MONDAY, MAY 11, 2022                                                   2:29 P.M.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE HOUSE WILL COME

                    TO ORDER.

                                 IN THE ABSENCE OF CLERGY, LET US PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF

                    SILENCE.

                                 (WHEREUPON, A MOMENT OF SILENCE WAS OBSERVED.)

                                 VISITORS ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE

                    OF ALLEGIANCE.

                                 (WHEREUPON, ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY LED VISITORS AND

                    MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.)

                                 A QUORUM BEING PRESENT, THE CLERK WILL READ THE

                    JOURNAL OF TUESDAY, MAY 16TH.  MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES -- MAY 10TH, I'M

                    SORRY.

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

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

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

                    10TH AND ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO

                    ORDERED.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON,

                    COLLEAGUES.  WE HAD A PRETTY EXTENSIVE, INTENSIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

                    EARLIER TODAY, BUT WE ARE NOW IN OUR CHAMBERS PREPARED TO DO OUR

                    FLOOR WORK.

                                 I WANT TO START WITH A QUOTE.  THIS ONE IS FROM EMILY

                    ELIZABETH DICKINSON.  MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW OR HAVE HEARD OF HER.

                    SHE WAS AN AMERICAN POET AND DURING HER LIFETIME, SHE WAS NOT AS

                    WELL KNOWN AS SHE IS NOW, BUT NOW SHE IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST

                    IMPORTANT FIGURES IN AMERICAN POETRY.  I RECALL HER FROM MY

                    ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAYS.  HER WORDS FOR US TODAY, MR. SPEAKER, HOW

                    STRANGE THAT NATURE DOES NOT KNOCK, YET IT DOES NOT INTRUDE.  AGAIN,

                    THOSE WORDS ARE FROM EMILY DICKINSON.

                                 SO COLLEAGUES SHOULD HAVE ON THEIR DESK A MAIN

                    CALENDAR.  WE ALSO HAVE A DEBATE LIST AND AFTER HOUSEKEEPING AND/OR

                    INTRODUCTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 3, AND THEN

                    WE WILL TAKE UP SEVERAL RULES CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED BY OUR

                    COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE.  WE WILL THEN CONSENT THE

                    BILLS WHICH WE STARTED ON YESTERDAY FROM OUR A-CALENDAR, MR.

                    SPEAKER.  WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH RULES REPORT NO. 97 AND WE'RE

                    GOING TO GO STRAIGHT THROUGH TO RULES REPORT NO. 168.  WE WILL ALSO

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    WORK OFF OUR DEBATE LIST AS FOLLOWS:  WE HAVE ON OUR DEBATE LIST

                    CALENDAR NO. 567 BY MR. FALL; CALENDAR NO. 575 BY MS. FAHY;

                    CALENDAR NO. 578 BY MR. DE LOS SANTOS; AND CALENDAR NO. 584 BY

                    MR. ZEBROWSKI.  THERE COULD BE A POTENTIAL FOR SOME OTHER FLOOR WORK

                    AS WE PROCEED, MR. SPEAKER, BUT I WILL ANNOUNCE THAT IF IT'S NECESSARY.

                    THIS IS GOING TO BE A FULL DAY OF WORK ON GETAWAY DAY, SO LET ME

                    REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT YOU SHOULD PLEASE STAY IN AND AROUND AND

                    AVAILABLE IN THE CHAMBER UNTIL WE ADJOURN.

                                 MR. SPEAKER, THAT'S THE GENERAL OUTLINE.  IF THERE'S

                    HOUSEKEEPING, NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, MRS.

                    PEOPLES-STOKES, AND WE DO HAVE A PIECE OF HOUSEKEEPING.

                                 ON A MOTION BY MR. RIVERA, PAGE 11, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 130, BILL NO. A7822-B, THE AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND

                    ADOPTED.

                                 FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION, MS. WALSH.

                                 MS. WALSH:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER,

                    FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTERRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS FOR A MOMENT TO MAKE AN

                    INTRODUCTION.  TODAY I AM VERY HAPPY TO INTRODUCE MY FRIEND AND

                    CONSTITUENT, JIM IRWIN.  JIM ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY IN OCTOBER 1966,

                    AND DURING FOUR YEARS OF ACTIVE DUTY, COMPLETED SIX DEPLOYMENTS

                    TOTALING OVER ONE YEAR UNDER THE OCEAN WHICH EARNED HIM THE

                    SUBMARINE WARFARE MEDAL.  JIM IRWIN WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND A

                    RESOLUTION WE PASSED LAST MONTH WHICH PROCLAIMED APRIL 11TH, 2022 AS

                    SUBMARINE DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL SUBMARINE DAY.  MR. IRWIN IS A MEMBER OF

                    SEVERAL SUBMARINE VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL, AND

                    IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN OUR COMMUNITY IN THE 112TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.

                    HE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS IN RECOGNITION OF HIS COURAGEOUS

                    EFFORT AND WILLING SACRIFICE, INCLUDING THE 2010 ROBERT LINK AWARD FOR

                    HIS WORK IN PRESERVING THE WORLD WAR II SUBMARINE USS CROAKER, THE

                    2012 SILVER ANCHOR AWARD FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND THE

                    NATIONAL 2015 DISTRICT COMMANDER OF THE YEAR AWARD.

                                 EACH YEAR, NATIONAL SUBMARINE DAY IS CELEBRATED ON

                    THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT'S ACQUISITION OF ITS

                    FIRST MODERN COMMISSIONED SUBMARINE, THE USS HOLLAND, ON APRIL

                    11TH, 1900.  THE U.S. NAVY WAS BORN IN WHITEHALL, NEW YORK JUST

                    OUTSIDE MY DISTRICT IN ASSEMBLYMEMBER SIMPSON'S DISTRICT, IN THE

                    SUMMER OF 1775 WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AMERICAN FLEET.  THESE

                    U.S. ATTACK SUBMARINES ARE NAMED AFTER U.S. CITIES, SUCH AS THE USS

                    ALBANY AND THE USS BUFFALO, AMONG MANY OTHERS.  I'M PROUD TO SHARE

                    THAT THE 112TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT IS THE HOME OF THE NEW YORK STATE

                    SUBMARINERS MEMORIAL, AND THE NAVAL NUCLEAR POWER TRAINING UNIT,

                    THE NPTU, BOTH OF WHICH ARE LOCATED IN BALLSTON SPA.  I HAD AN

                    OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THE NPTU WITH ASSEMBLYWOMAN WOERNER, AND

                    HAVE ATTENDED SEVERAL GRADUATION CEREMONIES THROUGHOUT MY TIME IN

                    THE ASSEMBLY.

                                 PLEASE, MR. SPEAKER, WILL YOU PLEASE EXTEND THE

                    CORDIALITIES OF THE HOUSE TO MR. IRWIN.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY.  ON BEHALF

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    OF MS. WALSH, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, JIM, WE WELCOME YOU

                    HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF

                    THE FLOOR.  APOLOGIZE MAYBE FOR THE LONG WAIT THAT YOU HAD BEFORE THE

                    PROCEEDINGS STARTED, BUT THAT IS THE ASSEMBLY.  WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL

                    ENJOY THIS DAY.  WE COMMEND YOU ON ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO

                    HONOR THIS COUNTRY AND THIS STATE.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, YOU'RE

                    ALWAYS WELCOME HERE.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 MS. GIGLIO FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.

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

                    YOU FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER TODAY TO WELCOME BOB CAPPADONA

                    AND TANNER BRANDEMARDY, MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD FROM THE

                    SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.  THEY ARE HERE TODAY

                    TO CELEBRATE POLICE MEMORIAL WEEK, AND THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY TO

                    WASHINGTON, D.C. TO CELEBRATE THE NATIONAL POLICE MEMORIAL.  SO I

                    WISH THAT WE OFFER THEM WELCOME TO THE CHAMBER AND INVITE THEM

                    BACK IN THE FUTURE.  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY.  ON BEHALF

                    OF MS. GIGLIO, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, GENTLEMEN, WE

                    WELCOME YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY.  WE APPRECIATE

                    THE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED BOTH YOUR COUNTY AND THE STATE OF

                    NEW YORK.  YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE.  PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT

                    YOU HAVE FRIENDS IN ALBANY.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, AND PLEASED TO

                    HAVE YOU.  I SEE YOU HAVE OTHER MEMBERS STANDING WITH YOU,

                    EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE BY A GUY IN BLUE.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 (APPLAUSE)


                                 WE WILL TAKE UP RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 3, ASSEMBLY NO.

                    7 -- 879, THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 879, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MRS. BARRETT.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 6, 2022 AS MILITARY SPOUSE

                    APPRECIATION DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. ASHBY ON THE

                    RESOLUTION.

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

                    THANK THE SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION AND JUST HIGHLIGHT REALLY WHAT OUR

                    MILITARY SPOUSES GO THROUGH EACH AND EVERY DAY WHILE OUR MEN AND

                    WOMEN ARE OUT DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY, EITHER STATESIDE OR WHILE THEY'RE

                    DEPLOYED.  THEIR SACRIFICES MAY OR MAY NOT BE VISIBLE TO MANY OF US

                    THAT ARE HERE, BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO'VE KNOWN PEOPLE WHO'VE GIVEN

                    THEIR LIFE IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY, MILITARY SPOUSE'S DAY IS

                    SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE HONORED EVERY DAY, MUCH LIKE GOLD STAR

                    FAMILIES DAY.

                                 CANDIDLY, MR. SPEAKER, 16 YEARS AGO TODAY I RECEIVED

                    MY COMMISSION IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVES, THE FOLLOWING

                    DAY I WAS MARRIED, THE FOLLOWING YEAR I VOLUNTEERED FOR MY FIRST

                    DEPLOYMENT, ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN SUCCESSION.  I THINK OF ALL OF THE

                    THINGS THAT MY SPOUSE HAS BEEN THROUGH AND THAT I'VE PUT HER THROUGH

                    AND, YOU KNOW, I USED TO THINK IT WAS A LOT UNTIL I WAS SERVING IN THE

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    UNITED STATES ARMY AND MET PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN DEPLOYED MULTIPLE

                    TIMES, FOUR TO FIVE TIMES, LOST FRIENDS, DEAR FRIENDS SERVING OUR COUNTRY.

                    WE NOT ONLY ENDURE THAT AS VETERANS, BUT OUR SPOUSES ENDURE IT SO

                    MUCH MORE AND, OFTENTIMES, WHEN WE COME BACK YOU MAY NOT BE THE

                    SAME PERSON THAT YOU WERE WHEN YOU LEFT, AND THAT SPOUSE IS THERE TO

                    HELP AND NOT ONLY THAT WITH YOURSELF, BUT ALSO WITH OUR -- WITH OUR

                    CHILDREN.  AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS ON THAT, MR.

                    SPEAKER, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE TODAY AND EACH

                    AND EVERY DAY WHAT OUR MILITARY SPOUSES GO THROUGH ON BEHALF OF OUR

                    STATE AND OUR COUNTRY.  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. 880, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MS. SIMON.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 12, 2022 AS DYSLEXIA AWARENESS DAY

                    IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

                    ADOPTED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 881, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MR. GANDOLFO.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 15, 2022 AS POLICE DOG DAY IN THE

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. GANDOLFO ON THE

                    RESOLUTION.

                                 MR. GANDOLFO:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  IT IS

                    MY HONOR TO STAND HERE AND PUT FORTH THIS RESOLUTION TO PROCLAIM MAY

                    15TH AS POLICE DOG DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  THESE WORKING

                    DOGS HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES, AND THEY'RE

                    AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT K9S IN OUR SOCIETY.  WHILE THE ANCIENT

                    ROMANS ARE CONSIDERED AMONG THE FIRST CULTURES TO USE DOGS FOR

                    SECURITY PURPOSES, THE UNITED STATES DID NOT START USING POLICE DOGS

                    UNTIL THE 1970S.  BUT TODAY, THEY ARE UBIQUITOUS IN POLICE FORCES AROUND

                    THE COUNTRY, AND THEY EVEN WORK IN THE CIA AND THE UNITED STATES

                    MILITARY.  MOST POLICE DOGS LIVE AT HOME WITH THEIR HANDLERS, ARE

                    TREATED AS FAMILY AND PETS, AND DEVELOP VERY STRONG BONDS WITH THEIR

                    OWNERS.  SO I HOPE WE CAN JUST PAUSE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THE GREAT

                    SERVICE THAT THESE DOGS PROVIDE TO US, THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE, AND

                    REMEMBER THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.

                                 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. 882, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MS. SOLAGES.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 2-6, 2022 AS MATERNAL HEALTH

                    AWARENESS WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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                                 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. 883, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MR. SALKA.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 2022 AS BRAIN TUMOR AWARENESS

                    MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. SALKA ON THE

                    RESOLUTION.

                                 MR. SALKA:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  THE MONTH

                    OF MAY IS NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH.  I RISE TO HUMBLY

                    PUT FORWARD THIS LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR KATHY

                    HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY AS BRAIN TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH IN THE

                    STATE OF NEW YORK.  SINCE I LAST PUT THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD IN 2019,

                    TRAGICALLY THOUSANDS HAVE DIED FROM A BRAIN TUMOR, INCLUDING MANY OF

                    THE YOUNG PEOPLE WE HAVE HERE IN NEW YORK STATE.  MR. SPEAKER, THE

                    DIAGNOSIS OF A BRAIN TUMOR, WHICH CAN TAKE SO MANY FORMS, FROM THE

                    BENIGN TYPE LIKE GANGLIOCYTOMAS, TO THE MOST DEADLY FORM OF BRAIN

                    TUMOR CALLED GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME, CAN BE DEVASTATING TO NOT ONLY

                    THE PATIENT, BUT TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED.

                    EMOTIONAL, FINANCIAL, AND DISRUPTIVE IMPACTS TO ALL AFFECTED CAN BE

                    CATASTROPHIC AND LAST FOR MANY YEARS.

                                 ON A PERSONAL NOTE, OUR DAUGHTER EMILY WAS

                    DIAGNOSED WITH GLIOBLASTOMA AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 18 IN JANUARY OF

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    2012.  AND DESPITE BEING GIVEN ONLY SIX MONTHS TO LIVE, FOUGHT THIS

                    HORRIBLE DISEASE AND FINALLY HAD TO GIVE UP THE FIGHT IN OCTOBER OF

                    2015.  WE COUNT EVERY DAY WE HAD WITH HER AS A BLESSING.  MR.

                    SPEAKER, THERE'S AN ESTIMATED 700,000 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT

                    ARE LIVING WITH A BRAIN TUMOR, AND ALMOST 89,000 WILL BE DIAGNOSED

                    JUST IN 2022 ALONE.  BRAIN AND SPINAL TUMORS ARE THE SECOND-MOST

                    COMMON FORM OF CANCER IN CHILDREN, SECOND ONLY TO LEUKEMIA.  THERE'S

                    ONLY A 35 PERCENT CHANCE OF SURVIVAL FOR MOST MALIGNANT TUMORS AND

                    CLEARLY, MR. SPEAKER, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.  AND THOSE THAT SURVIVE

                    THESE TUMORS CAN HAVE LASTING EFFECTS FOR YEARS FROM THE RADIATION, THE

                    SURGERY, AND THE CHEMOTHERAPY.

                                 WHILE ADVANCES HAVE BEEN MADE IN RESEARCH AND

                    TREATMENT OF THESE DEADLY FORMS OF CANCER, BUT BRAIN TUMORS CONTINUE

                    TO TAKE TOO MANY LIVES, MANY IN THE PRIME OF THEIR LIFE.  WE MUST

                    INCREASE FUNDING AND INCREASE AWARENESS TO HELP BRING AN END TO THIS

                    DISEASE.  THIS DOES NOT RECEIVE EQUITABLE FUNDING THAT GOES INTO THE

                    OTHER TYPES OF CANCERS.  I HOPE THAT BY HEIGHTENING THIS AWARENESS WE

                    CAN MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DONATE, PEOPLE DO RESEARCH, WE SUPPORT

                    THOSE INSTITUTIONS.  WE HAVE SOME STELLAR INSTITUTIONS HERE IN NEW YORK

                    LIKE SLOAN KETTERING, AND HAS DONE GREAT, GREAT ADVANCES IN BRAIN

                    TUMOR RESEARCH, BUT I HOPE BY PRESENTING THIS RESOLUTION AND

                    PROCLAIMING MAY TO BE BRAIN TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF

                    NEW YORK, WE CAN SAY WE CHANGED LIVES.  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

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


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 884, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MS. LUPARDO.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 2022 AS MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AND

                    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. 886, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MR. BRABENEC.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM AUGUST 2022 AS SWISS-AMERICAN HERITAGE

                    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. 887, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MS. ZINERMAN.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM AUGUST 26, 2022 AS WOMEN'S EQUALITY 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.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 888, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MS. FAHY.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 AS MYOTONIC

                    DYSTROPHY AWARENESS DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

                    ADOPTED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 889, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MS. BUTTENSCHON.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 AS A DAY OF PEACE 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. 890, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MR. MAGNARELLI.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 26TH THROUGH OCTOBER 2ND, 2022

                    AS DIAPER NEED AWARENESS WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

                    ADOPTED.



