OFFICERS WERE ADDED
TO THE WALL TODAY. THIRTY-FIVE OF THEM WERE FROM THE NYPD. THEY
DIED DUE TO 9/11-RELATED INJURIES AND ILLNESSES. TO PUT THAT INTO FURTHER
PERSPECTIVE, OF THE 1,717 OFFICERS ON THAT WALL, 335 OF THEM DIED FROM
9/11 OR THE AFTERMATH OR THE ILLNESSES THEY SUCCUMBED TO.
UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK WE WILL BE DOING THAT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS
BECAUSE SO MANY OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO WERE THERE ON 9/11,
WHO WERE THERE FOR THE CLEANUP, WILL BE ADDED TO THIS WALL. IT IS
SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT DENY.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE KNOWING
MANY OF THEM FIRSTHAND, HAVING WORKED ALONGSIDE THEM, HAVING CALLED
THEM FRIENDS, THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
(APPLAUSE)
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. TANNOUSIS ON THE
RESOLUTION.
MR. TANNOUSIS: THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER. I'D LIKE
TO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD. YOU KNOW,
EVERY DAY POLICE OFFICERS PUT ON THAT UNIFORM, THEY GO OUT, THEY WALK
THE STREET AND THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO KEEP US SAFE. AND IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO SACRIFICED FOR US FOR OUR SAFETY.
AND EVEN MORE SO, THE FAMILIES OF THOSE FALLEN POLICE OFFICERS WHO ALSO
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THEMSELVES HAVE MADE A DEEP, DEEP SACRIFICE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR
CITY AND OUR STATE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THANK THE SPONSOR ONCE AGAIN
AND I ASK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU, WHEN YOU SEE A POLICE OFFICER ON THE
STREET TELL THEM THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ON THAT UNIFORM AND
FOR FIGHTING TO KEEP OUR STREETS SAFE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.
MR. ANGELINO ON THE RESOLUTION.
MR. ANGELINO: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY. I APPRECIATE THE SPONSOR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I
WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT RIGHT OUT THERE TODAY ON THE BLACK
GRANITE WALL, NEW NAMES WERE ADDED. AND AS YOU WALK DOWN THERE
AND YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE NAMES ON THERE, THAT WAS SOMEBODY'S
BROTHER OR SISTER, SON OR DAUGHTER. THOSE NAMES HAD FAMILIES
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. THEY HAD PETS, THEY HAD CHILDREN, THEY HAD BILLS
TO PAY. THEY WENT TO WORK EVERY DAY, TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER AND
SOME -- SOME DAYS SOME OF THEM DON'T COME HOME. AND I WANT TO
REMIND EVERYBODY - I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, I'LL SAY AGAIN - WE SHOULDN'T
REMEMBER HOW THOSE OFFICERS DIED, WE SHOULD REMEMBER HOW THEY
LIVED THEIR LIVES OF SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND I ALSO WANT TO
FURTHER REMIND EVERYBODY THAT FOR SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF
THOSE NAMES ON THE WALL, EVERY DAY IS POLICE MEMORIAL DAY.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.
MR. LAWLER ON THE RESOLUTION.
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MR. LAWLER: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AS HAS
BEEN STATED, OBVIOUSLY, TODAY IS AN IMPORTANT DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW
YORK TO RECOGNIZE THE SELFLESS AND HEROIC SACRIFICE OF SO MANY POLICE
OFFICERS WHO HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY OR IN THE YEARS SINCE DUE TO
9/11-RELATED ILLNESSES. IN ROCKLAND COUNTY WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF
POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE PASSED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, INCLUDING NYACK
POLICE OFFICER WAVERLY BROWN AND SERGEANT EDWARD O'GRADY WHO
DIED 40 YEARS AGO IN THE 1981 BRINK'S ROBBERY. WE MARKED THAT
OCCASION LAST OCTOBER WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND PAID TRIBUTE TO THEIR
SACRIFICE AND THE STRUGGLE THAT THOSE FAMILIES HAVE HAD TO ENDURE FOR 40
YEARS. WE HAVE SEEN IN ROCKLAND AND ACROSS THE HUDSON VALLEY, LONG
ISLAND, NEW YORK CITY, THE MANY POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE PASSED IN
THE YEARS SINCE 9/11 DUE TO THOSE ILLNESSES. AND AS MY COLLEAGUE
POINTED OUT, SADLY, I THINK WE'RE GOING CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE WITH THAT IN
THE YEARS AHEAD. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS BODY AND THIS STATE
MUST CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO
HELP THOSE OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH
THOSE STRUGGLES.
SO I WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR PUTTING THIS
RESOLUTION FORWARD AND MARKING THIS SOLEMN DAY. FORTY-NINE NEW
NAMES ADDED TODAY, 49 LIVES THAT WERE EXEMPLARY, DEDICATED AND
COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR RESIDENTS
THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE. EARLIER THIS YEAR WE RECOGNIZED ON THE
FLOOR TWO FALLEN OFFICERS IN NEW YORK CITY. I'M SURE THEIR NAMES WILL
BE ADDED NEXT YEAR. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE DAY IN, DAY
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OUT TO SEE, POLICE OFFICERS PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE AND WE MUST
ALWAYS KEEP THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES IN OUR PRAYERS.
SO I THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR LETTING ME
ACKNOWLEDGE THIS DAY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE HEROIC SERVICE AND
SACRIFICE OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY.
MS. GRIFFIN ON THE RESOLUTION.
MS. GRIFFIN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR SAYING A
FEW WORDS ON THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE
SPONSOR FOR BRINGING THIS FORTH. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT DAY, AND IT
WAS AN HONOR TO BE OUT THERE TODAY TO -- TO LISTEN TO THE CEREMONY AND
SEE ALL OF OUR OFFICERS, NEW YORK STATE POLICE, NASSAU COUNTY POLICE,
HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS IN NEW YORK CITY POLICE, POLICE THROUGHOUT OUR
STATE WHO WORK HARD, DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECTING OTHERS. AND,
YOU KNOW, IT'S BITTERSWEET TO GO THERE AND KNOW THAT SO MANY OFFICERS
HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AND TO SEE THEIR FAMILIES. THERE WERE TWO
ADORABLE LITTLE BOYS WITH BASEBALL HATS ON AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SEE
THESE TWO LITTLE BOYS, YOU REALLY FELT FOR THEM, THAT FAMILY. BUT I ALSO
FEEL FOR ALL THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOST SOMEONE, WHETHER IN MY DISTRICT
OR ACROSS THE STATE. AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT DAY FOR THE NEW YORK STATE
LEGISLATURE TO PAY OUR RESPECTS AND REMEMBER ALL THE OFFICERS THAT
SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT US.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK, AND ONCE AGAIN,
THANK YOU TO THE SPONSOR FOR PUTTING THE RESOLUTION FORWARD.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. FITZPATRICK ON
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THE RESOLUTION.
MR. FITZPATRICK: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I
ALSO RISE TO COMMEND THE SPONSOR AND RECOGNIZE THE SERVICE OF THE 49
INDIVIDUALS WHO PERISHED, ONE -- ONE OF WHOM WAS A CONSTITUENT OF
MINE, JOSEPH GALLAGHER, A STATE TROOPER WHO WAS STRUCK BY A TEXTING
DRIVER ON THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY WHILE SETTING UP FLARES TO RENDER
ASSISTANCE TO A STRANDED MOTORIST, LEAVING BEHIND HIS LOVELY WIFE LAURA
AND A FIVE-YEAR-OLD AND A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN. IT -- IT SHOULDN'T
HAPPEN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT DOES. AND EVERY DAY WE SHOULD BE
THANKFUL FOR THE SERVICE GIVEN TO OUR COMMUNITIES BY OUR MEN AND
WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS. EVERY DAY, YOU
KNOW, WHEN THEY LEAVE HOME THERE'S THAT POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MAY NOT
COME HOME AT THE END OF THEIR TOUR. AND THAT CERTAINLY HAPPENED TO
THE GALLAGHER FAMILY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR
BRINGING FORTH THIS RESOLUTION AND THANK YOU TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUR STATE TROOPERS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE THE
FIRST RESPONDERS. GOD BLESS THE GALLAGHER FAMILY AND LAURA AND THE
CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, OFFICER -- OR TROOPER GALLAGHER
SPENT THREE YEARS IN A NURSING HOME AND DIED ON A FEEDING TUBE
BECAUSE OF HIS INJURIES. AND IT DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN. BUT WE'RE
THANKFUL FOR HIS SERVICE AND WE OFFER OUR BEST WISHES AND OUR THOUGHTS
AND PRAYERS TO THE GALLAGHER FAMILY AND TO ALL THE FAMILIES WHO WERE
PRESENT TODAY AND WHO HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE IN SERVICE TO OUR GREAT
STATE.
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THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU. MAY THE
MEMBERS RISE AS WE PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEMBERS.
THE CLERK WILL READ 867.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 867, RULES
AT THE REQUEST OF MS. SOLAGES.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 8-14, 2022 AS FIBROMYALGIA
AWARENESS WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NAY. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 868, RULES
AT THE REQUEST OF MS. JACKSON.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM JUNE 2022 AS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS
MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. JACKSON ON THE
RESOLUTION.
MS. JACKSON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR
ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION. JUNE WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS
GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH HERE IN OUR GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK.
WE CELEBRATED A LOT TODAY, AND I'M SORRY THAT WE NOW HAVE TO HAVE THIS
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CONVERSATION. IT'S A REALLY HARD CONVERSATION. WHY WE WEAR ORANGE TO
CELEBRATE GUN VIOLENCE IS TO REMEMBER THE VICTIMS THAT WE HAVE LOST. I
STAND HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF BRANDON HENDRICKS, WHO GRADUATED FROM
HIGH SCHOOL ON A FRIDAY AND LOST HIS LIFE ON A SUNDAY DUE TO GUN
VIOLENCE. I STAND HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF NUNU, WHO TURNED 22 YEARS
OLD AND DID NOT SPEND 22 HOURS BEING 22 BECAUSE HE LOST HIS LIFE TO GUN
VIOLENCE. I STAND HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF ANGELLYH YAMBO, WHO WAS
16, JUST LEFT SCHOOL, WALKING HOME AND LOST HER LIFE TO GUN VIOLENCE. I
STAND HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF MY BLACK SON AND MY BLACK DAUGHTER
WHERE STATISTICS SAY THAT THEY MAY NOT MAKE IT BECAUSE OF THEIR SKIN
COLOR AND BECAUSE OF THEIR ZIP CODE.
OUR GUN-RELATED HOMICIDES ARE UP 35 PERCENT HERE IN
THIS COUNTRY. AND IN NEW YORK STATE IN THE BRONX WE DON'T HAVE GUN
FACTORIES THERE. THERE'S NO WALMART SELLING GUNS THERE. OUR GUNS ARE
BEING TRAFFICKED UP AND DOWN ON I-95 INTO MY COMMUNITY. WE HAVE
SOME OF THE STRICTEST GUN LAWS IN THE NATION RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK
STATE. HOWEVER, IN THE BRONX AND BROOKLYN IN QUEENS AND ROCHESTER
AND BUFFALO WE KEEP SEEING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DIE. AT SOME POINT
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION. AT SOME
POINT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REALIZE THAT WE CAN NO LONGER ACCEPT
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR PEOPLE. IT'S IN MY HOOD TODAY, BUT IT COULD BE
IN YOUR MOVIE THEATER TOMORROW. IT'S IN MY HOOD TODAY, BUT IT COULD BE
IN YOUR MALL TOMORROW. GUN VIOLENCE HAPPENS TO ALL OF US. WE'VE ALL
BEEN VICTIMS OR KNOW SOMEONE THAT IS AFFECTED. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE
ARE MEMORIALIZING JUNE AS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. AT SOME
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POINT WE HAVE TO GET SERIOUS AND START PUTTING THE FINANCES BEHIND THIS
MOVEMENT. YOU KNOW WHY PEOPLE ARE NOT DYING OF GUN VIOLENCE IN
BEVERLY HILLS LIKE THAT? BECAUSE THEY HAVE RESOURCES. THEY HAVE
FUNDING. THEY HAVE GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. THEY HAVE HOUSING. THEY
HAVE EDUCATION. WE ARE LACKING THOSE THINGS IN MY HOOD. AND ONCE
WE START INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE, ONCE WE START CARING ABOUT OUR
CHILDREN, MAYBE WE'LL BE ENDING AND NOT HAVING TO MEMORIALIZE
MONTHS LIKE JUNE AS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. AND I'M SORRY I
HAD TO GET THIS SERIOUS WITH US, BUT I THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO
SPEAK ON THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.
ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 869, RULES
AT THE REQUEST OF MR. KIM.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 2022 AS OLDER NEW YORKERS MONTH IN
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. KIM ON THE
RESOLUTION.
MR. KIM: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THERE ARE FOUR
MILLION NEW YORKERS WHO ARE 60 OR ABOVE AND SINCE -- IN NEW YORK,
AND SINCE 1963 THE MONTH OF MAY HAS BEEN CELEBRATED AS THE OLDER
AMERICAN MONTH AS DIRECTED BY A PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION. EVEN
THOUGH WE HAVE THESE SYMBOLIC EFFORTS TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR OLDER
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ADULTS AND CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEED TO GROW
OLD WITH DIGNITY IN OUR OWN HOME AND COMMUNITY, WE'RE STILL FAILING TO
MEET THE EVERYDAY NEEDS OF VULNERABLE OLDER ADULTS IN NEW YORK.
DURING COVID, FOR MONTHS WE'VE ALLOWED THE STATE TO ERASE THE
DEATHS OF THOUSANDS OF OLDER ADULTS IN NURSING HOMES, CARE FACILITIES
AND PRISONS. WE MUST RECTIFY THE MISTAKES WE MADE SO WE DON'T REPEAT
THEM, AND PROVIDE JUSTICE FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND THE
FAMILIES WHO ENTRUST -- ENTRUSTED OUR STATE TO PROTECT OUR OLDER ADULTS.
ONE DAY I WANT TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION AND STAND PROUD THAT WE DID
EVERYTHING WE COULD TO PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN THE RIGHTS OF ALL OLDER
ADULTS IN THE STATE. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DAY IS NOT TODAY, BUT I'M
CONFIDENT THAT WITH OUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS HOUSE WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW
RACISM AND SEXISM ALL INTERSECT WITH AGISM WILL GET US THERE.
ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE, AS WE CELEBRATE AND HONOR
OLDER ADULTS, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A VERY SPECIAL PERSON IN MY LIFE,
MY MOTHER SUN HEE KIM. SHE PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2021
LAST YEAR AT THE QUEENS PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL AFTER FIGHTING ALMOST A
MONTH FROM COVID. SHE WAS 67 YEARS OLD. I'M HER ONLY CHILD. AND
TO THOSE FEW IN HERE WHO KNEW HER OR WHO EVEN VISITED HER IN THE LAST
DAYS OF HER -- OF HER LIFE, YOU KNOW HOW SHE LIVED EVERY DAY GIVING
EVERYTHING SHE HAD TO ME, MY DAD AND MY FAMILY. SHE SHOULD HAVE
STILL BEEN HERE WITH US TODAY, RETIRED AND ENJOYING MY KIDS' BIRTHDAYS
AND TAKING FAMILY VACATIONS WITH US. SO WHEN I FIGHT AND ADVOCATE FOR
OLDER NEW YORKERS, I'M DOING SO FOR MY MOM AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER
MOMS, GRANDMAS AND GRANDPAS WHO DESERVE OUR LOVE, SUPPORT AND
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PROTECTION.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.
MR. MORINELLO ON THE RESOLUTION.
MR. MORINELLO: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
THANK YOU, SPONSOR. AS WE GO THROUGH LIFE WE MUST NEVER FORGET
THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US. IN THIS FAST-MOVING WORLD WE SOMETIMES
FORGET OUR ELDERS. SOME FORGET TO CALL. SOME FORGET TO VISIT. SOME
TEND TO ASSUME OUR ELDERS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE. SOME OF US
HAVE RECENTLY LOST A PARENT, AN UNCLE OR AN AUNT OR A FRIEND. LET THIS
RESOLUTION SERVE AS A REMINDER TO ALL OF US TO NOT PUT THAT CALL OR VISIT
OFF. A REMINDER THAT WHEN WE LEAST EXPECT IT, THE OPPORTUNITY COULD
VANISH. AS MR. KIM HAS STATED, I LOST MY MOTHER AND AN AUNT THIS YEAR.
THEY HAD BEAUTIFUL LIVES. ONE WAS 100, THE OTHER WAS 102. I DID VISIT
THEM. I DID HAVE DINNER WITH THEM. AND I DID CALL THEM. BUT THERE ARE
SO MANY OLDER AMERICANS, OLDER NEW YORKERS THAT GET NO VISITS.
THOSE IN NURSING HOMES. THOSE WHO HAVE NO ONE TO COME TO. WE
CANNOT FORGET THEM. THEY ARE WHO BROUGHT US FORWARD, THEY ARE WHO
TAUGHT US. AND I ASK EVERYONE HERE, WHEN YOU LEAVE TODAY, IF YOUR
PARENT IS STILL WITH YOU, IF A RELATIVE IS STILL THERE THAT'S OLDER, GIVE THEM
A CALL. AND WHEN YOU GET HOME, STOP AND VISIT THEM. IT'S AMAZING HOW
JUST A KIND WORD DOES FOR THEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND MR. SPONSOR, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
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THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 870, RULES
AT THE REQUEST OF MR. BRABENEC.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM SUNDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 2022 AS ONION
APPRECIATION DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. RESOLUTION NO. 871,
RULES AT THE REQUEST OF MR. GOTTFRIED.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM AUGUST 2022 AS AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER
MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OBSERVANCE
OF NATIONAL AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER MONTH.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 872, RULES
AT THE REQUEST OF MR. DURSO.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 11-17, 2022 AS TRUCK DRIVER
APPRECIATION WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
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THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 873, RULES
AT THE REQUEST OF MS. LUNSFORD.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 18-24, 2022 AS BANNED BOOKS
WEEK IN THE NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR -- MS. LUNSFORD ON THE RESOLUTION.
MS. LUNSFORD: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANTED TO
TAKE A MOMENT TO MEMORIALIZE BANNED BOOKS WEEK WHICH IS
RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE WORDS HAVE FOR
ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE. WHEN WE START TO CENSOR WHAT PEOPLE CAN
READ, WE OPEN THE DOOR TO AUTHORITARIANISM, TO FASCISM, TO
DICTATORSHIPS. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT AMERICA IS ABOUT. SO I WANT TO JOIN
EVERYONE IN READING WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO READ, AND ESPECIALLY THE
THINGS THAT ARE BANNED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO
KNOW.
THANKS SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 874, RULES
AT THE REQUEST OF MS. BUTTENSCHON.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
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KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2022 AS BRAIN ANEURYSM
AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 875, RULES
AT THE REQUEST OF MR. BYRNE.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MARCH 10TH, 2022 AS BAGPIPE DAY IN THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION,
MR. BYRNE. GIVE US A SQUEAK, MR. BYRNE.
MR. BYRNE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR -- I'M SO
HONORED THAT I -- WHOEVER THOUGHT THAT WITHIN THE AWESOME POWER OF
THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY WE COULD TIME TRAVEL AND GO BACK TWO
MONTHS AND CHANGE THE DATE OF MARCH 10TH, 2022 TO BAGPIPE DAY. IF
YOU ACTUALLY READ THE RESOLUTION IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING. THE BAGPIPE
DATES BACK TO 400 BC IN EGYPT. AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
BAGPIPES THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF THEM. THEY'RE NOT JUST THE TRADITIONAL
HIGHLAND BAGPIPE THAT YOU MAY SEE ON 5TH AVENUE OR YOU MIGHT SEE IT
AT AN IRISH LEGISLATORS EVENT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS BEING MY --
MY FINAL TERM IN THE STATE ASSEMBLY, I THOUGHT IF I DIDN'T DO THIS AS A
BAGPIPER, I DIDN'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD.
SO I AM PROUD TO INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION AND -- AND
ASK FOR MY COLLEAGUES' SUPPORT. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. MR.
BYRNE, YOU'VE MADE YOUR SQUEAK.
ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
PAGE 35, CALENDAR NO. 542, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07712-B, CALENDAR
NO. 542, GOTTFRIED, KELLES, SILLITTI, MCDONALD, BARNWELL, L. ROSENTHAL,
STERN, PAULIN, MCMAHON, GALLAGHER, STIRPE, SIMON, GALLAHAN,
GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS, ABINANTI, BURDICK, CLARK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE
PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO THE MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS/
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM.
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 7712-B. 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.
PAGE 35, BILL NO. 547 -- CALENDAR NO. 547, THE CLERK
WILL READ.
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THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08319-C, CALENDAR
NO. 547, PAULIN, ROZIC, BURGOS, DINOWITZ, BURDICK, BUTTENSCHON,
DICKENS, ENGLEBRIGHT, FRONTUS, GOTTFRIED, GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS, HEVESI,
MCMAHON, SEAWRIGHT, STERN, STIRPE, MIKULIN, MCDONOUGH, BRABENEC,
K. BROWN, J.A. GIGLIO, MANKTELOW, SALKA, TANNOUSIS, LEMONDES,
DARLING, OTIS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION
TO ADDING TELEPHONE NUMBERS TO A DO-NOT-CALL LIST AT THE OUTSET OF
CERTAIN TELEMARKETING CALLS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 90TH
DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 8319-C. 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.
PAGE 37, CALENDAR NO. 566, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09442-A, CALENDAR
NO. 566, GOTTFRIED. AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN
RELATION TO NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES TO THE MODEL CONTRACT WITH MANAGED
CARE PROVIDERS UNDER THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
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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 9442-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.
PAGE 41, CALENDAR NO. 623, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09090-A, CALENDAR
NO. 623, KELLES. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO
REQUIRING THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES TO SUBMIT AN
ANNUAL REPORT ABOUT JUVENILE RECIDIVISM AND COST OF JUVENILE
INCARCERATION.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.
KELLES, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09137-A, CALENDAR
NO. 624, SEPTIMO, DAVILA, SIMON, DE LOS SANTOS, TAPIA, JACKSON. AN
ACT IN RELATION TO RENAMING THE 149TH STREET GRAND CONCOURSE SUBWAY
STATION THE "149TH STREET-HOSTOS STATION"; AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL
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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 9137-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. A09177-C, CALENDAR
NO. 625, STIRPE, LAVINE, BUTTENSCHON, BRONSON, STECK, MAGNARELLI,
MCDONALD, SIMON, B. MILLER, LEMONDES. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CANAL
LAW, IN RELATION TO DESIGNATING THE DIRECTOR OF THE UPSTATE FLOOD
MITIGATION TASK FORCE AND ASSESSMENTS OF ERIE CANAL SYSTEM
OPERATION PROCEDURES RELATED TO FLOOD MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT; AND
TO AMEND CHAPTER 48 OF THE LAWS OF 2017 AMENDING THE CANAL LAW
RELATING TO THE UPSTATE FLOOR MITIGATION TASK FORCE, IN RELATION TO THE
EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
STIRPE, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED.
READ THE LAST SECTION.
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THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 8204-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. A09227, CALENDAR NO.
626, CUSICK, FALL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE NAVIGATION LAW, IN RELATION TO
THE BASE PILOTAGE TARIFFS AT SANDY HOOK, SANDS POINT AND EXECUTION
ROCKS.
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 9227. 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. A09384, CALENDAR NO.
627, STERN. AN ACT IN RELATION TO AUTHORIZING THE ASSESSOR OF THE TOWN
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OF HUNTINGTON, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, TO ACCEPT FROM THE HUNTINGTON
PUBLIC LIBRARY AN APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
STERN, 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 8267. 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. A09415-B, CALENDAR
NO. 628, GALLAGHER, MITAYNES, GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS, L. ROSENTHAL, EPSTEIN,
KIM, THIELE, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, MAMDANI, SIMON, DAVILA, FORREST. AN
ACT TO AMEND THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW, IN RELATION TO THE
DISCLOSURE OF BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09424, CALENDAR NO.
629, JEAN-PIERRE. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 122 OF THE LAWS OF 2015
RELATING TO TAX ASSESSMENTS FOR CERTAIN IMPROVED PROPERTIES AFFECTED BY
SUPERSTORM SANDY, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR TAX
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EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.
JEAN-PIERRE, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED. THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09597, CALENDAR NO.
630, THIELE. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 258 OF THE LAWS OF 2020
RELATING TO DIRECTING THE OFFICE OF FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL WITHIN
THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES TO FORM A
TASK FORCE AND ISSUE A REPORT RELATING TO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, IN RELATION TO THE SUBMISSION DATE OF SUCH
REPORT AND TO THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
THIELE, 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 8658. 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. A09606, CALENDAR NO.
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631, TAPIA. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO
REQUIRING THIRD-TRIMESTER SYPHILIS TESTING.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09647, CALENDAR NO.
632, L. ROSENTHAL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW AND THE STATE
FINANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO PROVIDING TAXPAYER GIFTS FOR THE CURE
CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH FUND.
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 9647. 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. A09664, CALENDAR NO.
633, WOERNER, GRIFFIN, ENGLEBRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, MCDONALD, GUNTHER,
COLTON, DAVILA, LUPARDO, SIMON, GALEF. AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL
SERVICES LAW, IN RELATION TO CHILD ADVOCACY 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 ASSEMBLY PRINT 9664. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY MEMBER
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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. A09730, CALENDAR NO.
634, GUNTHER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, IN RELATION
TO REQUIRING AN ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE INDEPENDENT SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER AND MENTAL HEALTH OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM.
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 9730. 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. A09736, CALENDAR NO.
635, THIELE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE REAL PROPERTY LAW, IN RELATION TO
ADDING WATER LINES TO THE LIST OF UTILITIES THAT MAY BE INSTALLED BY THE
OWNERS OF CERTAIN LOTS, PLOTS, BLOCKS, SITES OR OTHER PARCELS OF REAL
ESTATE.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09805, CALENDAR NO.
636, MAGNARELLI, BARCLAY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC
LAW, IN RELATION TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF PARKING IN DISABLED ACCESS
PARKING SPACES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 90TH
DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 9805. 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. A09868, CALENDAR NO.