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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

                    GOING TO ENGAGE IN OUR CONVERSATION AROUND RULES CHANGES.  THIS IS NOT

                    A NEW CONVERSATION, WE'VE HAD THIS ONE BEFORE, AND MEMBERS SHOULD

                    BE AWARE THAT GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE AND

                    ACTUALLY OFFERED BY THE MINORITY IS THREE RESOLUTIONS TO AMEND OUR

                    EXISTING ASSEMBLY RULES.  MOST OF THESE PROPOSALS, AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT

                    NEW; WE'VE SEEN THEM BEFORE.  WE HAVE REJECTED THEM BEFORE.

                                 COLLEAGUES, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SPEAKER HEASTIE

                    AND HONESTLY, AND MANY OCCASIONS THE LEADERSHIP OF MINORITY LEADER

                    BARCLAY, FOLKS HAVE WORKED TOGETHER FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AND I

                    THINK WE HAVE IMPROVED OPERATIONS IN AND AROUND THE ASSEMBLY AS IT

                    RELATES TO INFORMATION GOING TO AND FROM OURSELVES, AS WELL AS

                    INFORMATION GOING TO AND FROM OUR CONSTITUENCY.  THE RULES THAT ARE

                    BEING OFFERED TODAY I THINK REFLECT THE DECISION THAT THERE WILL LIKE TO

                    BE A SHIFT IN THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE ASSEMBLY.  I THINK THAT'S

                    SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS DURING THE ELECTION AND NOT NECESSARILY DURING

                    RULES CHANGES.  AND SO I WANT TO SUGGEST THAT THE CHANGES THAT HAVE

                    ALREADY BEEN MADE THAT INCLUDE ENHANCING ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM

                    MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC, IMPROVING OUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND

                    PROCEDURES FOR THE ABILITY OF MEMBERS TO REQUEST COMMITTEE

                    CONSIDERATION OF THEIR BILLS AND ADVANCE THE LEGISLATION, AND TO

                    STREAMLINING THE PROCESS FOR BILLS MOVING THROUGH COMMITTEE.  THESE

                    WERE POSITIVE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND THEY'VE

                    HAPPENED FROM A BIPARTISAN PERSPECTIVE.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 MR. SPEAKER, THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE CHANGES THAT

                    HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT IN OUR PROGRESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A

                    LEGISLATIVE BODY, AND I THINK THAT OUR EFFORTS HAVE, YOU KNOW, GONE A

                    LONG WAY TO IMPROVING THE PROCESS HERE.  I COMPLETELY RESPECT THE RIGHT

                    OF OUR COLLEAGUES TO DECIDE THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE THE RULES CHANGED,

                    BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE RULES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW ARE

                    ADEQUATE TO MEET OUR NEEDS FOR TODAY.  IT'S NOT THE KIND OF EFFORT THAT

                    WAS A BIPARTISAN DECISION, IT WAS A PARTISAN DECISION TO PUT FORTH THESE

                    RULES CHANGES AND, MR. SPEAKER, I AM RESPECTFULLY DISAGREEING WITH THE

                    CHALLENGE TO CHANGE THE RULES TODAY.

                                 SO WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD URGE THE DEFEAT OF THESE

                    RULES IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH

                    MEMBERS IN THIS HOUSE TO IMPROVE OUR PROCEEDINGS FROM BOTH SIDES OF

                    THE AISLE.  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, MRS.

                    PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MR. LAWLER.

                                 MR. LAWLER:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  I OFFER THE

                    FOLLOWING RESOLUTION AND REQUEST THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN IT.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 847.

                                 ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION AMENDING SECTION 2 OF RULE V

                    OF THE ASSEMBLY RULES, IN RELATION TO ENSURING THAT EACH MEMBER IS

                    ENTITLED TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANTIVE PIECE OF LEGISLATION DISCHARGED

                    FROM THE COMMITTEE AND BROUGHT TO A VOTE DURING EACH TWO-YEAR TERM;

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    AMENDING SECTION 6 OF RULE V OF THE ASSEMBLY RULES, IN RELATION TO

                    DEBATES ON BUDGET BILLS OR BILLS ACCOMPANIED BY A MESSAGE OF

                    NECESSITY; AND AMENDING SECTION 9 OF RULE V OF THE ASSEMBLY RULES,

                    IN RELATION TO STAFF, MATERIALS AND OTHER PERQUISITES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. LAWLER ON THE

                    RESOLUTION.

                                 MR. LAWLER:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  AS THE

                    CLERK READ THESE THREE CHANGES, I BELIEVE WOULD OFFER A POSITIVE CHANGE

                    FOR THIS BODY IN THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE.  NUMBER ONE, IT WOULD ALLOW

                    EVERY MEMBER, ALL 150 OF US, TO BRING A SUBSTANTIVE BILL, NOT JUST A LOCAL

                    BILL, BUT A SUBSTANTIVE ONE, TO THE FLOOR FOR AN UP OR DOWN VOTE.

                    DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO PASS, BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE A FULL VOTE OF THIS

                    BODY.  THE SECOND, FOR BUDGET BILLS, WHICH HAVE SO MANY ISSUES

                    PACKED INTO THEM, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR MEMBERS TO HAVE THAT SECOND 15

                    MINUTE OPPORTUNITY TO DEBATE THE BILL, TO ASK QUESTIONS, TO INQUIRE

                    ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE IN THE STATE BUDGET.  AND THIRD, IT WOULD ENSURE AN

                    EQUAL ANNUAL ALLOCATION TO EVERY MEMBER, REGARDLESS OF MAJORITY OR

                    MINORITY STATUS, TO PAY THEIR LEGISLATIVE STAFF.  WE ALL REPRESENT A

                    ROUGHLY EQUAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, TAXPAYERS OF THIS STATE, AND SO WE

                    WOULD ALL BE GIVEN AN EQUAL ALLOTMENT TO BETTER SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS.

                                 I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE THREE

                    BEYOND THAT.  I REALLY WANT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES

                    HERE.  I HAVE THE GREATEST RESPECT FOR OUR MAJORITY LEADER.  I APPRECIATE

                    HER WORDS JUST A MOMENT AGO.  I APPRECIATE THE QUOTES THAT SHE READS

                    EVERY -- EVERY BEGINNING OF SESSION.  OFTENTIMES, THEY ARE ABOUT

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                    WORKING TOGETHER, ABOUT COLLEGIALITY, ABOUT THE NEED FOR COOPERATION,

                    AND AN END TO PARTISAN RANKER.  I THINK WE SEE NATIONWIDE, ESPECIALLY IN

                    WASHINGTON, BUT CERTAINLY IN STATE CAPITALS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE

                    DISRUPTIVE NATURE OF OUR PARTISAN POLITICS.  I'M A REPUBLICAN, I'M NOT

                    SHY ABOUT IT.  I DEBATE THE BILLS ON THE FLOOR WHEN I FEEL PASSIONATELY

                    ABOUT IT, BUT I RESPECT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.  I COME UP TO YOU, I

                    TALK TO YOU AFTERWARDS BECAUSE I TRULY APPRECIATE WHAT EACH OF YOU

                    BRING TO THIS CHAMBER, YOUR PERSPECTIVE, THE CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU

                    REPRESENT.  AND I HOPE YOU FEEL THE SAME ABOUT ME AND MY COLLEAGUES

                    ON THIS SIDE OF THE AISLE.  ALL OF US ARE HERE BECAUSE OUR CONSTITUENTS

                    ELECTED US.  WE WEREN'T ELECTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS; IN FACT, WE

                    ELECTED THEM TO THEIR POSITIONS.  AND I THINK IN THIS MOMENT, EACH ONE

                    OF YOU, ALL 150 OF US, SHOULD VOTE OUR CONSCIENCE.  WE SHOULD VOTE

                    HOW WE THINK IS RIGHT AND HOW WE WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED IF THE SHOE

                    WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT.

                                 IN THE CHAMBER ACROSS THE HALL, TEN PERCENT OF THE

                    BILLS BROUGHT FORWARD ARE FROM THE MINORITY.  IN THIS CHAMBER, ONLY

                    LOCAL BILLS ARE ALLOWED TO COME TO THE FLOOR FROM THE MINORITY.  WE

                    HEAR OFTEN ABOUT FOLLOW THE COMMITTEE PROCESS, GO THROUGH THE

                    COMMITTEE PROCESS.  WELL, ALL OF US HAVE SAT THROUGH A LOT OF

                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS THIS WEEK, CAN YOU NAME A SINGLE NON-LOCAL

                    REPUBLICAN BILL THAT WAS ALLOWED TO PROCEED FORWARD?  NO.  THEY WERE

                    ALL RECOMMENDED FOR (INAUDIBLE).

                                 SO LET'S BE FAIR.  LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT THIS.  THE

                    OBJECTIVE HERE IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF US ARE ABLE TO BETTER REPRESENT OUR

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                    CONSTITUENTS.  THERE IS NOTHING IN THESE PROPOSED RULES CHANGES THAT

                    WOULD LIMIT THE POWER OF THE MAJORITY.  THE MAJORITY HAS 107

                    MEMBERS, THEY ARE IN NO DANGER OF LOSING THAT MAJORITY.  THE ONLY

                    THING WE'RE ASKING FOR IS TO BE TREATED FAIRLY, TO ALLOW US TO REPRESENT

                    OUR CONSTITUENTS, TO DO THE WORK THAT WE'RE ALL HERE TO DO.  AND SO

                    MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AGREE WHEN WE TALK OFFLINE ABOUT THE NEED FOR

                    CHANGES HERE.  I JUST IMPLORE YOU, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A

                    CHANGE.  YOU CAN'T POINT THE FINGER AT LEADERSHIP IF YOU VOTE AGAINST

                    THESE CHANGES.  YOU CAN'T SAY, OH, WELL IT'S UP TO THE SPEAKER.  YOU

                    HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO DO IT.

                                 SO I ASK YOU TO REALLY SINCERELY TAKE A LOOK AT THE

                    PROPOSED CHANGE HERE.  IT DOES NOT LIMIT YOUR POWER IN ANY WAY AND IT

                    IS FAIR, AND IT IS RIGHT, AND I ASK YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON RESOLUTION NO. 847.  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 SUPPORTING THESE RULES AMENDMENTS, ALTHOUGH IF THERE

                    ARE SOME THAT DON'T SUPPORT IT, THEY ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO VOTE NO

                    ON THE FLOOR, OR IF THEY'RE COVID-IMPACTED BY CONTACTING THE MINORITY

                    LEADER'S OFFICE.  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  THANK YOU, MR.

                    SPEAKER.  THE MAJORITY MEMBERS ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS PIECE -- NOT IN

                    FAVOR OF THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION.  WE'RE GOING TO REJECT THESE ATTEMPT

                    TO CHANGE THE RULES AT THE END OF SESSION, AND WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO

                    TAKE A NO VOTE.  THERE COULD BE SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES THAT WILL

                    CHOOSE NOT TO, WHICH THEY SHOULD FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY

                    LEADER'S OFFICE AND OF COURSE THEIR VOTE WILL BE HONORED.  THANK YOU,

                    SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

                    PLEASE RECORD OUR COLLEAGUE MR. SANTABARBARA IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON THIS

                    RULE CHANGE.  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  SO NOTED.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE RESOLUTION IS LOST.

                                 MR. GOODELL.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  THANK YOU, SIR.  I OFFER THE

                    FOLLOWING RESOLUTION AND ASK FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN IT.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 848, MR.

                    BARCLAY.

                                 ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION AMENDING SECTION 2 OF RULE III

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                    OF THE ASSEMBLY RULES, IN RELATION TO THE TIMELY BILL INTRODUCTION AFTER

                    CONCLUSION OF SESSION; AMENDING SECTION 5 OF RULE III OF THE

                    ASSEMBLY RULES, IN RELATION TO THE INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS; AND

                    AMENDING SECTION 7 OF RULE III OF THE ASSEMBLY RULES, IN RELATION TO

                    THE READING OF BILLS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. GOODELL ON THE

                    RESOLUTION.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  THANK YOU, SIR.  THIS RESOLUTION

                    IMPLEMENTS THREE CHANGES DESIGNED TO HELP EVERY MEMBER IN THIS

                    ASSEMBLY, BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT, DO A BETTER JOB FOR OUR

                    CONSTITUENTS, BE MORE THOUGHTFUL, AND HOPEFULLY RESOLVE IN BETTER

                    LEGISLATION.  ON THE FIRST PART OF THIS BILL, IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT OUR

                    INDEX CLERK GIVE US AN INDEX NUMBER WITHIN THREE DAYS AFTER FILING A

                    BILL.  AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S A FRUSTRATION FOR ALL OF US, WHETHER

                    YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT.  WE'RE OFF SESSION, WE SUBMIT A

                    BILL, IT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND WE WAIT, AND WAIT, AND WAIT, DAY AFTER DAY

                    AFTER DAY WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO GET A BILL NUMBER.  AND WITH A BILL

                    NUMBER, IT DOESN'T HIT THE SYSTEM.  I HAVE DRAFTED BILLS, ASKED MY

                    SENATOR TO COSPONSOR, HE HAD A BILL WITHIN DAYS AND A PRESS RELEASE

                    SAYING AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE THE ASSEMBLY MIGHT ACTUALLY

                    INTRODUCE THE BILL.  THAT'S A DISSERVICE TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.

                    WHEN WE SUBMIT A BILL, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHY THE CLERK

                    CAN'T ASSIGN A BILL NUMBER AND PUT IT IN THE SYSTEM IN A TIMELY MANNER.

                    AND THE FIRST PART OF IT WOULD REQUEST THAT THOSE BILLS BE ASSIGNED A

                    NUMBER AND PUT INTO OUR SYSTEM WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS.  THAT'S A

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                    FULL WEEK, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO COUNT BUSINESS DAYS.

                                 THE SECOND CHANGE WOULD REQUIRE THAT RESOLUTIONS BE

                    SUBMITTED AT LEAST THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE, LIKE WE DO FOR OUR REGULAR

                    LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR.  AND THIS WILL CREATE A BENEFIT FOR ALL OF US

                    BECAUSE MANY TIMES WE'LL SEE A RESOLUTION THAT WE REALLY WANT TO SPEAK

                    ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US OR TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.  BUT

                    SADLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE

                    RESOLUTION IS WE MISS THAT OPPORTUNITY OR WE'RE NOT PREPARED.  AND

                    WHEN I TALK ABOUT MISSING THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AROUND

                    THE CHAMBERS NOW, THE NUMBER OF EMPTY SEATS FAR EXCEEDS THE NUMBER

                    OF SEATS THAT ARE FILLED.  I LOOK ON ZOOM AND THE NUMBER OF BLANK ZOOM

                    SCREENS OR ACTUALLY A ZOOM SCREEN THAT SHOWS AN EMPTY SEAT FAR

                    EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF SEATS THAT ARE ACTUALLY FILLED.  AND SO IF WE

                    KNOW SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AND TO OUR CONSTITUENTS

                    THAT'S COMING UP WITH A THREE-DAY NOTICE FOR A RESOLUTION, WE CAN MAKE

                    SURE THAT WE'RE HERE ON THE FLOOR OR AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK ON ZOOM SO WE

                    CAN LEND OUR SUPPORT.