637, PAULIN. AN ACT TO AMEND PART P OF CHAPTER 39 OF THE LAWS OF
2019, AMENDING THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION
AND DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE
EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
THE VOTE ON 9868. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY MEMBER WHO WISHES TO
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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. A09967, CALENDAR NO.
638, GLICK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EDUCATION LAW, IN RELATION TO DENTAL
RESIDENCIES QUALIFIED FOR LICENSURE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09969, CALENDAR NO.
639, PAULIN, ZINERMAN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT
CORPORATION LAW, IN RELATION TO MODERNIZING SUCH LAW TO ALIGN WITH
CURRENT PRACTICES, STREAMLINING PROCEDURES AND ELIMINATING
UNNECESSARY REGULATORY BURDENS.
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 9969. 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.
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THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09971, CALENDAR NO.
640, COOK. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 534 OF THE LAWS OF 1993,
AMENDING THE EDUCATION LAW RELATING TO PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSISTANTS, IN
RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 9971. 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. A09972, CALENDAR NO.
641, CLARK. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 192 OF THE LAWS OF 2011,
RELATING TO AUTHORIZING CERTAIN HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS LICENSED TO
PRACTICE IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE IN CONNECTION
WITH AN EVENT SANCTIONED BY NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS, IN RELATION TO
EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS THEREOF.
ACTING SPEAKER 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 9972. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY MEMBER
WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE IS REMINDED TO CONTACT THE
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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. A09973, CALENDAR NO.
642, GRIFFIN. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 217 OF THE LAWS OF 2015,
AMENDING THE EDUCATION LAW RELATING TO CERTIFIED SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS
AN SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
WITH HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.
GRIFFIN, 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 8802. 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. A09975, CALENDAR NO.
643, WEINSTEIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATE FINANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO
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THE LIABILITY OF A PERSON WHO PRESENTS FALSE CLAIMS FOR MONEY OR
PROPERTY TO THE STATE OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09977, CALENDAR NO.
644, PAULIN, ZINERMAN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT
CORPORATION LAW, IN RELATION TO CEMETERY OPERATIONS DURING EMERGENCY
DECLARATIONS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
PAGE 27, CALENDAR NO. 310, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07443-C, CALENDAR
NO. 310, ABINANTI, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SAYEGH, OTIS, WEPRIN,
BUTTENSCHON, SANTABARBARA. AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW,
IN RELATION TO REPLACING CERTAIN INSTANCES OF THE TERM "MENTALLY
RETARDED" WITH THE TERM "INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES."
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 7443-C. 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.
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PAGE 28, CALENDAR NO. 390, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08328-A, CALENDAR
NO. 390, STERN, LEMONDES, DESTEFANO, BRABENEC. AN ACT TO AMEND THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, IN RELATION TO AUTHORIZING A MUNICIPALITY TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF SERVICE THAT A PARTICIPANT IN A DEFINED
CONTRIBUTION PLAN SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM OR A DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN
SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM MAY RECEIVE A CONTRIBUTION.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
STERN, 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 7399-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.)
CAN WE CLEAR THAT STAIRWAY IN FRONT OF THE MAJORITY
AND MINORITY LEADER, PLEASE? IF MEMBERS DON'T NEED TO BE STANDING
THERE THEY CAN SIT DOWN, CLEAR THE WAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M
SURE IT'LL MAKE THE DAY GO FASTER.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
PAGE 28, CALENDAR NO. 394, THE CLERK WILL READ.
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THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08631-A, CALENDAR
NO. 394, SEAWRIGHT. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, IN
RELATION TO REQUIRING CERTAIN DIRECTORS OF THE ROOSEVELT ISLAND
OPERATING CORPORATION TO BE RESIDENTS OF ROOSEVELT ISLAND AND TO
REQUIRE THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN VACANT BOARD POSITIONS WITHIN 60
DAYS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.
SEAWRIGHT, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED.
READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 7622-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.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, IF WE COULD
RECALL CALENDAR NO. 638 BY MS. GLICK. AND THEN WE HAVE ALREADY
MENTIONED THE FIRST THREE BILLS ON OUR DEBATE LIST; ABINANTI, STERN AND
SEAWRIGHT. WE SHOULD FOLLOW THAT ONE WITH CALENDAR NO. 526 BY MS.
FERNANDEZ AND THEN 546 BY MS. PAULIN AND 548 BY MS. PAULIN AS WELL.
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THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.
PAGE 44, CALENDAR NO. 638, THE LAID ASIDE HAS BEEN
REMOVED. THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09967, CALENDAR NO.
638, GLICK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EDUCATION LAW, IN RELATION TO DENTAL
RESIDENCIES QUALIFIED FOR LICENSURE.
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 9967. 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.
PAGE 34, CALENDAR NO. 526, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02263, CALENDAR NO.
526, FERNANDEZ, REYES, FAHY, GRIFFIN, CRUZ, COOK, HEVESI, DAVILA. AN
ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO THE MAXIMUM AGE AT
WHICH A HOMELESS YOUTH CAN CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SHELTER SERVICES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AN EXPLANATION IS
REQUESTED, MS. FERNANDEZ.
MS. FERNANDEZ: THANK YOU. THIS BILL EXTENDS
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THE MAXIMUM AGE OF WHICH A HOMELESS YOUTH CAN CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
SHELTER SERVICES FROM 21 TO 24.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. BYRNES.
MS. BYRNES: THANK YOU. IF -- MR. SPEAKER, IF
YOU'D BE SO KIND AS TO ASK SOME OF MY FRIENDS TO BE A LITTLE QUIETER?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: GENTLEMEN,
GENTLEMEN. IT'S NOT THAT YOU NEED TO KNEEL DOWN, YOU NEED TO BE QUIET.
(LAUGHTER)
YOU CAN MAKE AS MUCH NOISE ON YOUR KNEES. ALL OF
US, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE. DEBATE IS GOING ON. THANK YOU.
MS. BYRNES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. SPEAKER,
WOULD THE SPEAK -- OR WOULD THE SPONSOR YIELD?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. FERNANDEZ, WILL
YOU YIELD?
MS. FERNANDEZ: YES, I DO.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE SPONSOR YIELDS.
MS. FERNANDEZ, MAKE SURE YOUR MIC IS ON.
MS. FERNANDEZ: DO YOU HEAR ME?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THERE WE GO. NOW
PROJECT, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
MS. BYRNES: THANK YOU, MA'AM. I DON'T HAVE TOO
MANY QUESTIONS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT. AS I CAN TELL,
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL IS TO PROVIDE HOMELESS YOUTH WITH SUPPORT AS
THEY WORK TO ESTABLISH INDEPENDENCE. WOULD THAT BE CORRECT?
MS. FERNANDEZ: CORRECT.
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MS. BYRNES: I KNOW I'M PUTTING IT IN A NUTSHELL,
BUT THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO?
MS. FERNANDEZ: YES.
MS. BYRNES: OKAY. ONE OF THE THINGS I BELIEVE
THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE JUSTIFICATION WAS THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS
THAT INDIVIDUALS, HOMELESS PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 21 AND 24, IF
THEY WERE IN ADULT HOMELESS SHELTERS WOULD BE EXPOSED TO DANGEROUS
INDIVIDUALS, SO THAT THERE'S CONCERN AS TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF
INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN 21 AND 24 THAT ARE CONSIDERED HOMELESS, CORRECT?
MS. FERNANDEZ: CORRECT, BECAUSE THE STATISTICS
HAVE SHOWN THAT INDIVIDUALS TYPICALLY IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY DO
SUFFER MORE IN ADULT HOMELESS SHELTERS.
MS. BYRNES: OKAY. BUT THIS ISN'T ABOUT ANY
CERTAIN CATEGORY. THIS IS ABOUT ALL HOMELESS YOUTH, RIGHT? SO WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT A BIG CATEGORY HERE OF ALL YOUTH BETWEEN -- THAT ARE
HOMELESS BETWEEN 21 AND 24, NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS WITHIN A CERTAIN
CLASSIFICATION, CORRECT?
MS. FERNANDEZ: CORRECT. AND INDIVIDUALS --
MS. BYRNES: BUT THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT DANGERS,
CORRECT?
MS. FERNANDEZ: TYPICALLY, YES. BUT ALSO, A
PERSON THAT YOUNG, 21 YEARS OLD, JUST STARTING THEIR LIFE, DEPENDING ON
THE CIRCUMSTANCE, WHATEVER YOUR IDENTIFY OR ORIENTATION IS, THERE COULD
BE A NEED. AND IT HAS SEEN, ESPECIALLY IN NEW YORK CITY, THAT
PROTECTION OF HOMELESS FOSTER CARE SERVICES NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED.
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MS. BYRNES: NOW, WHEN WE RAISED THE AGE FOR
YOUTH DETENTION FACILITIES UP TO 21, SPECIFICALLY IN MY DISTRICT WE SAW
AN INCREDIBLE SPIKE OF VIOLENCE THAT WAS TAKEN BY 20-, 21-YEAR-OLDS
AGAINST TEENAGERS. IF WE RAISE THE AGE FOR YOUTH SHELTERS FROM BEING --
ADJUST IT TO 21, BUT TO 21 AND INCLUDING 24, WHAT'S BEING DONE IN ORDER
TO PROTECT THE TEENAGERS, 16-, 17- AND 18-YEAR-OLDS THAT ARE LIVING IN
THESE SHELTERS? WHAT IS THERE TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING ABUSED AND
ENDANGERED BY THESE 21- TO 24-YEAR-OLDS? HISTORY HAS SHOWN THAT IN
DETENTION CENTERS THEY'RE -- BECOME IMMEDIATELY AT RISK. WHAT'S BEING
DONE TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY IF YOU RAISE THE AGE AT YOUTH SHELTERS?
(PAUSE)
MS. FERNANDEZ: WELL, THIS BILL IS JUST ALIGNING
THE AGE TO MATCH THE SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING. I DON'T THINK
ANYBODY CAN PREDICT OR PREVENT ANY SUCH CRIME THAT'S HAPPENING. WE
SEE EVERY DAY THAT'S SOMETHING NEW HAPPENS SPONTANEOUSLY. BUT WHAT
THIS WILL ENSURE IS THAT THE YOUTH NOW HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A JOB,
TO GET THAT INTERNSHIP. AND MANY TIMES THEY'RE IN THIS POSITION BECAUSE
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY OF OTHERS TO START, I GUESS, PUTTING
THEIR LIFE TOGETHER EARLIER.
MS. BYRNES: WHICH IS GREAT FOR THE 21 TO 24.
WHAT IS BEING DONE AND WILL BE DONE TO PROTECT THE TEENAGERS THAT THIS
BILL WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO PROTECT FROM BEING ENDANGERED BY THESE
OLDER ADULT MEN OR OLDER ADULTS THAT WILL BE LIVING IN THESE YOUTH
SHELTERS?
MS. FERNANDEZ: WELL, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION
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THAT CAN GO TO ANY SHELTER, WHETHER IT'S YOUTH OR ADULT. THERE ARE ISSUES
THAT HAPPEN THERE.
MS. BYRNES: SO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE
DANGERS AND THERE COULD VERY WELL BE BAD THINGS THAT OCCUR.
MS. FERNANDEZ: SOME SHELTERS IN NEW YORK
CITY, YES, THEY'RE IN TERRIBLE CONDITION THAT CAN ALLOW DANGERS TO
HAPPEN.
MS. BYRNES: HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT IN THE SYSTEM THAT IF WE GO FROM 21 TO 24 THAT THIS WILL ADD X
NUMBER OF PEOPLE INTO THE SYSTEM, THE SHELTER SYSTEM? HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ACROSS THE STATE, AND WHERE DID YOU GET
YOUR NUMBERS FROM?
MS. FERNANDEZ: WE'RE NOT CHANGING HOW MANY
PEOPLE CAN BE BROUGHT IN. WE'RE JUST EXTENDING THE SERVICES OF THOSE
THAT ARE ALREADY IN.
MS. BYRNES: ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, IF
WE'RE NOT EXPANDING THE NUMBER, THE SHEER NUMBER BUT WE'RE INCLUDING
AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF PEOPLE, THEN EFFECTIVELY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS
THAT THE YOUTH BETWEEN 16 AND 21 THAT THIS LAW WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED
TO PROTECT, THERE WILL BE FEWER OF THEM IN THE SYSTEM BEING HELPED
BECAUSE YOU'RE BRINGING IN OTHER PEOPLE. IF YOU'RE NOT INCREASING THE
NUMBERS, THEN YOU'RE DECREASING THE SERVICES.
MS. FERNANDEZ: NO, THAT IS INCORRECT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THIS IS VOLUNTARILY. SO SHOULD THAT YOUTH
BETWEEN THE AGES OF 21 AND 24 GET TO A BETTER POSITION IN THEIR LIVES
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WHERE THEY HAVE STABLE HOUSING, A STABLE JOB, THEN THEY CAN VOLUNTARILY
LEAVE. SO WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM ANYONE ELSE.
MS. BYRNES: BUT IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO STAY OR NOT
TO -- EXCUSE ME -- BECOME INDEPENDENT TO MOVE OUT OF THE SHELTER, FOR
EVERY DAY THEY SPEND IN A YOUTH HOMELESS SHELTER THEY'RE DENYING
ANOTHER YOUTH, 16, 17, 18, FROM BEING IN A SHELTER, CORRECT, AND GETTING
SERVICES.