                                 AND THE LAST COMPONENT OF THIS IS DEALING WITH A

                    MESSAGE OF NECESSITY.  WHAT'S AMAZING IS THAT SOME OF THE MOST

                    IMPORTANT BILLS THAT WE WILL EVER CONSIDER AS A LEGISLATURE, BILLS THAT

                    AFFECT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND BILLIONS - BILLIONS - OF DOLLARS COME TO US

                    WITHOUT THE THREE-DAY AGING, WITHOUT US HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK

                    AT THE BILL FOR EVEN THREE DAYS.  AND THE MOST EGREGIOUS VIOLATION OF

                    THAT RULE DEALS WITH BUDGET BILLS, BECAUSE WE'LL GET A BUDGET BILL WITH

                    SOMETIMES NUMBERS OVER 1,000 PAGES, MIGHT APPROPRIATE SEVERAL

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                    BILLION DOLLARS, AND WE'LL GET THE BILL FOR A VOTE WITHIN JUST HOURS AFTER IT

                    WAS ACTUALLY PRINTED.  NOW, THANKFULLY WE HAVE INCREDIBLE STAFF,

                    CERTAINLY WE DO ON OUR SIDE AND I KNOW THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GREAT STAFF,

                    TOO, THAT GO THROUGH THOSE BILLS AND HELP SUMMARIZE THEM, BUT THERE'S

                    NOTHING THAT BEATS BEING ABLE TO READ A BILL.  AND WHEN WE GET A BILL

                    LATE AT NIGHT WITH NO NOTICE, IT IS A HORRIFIC DISSERVICE TO US AS

                    LEGISLATORS, TO THIS INSTITUTION, AND TO THE VOTERS OF THE STATE OF NEW

                    YORK.  SO THE LAST COMPONENT SAYS IF WE GET A MESSAGE OF NECESSITY, IT

                    TAKES A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF ALL OF US TO AGREE THAT WE SHOULD MOVE

                    FORWARD ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS, WHERE THE URGENCY OF ACTION EXCEEDS

                    THE IMPORTANCE OF ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO LOOK AT THE BILL AND ALLOWING

                    US TO ANALYZE IT FOR THE FULL THREE DAYS.

                                 SO THOSE ARE THREE CHANGES THAT ARE INTENDED TO BENEFIT

                    EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US SO THAT WE GET OUR BILL NUMBERS QUICKER, SO WE

                    KNOW ABOUT RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE COMING UP THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO

                    SPEAK ABOUT OR SUPPORT, AND SO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT VOTING ON

                    SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T READ AND CANNOT PHYSICALLY READ IN TIME SO THAT

                    WE CAN ALL DO A BETTER JOB REPRESENTING OUR CONSTITUENTS AND SERVING THE

                    GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK.  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU.

                                 THE CLERK WILL RECORD THE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION, NO.

                    848.  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.

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                                 MR. GOODELL:  THANK YOU, SIR.  I'D LIKE TO

                    ANNOUNCE THAT THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL AND THAT EVERYONE IS SUPPORTING IT,

                    BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME I KNOW FOR SURE THAT THE REPUBLICAN

                    CONFERENCE IS SUPPORTING THESE RESOLUTIONS FOR THE REASONS I

                    MENTIONED, BUT IF THERE'S A MEMBER WHO DOESN'T SUPPORT IT, THEY CAN

                    CALL THE MINORITY LEADER'S OFFICE AND WE'LL RECORD THEIR NO VOTE.

                    THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  THANK YOU, MR.

                    SPEAKER.  THE MAJORITY CONFERENCE IS GENERALLY GOING TO BE A SOLID NO

                    ON THIS RESOLUTION; HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHO

                    WOULD CHOOSE TO DO OTHERWISE.  THEY ARE PERFECTLY WELCOME TO CONTACT

                    THE MAJORITY LEADER'S OFFICE AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THEIR VOTE IS

                    PROPERLY RECORDED.  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, MRS.

                    PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE RESOLUTION IS LOST.

                                 MS. WALSH.

                                 MS. WALSH:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  I OFFER THE

                    FOLLOWING RESOLUTION AND REQUEST THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN IT.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL READ.

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                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 849, MR.

                    BARCLAY.

                                 ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION AMENDING SECTION 2 OF RULE IV

                    OF THE ASSEMBLY RULES, IN RELATION TO THE BROADCAST OF COMMITTEE

                    MEETINGS; AMENDING SECTION 4 OF RULE IV OF THE ASSEMBLY RULES, IN

                    RELATION TO PUBLIC HEARINGS; AND AMENDING SECTION 7 OF RULE IV OF THE

                    ASSEMBLY RULES, IN RELATION TO COMMITTEES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MS. BARCLAY ON THE

                    RESOLUTION -- I MEAN MS. WALSH ON THE RESOLUTION.

                                 MS. WALSH:  THIS RESOLUTION MAKES THREE IMPORTANT

                    CHANGES TO RULE IV OF OUR ASSEMBLY RULES.  FIRST, THIS AMENDMENT TO

                    THE RULES WOULD REQUIRE TV BROADCAST OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS BY

                    IMPLEMENTING THE RECORDING AND BROADCAST OF OUR STANDING COMMITTEES

                    IN BOTH AUDIO AND VIDEO TO BEGIN NO LATER THAN MAY 16TH, 2022.  THIS

                    AMENDMENT TO THE RULES WOULD ALLOW FOR COMMITTEE HEARING PETITIONS

                    BY REQUIRING THAT A COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON CALL A PUBLIC HEARING UPON

                    A PETITION SIGNED BY ONE-THIRD OF THE MEMBERS OF A COMMITTEE.  LASTLY,

                    THIS AMENDMENT TO THE RULES WOULD ALLOW FOR MOTION TO DISCHARGE

                    REFORM BY REQUIRING THAT A BILL OR RESOLUTION COSPONSORED BY AT LEAST 76

                    MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY BE DISCHARGED FROM ITS STANDING COMMITTEE

                    AND BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE.

                                 SO FIRST, TV BROADCAST OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS.  YOU

                    KNOW, MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF HER

                    COMMENTS THAT THESE RULES REFORMS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED AND REJECTED

                    NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE PAST.  WHEN IT COMES TO THE TV BROADCAST OF

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                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS, THOUGH, I REALLY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT

                    HAS BEEN REJECTED, BECAUSE AS MANY OF US KNOW IN MARCH 2016,

                    THROUGH A BIPARTISAN EFFORT, THE MEMBERS OF THIS HOUSE MADE A STEP IN

                    THE RIGHT DIRECTION WHEN WE VOTED TO BRING TRANSPARENCY TO THE

                    COMMITTEE PROCESS BY REQUIRING THE BROADCASTING OF COMMITTEES ON

                    THE ASSEMBLY WEBSITE WHEN PRACTICABLE.  FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS,

                    ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN HELD OVER ZOOM, WHICH HAS FULL

                    VIDEO FUNCTIONALITY.  UNFORTUNATELY, THE VIDEO IS TURNED OFF OF THESE

                    COMMITTEE BROADCASTS, THUS CONSTITUENTS ARE UNABLE TO WATCH THEIR

                    ELECTED ASSEMBLY MEMBERS VOTE IN COMMITTEE, EVEN THOUGH THE

                    ABILITY TO VIEW THE ZOOM VIDEO RECORDING OF THAT MEETING IS AVAILABLE.

                    OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE SENATE UTILIZE THE ZOOM VIDEO FUNCTIONALITY FOR

                    THE PUBLIC TO SEE THEIR COMMITTEE MEETINGS.  NOW IT IS PAST TIME FOR

                    THIS HOUSE TO DO THE SAME.  REMEMBER, WE VOTED IN 2016 TO

                    IMPLEMENT THIS AND, YES, THIS RULES CHANGE HAS BEEN CONSIDERED FOR

                    SEVERAL YEARS AND EVERY TIME IT'S REJECTED WE'RE TOLD, WE'RE GOING TO

                    LOOK AT IT, WE'RE WORKING ON IT.  I MEAN, WE HAVE THE FUNCTIONALITY TO DO

                    IT NOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S NOT BEING DONE.  IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

                                 THIS AMENDMENT TO THE RULES IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE

                    THAT ALL NEW YORKERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO WITNESS THE PROCEEDINGS OF

                    THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE, RIGHT, IN ALL ITS FORUMS.  AS

                    WE ALL KNOW, THE WORK OF OUR STANDING COMMITTEES IS EXTREMELY

                    IMPORTANT, IN THE SAME MANNER THAT OUR PROCEEDINGS ON THE FLOOR ARE

                    RECORDED AND AIRED FOR PUBLIC BROADCAST SO, TOO, SHOULD ALL THE

                    ACTIVITIES OF OUR COMMITTEES.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 THE SECOND PART OF THIS RULES CHANGE HAS TO DO WITH

                    COMMITTEE HEARING PETITIONS.  AT A TIME OF MUCH NEEDED GOVERNMENTAL

                    REFORM, WE MUST PROVIDE THE PUBLIC GREATER ACCESS TO OUR COMMITTEE

                    PROCESS AND FINALLY BRING ABOUT THE MEANINGFUL CHANGES DESIRED BY ALL

                    NEW YORKERS WHO SUPPORT THE CAUSE OF GOOD GOVERNMENT AND

                    ENHANCED TRANSPARENCY.  WE ALL TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY.  THESE RULES

                    WOULD ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT GREATER TRANSPARENCY.

                                 FOR EXAMPLE, JUST LAST YEAR A REPORT WAS ISSUED BY

                    ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES CONFIRMING A NUMBER OF ALARMING SUSPICIONS

                    ABOUT THE CUOMO ADMINISTRATION'S MANAGEMENT AND WILLFUL LACK OF

                    TRANSPARENCY REGARDING NURSING HOME DEATHS.  AS A RESULT, MEMBERS OF

                    THIS HOUSE REPEATEDLY CALLED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS BY OUR AGING, HEALTH

                    AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES TO SUBPOENA THE FORMER HEALTH

                    COMMISSIONER AND MEMBERS OF THE CUOMO ADMINISTRATION TO DEMAND

                    ANSWERS; HOWEVER, THOSE REPEATED EFFORTS WERE CONSISTENTLY DENIED.

                    REGARDLESS OF WHICH CONFERENCE MEMBERS ASCRIBED TO, ALL LEGISLATORS'

                    THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS REGARDING THE ISSUES AFFECTING THEIR CONSTITUENTS

                    HAVE EQUAL MERIT.  UNDOUBTEDLY, WE ALL WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM

                    LEARNING MORE AS A RESULT OF OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS ON CONTROVERSIAL OR

                    COMPLEX LEGISLATION OR ISSUES.

                                 THE LAST PART OF THE RULES CHANGE IS VERY SIMPLE, IT'S

                    CALLED THE SPIRIT OF '76.  WHEN A BILL OR RESOLUTION HAS THE SUPPORT OF A

                    MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE, A MOTION TO DISCHARGE SHOULD BE EXECUTED AND

                    THAT BILL SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME TO THE FLOOR FOR A STRAIGHT UP OR DOWN

                    VOTE.  THIS WILL ENSURE THAT ALL GOOD IDEAS SUPPORTED BY A MAJORITY OF

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                    THE HOUSE ARE GIVEN A CHANCE TO BE HEARD.

                                 BY JOINING ME AND VOTING FOR THIS RESOLUTION, YOU GIVE

                    ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS ACROSS THE STATE TRUE, VISIBLE AND MORE

                    TRANSPARENT ACCESS TO THE VALUABLE WORK THAT WE DO IN THIS HOUSE, AND

                    PROVIDE THEM WITH GREATER ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ITS PROCEEDINGS.  A

                    YES VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION WOULD BE A STRONG STATEMENT THAT THIS BODY

                    SUPPORTS REAL TRANSPARENCY, NOT JUST TALK OF TRANSPARENCY.  THANK YOU,

                    MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, MS.

                    WALSH, AND SORRY FOR THE FLUB AT THE BEGINNING.

                                 THE CLERK WILL RECORD THE VOTE ON RESOLUTION NO.

                    849.  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.  FOR THE REASONS

                    MENTIONED BY MY COLLEAGUE, THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE IS SUPPORTIVE

                    OF THESE RULES REFORMS.  THOSE WHO DO NOT SUPPORT THE REFORMS CAN

                    CERTAINLY VOTE NO HERE ON THE FLOOR, OR BY CONTACTING THE MINORITY

                    LEADER'S OFFICE.  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  THANK YOU, MR.

                    SPEAKER.  WHILE I APPRECIATE AND HONOR THE COMMENTS OF MY

                    COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE, I WILL REMIND MY COLLEAGUES

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                    THAT THIS IS A MAJORITY VOTE IN THE NEGATIVE ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION

                    -- ON THIS RESOLUTION, RATHER, AND I'M ENCOURAGING COLLEAGUES TO VOTE

                    WITH THE CONFERENCE ON THIS ONE; HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE COLLEAGUES

                    WHO WOULD DESIRE TO BE AN EXCEPTION, AND WE CERTAINLY WOULD HONOR

                    THEIR DESIRE TO DO THAT, PLEASE CALL THE MAJORITY LEADER'S OFFICE, WE WILL

                    MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE IS RECORDED.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, MRS.

                    PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

                    COULD PLEASE RECORD OUR COLLEAGUE MR. SANTABARBARA IN THE NEGATIVE ON

                    THIS ONE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  SO NOTED.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  ACTUALLY, NO.  MR.

                    SANTABARBARA IS VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ARE THERE ANY OTHER

                    VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE RESOLUTION IS LOST.

                                 ON CONSENT, PAGE 5, RULES REPORT NO. 97, THE CLERK

                    WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A00187, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 97, GOTTFRIED, ABINANTI, PHEFFER AMATO, SOLAGES, STECK,

                    SEAWRIGHT, ASHBY, BYRNE, BUTTENSCHON, FORREST, MCDONALD.  AN ACT TO

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                    AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN RELATION TO SYNCHRONIZATION OF

                    MULTIPLE PRESCRIPTIONS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  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 ASSEMBLY PRINT 187.  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. A00357-A, CALENDAR --

                    RULES REPORT NO. 98, MAGNARELLI, EPSTEIN, SANTABARBARA, BURDICK.  AN

                    ACT TO AMEND THE MILITARY LAW, IN RELATION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A NEW

                    YORK STATE VIETNAM WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  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 ASSEMBLY PRINT 357-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.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 (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. A01208, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 99, CAHILL, JACOBSON, COLTON.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW,

                    IN RELATION TO ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF INSURANCE CONSUMER ADVOCATE

                    WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND DESCRIBING ITS POWERS

                    AND DUTIES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A01310-B, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 100, MAGNARELLI, COLTON.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE MILITARY

                    LAW, IN RELATION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A NEW YORK STATE KOREAN WAR

                    COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  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 ASSEMBLY PRINT 1310-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.)

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A01905, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 101, DINOWITZ, REYES, OTIS.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW,

                    IN RELATION TO STATE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 30TH

                    DAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 1905.  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. A01980, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 102, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, WALLACE, DICKENS, STERN, GOTTFRIED, K.

                    BROWN, MONTESANO, GLICK, COLTON.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE REAL PROPERTY

                    TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRED NOTICE OF TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR SENIOR

                    CITIZENS.

                                 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 1980.  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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    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. A02044-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 103, ABINANTI, SCHMITT, OTIS.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE

                    ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO THE WATER RESOURCES

                    PLANNING COUNCIL.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    -- READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 2044-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. A02185-B, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 104, CARROLL, COLTON, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, DINOWITZ,

                    LUPARDO, WILLIAMS, DICKENS, GRIFFIN, ABINANTI, EPSTEIN, SAYEGH,

                    JONES, RA, TAYLOR, DAVILA, MCMAHON, REYES, JEAN-PIERRE, ASHBY, FALL,

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    ENGLEBRIGHT, ANDERSON, JACKSON, MCDONALD, OTIS, WALSH.  AN ACT IN

                    RELATION TO ESTABLISHING A DYSLEXIA AND DYSGRAPHIA TASK FORCE; AND

                    PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF SUCH PROVISIONS UPON EXPIRATION THEREOF.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

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

                    2023.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 2185-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.)

                                 MR. CARROLL.

                                 MR. CARROLL:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ON THE BILL.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  TO EXPLAIN YOUR VOTE.

                                 MR. CARROLL:  TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  YES, SIR; IT'S ALL RIGHT.

                                 MR. CARROLL:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  I RISE TO

                    EXPLAIN MY VOTE TODAY TO MEMORIALIZE THE YEARS OF WORK IT TOOK TO GET

                    THIS BILL TO THE FLOOR.  I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR OF THE EDUCATION

                    COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO HELPED BRING THIS BILL

                    TO THE FLOOR TODAY.  THIS BILL IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WILL FINALLY BE

                    DIRECTING THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO IMPANEL A SET OF EXPERTS

                    TO COME UP WITH UNIVERSAL SCREENING METHODS, EVIDENCE-BASED

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    CURRICULUM INTERVENTIONS AND TEACHER TRAINING SO THAT ALL CHILDREN WHO

                    STRUGGLE WITH DYSLEXIA AND DYSGRAPHIA BECOME SKILLED READERS AND

                    WRITERS, BECAUSE ONE CANNOT HAVE AGENCY IN LIFE IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO

                    READ AND WRITE.

                                 AND THE REASON I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE IT

                    IS MY STORY.  IF I WERE NOT FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE IDENTIFIED AS DYSLEXIC

                    IN THE 1ST GRADE AND THEN TO RECEIVE THAT EVIDENCE-BASED READING

                    INSTRUCTION THAT I SO DESPERATELY NEEDED, I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.

                    WE KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, WE KNOW HOW TO FIX IT.  THE ONLY

                    THING WE NOW NEED TO DO IS ACTUALLY HAVE THE WILL TO IMPLEMENT IT.

                    THIS BILL WILL BE A FIRST, BUT IMPORTANT STEP, IN MAKING SURE THAT

                    HAPPENS SO THAT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN CAN BE COME SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS.

                    THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND I VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. CARROLL IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 MS. SIMON TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

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

                    COMMEND THE SPONSOR ON THIS BILL, IT'S ALL HARD -- THE WORK THAT HE'S

                    BEEN DOING, AS WELL AS THE CHAIR OF OUR EDUCATION COMMITTEE.  AS YOU

                    KNOW, DYSLEXIA IS AN ISSUE THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.  THE

                    IMPORTANCE OF DOING EARLY SCREENING AND TRAINING OUR TEACHERS AND

                    BRING THESE INTERVENTIONS TO YOUNG PEOPLE IS -- THAT WILL MAKE A HUGE

                    DENT IN SUBVERTING AND STOPPING THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE.  IT WILL

                    ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

                    BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE SKILLS AND THE FOUNDATIONAL

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    SKILLS THAT THEY NEED.  SO I WANTED TO JUST, AGAIN, COMMEND THE SPONSOR

                    FOR THIS BILL, AND I'LL BE VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MS. SIMON IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A02550, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 105, SEAWRIGHT.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO THE OFFICE OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE ROOSEVELT

                    ISLAND OPERATING CORPORATION.

                                 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 7621.  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. A02562, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 106, WOERNER, STIRPE, LUPARDO, MCDONALD, CRUZ, ZINERMAN,

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    GALEF, JONES, BRABENEC, ANGELINO, BYRNES, B. MILLER, SAYEGH,

                    O'DONNELL, TAGUE, MANKTELOW, J. M. GIGLIO, LEMONDES, COOK,

                    GOODELL.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO THE

                    APPOINTMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL REPRESENTATION ON THE STATE FIRE

                    PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE COUNCIL.

                                 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 2562.  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. A02632-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 107, BRONSON, O'DONNELL, SEAWRIGHT, OTIS.  AN ACT TO

                    AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING THE COLLECTION OF

                    CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION BY CERTAIN STATE AGENCIES, BOARDS AND

                    COMMISSIONS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

                    ADVANCED AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A03245, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 108, SAYEGH, DICKENS, GRIFFIN, GALEF, SIMON, BUTTENSCHON,

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    MONTESANO, SEAWRIGHT, DESTEFANO, GOTTFRIED, THIELE, SANTABARBARA,

                    TAGUE, DURSO, LAWLER.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS RELATING TO DOWNED WIRES.

                                 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 3245.  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. A03258-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 109, SAYEGH, DICKENS, GRIFFIN, GALEF, SIMON, BUTTENSCHON,

                    MONTESANO, SEAWRIGHT, DESTEFANO, GOTTFRIED, THIELE, SANTABARBARA,

                    TAGUE, DURSO, LAWLER, RA, OTIS.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE

                    LAW AND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING THE

                    EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN OF AN ELECTRIC CORPORATION TO INCLUDE PLANS

                    FOR HOW THE COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION OF EFFORTS SHALL OCCUR.

                                 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 3258-A.  THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL.  ANY

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

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY

                    PROVIDED.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 MR. SAYEGH TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

                                 MR. SAYEGH:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, TO EXPLAIN

                    MY VOTE.  I RISE TO EXPLAIN THE URGENCY OF LEGISLATION PREVIOUSLY

                    APPROVED, AND THIS LEGISLATION THAT FOCUSES ON THE TREMENDOUS NEED

                    OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS WITH REPEATED STORMS AND OUTAGES WHERE

                    UTILITY COMPANIES HAVE NOT HAD IN PLACE ADEQUATE PLANS TO ADDRESS

                    EMERGENCIES.  AND THESE LEGISLATIVE PIECES I BELIEVE WOULD PUT ON

                    NOTICE UTILITY COMPANIES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED WITH

                    EMERGENCY SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THAT PLANNING IS IN EFFECT, THE

                    RESTORATION, WHETHER IT'S POWER OUTAGES OR DOWNED TREES, OR ANY OTHER

                    EMERGENCIES ARE ADDRESSED IN A -- IN A FASHION THAT SAVES LIVES AND

                    SAVES FURTHER DAMAGE.  SO I'M GLAD TO VOTE FOR THIS LEGISLATION AND I

                    APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES IN ADDRESSING THIS VERY CRUCIAL

                    AREA OF NEED.  THANK YOU.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, SIR.  MR.

                    SAYEGH IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A03429-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 110, COOK, JOYNER, DICKENS, GALEF, TAYLOR, LAVINE,

                    HUNTER, DAVILA, WILLIAMS.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    RELATION TO POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REGARDING DEATH NOTIFICATIONS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MS.

                    COOK, 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 180TH

                    DAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 3150-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. A03511-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 111, PEOPLES-STOKES, ABINANTI, WALLACE.  AN ACT TO AMEND

                    THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO ADDING AN ACUTE CHILDREN'S

                    HOSPITAL TO THE TERM ENHANCED SAFETY NET HOSPITAL.

                                 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 3511-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.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 (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. A03904-B, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 112, CUSICK, ENGLEBRIGHT, ZEBROWSKI, FAHY, MAGNARELLI,

                    THIELE, MCDONALD, ABINANTI, ABBATE, HEVESI, JACKSON, SIMON,

                    GOTTFRIED, ZINERMAN, OTIS, PALMESANO.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENERGY

                    LAW, THE EXECUTIVE LAW AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW, IN RELATION TO

                    CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AND RESPONSIBILITY.

                                 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 3904-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.)

                                 MR. CUSICK ON THE -- TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

                                 MR. CUSICK:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR ALLOWING

                    ME TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.  THIS BILL IS A BILL THAT MY OFFICE AND I HAVE

                    BEEN WORKING ON FOR YEARS, IT'S GOOD TO SEE IT UP ON THE BOARD AND

                    BEING VOTED ON TODAY.  DURING THESE TIMES, PARTICULARLY, IT'S CRUCIAL THAT

                    WE PROTECT OUR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FROM CYBER ATTACKS.  THIS BILL WILL

                    TAKE STEPS FOR NEW YORK STATE TO DO THAT, AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    WE PROTECT OUR MODERN GRID WITH MODERN SECURITY.  AND SO IT'S A GOOD

                    DAY TODAY FOR NEW YORK STATE AS WE PASS THIS BILL TO TAKE THE STEPS

                    NEEDED FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO PROTECT OUR GRID FROM CYBER

                    ATTACKS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.  SO THANK YOU,

                    MR. SPEAKER, FOR ALLOWING ME TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE AND I PROUDLY VOTE IN

                    THE AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. CUSICK IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A03991, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 113, COLTON, L. ROSENTHAL, WALKER, ENGLEBRIGHT, COOK, SEAWRIGHT,

                    DICKENS, TAYLOR, GLICK, WILLIAMS, J. RIVERA.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE

                    PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, IN RELATION TO PROVIDING NOTIFICATION TO

                    CUSTOMERS OF BED BUG INFESTATIONS ON MTA SUBWAYS, TRAINS AND BUSES.

                                 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 3991.  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.)

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A04016, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 114, ENGLEBRIGHT, OTIS.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL

                    CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES.

                                 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 4016.  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. A04115-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 115, COLTON, ABBATE, L. ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT, WILLIAMS, J.

                    RIVERA, THIELE, GOTTFRIED, EPSTEIN, COOK, GLICK, HYNDMAN, FALL,

                    FERNANDEZ, CRUZ, DESTEFANO, SAYEGH, DAVILA, MONTESANO, K. BROWN,

                    ANDERSON.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL CITY LAW, IN RELATION TO

                    REQUIRING THE CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE TO

                    ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN FOR THE CONTROL OF LITTER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 30TH

                    DAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 4115-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. LAWLER TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

                                 MR. LAWLER:  ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE

                    OF NEW YORK, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S WONDERFUL THERE'S ONLY NINE DAYS

                    LEFT IN SESSION.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  AND, MR. LAWLER,

                    HOW ARE YOU VOTING?

                                 MR. LAWLER:  NEGATIVE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. LAWLER IN THE

                    NEGATIVE.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A04250-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 116, WEPRIN, WALKER, GOTTFRIED, FERNANDEZ, EPSTEIN,

                    REYES, CRUZ, AUBRY, HUNTER, TAYLOR, FORREST, QUART, BURGOS, SIMON,

                    BURDICK, GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS, JACKSON, BARRETT, GIBBS, DAVILA.  AN ACT TO

                    AMEND THE CORRECTION LAW, IN RELATION TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A

                    VISITING PROGRAM FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A04485-B, RULES

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    REPORT NO. 117, O'DONNELL, BUTTENSCHON, SEAWRIGHT.  AN ACT TO AMEND

                    THE EDUCATION LAW, IN RELATION TO OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION IN

                    COLLEGE HOUSING.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MR.

                    O'DONNELL, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE.  THE SENATE BILL IS

                    ADVANCED.

                                 READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 3448-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. A04503-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 118 WAS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED ON THIRD READING AND IS

                    HIGH.

                                 ASSEMBLY BILL NO. A05286-A, RULES REPORT NO. 119,

                    ABINANTI.  AN ACT MANDATING THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

                    EXAMINE A PROCESS FOR STREAMLINING ACTIONS RELATING TO IDENTIFYING AND

                    REMOVING CERTAIN UTILITY POLES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A05819, RULES REPORT

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    NO. 120, JOYNER.  AN ACT AUTHORIZING A STUDY OF THE NEW YORK STATE

                    DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION TO STUDY THE

                    TREATMENT OF AGING PRISON POPULATIONS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR

                    ENSURING HUMANE TREATMENT OF SUCH POPULATIONS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A05828, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 121, REYES, OTIS, FORREST, GALLAGHER, DICKENS, SEAWRIGHT,

                    ZINERMAN, SILLITTI, DARLING, JACKSON, KELLES, MEEKS, LEMONDES,

                    SIMON, L. ROSENTHAL, THIELE, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, JEAN-PIERRE,

                    ABINANTI.  AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A MINORITY COORDINATING COUNCIL ON

                    ASTHMATIC AFFAIRS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON BEHALF OF MS.

                    REYES -- A MOTION BY MS. REYES, 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 ASSEMBLY [SIC] PRINT 410-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.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A05987-C, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 122, STIRPE, HYNDMAN, DICKENS, BRABENEC, COOK,

                    J. RIVERA.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO

                    ALLOWING CERTAIN VILLAGES TO ENACT A TAX EXEMPTION FOR NEWLY-

                    CONSTRUCTED SINGLE-FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES; AND

                    PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF SUCH PROVISIONS UPON EXPIRATION THEREOF.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 5987-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.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A06202-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 123, BARRETT, HEVESI, WALLACE, MAGNARELLI, BURDICK,

                    SILLITTI, BUTTENSCHON, JONES, KELLES, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, JACOBSON,

                    COLTON.  AN ACT REQUIRING A MULTI-AGENCY STUDY ON THE ISSUES IMPACTING

                    THE CONTINUUM OF CAREGIVING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MRS.

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

                    ADVANCED.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 5734-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. A06266-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 124, HEVESI.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO WAIVING THE REQUIREMENT OF ESTABLISHING PATERNITY OR A CHILD

                    SUPPORT ORDER FOR CERTAIN APPLICANTS OR RECIPIENTS OF AID TO DEPENDENT

                    CHILDREN.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A06428-C, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 125, THIELE.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW,

                    IN RELATION TO REQUIRING SERVICE PROVIDERS TO REIMBURSE CONSUMERS IN

                    THE EVENT OF A PROLONGED POWER OUTAGE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07063-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 126, FAHY, SIMON, COLTON, DINOWITZ, EPSTEIN, STECK,

                    ZINERMAN, STIRPE, GOTTFRIED, STERN, QUART, ZEBROWSKI, JACOBSON,

                    THIELE, LUNSFORD, BURDICK, GLICK, DAVILA, L. ROSENTHAL, OTIS.  AN ACT

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO

                    PROHIBITING THE USE OF PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN

                    APPAREL.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07400-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 127, BARRETT.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW AND THE STATE

                    FINANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO PROVIDING FOR TAXPAYER GIFTS FOR LYME AND

                    TICK-BORNE DISEASES EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND PREVENTION AND

                    ESTABLISHING THE LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES EDUCATION, RESEARCH

                    AND PREVENTION FUND.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MRS.

                    BARRETT, 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 6871-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.)

                                 MS. MCMAHON.

                                 MS. MCMAHON:  MR. SPEAKER, WOULD YOU PLEASE

                    RECORD OUR COLLEAGUE MR. STECK IN THE NEGATIVE?

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  SO NOTED.  THANK

                    YOU.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07722-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 128, MCMAHON, L. ROSENTHAL, ZINERMAN, GUNTHER, THIELE,

                    SIMON, COLTON, GOTTFRIED, GLICK.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL

                    CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HEALTH

                    AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF IDLING VEHICLES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MS.

                    MCMAHON, 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 6962.  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. MONTESANO TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

                                 MR. MONTESANO:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, TO

                    EXPLAIN MY VOTE.  YOU KNOW, WHILE THIS IS A LAUDABLE IDEA, RIGHT NOW

                    ALL MUNICIPALITIES, ESPECIALLY IN NEW YORK CITY, ALL HAVE LAWS IN PLACE

                    TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.  THEY HAVE PROGRAMS TO DISCOURAGE IT, THEY HAVE

                    SUBSTANTIAL FINES THAT THEY IMPOSE.  IN FACT, IN NEW YORK CITY THEY

                    HAVE A PROGRAM THAT IF CITIZENS GO OUT AND VIDEO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES,

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    BUSES, ESPECIALLY BUSES, IDLING FOR MORE THAN A PRESCRIBED AMOUNT OF

                    TIME, THEY RECORD THAT EVIDENCE IN A VIDEO AND PHOTO, TURN IT INTO THE

                    CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT AND THEY GET ANYWHERE FROM $250 TO

                    $350 PER VIOLATION THAT THEY TURN IN.  SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT THERE TO BE

                    DONE TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM IDLING THESE VEHICLES, AND I DON'T

                    UNDERSTAND WHAT, YOU KNOW, THIS BILL IS GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT'S

                    ANYTHING DIFFERENT.

                                 SO I'LL BE VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE.  THANK YOU.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  MR.

                    MONTESANO IN THE NEGATIVE.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07753-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 129, GUNTHER, TAGUE.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL

                    CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO ESTABLISHING THE POSITION OF CATSKILL

                    PARK COORDINATOR WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL

                    CONSERVATION.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  READ THE LAST

                    SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT APRIL 1ST.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  THE CLERK

                    WILL RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY 7753-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

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    PROVIDED.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 MR. TAGUE TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

                                 MR. TAGUE:  MR. SPEAKER, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND

                    THE SPONSOR ON THIS BILL.  AND SHE AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS

                    BILL AND WITH THE FOLKS FROM THE CATSKILL (INAUDIBLE) COALITION.  THIS IS

                    A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BILL, ESPECIALLY DURING THE COVID CRISIS.  EXTRA

                    FEET ON THE GROUND, SOMEBODY THERE TO COORDINATE.  SO, MEMBER

                    GUNTHER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.  I'M HAPPY

                    TO VOTE YES ON THIS BILL TODAY AND HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL FOLLOW BY

                    DOING THE SAME.

                                 THANK YOU.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  MR. TAGUE IN

                    THE AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07822-B, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 130 WAS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED ON THIRD READING.