MS. FERNANDEZ: UNFORTUNATELY, KIDS GET DENIED
ALL THE TIME, BUT LUCKILY WE DID ADD MORE THAN $2 MILLION TOWARDS
THESE SERVICES.
MS. BYRNES: SO IT'S JUST TOO BAD FOR THEM.
MS. FERNANDEZ: I'M SORRY?
MS. BYRNES: FOR A TEENAGER WHO IS DENIED ENTRY
BECAUSE THERE'S NO SPOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE A 21- TO 24-YEAR-OLD IS TAKING
THOSE SPOTS, POTENTIALLY TAKING THEIR SPOT, IT'S JUST TOO BAD FOR THEM.
THEY JUST DIDN'T CUT -- DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT.
MS. FERNANDEZ: (INAUDIBLE) DENIED UPON THE FIRST
TIME TRYING.
MS. BYRNES: ARE YOU GOING TO PRIORITIZE 16 TO 21
OR ARE YOU GOING TO PRIORITIZE 21 TO 24?
MS. FERNANDEZ: THAT'S ON THE PROGRAM. THEY'RE
THE ONES DETERMINING WHO IS TO STAY AND WHO IS TO NOT.
MS. BYRNES: OKAY. BUT YOU'RE THE SPONSOR OF THE
BILL. WHAT'S YOUR INTENT? IS YOUR INTENT TO PRIORITIZE THE TEENAGERS
THROUGH 21 OR TO PRIORITIZE 21 TO 24, WHICH DEPRIVES THE TEENAGERS
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POTENTIALLY OF THE SPOT?
MS. FERNANDEZ: MY INTENT IS TO PRIORITIZE ALL
YOUTH.
MS. BYRNES: BUT YOU'RE NOT INCREASING THE NUMBER
OF BEDS. ARE YOU INCREASING THE COST? IS THERE GOING TO BE MORE
MONEY SPENT FOR THIS PROGRAM?
MS. FERNANDEZ: WE ADDED $2 MILLION TO THE
PROGRAM.
MS. BYRNES: OKAY. AND WHO'S GOING TO BE PAYING
THAT $2 MILLION?
MS. FERNANDEZ: IT IS DISTRIBUTED BY THE STATE THAT
OCFS APPROVES.
MS. BYRNES: DISTRIBUTED BY THE STATE TO WHOM?
TO THE COUNTIES? TO SPECIFIC AGENCIES RUNNING HOMELESS SHELTERS?
WHO IS THE MONEY ACTUALLY GOING TO? AND -- AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT IF
YOU COULD BE SO KIND AS TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE.
MS. FERNANDEZ: IT GOES TO THE DISTRICT. THEY
HAVE THEIR OWN SET OF NUMBERS OF RUNAWAY YOUTHS AND HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS, YOUTHS, TO DECIPHER WHAT IS TO BE SPENT.
MS. BYRNES: SO, YOU DON'T KNOW -- YOU DON'T
KNOW RIGHT NOW AS YOU STAND HERE TODAY EXACTLY WHO IS GOING TO GET
THE MONEY.
MS. FERNANDEZ: I DON'T REPRESENT EVERY DISTRICT IN
THE STATE. I REPRESENT THE 80TH.
MS. BYRNES: HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE RIGHT
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NOW IN HOMELESS SHELTERS BETWEEN 16 AND 21?
(PAUSE)
I APOLOGIZE, BUT THE CLOCK IS KIND OF TICKING ON ME. IF
YOU DON'T KNOW --
MS. FERNANDEZ: (INAUDIBLE) I WAS ABLE TO GET THE
FACTS STRAIGHT.
MS. BYRNES: ALL RIGHT.
MS. FERNANDEZ: BUT WE DON'T HAVE A FULL
NUMBER, BUT EVERY DISTRICT, WITH THE NUMBERS THAT THEY HAVE, DECIDE THE
PLAN OF ACTION AND HOW MUCH TO EXECUTE MONEY.
MS. BYRNES: SO A DISTRICT, IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY
HAVE ENOUGH CURRENT HOMELESS YOUTH IN A SHELTER THAT THEY CAN'T ABSORB
MORE, WILL THEY HAVE THE PREROGATIVE OF SAYING, WE CAN'T HANDLE A 21-
TO A 24-YEAR-OLD AND BE ABLE TO DENY THEM A SPOT?
MS. FERNANDEZ: WELL, AS IT ALREADY HAPPENS
PEOPLE DO GET DENIED, SO IT MIGHT.
MS. BYRNES: ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD BE
ALLOWABLE.
MS. FERNANDEZ: MUNICIPALITIES ALREADY DO ALLOW
DENIALS.
MS. BYRNES: OKAY. BUT THAT COULD BE ALLOWED.
THE MUNICIPALITY COULD MAKE THAT --
MS. FERNANDEZ: THEY ALREADY DO.
MS. BYRNES: -- AS TO WHO'S IN AND WHO'S OUT.
MS. FERNANDEZ: YES, IT'S SOMETHING THEY ALREADY
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DO.
MS. BYRNES: ALL RIGHT. BUT THEY COULD SAY, WE'VE
GOT ENOUGH. WE DON'T HAVE ANYMORE MONEY. TWENTY-ONE TO 24, EVEN
THOUGH IT'S ALLOWED BY LAW, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO SUPPORT YOU IN
THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW SO YOU ARE NOT GETTING IN. THAT WOULD BE OKAY?
JUST DOUBLE CHECKING SO THAT YOU DON'T START --
MS. FERNANDEZ: I DON'T THINK IT'S OKAY, BUT IF
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDS, IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE, AND AS WE'VE SAID
BEFORE, THERE ARE -- THERE -- THERE ARE REASONS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE
DENIED. SO IF THEY HAVE TO DENY THEM AT THIS POINT WITH WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING, THEN THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
MS. BYRNES: OKAY. AND THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED
UNDER THE LAW?
MS. FERNANDEZ: IT ALREADY IS.
MS. BYRNES: OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED.
MS. FERNANDEZ: IT IS ALREADY ALLOWED BY THE LAW.
MS. BYRNES: OKAY. THANK YOU.
ON THE BILL.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, MA'AM.
MS. BYRNES: YOU KNOW, I -- I THINK THE LAST YEAR OR
SO OF THE RAISE THE AGE WITH YOUTH DETENTION FACILITIES HAS SHOWN THAT
THERE ARE DRAMATIC DANGERS TO PUTTING ADULT MEN, ANY ADULT, ONCE THEY
START GETTING TO A POINT WHERE THEY'RE 19, 20, 21 YEARS OF AGE IN WITH
TEENAGERS, TRUE TEENAGERS, 16-, 17-, 18-YEAR-OLDS. AND WHAT THE PLAN IS
HERE WHEN WE START GOING IN A YOUTH HOMELESS -- QUOTE, UNQUOTE, YOUTH
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HOMELESS SHELTER TO UP TO POTENTIALLY 24 YEARS OLD, WE DO HAVE ADULT
MEN WHO COULD POTENTIALLY BE PREDATORS AND ENDANGERING FURTHER
CHILDREN IN THESE CENTERS WHO SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY OF THIS BILL. THESE
BILLS -- THESE SHELTERS SHOULD BE TO PROTECT THE TEENAGERS FIRST, AND I
REALLY DON'T THINK ONCE WE GET UP TO 20, 21, 24 THAT THAT'S FAIR OR THAT
THAT'S RIGHT. I ALSO THINK THAT WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS FOSTER DEPENDENCY AT
THE AGE OF 20 AND 21, EVEN IF IT'S WORKING AT A FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT
WHICH YOU'RE NOW MAKING LIVEABLE WAGES, THEY SHOULD BE OUT ON THEIR
OWN AND EARNING A LIVING. I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR SERVICES. I
UNDERSTAND HOMELESSNESS. THERE ARE SHELTERS, THERE ARE PROGRAMS
AVAILABLE. IT'S JUST YOU'RE TRYING TO SHIFT THEM FROM A YOUTH HOMELESS
CENTER FROM AN ADULT -- POTENTIALLY AN ADULT HOMELESS CENTER. BUT I
THINK THIS IS JUST GOING TO FOSTER A DEPENDENCY IN THE SYSTEM THAT WILL
HAVE LIFE-LASTING EFFECTS TO ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT GET CAUGHT IN
THE SYSTEM.
FOR THAT REASON AND FOR OTHERS, MR. SPEAKER, I WILL BE
VOTING NO AND ENCOURAGING ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE TO VOTE THE SAME WAY, SIR. THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.
MS. WALSH.
MS. WALSH: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WILL THE
SPONSOR YIELD FOR JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. FERNANDEZ, WILL
YOU YIELD?
MS. FERNANDEZ: SURE.
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MS. WALSH: THANK YOU. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE
SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS BILL DOES. SO BY EXTENDING THE AGE TO
24, IF YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS COMING INTO A HOMELESS SHELTER AT
THE AGE OF 24, MAY THEY THEN STAY FOR UP TO TWO YEARS OR UP TO THE AGE
OF 26 UNDER THIS BILL?
MS. FERNANDEZ: NO.
MS. WALSH: OKAY. SO IF THEY -- SO I THOUGHT THAT
THEY -- SO -- ARE THEY THEN -- THEY MUST LEAVE AT THE AGE OF 24? I'M JUST
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW -- WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM AGE UNDER THIS BILL
THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO STAY IN THE HOMELESS SHELTER?
MS. FERNANDEZ: TWENTY-FOUR.
MS. WALSH: TWENTY-FOUR.
MS. FERNANDEZ: YES.
MS. WALSH: OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW, IS THERE ANY
KIND OF SCREENING PROCESS THAT'S DONE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LISTEN. I'VE
GOT SIX CHILDREN. SOME OF MY KIDS ARE MORE MATURE THAN OTHERS. YOU
KNOW, A 21-YEAR-OLD -- YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY KIDS IS 25 AND ACTS LIKE A
21-YEAR-OLD, ONE OF THEM -- YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT GOING TO NAME ANY
NAMES, THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IS THERE
GOING TO BE ANY KIND OF A SCREENING PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHICH YOUTH
WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE FIT TO BE ABLE TO REMAIN IN A YOUTH HOMELESS
SHELTER OR IS IT JUST BASED SOLELY UPON AGE?
MS. FERNANDEZ: NO, THERE IS A PROCESS TO
DETERMINE THEM WITH A NEED TO BE IN THE SYSTEM STILL. SO AS WE
MENTIONED BEFORE, INDIVIDUALS HAVE GOTTEN DENIED AND THERE'S A PROCESS
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TO ACCEPT THEM.
MS. WALSH: AND -- AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I THINK
YOU DID TALK ABOUT THAT IN A WAY AND I THINK I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THAT.
WHAT -- SO WHAT GOES INTO THE SCREENING PROCESS? OBVIOUSLY, THEY
NEED TO BE WITHOUT HOUSING. THAT'S IMPORTANT. WHAT ELSE IS
CONSIDERED?
(PAUSE)
MS. FERNANDEZ: THE PROCESS IS DECIDED BY REGS
THAT WILL DETERMINE IF THE INDIVIDUAL -- THE STUDENT, I SHOULD SAY -- THE
YOUNG PERSON IS NEEDING OF THESE SERVICES.
MS. WALSH: I APOLOGIZE, I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.
MS. FERNANDEZ: THE PROCESS IS DECIDED BY REGS
THAT WOULD INTERVIEW, GO THROUGH THE YOUNG PERSON'S LIFESTYLES AND THEY
DETERMINE THE NEED OF SERVICES.
MS. WALSH: WHETHER THEY NEED SERVICES, BUT -- SO,
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE -- IF THE PERSON -- IF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS HAD RUN-INS
WITH THE LAW, IS THAT CONSIDERED AS TO -- I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF
THERE'S ANY KIND OF A PROCESS FOR ASSESSING WHETHER THEY COULD
POTENTIALLY, AS MY COLLEAGUE POINTED OUT DURING HER QUESTIONING,
WHETHER THEY COULD POSE A RISK POTENTIALLY TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT
WERE IN THE YOUTH SHELTER, OR DO WE ONLY -- ARE WE ONLY REALLY
CONSIDERING WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL REQUIRES SERVICES? THAT PART I
UNDERSTAND. YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY NEED SERVICES, BUT ARE
YOU ALSO GOING TO ASSESS MAYBE FOR RISK FOR THAT YOUNG PERSON?
MS. FERNANDEZ: YES, EACH CENTER DOES THEIR OWN
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REQUIREMENTS, AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY FIND, THEN THEY CAN USE
THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
MS. WALSH: OKAY. AND -- AND SO YOU -- THEY CAN
REJECT SOMEBODY THAT THEY DON'T FEEL IS SUITABLE?
MS. FERNANDEZ: THEY CAN, AS THE SYSTEM ALREADY
DOES.
MS. WALSH: RIGHT. SO -- AND UNDER, YOU KNOW,
OUR REGULAR EXISTING LAWS, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW OLD YOU CAN BE
BEFORE YOU ARE -- COULD BE PROVIDED WITH HOUSING THROUGH TEMPORARY
ASSISTANCE AND DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES? IN OTHER WORDS, LIKE
THROUGH A MOTEL OR THROUGH, YOU KNOW, DSS HAS HOUSING THAT THEY
HAVE AVAILABLE. IF YOU'RE OVER THE AGE OF 18 YOU COULD ELIGIBLE FOR THAT,
COULDN'T YOU?