                                 ASSEMBLY NO. A07855, RULES REPORT NO. 131,

                    BRONSON.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELDER LAW, IN RELATION TO CLARIFYING THE

                    MEANING OF THE PHRASE "GREATEST SOCIAL NEED" FOR PURPOSES OF THE

                    ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAMS UNDER THE FEDERAL OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF

                    1965.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  ON A MOTION

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    BY MR. BRONSON, 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 CUNNINGHAM:  THE CLERK

                    WILL RECORD THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 78-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. A08006, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 132, GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO, SIMON, MCDONALD, SAYEGH, GALEF,

                    ABINANTI, WALLACE.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND THE

                    SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN RELATION TO AUTHORIZING RESIDENTS OF ASSISTED

                    LIVING PROGRAMS TO RECEIVE HOSPICE SERVICES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  READ THE LAST

                    SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  THE CLERK

                    WILL RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 8006.  THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL

                    VOTE.  ANY MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE IS

                    REMINDED TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    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. A08215, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 133, MEEKS.  AN ACT TO REPEAL SUBDIVISION 2 OF SECTION 189 OF THE

                    -- OF THE CORRECTION LAW AND PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION 5 OF SECTION

                    60.35 OF THE PENAL LAW RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF AN INCARCERATION

                    FEE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  READ THE LAST

                    SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  THE CLERK

                    WILL RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 8215.  THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL

                    VOTE.  ANY MEMBERS WHO WISH TO BE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE IS

                    REMINDED TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS

                    PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 MS. WALSH.

                                 MS. WALSH:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  WOULD YOU

                    PLEASE WITHDRAW THE ROLL ON THIS BILL AND LAY IT ASIDE?

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  THE BILL IS

                    LAID ASIDE.

                                 MS. WALSH:  THANK YOU.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A08296, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 134, VANEL.  AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER OF 602 OF THE LAWS OF 1980

                    RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL SERVICES TO SELL OR

                    LEASE CERTAIN LANDS IN QUEENS COUNTY TO THE HOLLIS-BELLAIRE-QUEENS

                    VILLAGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, INC. AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 841 OF THE

                    LAWS OF 1990 RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL

                    SERVICES TO SELL OR LEASE CERTAIN LANDS IN QUEENS COUNTY TO THE

                    HOLLIS-BELLAIRE-QUEENS VILLAGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, INC., IN RELATION

                    TO PERMISSIBLE USES OF THE CONVEYED PROPERTY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  ON A MOTION

                    BY THE SENATE BILL BEFORE THE HOUSE -- MR. VANEL -- 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 CUNNINGHAM:  THE CLERK

                    WILL RECORD THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 6893.  THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL VOTE.

                    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. A08427, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 135, GALEF.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, IN

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    RELATION TO INCLUDING CERTAIN SPENT FUEL RODS WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF

                    REAL PROPERTY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  THE BILL IS

                    LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A08453-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 136, SIMON, DINOWITZ, GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS, MAMDANI,

                    DICKENS, GOTTFRIED, MITAYNES, ZINERMAN, GALEF, SALKA, OTIS.  AN ACT TO

                    AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW AND THE STATE TECHNOLOGY LAW, IN RELATION

                    TO REQUIRING STATE CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS TO COMPLY WITH THE WEB

                    CONTENT ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  THE BILL IS

                    LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A8458-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 137, STIRPE, ROZIC, ENGLEBRIGHT, CONRAD, JONES, DICKENS,

                    COLTON, WOERNER, GOTTFRIED, SEPTIMO, THIELE, GIBBS, GALEF.  AN ACT IN

                    RELATION TO AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC

                    AWARENESS CAMPAIGN PROMOTING THE NEW YORK STATE JOB BANK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  READ THE LAST

                    SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  THE CLERK

                    WILL RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 8458-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.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL HAS PASSED.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  THANK YOU, MR.

                    SPEAKER, COLLEAGUES, FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTERRUPT OUR PROCEEDINGS TO

                    INTRODUCE A GUEST THAT'S HERE AND ASK FOR YOU TO GIVE HER THE CORDIALITIES

                    OF THE HOUSE.  SHE IS OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE THAT REPRESENTED A DISTRICT

                    THAT IS NOW REPRESENTED BY COLLEAGUE STEFANI ZINERMAN.  SHE IS NOW

                    THE -- SHE ALSO WAS A FORMER CHAIR OF THE BLACK AND PUERTO RICAN

                    LEGISLATIVE ASIAN CAUCUS [SIC] AND NOW SHE IS THE CHAIR OF THE OFFICE

                    OF CANNABIS MANAGEMENT'S CONTROL BOARD.  HER NAME IS TREMAINE

                    WRIGHT.  CHAIR TREMAINE WRIGHT.  IF YOU COULD PLEASE WELCOME HER

                    AND GIVE HER THE CORDIALITIES OF THE FLOOR I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  ON BEHALF OF

                    THE MEMBERS -- THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS HOUSE, WE

                    WELCOME YOU BACK TO THIS HOUSE.  ONCE A MEMBER, ALWAYS A MEMBER.

                    WE EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND HOPE YOU ENJOY THE REST OF

                    TODAY'S SESSION.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A08880-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 138, WALLACE, SIMON, GALLAGHER, GLICK, TAPIA, GALEF,

                    GRIFFIN, MCDONALD, MAGNARELLI, STIRPE, CAHILL, SEAWRIGHT, O'DONNELL,

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    GUNTHER, GOTTFRIED, MORINELLO, ZINERMAN, SAYEGH, ABINANTI.  AN ACT TO

                    AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO ESTABLISHING A STATEWIDE

                    ADVANCE CARE PLANNING CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF

                    HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES; AND TO REPEAL CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF

                    SUCH LAW RELATED THERETO.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  READ THE LAST

                    SECTION.

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

                    DAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUNNINGHAM:  THE CLERK

                    WILL RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY 8880-A.  THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL VOTE.

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

                    CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY

                    PROVIDED.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 MS. WALLACE TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

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

                    GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.  SO THIS BILL WOULD

                    CREATE A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE

                    IMPORTANCE OF ADVANCED CARE PLANNING AND -- AND THE AVAILABILITY OF

                    HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES WHICH ARE SORELY UNDERUSED IN OUR

                    STATE.  NO ONE LIKES TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY WERE

                    SUDDENLY UNABLE TO MAKE HEALTHCARE DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES, BUT IT'S

                    REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND TO HAVE THEM WITH

                    YOUR LOVED ONES IN ADVANCE OF NEEDING THEM SO THAT, GOD FORBID, IF

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    SOMETHING EVER DOES HAPPEN YOUR LOVED ONES KNOW WHAT YOUR WISHES

                    ARE.  THIS HAPPENED TO ME WITH MY MOTHER, UNFORTUNATELY, AND IT WAS A

                    HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE.  BUT MY MOTHER, WHO WAS INCREDIBLY METICULOUS

                    AND INCREDIBLY ORGANIZED, PLANNED FOR EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THIS, SO

                    THAT WHEN THE TIME CAME WHERE WE, MY SISTERS AND I, HAD TO MAKE

                    HEALTHCARE DECISIONS FOR HER WE KNEW WHAT HER WISHES WERE.  WE KNEW

                    WHAT SHE WANTED, WE WERE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND WE WERE ABLE TO

                    HONOR HER WISHES BECAUSE SHE HAD MADE THEM EXPLICIT.  IT WAS AN

                    ABSOLUTE GIFT.  AND I THINK IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT WE ARE PASSING THIS BILL

                    ON WHAT WOULD BE HER 79TH BIRTHDAY, COINCIDENTALLY, ALTHOUGH I KIND OF

                    THINK SHE MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT.

                                 SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM.  THIS ONE'S FOR YOU.  AND I

                    WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND THE SPEAKER FOR SUPPORTING THIS

                    LEGISLATION.  I PROUDLY VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ARE THERE ANY OTHER

                    VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A09328-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 139, LUPARDO.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW AND

                    THE STATE FINANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING FUNDS RECEIVED PURSUANT

                    TO MITIGATION PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE MAJOR

                    RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO BE USED FOR FARMLAND

                    PROTECTION PROGRAMS.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 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 9328-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. A09379-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 140, ENGLEBRIGHT.  AN ACT IN RELATION TO AUTHORIZING VFW

                    POST 4927 TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXES

                    FOR CERTAIN ASSESSMENT ROLLS.

                                 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 9379-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.)

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A09526-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 141, LUPARDO, HEVESI, KELLES, ENGLEBRIGHT, MCDONALD,

                    CRUZ, GALEF, J.A. GIGLIO, J. M. GIGLIO, SALKA, WALLACE.  AN ACT TO

                    AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO THE ACTIVATION OF 2-1-1 NEW

                    YORK STATE UPON DECLARATION OF A STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY.

                                 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 9526-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. A09528, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 142, BUTTENSCHON.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO THE QUALIFICATION FOR HOLDING THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT

                    ATTORNEY IN THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

                    ADVANCED.

                                 READ THE LAST SECTION.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 8540.  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. A09543, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 143, HUNTER, SIMON.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE

                    CONTROL LAW, IN RELATION TO A LICENSE TO SELL LIQUOR AT RETAIL FOR

                    CONSUMPTION ON CERTAIN PREMISES.

                                 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 9543.  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. A09785, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 144, GUNTHER.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, IN

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    RELATION TO QUALIFICATION TO HOLD THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT

                    ATTORNEY IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.

                                 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 9785.  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. A09950, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 145, GUNTHER.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO DIRECTING THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH TO PUBLISH

                    INFORMATION ON THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH WEBSITE ABOUT THE MENTAL

                    ILLNESS ANTI-STIGMA DISTINCTIVE LICENSE PLATES.

                                 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 9950.  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.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A09959, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 146, BURDICK.  AN ACT TO AMEND TO INCORPORATE THE CROTON FALLS

                    VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, AND PROVIDING FOR

                    ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.

                                 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 9959.  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. A09970, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 147, WILLIAMS.  AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 554 -- 548 OF THE LAWS

                    OF 2004 AMENDING THE EDUCATION LAW RELATING TO CERTAIN TUITION

                    WAIVERS FOR POLICE OFFICER STUDENTS OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW

                    YORK, 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 9970.  THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL.  ANY MEMBER

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    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. A09978, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 148, JONES.  AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 138 OF THE LAWS OF 1998

                    AMENDING THE NAVIGATION LAW AND THE STATE FINANCE LAW RELATING TO

                    THE OPERATION OF PERSONAL WATERCRAFT AND SPECIALTY PROP-CRAFT, 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 9978.  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. A10001-A, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 149, CUNNINGHAM, OTIS.  AN ACT IN RELATION TO DIRECTING THE

                    DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE

                    ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL AND THE

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    CLIMATE JUSTICE WORKING GROUP, TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE IMPACTS OF

                    URBAN ISLAND EFFECT ON DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MR.

                    CUNNINGHAM, RULES REPORT NO. 149, BILL NO. 10001-A, THE

                    AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A10004, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 150, WOERNER.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO PROVIDING FOR A WAIVER OF THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR THE

                    CITY ATTORNEY IN THE CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, SARATOGA COUNTY.

                                 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 10004.  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. A10136, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 151, STIRPE.  AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 274 OF THE LAWS OF 2010

                    AMENDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW RELATING TO REPAIR OF

                    DAMAGED PESTICIDE CONTAINERS, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 10136.  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. A10141, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 152, DILAN.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW, THE

                    LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW, THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW

                    AND THE PARTNERSHIP LAW, IN RELATION TO FILING OF CERTIFICATES OF

                    RESIGNATION BY PERSONS DESIGNATED TO RECEIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS WITH

                    THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE WHEN IDENTITY THEFT IS AT ISSUE.

                                 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 ASSEMBLY PRINT 10141.  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.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A10157, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 153, COMMITTEE ON RULES (PAULIN, OTIS).  AN ACT TO REPEAL

                    SUBDIVISION 6 OF SECTION 51 OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, RELATING TO

                    VOTING BY MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE AUTHORITIES CONTROL BOARD.

                                 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 10157.  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. A10159, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 154, COMMITTEE ON RULES (LUCAS).  AN ACT TO AMEND THE

                    ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE

                    AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO

                    MANAGE THE AMERICAN EEL.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 10159.  THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL.  ANY

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

                    CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR THE 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. A10160 -- ASSEMBLY

                    NO. A10160, RULES REPORT NO. 155, COMMITTEE ON RULES (WILLIAMS).

                    AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO

                    EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL

                    CONSERVATION TO MANAGE OYSTERS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 10160.  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?

                                 (PAUSE)

                                 ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A10161, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 156, COMMITTEE ON RULES (WILLIAMS).  AN ACT TO AMEND THE

                    ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE

                    AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO

                    MANAGE BLACKFISH.

                                 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 10161.  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. A10163, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 157, COMMITTEE ON RULES (DE LOS SANTOS).  AN ACT TO AMEND THE

                    ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE

                    AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO

                    MANAGE ALEWIFE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 10163.  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.)

                                 I DO BELIEVE, MR. DE LOS SANTOS, THIS IS YOUR FIRST BILL.

                    CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 YOU WILL HAVE TO PULL ME ASIDE AND SHOW ME WHERE

                    ALEWIFE -- WHERE ALEWIFE FISH MANAGE -- WHATEVER THEY ARE.  THANK

                    YOU.  CONGRATULATIONS.  NO DOUBT THIS WILL BE ONE OF MANY.  GOOD START.

                                 THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A10164, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 158, COMMITTEE ON RULES (CAHILL).  AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 748

                    OF THE LAWS OF 1991, AMENDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW

                    AND VARIOUS OTHER LAWS RELATING TO ESTABLISHING THE HUDSON RIVER

                    VALLEY GREENWAY, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE EXPIRATION OF CERTAIN

                    PROVISIONS RELATING TO INDEMNITY TO COMMUNITIES.

                                 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 10164.  THIS IS A FAST VOTE -- ROLL CALL.  ANY

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    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. A10166, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 159, COMMITTEE ON RULES (WOERNER).  AN ACT TO AMEND THE

                    ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE

                    AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO

                    MANAGE FISH.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT A.10166.  THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL.  AND 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. A10167, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 160, COMMITTEE ON RULES (KELLES).  AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 152

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                        MAY 11, 2022

                    OF THE LAWS OF 2020 AMENDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW

                    RELATING TO AUTHORIZING HUNTING BIG GAME BY RIFLE IN THE COUNTY OF

                    TOMPKINS, 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 ASSEMBLY PRINT 10167.  THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL.  AND 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.)

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  MR. SPEAKER, PLEASE

                    RECORD OUR COLLEAGUE LINDA ROSENTHAL IN THE NEGATIVE ON THIS PIECE OF

                    LEGISLATION.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  SO NOTED.  THANK

                    YOU.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A10177, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 161, COMMITTEE ON RULES (OTIS).  AN ACT TO AMEND THE

                    ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE

                    AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO

                    MANAGE CLAMS.

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                                 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 10177.  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. A10178, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 162, COMMITTEE ON RULES (ENGLEBRIGHT).  AN ACT TO AMEND

                    CHAPTER 366 OF THE LAWS OF 2011 AMENDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL

                    CONSERVATION LAW RELATING TO YOUTH PHEASANT HUNTING DAYS ON LONG

                    ISLAND, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH CHAPTER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 10178.  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.)

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  MR. SPEAKER, PLEASE

                    RECORD OUR COLLEAGUE LINDA ROSENTHAL IN THE NEGATIVE ON THIS ONE.

                                 THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY.  SO NOTED.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A10182, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 163, COMMITTEE ON RULES (TAYLOR).  AN ACT TO AMEND THE

                    ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE

                    AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO

                    MANAGE HICKORY SHAD.

                                 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 10182.  THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL.  AND 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. A10193, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 164, COMMITTEE ON RULES (ENGLEBRIGHT).  AN ACT TO AMEND THE

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                    ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO COMMERCIAL FOOD FISH

                    LICENSES.

                                 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 10193.  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. A10194, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 165, COMMITTEES ON RULES (THIELE).  AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER

                    378 OF THE LAWS OF 2014 AMENDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

                    LAW RELATING TO THE TAKING OF SHARKS, IN RELATION TO THE 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 10194.  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.

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                                 (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. A10199, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 166, COMMITTEE ON RULES (BURGOS).  AN ACT TO AMEND THE

                    ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE

                    AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO

                    MANAGE THE AMERICAN SHAD.

                                 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 10199.  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. A10200, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 167, COMMITTEE ON RULES (GIBBS).  AN ACT TO AMEND THE

                    ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE

                    AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO

                    MANAGE WEAKFISH.