MS. FERNANDEZ: YOU CAN, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN --
I WANT TO SAY CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF YOUR BUILDING YOUR STABILITY THAT A
PERSON AS YOUNG AS 18 MAY STILL GET ASSISTANCE WITH. AND TO GO BACK TO
ONE OF YOUR LAST QUESTIONS, EVERY YEAR OVER 1,000 YOUNG PEOPLE,
YOUTHS, ARE DENIED INTO THESE SHELTERS ALREADY WITH THE LAW THAT IT IS.
MS. WALSH: OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
ANSWERS.
MR. SPEAKER, ON THE BILL.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, MA'AM.
MS. WALSH: SO JUST VERY BRIEFLY, I THINK THAT BASED
ON THE RESEARCH THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED IT DOES -- I MAY BE
DISAGREEING A BIT WITH THE SPONSOR IN TERMS OF HOW LONG AN INDIVIDUAL
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IS ABLE TO STAY IN UNDER -- UNDER THIS LEGISLATION. IT -- IT SEEMS THAT IF
THE AGE IS RAISED FROM 21 TO 24 YEARS OLD THERE ARE SOME YOUNG ADULTS
THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO RECEIVE SHELTER SERVICES UP TO ALMOST THE AGE OF
26 AND SOMETIMES EVEN LONGER IN SOME INSTANCES. I JUST FEEL THAT -- I
THINK THAT LEGISLATION THAT WE'VE TAKEN UP AS A BODY IN THE LAST FEW
YEARS RAISING THE AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY AND OTHER MEASURES THAT
HAVE BEEN TAKEN, WE SEEM TO KEEP PUSHING THE -- THE THRESHOLD HIGHER
AND HIGHER TO PROVIDE YOUTH SERVICES. AND ALTHOUGH THE OLDER I GET, THE
MORE I -- I FEEL LIKE THE -- THE CONCEPT OF WHAT OLD MEANS KEEPS SHIFTING
ALONG AS I GET OLDER. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S 21
THEY CAN DRINK, THEY CAN SERVE IN THE MILITARY. I THINK THAT IN A WAY
BILLS LIKE THIS ARE KIND OF FOSTERING A DELAYED MATURITY. I THINK THAT AT
SOME POINT INDIVIDUALS NEED TO START RECEIVING SERVICES THAT THEY WOULD
RECEIVE AS AN ADULT, AND I -- I WOULD DEFINE ADULT AS BEING 21.
SO FOR THOSE REASONS I JUST THINK THAT WHILE I
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS BILL IS VERY WELL-INTENTIONED, I'M NOT SUPPORTING IT
BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IT JUST GOES A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR IN TERMS OF RAISING THE
AGE TOO FAR FOR SOME OF THESE YOUTH. SO WITH -- WITH RESPECT I'LL BE
VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MS.
WALSH.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER. WILL THE SPONSOR YIELD FOR A QUESTION?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. FERNANDEZ, WILL
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YOU YIELD?
MS. FERNANDEZ: YES, MA'AM.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MS.
FERNANDEZ. I JUST WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY AS IT RELATES TO THE
BILL BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT IT COULD RAISE THE QUESTION OF WHY 24? AND
SO I JUST WONDERED IF BASED ON THE STATISTICS THAT YOU'VE SEEN, WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN A PERSON IS 21 IN A HOMELESS SHELTER AND THEY'VE BEEN
THERE SINCE THEY WERE 18 BUT THEY CLEARLY ARE STILL DEMONSTRATING THE
INABILITY TO STAY ON THEIR OWN. WHERE -- WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM AT 21?
WHERE DO THEY GO THEN?
MS. FERNANDEZ: WE DON'T KNOW.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: WE -- WE DON'T KNOW.
SO, I MEAN, I -- I'M ASKING NOT TO BE FACETIOUS BECAUSE I THINK THIS -- IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR THAT KIND OF CLARITY TO BE STATED BECAUSE IF YOU'RE 21
YOU'RE RECEIVING SERVICES AT A HOMELESS SHELTER BECAUSE OF YOUR MENTAL
INCAPACITY OR WHATEVER REASON THAT YOU'RE THERE, AND THEN YOU TURN 21
AND THEN YOU JUST GET PUT ON THE STREET?
MS. FERNANDEZ: THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE
THAT CLARITY BECAUSE I THINK THAT IN ALMOST EVERY CITY IN AMERICA WE'RE
BEGINNING TO SEE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON OUR STREETS THAT ARE
HOMELESS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS THAT'S CREATING THE INCREASE IN IT, BUT I
THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN TO DECREASE IT IF YOU CAN ALLOW
PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE SERVICES A LITTLE LONGER WHEN THEY
NEED THEM A LITTLE LONGER. I DON'T WANT TO IMAGINE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE
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WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES BECAUSE OF
THEIR ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY GREW UP AT OR SOME SORT OF PERSONAL
ABUSE THAT THEY RECEIVED BY PEOPLE WHO THEY LOVE IN THE FORM OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY RUN, THEY END UP
BEING -- NEEDING TO BE SHELTERED AS HOMELESS YOUNG PEOPLE. AND WHEN
THEY GET TO BE 21, IF THEY'RE STILL NOT READY TO BE THAT RESPONSIBLE ADULT
THAT GOES OUT, GETS A JOB, GOES TO COLLEGE, HAS A PLACE TO STAY, CAN PAY
RENT, THEN WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE'RE SAYING, YOU HAVE TO LEAVE HERE
REGARDLESS OF YOUR ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, LET'S STILL TRY TO WORK
WITH THEM. I'M NOT SURE THE AGE SHOULD BE 24 EITHER, HONESTLY, BUT I
KNOW IT'S NOT 21 IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION FOR YOUR LIFE AT THAT POINT.
AND SO I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HONOR THE SPONSOR FOR AT LEAST TRYING TO
COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO KEEP MORE PEOPLE FROM BEING ON THE STREET,
CREATING ADDITIONAL HAVOC IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WE DON'T REALLY WANT
TO SEE. IT'S A HARD THING TO HAVE TO TOLERATE AND STOMACH THAT AS
AMERICA, THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, IS CREATING HOMELESS
PEOPLE ON A REGULAR BASIS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, TO BEGIN TO
SLOW THAT PROCESS DOWN.
SO I WANT TO COMMEND THE SPONSOR FOR HER WORK ON
THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.
MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WOULD
THE SPONSOR YIELD?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. FERNANDEZ, WILL
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YOU YIELD?
MS. FERNANDEZ: YES, I YIELD.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU. LOOKING AT THE BILL
LANGUAGE ON PAGE 1, LINE 5, AS I UNDERSTAND IT THE AMENDMENT WOULD
ALLOW A HOMELESS YOUTH TO ENTER A TRANSITIONAL INDEPENDENT LIVING
PROGRAM AS LONG AS THEY WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 24 WITH THIS
AMENDMENT, CORRECT?
MS. FERNANDEZ: YES, CORRECT.
MR. GOODELL: SO IF -- IF THEY'RE UNDER THE AGE OF
24 AND LET'S SAY THEIR BIRTHDAY'S TOMORROW, THEY'RE 23 TODAY, TOMORROW
THEY BECOME 24. CAN THEY ONLY STAY FOR ONE DAY? DOESN'T THIS BILL
AUTHORIZE A MUNICIPALITY TO PROVIDE EXTENDED SERVICES AS LONG AS THEY
WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 24 WHEN THEY ENTERED THE PROGRAM?
MS. FERNANDEZ: UNDER FEDERAL LAW ANYBODY CAN
STAY FOR 18 MONTHS UP TO 24 MONTHS UPON THE FIRST DAY.
MR. GOODELL: OKAY. SO IF IT'S THE DAY BEFORE
THEIR 24TH BIRTHDAY, JUST CONFIRMING THAT I HEARD YOU RIGHT, THEY COULD
STAY ANOTHER YEAR-AND-A-HALF TO TWO YEARS UNDER FEDERAL LAW?
MS. FERNANDEZ: NO, THE MAXIMUM AGE IS 24.
MR. GOODELL: TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS, RIGHT?
MS. FERNANDEZ: TWENTY-FOUR YEARS TO STAY.
MR. GOODELL: SO UNDER THIS BILL IF THEY ENTER THE
SYSTEM AND IT'S THE DAY BEFORE THEIR 24TH BIRTHDAY, THEY HAVE TO LEAVE
THE NEXT DAY?
MS. FERNANDEZ: YES.
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MR. GOODELL: BUT DOESN'T THIS SAY THAT A
HOMELESS YOUTH PERSON WHO ENTERS INTO THE PROGRAM WITH THIS
AMENDMENT UNDER 24 MAY CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SHELTER SERVICES BEYOND
THE APPLICABLE PERIOD? ISN'T THAT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS?
MS. FERNANDEZ: ONLY UPON APPROVAL BY THE
DISTRICT.
MR. GOODELL: OKAY. SO IF THE DISTRICT APPROVES
IT, AM I CORRECT, THE DISTRICT CAN APPROVE IT --
MS. FERNANDEZ: THE DISTRICT CAN APPROVE IT. IF
YOUR DISTRICT APPROVES IT, YES.
MR. GOODELL: AND THEY CAN APPROVE IT FOR UP TO
TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS?
MS. FERNANDEZ: YES.
MR. GOODELL: OKAY. SO WHAT THIS BILL WOULD DO
IS ALLOW SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO ENTER -- ENTERS THE SYSTEM IN THE
HOMELESS SYSTEM THE DAY BEFORE THEIR 23RD OR THEIR 24TH DISTRICT [SIC] IT
WOULD ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO ALLOW THEM TO STAY IN THE SYSTEM FOR UP TO
TWO YEARS.
MS. FERNANDEZ: I THINK YOU'RE CONFUSING THIS BILL
WITH SHELTERS AND NOT FOSTER SERVICES, FOSTER YOUTH SERVICES. ONE CAN
ALREADY STAY UP TO 24 YEARS WITHIN THESE SERVICES AFTER THE AGE OF 21,
AND FOR THIS BILL IT'S JUST THE INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY, WHICH CAN BE
RESIDENTIAL OR NONRESIDENTIAL.
MR. GOODELL: OKAY. AND ONE OTHER JUST QUICK
QUESTION. NOW, THERE'S NO AGE RESTRICTION, IS THERE, FOR ANY OF THE
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SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE THE YOUTH OR -- I APOLOGIZE. THERE'S NO AGE
RESTRICTION, IS THERE, TO ANY OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO YOUNG
ADULTS? I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE OVER A CERTAIN AGE TO QUALIFY FOR
WELFARE OR HOUSING ASSISTANCE OR SNAP OR FOOD STAMPS OR HEAP,
RIGHT? THERE'S NO AGE THRESHOLD, IS THERE?
MS. FERNANDEZ: FOR A LOT OF THESE SERVICES YOU
HAVE TO BE IDENTIFIED AS THE HEAD OF A HOUSEHOLD. SO, NO, MAYBE THEY
WON'T BE ACCEPTED TO THESE OTHER SERVICES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THE HEAD
OF HOUSEHOLD (INAUDIBLE).
MR. GOODELL: I MEAN, IF YOU'RE A SINGLE
INDIVIDUAL YOU'RE STILL ELIGIBLE FOR WELFARE IF YOU NEED IT, RIGHT? I MEAN,
WE HAVE BOTH THE -- THE REGULAR WELFARE PROGRAM, WE HAVE THE SAFETY
NET PROGRAM.
MS. FERNANDEZ: YOU NEED TO BE HEAD OF A
HOUSEHOLD. IF YOU ARE A HOMELESS YOUTH, YOU ARE NOT IN YOUR OWN
HOUSEHOLD TO GET THESE SERVICES.
MR. GOODELL: WELL, CERTAINLY, IF YOU'RE THE
DEPENDENT OF SOMEBODY ELSE YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE. BUT WE PROVIDE
HOUSING ASSISTANCE, HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE, FOOD STAMP ASSISTANCE TO
SINGLE ADULTS, RIGHT?
MS. FERNANDEZ: THEY WOULD NEED PROOF. THEY
WOULD HAVE TO SHOW THEY ARE EMANCIPATED OR WITHOUT THAT RESTRICTION.
MR. GOODELL: ASSUMING THEY'RE EMANCIPATED,
THEN -- I MEAN, WE DON'T SAY TO A 40-YEAR-OLD, NO, SORRY. YOU'RE NOT
LIVING AT HOME. YOU'RE EMANCIPATED, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. SORRY, WE'RE
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NOT GOING TO HELP YOU. WE HELP EVERYONE AS LONG AS THEY'RE
EMANCIPATED, RIGHT?
MS. FERNANDEZ: ESSENTIALLY.
MR. GOODELL: YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
CLARIFYING IT.
ON THE BILL, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, SIR.