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                                 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 10200.  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. 1012 -- A10201, RULES

                    REPORT NO. 168, COMMITTEE ON RULES (GIBBS).  AN ACT TO AMEND THE

                    ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE

                    AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO

                    MANAGE BLUEFISH.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER 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 10201.  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.

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                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.

                                 PAGE 46, CALENDAR NO. 567 ON DEBATE.  THE CLERK WILL

                    READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A09513, CALENDAR NO.

                    567, FALL, AUBRY.  AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 77 OF THE LAWS OF 2021

                    AMENDING THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW AND THE LABOR LAW, RELATING TO LEAVE

                    TIME FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE

                    EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  AN EXPLANATION IS

                    REQUESTED, MR. FALL.

                                 MR. FALL:  THIS LEGISLATION WOULD EXTEND CURRENT

                    PROVISIONS OF LAW WHICH GRANT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EMPLOYEES FOUR HOURS

                    OF EXCUSED LEAVE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE UNTIL

                    DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.  SUPPORTS NOTE THAT ACCORDING TO STATE

                    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AS OF MAY 10TH, 77 PERCENT OF NEW YORKERS ARE

                    FULLY VACCINATED AND OVER 90 PERCENT OF NEW YORKERS HAVE RECEIVED AT

                    LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. FRIEND.  ON

                    ZOOM, MR. FRIEND.

                                 MR. FRIEND:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  WILL THE

                    SPONSOR YIELD?

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. FALL, WILL YOU

                    YIELD?

                                 MR. FALL:  I YIELD.

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                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. FALL YIELDS, SIR.

                                 MR. FRIEND:  SINCE THE ENACTMENT OF THE ORIGINAL

                    BILL, WHICH WAS JUST SHORTLY AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE INITIAL VACCINE IN

                    DECEMBER OF 2020, MUCH HAS CHANGED.  INITIALLY, YOU HAD TO WAIT IN

                    LONG LINES.  THEY'D EVEN CROSS STATE LINES TO GO AND GET THE VACCINE.

                    YOU WEREN'T NECESSARILY ASSURED THAT YOU WERE GOING TO RECEIVE ONE

                    EVEN IF YOU WERE IN LINE.  YOUR CURRENT BILL - I THINK THAT YOU

                    MENTIONED IT DURING YOUR BRIEF SYNOPSIS - DOES NOT CHANGE THE TIME

                    FRAME OR REDUCE THE TIME FRAME ALLOWED TO GO AND RECEIVE A VACCINE; IS

                    THAT CORRECT?  IT'S STILL AT FOUR HOURS?

                                 MR. FALL:  IT'S STILL AT FOUR -- FOUR HOURS.  AND THE

                    LEGISLATION THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO THAT WE PASSED LAST YEAR, IT WAS

                    SUPPOSED TO SUNSET DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.  WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE

                    TODAY IS EXTENDING THIS UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.

                                 MR. FRIEND:  OKAY.  AND THERE'S STILL NO

                    REQUIREMENT FOR PROOF OF VACCINATION; IS THAT CORRECT?

                                 MR. FALL:  THERE -- THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT.

                    HOWEVER, THERE IS NOTHING IN THE LANGUAGE THAT DOESN'T PROHIBIT THE

                    EMPLOYER FOR ASKING FOR A REQUIREMENT.  AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE

                    COMPONENT OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAW IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS

                    WHERE FOLKS FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS BEING MISUSED.  THEY CAN

                    ALWAYS FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

                                 MR. FRIEND:  THANK YOU.  DOES THE BILL REQUIRE THE

                    -- EITHER THE AGENCY OR THE PRIVATE BUSINESS TO KEEP A RECORD OF THE

                    INDIVIDUAL GOING TO RECEIVE THE VACCINATION OR IF THEY'RE GETTING A

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                    BOOSTER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

                                 MR. FALL:  NO, IT DOES NOT.  BUT IT DOESN'T PREVENT

                    THEM FROM DOING SO.

                                 MR. FRIEND:  ALL RIGHT.  I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWERS

                    TO THE QUESTIONS.

                                 MR. SPONSOR -- OR -- YEAH, MR. SPEAKER, ON THE BILL.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. FRIEND ON THE

                    BILL, SIR.

                                 MR. FRIEND:  SO I -- I APPRECIATE THE INTENT OF THE

                    SPONSOR OF THIS CURRENT BILL.  HOWEVER, THE STATE ALREADY MANDATES

                    MANY LEAVE REQUIREMENTS, SOME OF THOSE BEING FOR CANCER SCREENING,

                    PAID SICK LEAVE, PAID FAMILY LEAVE, WORKERS' COMPENSATION, SHORT-TERM

                    DISABILITY, COVID-19-RELATED PAID SICK LEAVE.  COVID-19 VACCINATION

                    LEAVE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW.  BLOOD DONATION,

                    BONE MARROW DONATION, CRIME VICTIM LEAVE, JURY DUTY, MILITARY SERVICE,

                    VOTING LEAVE, VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY RESPONDER LEAVE, BREASTFEEDING

                    BREAK TIME, AND A RECENTLY PASSED BILL, THE UNIVERSAL PAID SICK LEAVE.

                    AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL MANDATED LEAVES INCLUDE THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL

                    LEAVE ACT AS WELL AS FEDERAL HOLIDAYS.  THE HUMAN RIGHTS LAW FOR

                    EMPLOYEES ALSO FOLLOWING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 THAT BUSINESSES

                    ALSO HAVE TO ALLOW FOR RELIGIOUS BELIEF AS WELL AS FOR DISABILITIES.  AND

                    THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TO INCLUDE ANY NEGOTIATED CONTRACT BENEFITS THAT

                    MAY ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME OFF THAT AREN'T INCLUDED IN THOSE STATE

                    AND FEDERAL MANDATED LEAVES.  THE UNIVERSAL PAID SICK LEAVE WAS

                    PASSED IN 2020.  IT WENT INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST, 2021 AND REQUIRES THE

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                    FOLLOWING:  EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE AN AMOUNT OF SICK TIME DEPENDING

                    ON THE SIZE OF THEIR EMPLOYER, AND THAT WILL RESULT IN ANYWHERE FROM 40

                    HOURS OF PAID SICK TIME TO 56 HOURS DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE

                    BUSINESS AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE BUSINESS BRINGS IN.  SO I

                    THINK THAT THAT MAY BE THE BEST SOURCE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO GO AND GET A

                    VACCINE, GIVEN THE FACT THAT VACCINES ARE NOW READILY AND FREELY

                    AVAILABLE AT ALMOST ALL PHARMACIES AND EXTENDED HOURS OF OPERATION.

                    CHAPTER 77 OF THE LAWS OF 2022 WAS ORIGINALLY PASSED AND SIGNED INTO

                    LAW IN FEBRUARY 2021 AT A TIME WHEN PFIZER, MODERNA AND JOHNSON &

                    JOHNSON VACCINES WERE IN EXTREMELY LIMITED SUPPLY AND THOSE WISHING

                    TO BE VACCINATED WERE BEING ENCOURAGED TO TAKE WHATEVER VACCINE

                    APPOINTMENT THEY COULD FIND REGARDLESS OF THEIR WORK SCHEDULE.

                    LUCKILY, NEW YORK STATE HAS MOVED ON MORE THAN A YEAR AND VACCINE

                    SCARCITY IS FAR LESS OF A CONCERN.  MANY APPOINTMENTS ARE ALREADY --

                    READILY AVAILABLE AND MANY PEOPLE STILL WISHING TO BE VACCINATED CAN

                    SCHEDULE AROUND THEIR WORK SCHEDULES.  THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR

                    IMPACT ON OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY PLAGUED WITH

                    MOUNTING CHALLENGES DUE TO RECORD-BREAKING INFLATION, SUPPLY CHAIN

                    DISRUPTIONS, LABOR SHORTAGES, HIGH GAS PRICES AND ENORMOUS

                    UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TAX BILLS.  THERE ARE CLOSE TO 500,000 SMALL

                    BUSINESSES WITH EMPLOYEES IN NEW YORK.  THESE BUSINESSES EMPLOY

                    HALF THE STATE'S PRIVATE SECTOR WORKFORCE, NEARLY FOUR MILLION NEW

                    YORKERS, AND THEIR PRODUCTION ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY HALF OF THE STATE'S

                    GDP.  A STRONG, VIBRANT SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM SUPPORTS LOCAL TAX

                    BASES, GOVERNMENTS AND SCHOOLS.  SIXTY-SEVEN CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR

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                    SPENT AT A LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS IS REINVESTED INTO THE COMMUNITY.

                    ACCORDING TO A RECENT SURVEY BY NFIB, 54 PERCENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES

                    HAVE NOT SEEN THEIR SALES VOLUME RETURN TO PRE-COVID LEVELS AND 67

                    PERCENT ANTICIPATE THAT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WILL NOT TO RETURN TO A PRE-

                    CRISIS LEVEL OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY UNTIL THE SECOND HALF OF 2022 OR LATER.

                    ADDITIONALLY, THE NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER RELEASED A REPORT

                    FINDING THAT FOUR OUT OF FIVE SMALL BUSINESSES CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROM A

                    NEGATIVE OVERALL IMPACT FROM COVID-19.  THESE ARE SOBERING NUMBERS

                    FOR THE STATE'S ECONOMY, LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND OUR MAIN STREETS WHICH

                    BRING LIFE AND VIBRANCY TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.  AT A TIME WHEN SMALL

                    BUSINESSES CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE IN SEARCH FOR A WAY TO RECOVER FROM THE

                    COST OF THE DEVASTATING PANDEMIC, NEW YORK MUST DO NO HARM AND

                    STOP IMPOSING COSTLY MANDATES.  I BELIEVE THAT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE

                    UNIVERSAL SICK CARE BILL THAT WE RECENTLY ENACTED, UNIVERSAL PAID SICK

                    LEAVE, THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE TIME GIVEN THAT THE VACCINES ARE FREELY

                    AND READILY AVAILABLE FOR AN EMPLOYEE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, THEY

                    KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THAT VACCINE.  AND I DO NOT

                    SUPPORT THE BILL.

                                 THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, MR.

                    FRIEND.

                                 READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 9513.  THIS IS A PARTY VOTE.  ANY MEMBER

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                    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.  THOSE WHO SUPPORT IT CAN CERTAINLY VOTE

                    YES ON THE FLOOR OR DO SO BY CONTACTING THE MINORITY LEADER'S OFFICE.

                                 THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  THANK YOU, MR.

                    SPEAKER.  THE MAJORITY CONFERENCE IS GOING TO BE IN FAVOR OF THIS PIECE

                    OF LEGISLATION.  HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE A FEW THAT WOULD DESIRE TO BE AN

                    EXCEPTION.  THEY SHOULD PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY

                    LEADER'S OFFICE, WE'LL MAKE SURE THEIR VOTE IS PROPERLY RECORDED.

                                 THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, MA'AM.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 MR. GOODELL TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  THANK YOU, SIR.  ONE OF THE

                    CHALLENGES WE HAVE IN THE LEGISLATURE IS RECOGNIZING THAT TIMES CHANGE

                    AND FOR US TO CHANGE WITH IT.  SO WHEN THE -- WHEN THE COVID

                    PANDEMIC FIRST HIT, THAT'S WHEN WE FIRST ENACTED THIS LAW TO ALLOW

                    EMPLOYEES TO TAKE PAID TIME LEAVE TO GET A VACCINE.  AND AS MY

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                    COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, THAT VACCINE WAS IN EXTREMELY SHORT SUPPLY, IT

                    WAS DIFFICULT TO GET AN APPOINTMENT.  YOU COULDN'T ALWAYS SCHEDULE THE

                    APPOINTMENT OUTSIDE OF WORK HOURS SO IT MADE PERFECT SENSE.  WELL,

                    THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THE PANDEMIC STARTED.  AND

                    THINGS ARE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT TODAY.  AND IN THE MEANTIME WE PASSED

                    MANDATORY PAID LEAVE, SICK LEAVE, AND WE'VE ALREADY COVERED THIS

                    UNDER OTHER LEGISLATION.  AND NO LONGER DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEM

                    GETTING AN APPOINTMENT OR FINDING THE VACCINE, AND SO TO PROVIDE AN

                    EXTRA FOUR HOURS OF PAID LEAVE ON STOP OF THE MANDATORY LEAVE THAT WE

                    PASSED LAST YEAR ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE IS REALLY AN OVERKILL AT THE

                    SAME TIME WHEN SO MANY OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING TO

                    MAKE ENDS MEET AND TO KEEP PEOPLE EMPLOYED.

                                 FOR THAT -- FOR THAT REASON I WON'T BE SUPPORTING IT THIS

                    YEAR.  THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE SPONSOR.  I APPRECIATE YOUR DESIRE.

                    THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. FALL TO EXPLAIN

                    HIS VOTE.

                                 MR. FALL:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  AS YOU KNOW,

                    WE ARE STILL IN THE PANDEMIC.  AS MUCH AS WE WANT THIS PANDEMIC TO BE

                    OVER, WE'RE STILL IN IT, AND -- AND I THINK THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS

                    IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE NEW YORKERS THAT STILL HAVE NOT

                    RECEIVED THEIR VACCINATION, IT IS ABOUT 20 PERCENT OR SO, THAT WE'RE

                    GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR VACCINATION SO THEY DON'T HAVE

                    TO CHOOSE BETWEEN GOING TO WORK AND GETTING THEIR VACCINE.  AND SO --

                    AND WITH THE POINT THAT MY COLLEAGUE RAISED AS FAR AS THE PAID LEAVE

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                    THAT WE PASSED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AN EMPLOYEE WOULD HAVE TO

                    ACCUMULATE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOURS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY LEAVE.  SO

                    WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS BILL, IT APPLIES TO EVERY NEW YORKER IN THE

                    STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS BILL.  I

                    WITHDRAW MY REQUEST AND VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. FALL IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 MR. GOODELL.

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

                    COLLEAGUE MR. MILLER IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  SO NOTED.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  MR. SPEAKER, PLEASE

                    RECORD OUR COLLEAGUE MR. STIRPE IN THE NEGATIVE ON THIS PIECE OF

                    LEGISLATION.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  SO NOTED.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  THANK YOU.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ARE THERE ANY OTHER

                    VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.

                                 PAGE 47, CALENDAR NO. 578, THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A09764, CALENDAR NO.

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                    578, DE LOS SANTOS.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO REDEFINING THE DUTIES AND RENAMING THE OFFICE OF MINORITY

                    HEALTH TO THE OFFICE OF HEALTH EQUITY AND RENAMING THE MINORITY

                    HEALTH COUNCIL TO THE HEALTH EQUITY COUNCIL.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  AN EXPLANATION IS

                    REQUESTED, MR. DE LOS SANTOS.

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                    THIS BILL WOULD RENAME THE OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH, WHICH IS UNDER

                    THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS THE OFFICE OF HEALTH EQUITY AND REDEFINES

                    THE MISSION AND SCOPE OF THE OFFICE TO FOCUS ON UNDERSERVED

                    POPULATION BY EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE OFFICE TO INCLUDE VULNERABLE

                    POPULATION FROM URBAN, SUBURBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITY AND TO CONSIDER

                    ADDITIONAL SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT

                    ON THEIR HEALTH.  THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW THE OFFICE TO MORE EFFECTIVELY

                    IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES WITHIN UNDERSERVED AREA AND POPULATIONS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. BYRNE.

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

                    YOU TO THE SPONSOR.  WILL THE SPONSOR YIELD FOR SOME QUICK QUESTIONS?

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. DE LOS SANTOS,

                    WILL YOU YIELD?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  YES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE SPONSOR YIELDS,

                    SIR.

                                 MR. BYRNE:  THANK YOU, SPONSOR, FOR THAT -- THAT

                    EXPLANATION AND CONGRATULATIONS ON PASSING YOUR EARLIER BILL.  THE

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                    EXPANSION OF SCOPE, MISSION AND FOCUS THAT YOU MENTIONED IN ADDITION

                    TO THE NAME CHANGE IT LISTS SEVERAL DIFFERENT GROUPS OR CATEGORIES THAT

                    SEEM TO BE QUALIFIED.  SOME OF THEM ARE BEING SERVED ALREADY BY THE

                    EXISTING OFFICE, IT SAYS BY RACE, ETHNICITY.  THE NEW LIST IS SEXUAL

                    ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, PREFERRED LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH,

                    GENDER EXPRESSION, DISABILITY STATUS, AGING POPULATION, IMMIGRATION

                    STATUS AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.  I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY OF THOSE

                    POPULATIONS ARE SERVED, BUT IT -- IT SEEMS THAT IMMIGRATION STATUS IS A

                    NEW CATEGORY; IS -- IS THAT CORRECT?  IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT

                    THE TERM "MINORITY" LIMITS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE POPULATION OF THE

                    OFFICE SERVED.  GIVEN THE -- THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT IN YOUR STATE THAT

                    EXCLUDE MANY OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO FACE HEALTH DISPARITY AND

                    VARIOUS ACCESS TO CARE.  SO THIS IS REALLY A -- AN EFFORT TO -- TO MAKE IT

                    MORE TO REFLECT THE MISSIONS OF THE OFFICE.