MR. GOODELL: AS -- AS MY COLLEAGUE POINTED OUT,
AND I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH HER, IN NEW YORK STATE IF -- IF YOU'RE AN
EMANCIPATED ADULT AND YOU'RE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE, THEN THE STATE OF
NEW YORK IS THERE TO HELP YOU. AND WE HELP YOU WITH HOUSING, WE
HELP YOU WITH CASH ASSISTANCE, WE HELP YOU WITH FOOD STAMPS, WE HELP
YOU WITH HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE. AND SO IF YOU'RE 21 YEARS OLD, AS AN
EXAMPLE, AND YOU'RE EMANCIPATED, MEANING YOU'RE NOT A DEPENDENT ON
YOUR PARENTS ANYMORE, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FULL
RANGE OF BENEFITS. UNDER THIS PROGRAM WHAT IT DOES IS IT ALLOWS LOCAL
DISTRICTS TO ACCEPT INTO THE -- INTO THE HOMELESS YOUTH PROGRAM AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS UNDER THE AGE OF 23 AND ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO ALLOW
THEM TO STAY IN THE HOMELESS YOUTH PROGRAM UNTIL THEY'RE 26 YEARS OLD.
AND THE CONCERN EXPRESSED BY MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES IS THAT THERE'S
A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 16-YEAR-OLD AND A 26-YEAR-OLD. AND WE
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS A MATTER OF COMPASSION AND AS A MATTER OF
PUBLIC POLICY TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON HELPING THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH
THE LIMITED RESOURCES WE HAVE AND FOCUS ON THE OLDER YOUNG ADULTS, IF
YOU WILL, THOSE WHO ARE OLDER, HELP THEM IN A DIFFERENT WAY BECOME
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RELIANT -- SELF-RELIANT, HELP THEM GET ON THEIR FEET, HELP THEM GET ON A
PATH TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY. WE DON'T EXPECT A 16-YEAR-OLD OR A 17-YEAR-
OLD TO FOCUS ON SELF-SUFFICIENCY. WE TREAT THEM LIKE A CHILD AND WE
SHOULD. BUT IT'S A MISTAKE AND IT'S A DISSERVICE TO TAKE RESOURCES AWAY
FROM THOSE YOUNG CHILDREN AND USE THEM IN A MANNER THAT IS LESS
PRODUCTIVE FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE UP TO THE AGE OF 26 WHEN THOSE
PEOPLE WHO ARE UP TO AGE 26 CAN BENEFIT BY THE JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS
AND THE WHOLE HOST OF OTHER PROGRAMS WE HAVE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO
HELP THAT OLDER AGE GROUP BE SUCCESSFUL ON THEIR OWN.
THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. FERNANDEZ.
MS. FERNANDEZ: I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT UNDER
CURRENT LAW, COUNTIES CAN ALREADY ELECT TO SERVE RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS
YOUTHS UP TO THE AGE OF 24. ALL THIS BILL DOES IS ENSURE THAT YOUTH UP TO
THE AGE OF 24 CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS TYPE OF SERVICE, THE TRANSITIONAL
INDEPENDENT LIVING SHELTERS. THESE SERVICES ARE USED TO HELP THESE
YOUTH TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENCE. THEY CAN BE BOTH RESIDENTIAL OR
NONRESIDENTIAL. SO I REALLY WANTED EVERYBODY TO PUT THEMSELVES IN A
21-YEAR-OLD IN THIS DAY AND AGE. DO YOU THINK AT 21 YOU'VE BEEN ABLE
TO GET A JOB, TO GET AN APARTMENT AND SUSTAIN WITH THE COST OF LIVING THAT
THE STATE IS MAKING YOU LIVE? IT IS VERY HARD, AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES FOR WHATEVER REASON,
THAT HAVEN'T LIVED A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY STABLE LIFE. THIS IS A
RESOURCE TO LITERALLY JUST KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD SO THEY CAN
CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION. SO THEY CAN GO TO SCHOOL. SO THEY CAN LIVE
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AND GET A JOB. AND A JOB THAT PAYS WELL, MIND YOU, BECAUSE STILL SOME
JOBS ARE NOT PAYING LIVING WAGES. SO THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO HELPING YOUNG
PEOPLE GET ON THEIR FEET TO BE GOOD WORKING PEOPLE OF THE STATE THAT WE
WANT.
SO I HOPE THAT MY MEMBERS PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BILL,
DO SUPPORT THIS BILL, AND GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE A REAL FIGHTING CHANCE FOR
THE STABILITY THAT WE ALL HOPE TO HAVE. THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MS.
FERNANDEZ.
READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 2263. THIS IS A PARTY VOTE. ANY MEMBER
WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE CONFERENCE POSITION
IS REMINDED TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS
PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.
MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. THE REPUBLICAN
CONFERENCE IS GENERALLY OPPOSED TO THIS LEGISLATION FOR THE REASONS
MENTIONED BY MY COLLEAGUES. BUT THOSE WHO WANT TO VOTE FOR IT CAN
CERTAINLY DO SO HERE ON THE FLOOR OF THE ASSEMBLY, OR IF THEY'RE
COVID-IMPACTED THEY CAN CALL THE MINORITY LEADER'S OFFICE AND VOTE
ACCORDINGLY.
THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.
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MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. THE MAJORITY CONFERENCE IS GENERALLY GOING TO BE IN FAVOR OF
THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION. HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE SOME OF OUR
COLLEAGUES THAT WOULD DESIRE TO BE AN EXCEPTION. THEY SHOULD FEEL FREE
TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY LEADER'S OFFICE AND WE'LL ENSURE THAT THEIR VOTE
IS PROPERLY RECORDED.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MRS.
PEOPLES-STOKES.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
MR. WALCZYK TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. WALCZYK: THANKS, MR. SPEAKER. I WAS
LISTENING INTENTLY TO THE DEBATE HERE AND IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO A VERY
INTERESTING POINT OF HOW -- AT WHAT AGE DO YOU DEFINE YOUTH IN THE STATE
OF NEW YORK, AND I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD SEE SUCH A NEW YORK
CITY -- OR AN UPSTATE-DOWNSTATE DICHOTOMY IN WHAT YOUTH IS. IN MY
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT AT 21 YEARS OLD, YES, ABSOLUTELY, YOU WOULD BE
EXPECTED TO HAVE A JOB AND MANY 21-YEAR-OLDS IN MY DISTRICT ARE
WORKING TWO. TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OLD, WHICH IS DECIDE -- DECIDEDLY
DEFINED AS YOUTH BY THIS BILL, 24 YEARS OLD YOU'RE A CAPTAIN IN THE
UNITED STATES ARMY IF YOU'RE IN MY ASSEMBLY DISTRICT OR YOU'RE A STAFF
SERGEANT. I MEAN, THESE ARE ROLES OF TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY AND
THEY ARE DEFINITELY ADULTS THAT DO THOSE JOBS.
SO, MR. SPEAKER, I'LL BE VOTING NO BECAUSE AT 24 YEARS
OLD YOU'RE AN ADULT.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. FERNANDEZ TO
EXPLAIN HER VOTE.
MS. FERNANDEZ: I JUST WANTED TO REPLY TO THAT.
SCIENTIFICALLY, BRAINS AREN'T FULLY DEVELOPED UNTIL THE AGE OF 25. SO IF
YOU WANT TO GET VERY TECHNICAL, 24 COULD STILL BE CONSIDERED A YOUTH.
AND I'M SUPPORTING THIS BILL BECAUSE IN MY DISTRICT, WHERE I REPRESENT
AND WHY I'M STANDING HERE, THERE ARE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE 24 AND UNDER
THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE DUE. THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE IN THIS
STATE, NOT JUST NEW YORK CITY.
SO I, AGAIN, VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. I ASK ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE OF
NEW YORK STATE A FIGHTING CHANCE AT STAYING AND LIVING AND SURVIVING
IN THIS STATE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. FERNANDEZ IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR.
SPEAKER, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. I -- I JUST WANT TO BE
REAL CLEAR THAT NO ONE IS SUGGESTING THAT WHEN YOU TURN 21 YOU'RE NOT
FULLY AN ADULT. BUT I WOULD REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT THERE ARE SOME
45-YEAR-OLD ADULTS WHO LIVE IN AND AROUND OUR SOCIETIES THAT ARE NOT
CAPABLE OF BEING CONTRIBUTING CITIZENS YET. AND IN MY DISTRICT WE HAVE
A TON OF 21-YEAR-OLDS WHO ARE BRIGHTER THAN MOST PEOPLE AND DOING
BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE
LIVED THROUGH THE RESIDUAL IMPACTS OF RACISM ON THEIR LIVES, ON THEIR
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FAMILIES' LIVES AND ON THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND AS A RESULT SOMETIMES
THEY'RE STILL LOST AT 21 AND I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS NEW
YORKERS AND AMERICANS TO HELP THEM FIND THEMSELVES.
AND SO I'M PLEASED TO VOTE YES ON THIS LEGISLATION.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES
IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
PAGE 35, CALENDAR NO. 546, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: SENATE NO. S05933-A, CALENDAR NO.
546, SENATOR PARKER (A08133, PAULIN, ZINERMAN, GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS,
SEAWRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, EPSTEIN, DICKENS, ZEBROWSKI, SIMON, ABINANTI,
SILLITTI, HEVESI, COLTON, OTIS, JACKSON). AN ACT DIRECTING THE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE EMPLOYMENT RATE OF
TRANSGENDER PERSONS IN NEW YORK STATE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AN EXPLANATION IS
REQUESTED, MS. PAULIN.
MS. PAULIN: YES, OF COURSE. THE BILL DIRECTS THE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF HUMAN
RIGHTS TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE EMPLOYMENT RATES OF TRANSGENDER
PERSONS IN THE STATE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. WALSH.
MS. WALSH: MR. SPEAKER, I'M WONDERING IF THE
SPONSOR WILL YIELD FOR JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. PAULIN, WILL YOU
YIELD?
MS. PAULIN: YES, I WILL.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. PAULIN YIELDS.
MS. WALSH: THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, JUST A FEW
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. FIRST, I -- THIS BILL -- IS IT CORRECT THAT THIS BILL ONLY
DEALS WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TRANSGENDER?
MS. PAULIN: IT DOES.
MS. WALSH: SO -- AND NOT TO READ OFF THE -- THE
WHOLE LIST, BUT BISEXUAL, INTERSEXUAL, ASEXUAL, QUESTIONING, QUEER, NONE
OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING TO BE ENCOMPASSED BY THIS STUDY BEING
DONE, ONLY TRANSGENDER?
MS. PAULIN: JUST TRANSGENDER.
MS. WALSH: IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? BECAUSE
THE -- THE GENDA BILL THAT REALLY -- THAT WAS PASSED A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO MORE BROADLY DEFINED, YOU KNOW, GENDER IDENTITY, USING TERMS LIKE
THAT. SO IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU'RE FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON
TRANSGENDERED INDIVIDUALS WITH THIS STUDY?
MS. PAULIN: YES. THE REASON IS IS THAT POPULATION
IS, WE BELIEVE, ARE VERY, VERY HEAVILY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, MORE SO
THAN EVEN THOSE POPULATIONS THAT -- THAT YOU MENTIONED.
MS. WALSH: OKAY. THE -- THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I
REALLY HAVE IS WHEN I STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT, HOW -- HOW DO YOU
ENVISION THE DEPARTMENT TO -- TO CONDUCT A STUDY LIKE THIS? HOW
WOULD THEY EVEN GO ABOUT IT? BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THAT DATA
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THAT WOULD BE READILY AVAILABLE. I MEAN, HOW DO YOU DO A STUDY LIKE
THIS?
MS. PAULIN: YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THE SAME THING.
YOU KNOW, I WONDERED -- AND I KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
COLLECTS DATA, YOU KNOW, ON EMPLOYEES THROUGH EMPLOYERS. THAT'S
HOW THEY USUALLY COLLECT DATA. THERE COULD BE A SURVEY. WE DON'T
DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT IN ANY SPECIFIC WAY. WE DO STAY IN CONSULTATION
WITH AN AGENCY THAT HAS MORE FAMILIARITY WITH FINDING PEOPLE IN THAT --
IN THAT REALM. WE ALSO KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE TRANSGENDER AND YOU'RE --
AND YOU'RE WILLING TO BE OUTED, YOU'RE -- IT'S MUCH MORE LIKELY THAT YOUR
EMPLOYER WILL EVEN KNOW THAT YOU'RE TRANSGENDER. IT'S HARDER TO HIDE
THAN IF YOU WERE GAY OR ONE OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES THAT YOU
MENTIONED. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THAT HARD. I THINK THEY
WILL HAVE TO WORK AT FIGURING IT OUT. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SPECIFIC AS TO
HOW, WE ARE LEAVING IT TO THE DEPARTMENT. AND I'M SURE I'LL SEE A
CHAPTER AMENDMENT, YOU KNOW, IF INDEED WE HAVE TO REFINE THE WAY
THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO CONDUCT THAT STUDY.
MS. WALSH: OKAY. AND I -- I DO NOTE YOU
MENTIONED THAT THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS ALSO SPECIFICALLY
MENTIONED AS PARTICIPATING IN THIS STUDY. AND MY -- MY THOUGHT ABOUT
THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS IF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS TRANSGENDERED
FEELS THAT THEY HAD BEEN DISCRIMINATED IN THE WORKPLACE THEY COULD CALL
THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND REGISTER A COMPLAINT, AND SO THAT
INFORMATION WOULD BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
AS FAR AS DATA. BUT YEAH, I DON'T SEE ANY WAY AROUND THIS OTHER THAN TO
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DO SOME TYPE OF A -- OF A STATEWIDE SURVEY OF EMPLOYERS. NOW, THIS
BILL DOESN'T FOCUS ON EMPLOYERS OF ANY PARTICULAR SIZE, SO THIS COULD --
THIS COULD INVOLVE A SURVEY OF VERY LARGE TO VERY SMALL PRIVATE, I GUESS
PUBLIC, TOO. ALL -- ANY KIND OF EMPLOYER.
MS. PAULIN: ANY -- ANY KIND (INAUDIBLE). YOU
KNOW, IT COULD BE ANY KIND OF EMPLOYER. THEY -- YOU KNOW, AND YOU
MAKE A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS HAVING SOME
DATA. IT MIGHT BE THE CASE THAT MAYBE ALL THE DISCRIMINATION IS IN A
CERTAIN TYPE OF INDUSTRY, SO MAYBE THERE WOULD BE A MORE IN-DEPTH
LOOK IN ONE INDUSTRY AND NOT IN ANOTHER. SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S JUST
TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE UNIVERSE IS OUT THERE TO BETTER HELP THAT
COMMUNITY STAY EMPLOYED AND BE EMPLOYED.
MS. WALSH: VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MR. SPEAKER, ON THE BILL.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, MA'AM.
MS. WALSH: THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO, I THINK IT'S
PRETTY CLEAR THAT NONE OF US WANT TO SEE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN OUR STATE
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN EMPLOYMENT. WE WANT EMPLOYEES TO FIND
JOBS AND BE ABLE TO STAY IN THOSE JOBS WITHOUT REGARD TO DISCRIMINATORY
PRACTICES BASED ON ANY -- ANYTHING, WHETHER IT'S AGE, GENDER, ON AND ON.
ALL THOSE DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAT WE -- WE MAKE SURE THAT THE DIVISION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS WILL INVESTIGATE IF THERE ARE COMPLAINTS. I DO HAVE
CONCERNS, AS -- AS I TRIED TO BRING OUT ABOUT THE WAY THE STUDY WOULD BE
CONDUCTED, BUT I WILL SUPPORT THIS BILL BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THIS IS AT
LEAST ANECDOTALLY BEEN MENTIONED AS BEING A REAL PROBLEM. AND I THINK
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IT'S WORTH TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE TRANSGENDER ARE ABLE TO WORK IN A WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT IS
FREE FROM HARASSMENT AND THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO -- TO BE EMPLOYED, TO BE
EMPLOYED.
SO FOR THOSE REASONS I'LL SUPPORT THE BILL, AND I THANK
THE SPONSOR FOR HER RESPONSES AND ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS. THANK
YOU.
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 SENATE PRINT 5933-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.)
PAGE 36, CALENDAR -- OH, THE BILL IS PASSED. I'M SORRY.
I'M IN A HURRY.
PAGE 36, CALENDAR NO. 548, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08460-A, CALENDAR
NO. 548, PAULIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, IN
RELATION TO REQUIRING AN OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATION TO POST A SIGN OR
POSTER INFORMING CUSTOMERS THAT IT IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO INSPECT CERTAIN
VEHICLES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL.
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MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. WILL THE SPONSOR
YIELD?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. PAULIN, WILL YOU
YIELD?
MS. PAULIN: YES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. PAULIN YIELDS,
SIR.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MS. PAULIN. AS I
UNDERSTAND IT THIS BILL WOULD REQUIRE INSPECTION STATIONS THAT ARE
LICENSED BY THE STATE TO DISPLAY A SIGN AT THE INSPECTION STATION STATING
THAT THAT INSPECTION STATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO INSPECT STRETCH LIMOS
UNLESS THE STRETCH LIMO HAS AN EXEMPTION LETTER; IS THAT CORRECT?
MS. PAULIN: YES.
MR. GOODELL: SO IN MY DISTRICT - I DID A QUICK
CHECK ON THE DMV WEB PAGE - THERE'S 114 INSPECTION STATIONS, AND I
THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE OR TWO LIMO SERVICES. RATHER THAN HAVE A SIGN AT
114 INSPECTION STATIONS IN MY DISTRICT - IT WOULD BE SEVERAL THOUSAND
STATEWIDE - WOULDN'T IT JUST BE EASIER TO TELL THE STRETCH LIMO COMPANIES
THEY CAN'T BE INSPECTED AT THOSE STATIONS?
MS. PAULIN: THEY -- THEY ALREADY HAVE BEEN TOLD
THAT. AND WE KNOW THAT IN THE SCHOHARIE INCIDENT THAT THE COMPANY
THAT WAS HELD CULPABLE ULTIMATELY, THEY ACTUALLY BROUGHT THEIR STRETCH
LIMOS TO INSPECTION STATIONS AND THEY WERE INSPECTED. AND MANY
INSPECTION STATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT INFORMED ANNUALLY, THEY MIGHT
NOT EVEN KNOW. THIS WAS A WAY TO INFORM INSPECTION STATIONS THAT
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MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OR ARE INAPPROPRIATELY INSPECTING STRETCH
LIMOUSINES. THE LAW WAS CHANGED ACTUALLY IN 2011 TO REQUIRE
LIMOUSINES OF A CERTAIN SIZE -- A SMALLER STRETCH LIMOUSINE ONLY WITH
NINE PASSENGERS AND A DRIVER -- TO GO TO DOT. SO AT THAT POINT, YOU
KNOW, MANY STRETCH LIMOUSINES THAT WERE SMALLER THAN 16 WERE NOW
SUPPOSED TO GO TO DOT. AND THEY -- THEY WERE STILL GOING OFTEN --
EVEN THOUGH THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I GET IT, 11 YEARS AGO -- BUT A LOT OF THE
PLACES IN YOUR DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS PRIOR
AND MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE LAW CHANGE AND STILL MIGHT BE
INSPECTING THOSE SMALLER STRETCH LIMOS. SO IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
THE, YOU KNOW, THE POST-INCIDENT, YOU KNOW, THE -- THE -- ONE OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
ACTUALLY SAID THAT WE SHOULD RENEW OUR POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS OF THE
INSPECTION OF STRETCH LIMOUSINES AND ESTABLISH STRICTER SAFEGUARDS AND
MORE RIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT PROTOCOLS. SO WE THOUGHT - AND WE
WORKED WITH DMV AND DOT - THAT THIS MIGHT BE A WAY TO -- TO
ACTUALLY GET THE JOB DONE.
MR. GOODELL: NOW YOU SAY THE CHANGES IN THE
LAW OCCURRED IN WHAT YEAR?
MS. PAULIN: IN 2011 WE CHANGED THE -- THE VEHICLE
PASSENGER SIZE.
MR. GOODELL: SO TEN YEARS AGO, 11 YEARS AGO.
MS. PAULIN: YES.
MR. GOODELL: AND THESE ARE ALL LICENSED
INSPECTION STATIONS, CORRECT?
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MS. PAULIN: YES.
MR. GOODELL: AND THEY CAN LOSE THEIR LICENSE IF
THEY DON'T COMPLY WITH THE DMV RULES, RIGHT?
MS. PAULIN: YES.
MR. GOODELL: AND THEY'RE REGULARLY REVIEWED BY
THE DMV TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THE RULES?
MS. PAULIN: THEY -- AS YOU POINTED OUT, THERE ARE
SO MANY OF THEM, I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN THEY'RE -- YOU KNOW, THAT
THEY'RE ACTUALLY REVIEWED IN THE -- IN THE PROPER SENSE OF THE WORD.
MR. GOODELL: NOW, THIS DOESN'T REPLACE THE
OBLIGATION THAT WE HAVE FOR PROMINENT POSTING OF WAGE AND HOURS, PAID
FAMILY LEAVE AND THE OTHER -- I THINK THERE ARE 17 OTHER POSTERS THAT ARE
REQUIRED ALREADY?
MS. PAULIN: I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER POSTERS.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT --
MR. GOODELL: BUT IT DOESN'T REPLACE ANY OF THOSE.
MS. PAULIN: IT DOESN'T REPLACE THEM, NO.
MR. GOODELL: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MS. PAULIN.
SIR, ON THE BILL.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL.
MR. GOODELL: IT -- IT JUST SEEMS AMAZING TO ME.
WE -- WE HAVE ALL THESE POSTING REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, AND
IN MY BUSINESS I HAVE AN ENTIRE WALL WITH EMPLOYMENT POSTINGS AND
SAFETY POSTINGS AND CLIENTS' RIGHTS AND ALL THOSE THINGS, WHICH NO ONE
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EVER READS BECAUSE THERE'S AN ENTIRE WALL OF THEM. AND HERE WE HAVE A
SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF INSPECTION
STATIONS BUT ONLY A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF COMPANIES WITH STRETCH LIMOS.
AND AS MY COLLEAGUE POINTED OUT, APPARENTLY SOME OF THE INSPECTION
STATIONS DIDN'T REALIZE THE LAW CHANGED AND WERE IMPROPERLY INSPECTING
STRETCH LIMOS. THE SOLUTION IS NOT TO PUT ANOTHER POSTER ON THE WALL.
THE SOLUTION IS TO SEND A LETTER TO THE STRETCH LIMO COMPANIES TO SAY,
HEY, WANT TO REMIND YOU CAN'T HAVE A NORMAL INSPECTION STATION
INSPECT YOUR STRETCH LIMOS UNLESS YOU HAVE AN EXEMPTION LETTER, AND TO
SEND A SIMPLE LETTER TO THE THOUSANDS OF INSPECTION STATIONS AND SAY,
HEY, YOU'RE LICENSED, BUT KEEP IN MIND YOUR LICENSE DOESN'T COVER
STRETCH LIMOS. I GO INTO MY INSPECTION STATION, IT'S JUST A LITTLE SMALL
RECEPTION ROOM BECAUSE MOST OF US DON'T WANT TO HANG OUT IN A GARAGE
ALL DAY WHILE OUR CAR IS BEING INSPECTED. LET'S NOT CLUTTER THEM UP WITH
-- WITH POSTERS THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH A SIMPLE LETTER TO THE --
FROM THE DMV TO BOTH THE STRETCH LIMOS AND TO THE -- TO THE INSPECTION
STATIONS THAT SAY, HEY, YOU CAN'T DO THIS KIND OF INSPECTION.
SO I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE'S DESIRE TO MAKE SURE
THAT STRETCH LIMOS ARE INSPECTED BY PROPERLY AUTHORIZED INDIVIDUALS. I
DON'T THINK WE NEED MORE POSTERS, IN MY CASE IN 114 INSPECTION
STATIONS, IN THE OFF CHANCE THAT ONE OR TWO OF THE LIMO SERVICES MIGHT
HAPPEN TO WALK IN. AND IN THE MEANTIME, YOU KNOW, WE -- WE FILL UP
ALL THESE PUBLIC SPACES WITH UNNECESSARY POSTERS WHEN A DIRECT LETTER IS
SO MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE, SO MUCH MORE COST-EFFECTIVE AND
ACCOMPLISHES THE RESULT.
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THANK YOU, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. TAGUE.
MR. TAGUE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WOULD THE
SPONSOR YIELD FOR A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. PAULIN, WILL YOU
YIELD?
MS. PAULIN: YES.
MR. TAGUE: I PROMISE -- I PROMISE I WILL BE MUCH
GENTLER THIS TIME, MS. PAULIN.
MS. PAULIN: NO, IT'S FINE. I -- I ACTUALLY HAVE YOUR
ANSWER ON FARM EQUIPMENT.
MR. TAGUE: OH, GREAT. I APPRECIATE IT.
(LAUGHER)
MS. PAULIN: IT'S EXEMPTED.
MR. TAGUE: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT'S A WIN FOR US.
JUST A COUPLE OF BRIEF QUESTIONS. AND FIRST OF ALL, YOU
KNOW THAT THIS -- THE LIMO ACCIDENT IN REFERENCE HAPPENED ABOUT
TWO-AND-A-HALF MILES FROM MY HOUSE. IT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THAT I USED
TO BE A CERTIFIED INSPECTOR. AND THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED, BUT SO HAS THE
TECHNOLOGY AND HOW WE DO INSPECTIONS. SO MY QUESTION IS -- AND I
WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WHEN YOU -- AS A CERTIFIED INSPECTOR,
WHEN YOU DO AN INSPECTION EVERYTHING GOES INTO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM
AND GOES BACK TO DOT AND DMV; AREN'T I CORRECT?
MS. PAULIN: I -- I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I'M NOT AN
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INSPECTOR. I DO KNOW THAT IN 2016 AND 2018 THE -- THE COMPANY
PRESTIGE DID GO TO A LICENSED INSPECTION STATION AND GOT THEIR
LIMOUSINES APPROVED AND HAD STICKERS FROM THAT INSPECTION STATION. SO
THIS IS A WAY TO TRY TO AVOID THAT PROBLEM. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THAT SIGN
HAD BEEN POSTED MAYBE SOME PERSON NEAR YOUR HOUSE WOULD HAVE SEEN
THAT THERE WAS A STRETCH LIMOUSINE AND THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SIGN
ALERTING THEM TO A PROBLEM. BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST ONCE THAT IT
HAPPENED. THAT COMPANY WAS GOING REPEATEDLY. SO I AGREE. MAYBE
GOOD ACTORS WOULDN'T DO IT WITH A LETTER, BUT BAD ACTORS WE WANT TO
PREVENT. AND THAT WAS CERTAINLY A HUGE TRAGEDY THAT IF THIS ONE SIGN
COULD HAVE BEEN UP AND SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT, WE WOULD HAVE
MAYBE AVERTED A -- A CATASTROPHE.