                                 MR. BYRNE:  THANK YOU TO THE SPONSOR.  NOW -- FOR

                    ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.  DO YOU FORESEE ANY INCREASED COST FOR

                    EXPANDING THIS MISSION OR -- OR SCOPE OF THE -- THE OFFICE?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  NO.

                                 MR. BYRNE:  NO.  OKAY.  THANK YOU TO THE SPONSOR

                    FOR TAKING TIME TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

                                 ON THE BILL, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE BILL, MR.

                    BYRNE.

                                 MR. BYRNE:  I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE -- THE INTENT

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                    OF THIS BILL BY THE SPONSOR, AND WHILE CERTAINLY IT -- IT'S COMPELLING TO

                    HEAR AN ARGUMENT THAT FOCUSES ON FAIRNESS, THAT WOULD WANT TO SERVE

                    MORE PEOPLE, THE CONCERN THAT I AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE

                    HEALTH COMMITTEE HAD IN THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATE IS THAT

                    BY EXPANDING THIS SCOPE AND THE MISSION OF THIS AGENCY, NOT JUST

                    RENAMING IT, WE COULD UNINTENTIONALLY DILUTE SOME OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS

                    ON WHAT IT WAS INITIALLY INTENDED TO DO BY HOPING NON-WHITE AND RACIAL

                    ETHNIC MINORITIES -- WE'RE NOW OPENING UP TO A LARGE CATEGORY OF -- OF

                    DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT WERE -- IT'S GOING TO BE TASKED WITH.  BUT THE LAST

                    BUDGET WE RECENTLY PASSED, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT RECEIVED $266,000

                    FOR VARIOUS GRANTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO HELP SUPPORT

                    INITIATIVES THROUGH THIS OFFICE.  IT WASN'T AN INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS

                    YEAR'S BUDGET, SO THERE'S A CONCERN THAT BY EXPANDING THE SCOPE AND

                    MISSION OF THE OFFICE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT IT COULD, AGAIN

                    UNINTENTIONALLY -- I'M NOT QUESTIONING THE INTENT OF THE MOTIVATION

                    BEHIND THIS BILL, BUT IT COULD UNINTENTIONALLY DIVERT RESOURCES FROM

                    PEOPLE THAT THE OFFICE IS PRESENTLY SERVING.  SO THAT IS A CONCERN THAT I

                    AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE FOR THE MEMBERS' CONSIDERATION.

                                 BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU, SPEAKER, AND THANK YOU TO THE

                    SPONSOR FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, MR.

                    BYRNE.

                                 MR. GOODELL.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  THANK YOU.  WOULD THE SPONSOR

                    YIELD?

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                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. DE LOS SANTOS,

                    WILL YOU YIELD?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  YES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE SPONSOR YIELDS.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  THANK YOU.  JUST FOLLOWING UP A

                    LITTLE BIT ON MY COLLEAGUE'S EARLIER QUESTION ON THIS EXPANSION TO

                    INCLUDE IMMIGRATION STATUS.  AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU COME OVER TO THE

                    UNITED STATES LEGALLY ON A TEMPORARY VISA, LIKE AN H-1 OR F-1 OR B-1 OR

                    L-1 OR E-1, ANY ONE OF THOSE TEMPORARY VISAS, THERE ARE ALSO

                    RESTRICTIONS ON YOUR LEGAL RIGHT TO ACCESS A LOT OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.

                    I MEAN, IT'S RECOGNIZED THAT YOU'RE COMING IN HERE FOR A VERY SPECIFIC

                    PURPOSE ON A TEMPORARY VISA LAWFULLY.  BUT ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IS

                    THAT YOU HAVE TO BE FINANCIALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT.  IS IT THE INTENT OF THIS TO

                    IGNORE THOSE REQUIREMENTS AS IT RELATES TO THOSE WHO ARE HERE LEGALLY?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT

                    IS NOT.  THE OFFICE ALREADY PROVIDE THESE SERVICES WITHIN THE CAPACITY

                    OF THE OFFICE.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  SO IF WE'RE -- IF THIS BILL IS NOT

                    INTENDED TO DEAL WITH ANY OF THOSE WHO ARE HERE LEGALLY IN ACCORDANCE

                    WITH ALL THOSE CRITERIA THAT I MENTIONED, THEN IS IT -- IS IT YOUR INTENT THAT

                    THIS BILL DOES JUST DEAL WITH THOSE WHO ARE HERE ILLEGALLY OR WITHOUT

                    DOCUMENTATION?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  IT -- IT DEAL WITH BOTH.  FOR

                    THOSE LEGAL AND ILLEGALLY CONNECTING TO SERVICES.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  OKAY.  SO, I'M SORRY I

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                    MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR EARLIER ANSWER.  SO YOUR EARLIER ANSWER WAS THAT

                    EVEN IF YOU'RE HERE ON A LEGAL TEMPORARY VISA THIS WOULD APPLY TO YOU

                    EVEN THOUGH ACCESSING A LOT OF THOSE SERVICES WOULD VIOLATE YOUR

                    TEMPORARY VISA?  AM I CORRECT THEN?  THIS IS INTENDED TO APPLY TO BOTH

                    LEGAL TEMPORARY VISAS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE HERE ILLEGALLY?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  THIS BILL HAS NOTHING TO DO

                    WITH THAT, SO...

                                 MR. GOODELL:  WELL, WHAT'S -- WHAT'S IT MEAN

                    WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT IMMIGRATION STATUS?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  THE -- THE OFFICE SERVED AS

                    A HUB, AS A BEACON TO EXAMINE THE DATA.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  WELL, I UNDERSTAND, BUT ONE OF THE

                    AMENDMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL BILL THAT CREATED THIS COUNCIL WAS TO ADD

                    THE PHRASE "IMMIGRATION STATUS," RIGHT?  THAT'S ON PAGE 2, LINE 9.

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  NO, IT'S JUST ADDING

                    IMMIGRATION STATUS, JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE OFFICE WOULD --

                    WOULD PROVIDE.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  RIGHT.  BUT THAT -- THAT WHOLE

                    SECTION THERE ON PAGE 2 FROM LINE 5 TO LINE 19, THAT'S ALL NEW LANGUAGE,

                    CORRECT?  I MEAN, THAT'S WHY IT'S UNDERLINED IN OUR DRAFTS, RIGHT?  IT'S ALL

                    NEW LANGUAGE.

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  SO THIS IS A -- A NEW

                    LANGUAGE, SIR.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.  AND

                    ON PAGE 1, LIKEWISE, LINES 1 THROUGH 12, THAT'S ALL NEW LANGUAGE, TOO,

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                    CORRECT?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  CORRECT.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  AND SO WE'VE TAKEN THE ORIGINAL

                    OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH AND WE ADDED ALL THIS NEW LANGUAGE, AND IN

                    ALL THAT NEW LANGUAGE WE INCLUDED FOR THE FIRST TIME REFERENCE TO

                    IMMIGRATION STATUS.  AND I WAS JUST TRYING CLARIFY -- AND I -- I THINK I

                    UNDERSTOOD YOUR ANSWER THAT THIS REFERENCE IN THE NEW LANGUAGE TO

                    IMMIGRATION STATUS APPLIES TO BOTH THOSE WHO ARE HERE ON A TEMPORARY

                    VISA LEGALLY, THOSE WHO ARE HERE ON A PERMANENT RESIDENT VISA WHICH

                    WOULD BE A LAWFUL VISA, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ANY VISA AND

                    MIGHT BE HERE ILLEGALLY OR -- OR UNDOCUMENTED, CORRECT?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  THEY -- PERHAPS THEY'RE

                    EXAMINING HOW IMMIGRATION STATUS AFFECT, YOU KNOW, HEALTH.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  OKAY.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  I

                    APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

                                 SIR, ON THE BILL.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE BILL, MR.

                    GOODELL.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  THANK YOU.  AS MY COLLEAGUE

                    MENTIONED, WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT IN OUR CONFERENCE FOR HELPING

                    THOSE WHO ARE HERE LEGALLY ENSURE THAT THEY GET ADEQUATE HEALTHCARE

                    AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.  AND OF COURSE WE DON'T WANT ANYONE DENIED

                    HEALTHCARE OR THE AVAILABILITY OF HIGH-QUALITY HEALTHCARE BASED ON AGE,

                    RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, OR ANY OF THE RECOGNIZED CRITERIA.

                    WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS, THOUGH WHEN, WE START EXTENDING THE

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                    SUPPORT OF THE STATE TO THOSE WHO ARE HERE, WHETHER LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY,

                    IN A MANNER THAT WOULD VIOLATE THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.  AND WE

                    CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT TO INADVERTENTLY USE STATE TAX DOLLARS TO CAUSE

                    SOMEBODY WHO'S HERE ON A TEMPORARY VISA TO LOSE THEIR TEMPORARY VISA

                    BECAUSE THEY'RE ACCESSING A PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE NOT LEGALLY ABLE TO

                    ACCESS.  AND SO WE NEED TO BE VERY SENSITIVE TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE

                    COMPASSIONATE TO THOSE WHO ARE HERE LEGALLY, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY

                    ARE COMPLYING WITH OUR IMMIGRATION STATUS SO IT'S NOT REVOKED.  AND

                    CERTAINLY WE NEED TO BE COMPASSIONATE IN RECOGNIZING THAT THOSE WHO

                    ARE NOT HERE LEGALLY SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO GO THROUGH THE LEGAL

                    PROCESS BEFORE THEY ACCESS ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.

                                 THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  THANK YOU, MR.

                    SPEAKER.  WILL THE SPONSOR YIELD FOR A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS?

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. DE LOS SANTOS,

                    WILL YOU YIELD?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  YES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  COULD YOU TELL ME HOW

                    MANY PEOPLE SERVE ON THIS COUNCIL?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  FOURTEEN.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  FOURTEEN?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  YES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  AND WHAT DIRECT SERVICE

                    DO THEY PROVIDE?

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                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  SO -- SO THEY CONNECT

                    UNDERSERVED POPULATION TO -- TO OTHER RESOURCES AND SERVICES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  SO THEY'RE RESEARCHING

                    IDEAS, THOUGHTS AND PRACTICES TO BETTER DELIVER EQUITY IN HEALTHCARE TO

                    PEOPLE WHO NEED IT WHEREVER -- OR MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO

                    HOSPITALS, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PRIMARY CARE OPERATIONS, MAKE

                    RECOMMENDATIONS TO COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS ON HOW TO DELIVER A

                    MORE EQUITABLE HEALTH SERVICE.

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  CORRECT.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  THANK YOU.  AND THE

                    ONLY THING THAT THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS ACTUALLY DOING IS CHANGING

                    THE NAME OF THE COUNCIL.

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  CORRECT.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 MR. AUBRY:  ON THE BILL, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUSICK:  ON THE BILL.

                                 MR. AUBRY:  SO, I REPRESENT A COMMUNITY THAT HAS

                    EXPLODED IN QUEENS SO THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.  A

                    HUNDRED DIALECTS ARE SPOKEN IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT I REPRESENT AND

                    THEY'RE AROUND ME.  THE PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH OF AMERICANS IS

                    PRIMARY TO OUR RESPONSIBILITIES.  THE HEALTH AND PROTECTION OF THE

                    HUMAN BEINGS THAT LIVE IN OUR DISTRICTS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.  I DON'T

                    CARE WHAT THEIR STATUS IS, BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES,

                    IF THEY ARE SICK AND THOSE SICKNESSES CAN SPREAD, WE LIVE VERY CLOSE TO

                    EACH OTHER.  ALL OF US COULD BE IMPACTED BECAUSE SOMEONE MAY HAVE A

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                    DISEASE.  AND I DON'T CARE WHAT HIS STATUS IS BECAUSE MY JOB IS TO

                    PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT I LIVE NEXT TO.  AND AS A RESIDENT OF MY

                    COMMUNITY I DON'T CHOOSE WHO I LIVE NEXT TO OR WHO LIVES IN THIS -- IN

                    THE BUILDINGS NEXT DOOR, AROUND THE CORNER OR WHO'S IN THE STORE.  BUT

                    SO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SHOULD BE INVOLVED

                    IN PREVENTING AND TAKING CARE OF THE HEALTH OF EVERYONE WHO IS IN THE --

                    THE -- NEW YORK STATE.  EVERYONE THAT'S IN CORONA, EAST ELMHURST,

                    WOODSIDE.  THEY'RE ALL OUR RESPONSIBILITY.  SO THE IDEA THAT I MIGHT NOT

                    WANT TO HAVE POLICIES ENACTED TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF MY VOTING

                    RESIDENTS, MY LEGAL RESIDENTS, MY ANY RESIDENTS, DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO

                    ME.  SO IT WOULD SEEM THAT IN -- IN THE ISSUE PARTICULARLY FOR

                    COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE, AND MAYBE THEY'RE COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE

                    LIVE VERY FAR APART, SOME OF YOU HAVE DESCRIBED THEM, SO YOU DON'T RUN

                    INTO PEOPLE UNLESS YOU WANT TO RUN INTO THEM.  BUT WE RUN INTO EACH

                    OTHER EVERY DAY.  WE WALK ON THE SAME STREETS, WE GO TO THE SAME

                    STORES, WE PRAY IN THE SAME CHURCHES.  NONE OF THE PLACES WHERE YOU

                    HAVE TO SHOW ID TO PROVE WHO YOU ARE.  AND SO, THEREFORE, WE COME

                    INTO CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER.  AND SO AS A -- IF A RESIDENT WHO IS LEGAL

                    AND HAS COVID COULD PASS IT TO A RESIDENT WHO MAY NOT HAVE PAPERS

                    AND HE HAS COVID.  HOW DO YOU STOP THAT?  BECAUSE YOU NEED POLICES

                    THAT LOOK AT THE HEALTH OF EVERYONE WHO RESIDES IN THIS STATE.  AND SO

                    THAT'S WHAT I BELIVE THIS COUNCIL URGES TO DO, IS TO LOOK AT POLICIES TO

                    ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTED.  YOU'RE PROTECTED.  BECAUSE YOU WALK ON

                    THE STREET.  YOU GET IN AN ELEVATOR.  HOW DO YOU KNOW IF SOMEBODY IN

                    THE ELEVATOR IS LEGAL OR ILLEGAL?  AND IF THEY CAN'T GET HEALTHCARE, IF

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                    THEY'RE NOT PLANNED FOR, YOU'RE IN DANGER.  LET'S NOT PUT OURSELVES IN

                    DANGER OVER POLITICAL NAMES OF WHETHER YOU'RE THIS OR WHETHER YOU

                    HAVE THAT PAPER OR NOT.  MAYBE THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT IN A LOT OF

                    WAYS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING OUR HEALTH, THEY'RE TOTALLY

                    UNIMPORTANT.

                                 SO I THINK THE MOVE IS MOST IMPORTANT.  AND I

                    COMMEND THE SPONSOR FOR TAKING ON THE TASK TO GET THIS KIND OF PROCESS

                    GROWING IN OUR STATE SO WE'RE NOT CAUGHT BY SURPRISE AGAIN BY THE NEXT

                    COVID THAT COMES DOWN OR THE NEXT TYPHOID, OR THE NEXT BUBONIC

                    PLAGUE OR WHATEVER MAY ARRIVE BECAUSE THE WORLD HAS SHRUNK.  AND SO

                    YOU CAN'T PUT UP THESE ARTIFICIAL BARRIERS AROUND THE COUNTRY.  IT DOESN'T

                    HAPPEN.  PEOPLE COME AND GO THROUGH US JUST THE SAME WAY THEY TRAVEL

                    ALL OVER EUROPE.  RIGHT.  PEOPLE -- YOU CAN'T STOP FOLKS.  AND SO WE

                    NEED TO HAVE POLICIES THAT RECOGNIZE THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY AND

                    WHO'S WITH US TODAY, PARTICULARLY AROUND HEALTH.