MR. TAGUE: BUT WHAT MY POINT TO THIS IS IS WITH
THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TODAY IN INSPECTION STATIONS, THERE ARE --
BECAUSE THE DOT ONLY DOES ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS. YOU DON'T JUST GO TO
DOT AND SAY, OKAY, I NEED YOU TO INSPECT MY VEHICLE. YOU HAVE TO GO
TO A CERTIFIED INSPECTION STATION THAT IS CERTIFIED TO INSPECT THE STRETCH
LIMOUSINE AND SOME CASES A CLASS A OR A CLASS B VEHICLE DEPENDING
ON ITS WEIGHT, SIZE, THE AMOUNT OF WHEELS, AXLES. SO, MY POINT HERE IS
IF THEY SHOW UP WITH A STRETCH LIMOUSINE TO ONE OF THESE INSPECTION
STATIONS AND THAT INSPECTION STATION IS NOT CERTIFIED TO INSPECT LIMO --
STRETCH LIMOUSINES, THE COMPUTER WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO GIVE THEM A
STICKER. SO -- AND LISTEN, I -- I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU. I -- I THINK
YOU'RE -- YOU'RE RIGHT ON TARGET WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THIS. BUT
THE PROBLEM IS, AS MR. GOODELL HAD BROUGHT UP, I THINK IT'S A WASTE OF
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TIME. BECAUSE I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP TO THE
INSPECTION STATION, THE LAST THING THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS A SIGN. BUT IF
THE INSPECTOR COMES OUT AND SEES THE VEHICLE AND SAYS, OH, I CAN'T
INSPECT THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM. I MEAN,
WE ALREADY HAVE THINGS IN PLACE THAT WON'T ALLOW A CERTAIN -- A CERTAIN
FACILITY TO DO AN INSPECTION BECAUSE THE COMPUTER IS SET UP THROUGH
DMV AND DOT TO ONLY LET THAT FACILITY INSPECT WHAT THEY ARE CERTIFIED
FOR. SO, I MEAN, MY POINT IS IS THAT THE SIGN IS REALLY NOT GOING TO DO
ANYTHING. PEOPLE GO PLACES AND YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO DIFFERENT
THINGS IN -- IN PLACES AND THERE'S SIGNS THAT TELL YOU NOT TO DO THAT.
PEOPLE STILL DO IT. YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM DOING IT.
THIS IS -- YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WE ALREADY HAD A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT
JUST WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO DO THE INSPECTION. NOW, IF THEY COMMIT
FRAUD NOT ONLY IS THE INSPECTION FACILITY IN SOME TROUBLE OR, YOU KNOW,
AND THEY'LL BE HELD -- THEY'LL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, BUT SO IS THE
COMPANY WITH THE VEHICLE, WHICH IN THE CASE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS
SOME OF THE LITIGATION THAT'S TAKING PLACE NOW AND THAT WILL PROBABLY
TAKE ON IN THE FUTURE.
MS. PAULIN: NO, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE A TASK FORCE THAT WE CREATED BY LAW. WE RECENTLY
EXTENDED THAT TIME PERIOD. AND DMV AND DOT ARE TALKING TO EACH
OTHER. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE HEAD OF DMV AND I KNOW THAT THEY --
THEY'RE FINDING IT PRODUCTIVE. AND PERHAPS THROUGH THAT WE WILL HAVE A
MORE ELABORATE COMPUTER SYSTEM. TO MY KNOWLEDGE WE HAVEN'T
CHANGED THE COMPUTER SYSTEM SINCE THESE INCIDENTS TOOK PLACE, AND
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THIS WAS AN INTERMEDIARY STEP, PERHAPS. IF THERE COULD BE A BETTER ONE I
THINK THAT TASK FORCE WILL FIND IT. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THROUGH
THAT PERHAPS WE WILL NOT HAVE ANYMORE STRETCH LIMOUSINES GOING
THROUGH A DMV INSPECTION SYSTEM.
MR. TAGUE: WELL, LET ME JUST SAY THIS. FIRST, I JUST
-- I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I THINK THERE WERE ABOUT NINE BILLS THAT WE PUT
THROUGH THIS HOUSE HAVING TO DO WITH LIMO SAFETY. I WAS A COSPONSOR
ON IF NOT ALL OF THOSE BILLS, MOST OF THEM. AND I DO WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU TO YOU AND MEMBER SANTABARBARA FOR TAKING THE LEADERSHIP ON THAT
BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT PERISHED IN THAT AWFUL CRASH WERE FROM
MR. SANTABARBARA'S DISTRICT. IT HAPPENED IN MY DISTRICT, BUT THE FOLKS
THAT -- THAT WE LOST THAT WERE THE VICTIMS WERE -- WERE FROM ANGELO'S
DISTRICT. SO I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I DISAGREE
THAT WE NEED A SIGN, BUT I DO SEE YOUR PASSION AND HOW MUCH YOU CARE
ABOUT THIS AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I AM GOING TO BE VOTING NO JUST
BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE ALREADY THINGS IN PLACE OR OTHER THINGS THAT WE
CAN DO. I DON'T THINK A SIGN IS REALLY GOING TO -- IS GOING TO DO -- IS
GOING TO LEAD TO ENFORCEMENT OR COMPLIANCE.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.
MR. MONTESANO.
MR. MONTESANO: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WILL
THE SPONSOR YIELD?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. PAULIN, WILL YOU
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YIELD?
MS. PAULIN: YES.
MR. MONTESANO: JUST ONE OR TWO THINGS. ON THE
INSPECTION STICKER ON A STRETCH LIMOUSINE, IS IT THE SAME THAT APPEARS ON
REGULAR PASSENGER VEHICLES OR IS IT A DOT INSPECTION STICKER THAT GETS
PUT --
MS. PAULIN: IT'S A DOT STICKER.
MR. MONTESANO: IT'S A DOT STICKER. BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, ALONG THE LINES WHAT MY COLLEAGUE JUST BROUGHT OUT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN YOU BRING THE VEHICLE INTO AN INSPECTION STATION
THEY PASS THE WAND OVER YOUR REGISTRATION, THE BAR CODE, AND IT TELLS
THEM WHAT KIND OF VEHICLE IT IS. AND AS MY COLLEAGUE WAS ALLUDING TO,
IF THAT INSPECTION STATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT THAT INSPECTION
THE MACHINE WILL NOT ACCEPT THE TESTING OR ALLOW IT TO ISSUE A STICKER. IN
FACT, IF THEY'RE NOT AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT THAT INSPECTION, THEY WOULDN'T
EVEN HAVE POSSESSION OF THE DOT INSPECTION STICKER. THEY'D ONLY HAVE
POSSESSION OF A REGULAR INSPECTION STICKER. SO I -- I JUST WANTED TO
FLUSH THAT OUT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S BEEN -- BECAUSE WE -- YOU KNOW,
ON LONG ISLAND WE HAVE STRETCH LIMOUSINES THAT, FORGET ABOUT IT, THEY'RE
LIKE TRACTOR TRAILERS WHEN THEY TRAVEL --
MS. PAULIN: AND THAT FIRST ACCIDENT WAS ON LONG
ISLAND.
MR. MONTESANO: RIGHT. SO IT'S A -- THAT'S WHAT I
WANTED TO WORK OUT. THANK YOU, MS. PAULIN.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.
MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: WE ARE TEMPTED TO STRETCH THIS
DEBATE FURTHER, BUT I THINK WE'RE READY TO VOTE ON A PARTY VOTE, SIR.
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 8460 [SIC]. THIS IS A PARTY VOTE. ANY MEMBER
WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE CONFERENCE POSITION
IS REMINDED TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS
PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.
MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. THE REPUBLICAN
CONFERENCE IS GENERALLY OPPOSED TO THIS LEGISLATION FOR THE REASONS
MENTIONED BY MY COLLEAGUE, ALTHOUGH WE DO APPRECIATE THE OTHER
EFFORTS MADE BY THE SPONSOR. SO WE WILL BE VOTING GENERALLY IN THE
NEGATIVE. THOSE WHO WANT TO SUPPORT THIS ARE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGED TO
VOTE YES ON THE FLOOR OR BY CONTACTING THE MINORITY LEADER.
THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.
MS. HYNDMAN.
MS. HYNDMAN: I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND MY
COLLEAGUES THAT THIS IS GENERALLY AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE. ANY MEMBER
WISHING TO VOTE IN THE NEGATIVE IS REMINDED TO CALL THE MAJORITY
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LEADER'S OFFICE AT THE NUMBER PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MS.
HYNDMAN.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE ADD MY
COLLEAGUE MR. NORRIS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
PAGE 36 -- I'M SORRY. MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. IF WE CAN NOW GO TO CALENDAR NO. 559. IT'S ON PAGE 36 AND
IT'S BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER BURGOS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A09181-B, CALENDAR
NO. 559, BURGOS, GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS, PAULIN, JACKSON, FORREST, J. RIVERA,
DICKENS, CRUZ, GUNTHER, FRONTUS, COLTON, ZINERMAN, SIMON, JACOBSON,
O'DONNELL, GIBBS, GOTTFRIED, GLICK, DAVILA, JEAN-PIERRE, OTIS. AN ACT
TO AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO THE SALE OF ELECTRIC
SPACE HEATERS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
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BURGOS, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED.
READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 120TH
DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD
THE VOTE ON SENATE 7863-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.)
MR. BURGOS TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. BURGOS: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: GET THAT MIC ON, MR
BURGOS. TRY -- TRY THE MIC NEXT TO YOU.
MR. BURGOS: I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE CHAMBER FOR SO
LONG. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THIS THING NOW.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: USE IT OR LOSE IT, SIR.
MR. BURGOS: CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. SO, THE
NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION REPORTED THAT 43 PERCENT OF HOME
HEATING-RELATED FIRES ARE CAUSED BY A SPACE HEATER, RESPONSIBLE FOR
NEARLY 80 DEATHS PER YEAR. NOW, ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 9, 2022 IN
MY HOME BOROUGH OF THE BRONX WE HAD A HIGH-RISE FIRE THAT SHOOK THE
NATION AND TOOK THE LIVES OF 17 OF MY NEIGHBORS. EIGHT OF THOSE
VICTIMS WERE CHILDREN, THE YOUNGEST OF WHICH WAS TWO YEARS OLD. THIS
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WAS THE DEADLIEST FIRE WE'VE SEEN IN NEW YORK CITY SINCE 1990. SO
TODAY'S BILL WILL ENSURE THAT ANY SPACE HEATERS GOING FORWARD SOLD IN
THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL HAVE A THERMOSTAT, WILL BE OUTFITTED WITH AN
AUTOMATIC SHUTOFF AND WILL BE CERTIFIED BY OSHA, A FEDERAL AGENCY.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY AS WE MOURN THE 17 NEIGHBORS
THAT WE LOST, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON
THIS BILL. AND I WANT TO DEDICATE TODAY'S PASSAGE IN THEIR MEMORY AND
IN THEIR HONOR AND I PROUDLY VOTE YES ON THIS BILL. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, DO YOU
HAVE FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING OR RESOLUTIONS?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WE CERTAINLY DO.
ON THE A-CALENDAR, ON A MOTION BY MR. THIELE, PAGE
6, RULES REPORT NO. 118, BILL NO. 4503, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND
ADOPTED.
ON BEHALF OF MR. SAYEGH, ASSEMBLY BILL RECALLED FROM
THE SENATE. THE CLERK WILL READ THE TITLE OF THE BILL.
THE CLERK: AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE
LAW.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MOTION TO RECONSIDER
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THE VOTE BY WHICH THE BILL PASSED THE HOUSE.
THE CLERK WILL RECORD THE VOTE.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
THE CLERK WILL ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
BILL NO. A.3318-B IS BEFORE THE HOUSE AND THE
AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.
MRS. -- WAIT A MINUTE.
ON BEHALF OF MS. WOERNER, BILL NO. 7356-B,
ASSEMBLY BILL IS RECALLED FROM THE SENATE. THE CLERK WILL READ THE
TITLE OF THE BILL.
THE CLERK: AN ACT TO AMEND THE MENTAL HYGIENE
LAW.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MOTION TO RECONSIDER
THE VOTE BY WHICH THE BILL PASSED THE HOUSE. THE CLERK WILL RECORD THE
VOTE.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
THE CLERK WILL ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE
RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.
NUMEROUS FINE RESOLUTIONS, WE WILL TAKE THEM UP WITH
VOTE.
ON THE RESOLUTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.
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(WHEREUPON, ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NOS. 876-878
WERE UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.)
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: I NOW MOVE THAT THE
ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 12:30 P.M., WEDNESDAY, MAY THE
11TH, TOMORROW BEING A SESSION DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE ASSEMBLY STANDS
ADJOURNED.
(WHEREUPON, AT 8:05 P.M., THE HOUSE STOOD ADJOURNED
UNTIL WEDNESDAY, MAY 11TH AT 12:30 P.M., THAT BEING A SESSION DAY.)
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