                                 SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO COMMEND, YOU, SIR.  I HOPE THAT

                    THE BODY COMES TOGETHER AND UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AND

                    THAT WE SHOULD PASS THIS BILL AND --

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUSICK:  MR. GOODELL, WHY DO

                    YOU RISE?

                                 MR. AUBRY:  -- (INAUDIBLE) THAT KIND OF

                    COOPERATION.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  WOULD

                    MR. AUBRY YIELD?

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUSICK:  WOULD MR. AUBRY

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                    YIELD?

                                 MR. AUBRY:  I'D BE HAPPY TO YIELD, MR. GOODELL.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUSICK:  MR. AUBRY YIELDS.

                                 MR. AUBRY:  I -- OFTENTIMES I DON'T GET THE CHANCE

                    TO TALK TO YOU.

                                 (LAUGHTER)

                                 MR. GOODELL:  I KNOW.  MOST OF THE TIME I SIMPLY

                    SAY THANK YOU, SIR.  AS WELL I SHOULD.

                                 MR. AUBRY:  YES.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  YES.  BUT I -- I DID HAVE -- I WAS

                    STRUCK BY YOUR CONVERSATION AND I AM ALWAYS IMPRESSED BY OUR

                    COMMENTS AND -- AND YOUR COMPASSION AND -- AND I THOROUGHLY

                    APPRECIATE THAT.  BUT I WAS STRUCK BY ONE STATEMENT WHERE YOU SAID WE

                    ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS HEALTHY.  BUT IN THE LEGAL

                    CONTEXT WHEN SOMEONE APPLIES FOR AN H-1 VISA, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S

                    SPONSORED BY THE COMPANY.  AND WHEN THE COMPANY SPONSORS A PERSON

                    COMING OVER ON A TEMPORARY LAWFUL H-1VISA FOR WORK, THE COMPANY

                    MAKES THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY'LL PROVIDE ALL THE HEALTHCARE.  AND

                    THAT'S ALSO TRUE FOR AN L TRANSFER OR AN E VISA, EVEN AN F VISA.  AND EVEN

                    WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A PERMANENT RESIDENT VISA, YOU KNOW, LIKE A GREEN

                    CARD, THERE'S A SPONSOR.  THERE HAS TO BE A SPONSOR, AND THE SPONSOR

                    MAKES THE COMMITMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE APPLICANT HEALTHCARE IS MET.

                    SO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A

                    GENERAL SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO IGNORE

                    THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, DO WE, OF THE COMPANIES THAT MAKE THAT

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                    CERTIFICATION OR THE INDIVIDUALS OR THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE THAT

                    CERTIFICATION.  I MEAN, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE THAT PRIMARY

                    RESPONSIBILITY, DON'T THEY?

                                 MR. AUBRY:  WELL, I SUPPOSE THAT THOSE

                    CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU DESCRIBE THAT THERE IS THAT RESPONSIBILITY.  BUT I

                    DON'T THINK THAT CREATING THIS KIND OF COUNCIL OBVIATES ANYBODY FROM

                    THAT RESPONSIBILITY.  IT SAYS THAT WE AS A STATE MUST PLAN FOR WHEN THAT

                    MECHANISM DOESN'T WORK.  BECAUSE NOT ALL MECHANISMS THAT WE HAVE

                    WRITTEN IN LAW, WRITTEN IN CONSTITUTION, WRITTEN ON PAPER, WORK WHEN

                    YOU'RE IN THE STREET.  WHEN YOU'RE WALKING WITH PEOPLE IN YOUR

                    COMMUNITY, WHEN SOMEBODY WALKS INTO YOUR BUSINESS AND COUGHS AND

                    THAT PERSON HASN'T HAD THE KIND OF HEALTH PROTECTION THAT THEY NEED

                    REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY HAVE THE PAPERS REQUIRED -- I HAVE PAPERS

                    ALL OVER ME -- TO DO THAT.  SO HOW DO WE HELP ENSURE THAT THAT IS -- THAT

                    TRANSMISSION THAT'S POSSIBLE HAS NOT BEEN TREAT -- BEING TREATED, SHOULD

                    BE TREATED?  THAT THOSE HEALTH INSTITUTIONS WHERE THEY CAN GO GET THAT

                    AND THAT THE POLICIES OF THE STATE SUPPORT THAT PROCESS.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  RIGHT AND I --

                                 MR. AUBRY:  AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL

                    MAKES TO DO.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT DILEMMA,

                    AND I THINK THE WAY WE RESPOND TO IT CURRENTLY UNDER CURRENT LAW IS THAT

                    WE SAY THAT ANYONE WHO WALKS THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR OF A HOSPITAL

                    MUST BE TREATED.  REGARDLESS OF ANYTHING, THEY MUST BE TREATED.

                    REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS, ANYTHING,

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                    THEY MUST BE TREATED.  THEN THE NEXT QUESTION IS, WHO PAYS FOR THE

                    TREATMENT.  AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE

                    WHO'S HERE ON AN H VISA OR AN L VISA OR AN F VISA OR AN E VISA OR ANY OF

                    THE TEMPORARY VISAS APPLYING FOR GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THAT

                    WOULD RESULT IN THE TERMINATION OF THEIR VISA.  AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T

                    WANT ANYONE TO FALL IN THAT TRAP.  BUT --

                                 MR. AUBRY:  COULD YOU -- LET ME --

                                 MR. GOODELL:  SO --

                                 MR. AUBRY:  -- LET ME INTERFERE FOR A MINUTE --

                                 MR. GOODELL:  SO ACCESS IS ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED

                    IN NEW YORK STATE, OR SHOULD BE.  I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON

                    THAT.  THE QUESTION -- BUT I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT ONCE

                    ACCESS IS GRANTED, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A

                    DIFFERENT ISSUE.

                                 MR. AUBRY:  SO WHILE (INAUDIBLE) I SHARE -- I GUESS

                    I SHARE YOUR CONCERN ABOUT MAKING SURE THE RIGHT PERSON PAYS.  I GUESS

                    THE CONCERN I HAVE IS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE STAY HEALTHY.  AND THE

                    PAY PROCESS IS IMPORTANT, I SUSPECT, ON A LOT OF LEVELS.  BUT WHEN YOU

                    LIVE IN COMMUNITIES -- AND WHY I DESCRIBE MY COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE,

                    THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHO PAYS.  SO WE MAY

                    APPROACH IT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE MAYBE YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE TEN MILES

                    AWAY FROM YOU OR 20 MILES, OR NOT.  BUT MY NEIGHBORS ARE ON MY

                    DOORSTEP.  AND SO I CAN'T TOTALLY THINK ABOUT WHO'S PAYING FOR THEM TO

                    GET HEALTHCARE OVER THE POINT OF I NEED THEM TO HAVE HEALTHCARE.  I NEED

                    THEIR CHILDREN TO BE HEALTHY.  AND WHO SAYS THAT A PERSON WHO HAS

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                    INSURANCE COULDN'T GO TO A CITY HOSPITAL AND SAY, I DON'T HAVE ANY

                    INSURANCE AND GET CARE?  IT COULD HAPPEN, RIGHT?  AND SO THE CHASING

                    THE DOLLAR, GOD HELP US, IN AMERICA WE LOVE TO CHASE THE DOLLAR, TO ME

                    BECOMES LESS IMPORTANT THAN THE HEALTH OF MY NEIGHBORS, YOUR

                    NEIGHBORS, THE STATE AT-LARGE BECAUSE LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED.  SO WHILE

                    WE MAY HAVE DEFEATED COVID AT ONE LEVEL, THE RATE --THE COVID RATE

                    IS RISING UP HERE IN UPSTATE, AS AM I TO UNDERSTAND.  SO, YOU MAY NEED

                    THIS HELP THE SAME WAY WE NEEDED HELP WHEN IT WAS RAVAGING ELMHURST

                    HOSPITAL IN MY DISTRICT.  AND WE HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LINED UP ON

                    THE STREET TRYING TO GET HEALTHCARE BECAUSE THEY NEEDED IT.  SO, POLICIES

                    THAT UNDERSTAND BOTH YOUR DIFFERENCE AND MY DIFFERENCE MAKE SENSE TO

                    ME.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  MR. AUBRY, I HAVE TO SAY IT IS SUCH

                    A PLEASURE TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU ON THE FLOOR.

                                 (LAUGHTER)

                                 IT'S ALSO A PLEASURE WHEN WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS

                    OFF THE FLOOR WHILE WE'RE GETTING A CUP OF COFFEE OR WHATEVER.  AND --

                    AND I -- I THINK YOU BRING UP REALLY A GREAT POINT ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT

                    IT IS FOR US TO FOCUS ON THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR

                    NEIGHBORHOOD AND -- AND OUR COUNTRY AS WELL.  AND ONE OF THE CRITERIA

                    THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET IN ORDER TO GET A VISA TO THE UNITED STATES IS A

                    HEALTH BACKGROUND CHECK.  AND OF COURSE WE SAW THIS REMARKABLE

                    SCENARIO PLAY OUT WHEN THE UNITED STATES CUT OFF FOREIGN TRAVEL.  I

                    MEAN, IT WENT FOR MONTHS, RIGHT?  YOU COULDN'T COME HERE FROM

                    DIFFERENT COUNTRIES REGARDLESS OF -- OF ANYTHING.  I MEAN, IT WAS

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                    COMPLETELY CUT OFF.  SO NOW WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE EVERYONE WHO

                    APPLIES FOR A VISA LEGALLY, WHETHER A TEMPORARY VISA, A STUDENT VISA,

                    EMPLOYMENT VISA OR A PERMANENT VISA, MUST HAVE A HEALTH BACKGROUND

                    CHECK.  BUT WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE

                    CROSSING OUR BORDERS OR TRYING TO CROSS OUR BORDERS EVERY MONTH

                    WITHOUT ANY HEALTH CHECK.  HOW WOULD YOU SUGGEST WE ADDRESS THAT

                    ISSUE, OR DO YOU THINK THIS LEGISLATION IS AIMED AT THAT ISSUE?

                                 MR. AUBRY:  I -- I BELIEVE THAT A COUNCIL SO

                    COMPOSED WILL TAKE ON THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES.  I GUESS THAT'S PART OF WHY

                    THEY'RE THERE.  AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FUNNY THINGS COME TO MY MIND

                    WHEN I LISTEN TO YOU, MR. GOODELL.  SO I THINK --

                                 MR. GOODELL:  I THINK IT IS HAPPENS TO MANY

                    PEOPLE.

                                 MR. AUBRY:  I -- I'LL BET YOU IT DOES.  I'M THINKING

                    OF THE SHIPS THAT CAME FROM ENGLAND OVER TO THE UNITED STATES IN OUR

                    BEGINNING.  OF COURSE NOBODY HAD A VISA THEN.  THE NATIVE AMERICANS

                    DIDN'T STOP US AT THE BORDER AND SAY, COME ON, SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS,

                    YOU JUST CAME.  AND YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU DISEASES FROM EUROPE THAT

                    DECIMATED THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY HERE IN THE AMERICAS.  SO

                    -- SO FOR US NOW TO SAY THOSE PEOPLE WHO COME HERE LIKE WE CAME HERE

                    -- LIKE YOU CAME HERE, NOT ME, I CAME ONE SIDE OF THE SHIP OR IN THE

                    BOTTOM AND YOU WERE ON THE TOP.  BUT SO THEY COME, HERE THEY ARE AND

                    WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THEM.  SO IN HEALTH, WHILE YOU CAN ARGUE THE

                    BORDER QUESTION, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, THE

                    ONES THAT ARE HERE IMPACT OUR HEALTH AND WE IMPACT THEIR HEALTH.  AND

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                    SO I THINK THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS GOING TO BE LESS CONCERNED

                    ABOUT THEIR STATUS AS CITIZENS OR NOT CITIZENS OR LEGAL OR ILLEGAL AS

                    OPPOSED TO THEIR HEALTH.  IT SEEMS TO ME THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A

                    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BECAUSE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WE LIVE

                    AND THAT WE STAY HEALTHY --

                                 MR. GOODELL:  MR. --

                                 MR. AUBRY:  -- WHOEVER IS HERE --

                                 MR. GOODELL:  MR. AUBRY, I AM SO TEMPTED TO SAY

                    ON THE BILL, MR. SPEAKER.  BUT IT IS YOUR TIME.  SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

                                 (LAUGHTER)

                                 MR. AUBRY:  BUT ONLY BECAUSE YOU TOOK ME OFF THE

                    BILL.  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUSICK:  MS. GIGLIO.

                                 MS. GIGLIO:  THANK YOU.  WILL THE SPONSOR YIELD?

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUSICK:  WILL THE SPONSOR

                    YIELD?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  YES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUSICK:  THE SPONSOR YIELDS.

                                 MS. GIGLIO:  THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, MR. DE LOS

                    SANTOS.  SO WHERE IT'S THE GOAL OF NEW YORK STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT

                    EVERYBODY GETS A COVID VACCINATION, WILL THIS MINORITY COUNCIL OR

                    THIS HEALTH COUNCIL NOW BE REQUIRING ANYBODY WHO'S SEEKING SERVICES

                    FROM NEW YORK STATE TO GET THE COVID VACCINATION?  WHERE, YOU

                    KNOW, A VACCINATION CARD IS REQUIRED TO ENTER THE LEGISLATIVE OFFICE

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                    BUILDINGS, TO ENTER THE CAPITOL, TO ATTEND SUNY SCHOOLS.

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  NO.

                                 MS. GIGLIO:  THE NURSES AND -- ARE REQUIRED,

                    FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS.  ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS

                    BECAUSE THEY'RE FORCED TO GET THE COVID VACCINE.  SO WILL THE HEALTH

                    COUNCIL BE REQUIRING FOR THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

                    BUT --

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  THE ANSWER IS NO.

                                 MS. GIGLIO:  THE ANSWER IS NO.  SO THESE PEOPLE

                    THAT ARE SEEKING SERVICES THAT ARE PAID FOR BY NEW YORK STATE

                    TAXPAYERS WITH THE GOAL TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS HEALTHY AND

                    SAFE, YET THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO GET THE COVID

                    VACCINATION WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  AS I STATED BEFORE, THE

                    COUNCIL DOES -- DOES NOT PROVIDE SERVICES.  IT EXAM THE DATA

                    INFORMATIONS THAT IS RECEIVED TO --  TO DETERMINE HOW CAN BETTER

                    IMPROVE CONDITION.

                                 MS. GIGLIO:  OKAY.  DO YOU AGREE THAT NEW YORK

                    STATE IS FOCUSED ON GETTING EVERYBODY IN NEW YORK STATE VACCINATED?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  THIS IS NOT WHAT THE BILL

                    DOES OR SAY.

                                 MS. GIGLIO:  BUT THE QUESTION:  DO YOU BELIEVE THAT

                    IT'S THE GOAL BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN NEW YORK STATE TO GET

                    EVERYBODY VACCINATED?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  AGAIN, THE BILL SAYS

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                    OTHERWISE.  THE FOCUS OF CREATING CONDITION AND EXAMINING THE COUNCIL

                    TO IMPROVE THE CONDITION THAT WE ALL DESERVE AND PROMOTE EQUITY.

                                 MS. GIGLIO:  UNDERSTOOD, BUT ISN'T IT EQUITABLE TO

                    THE REST OF US THAT ARE VACCINATED, INCLUDING MYSELF, TO MAKE SURE THAT

                    WE'RE PROTECTED FROM PEOPLE THAT AREN'T VACCINATED FROM GETTING

                    COVID?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  IF THE BILL WOULD PROPOSE

                    THAT THEN IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY, BUT THIS IS NOT WHAT THE BILL

                    DOES.

                                 MS. GIGLIO:  SO WOULD YOU SPONSOR A BILL THAT

                    WOULD REQUIRE THAT ANYBODY THAT SEEKS SERVICES, HEALTH SERVICES FROM

                    NEW YORK STATE TAXPAYERS THAT THEY GET THE COVID VACCINATION?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  AS I SAID, THIS IS NOT THIS

                    BILL.

                                 MS. GIGLIO:  OKAY.  BUT WOULD YOU SPONSOR A BILL

                    THAT WOULD REQUIRE ANYBODY WHO IS SEEKING HEALTH SERVICES FROM NEW

                    YORK STATE TAXPAYERS TO GET THE COVID VACCINATION?

                                 MR. DE LOS SANTOS:  IF YOU PROPOSE A BILL I'LL

                    LOOK INTO IT.

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

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUSICK:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUSICK:  THE CLERK WILL

                    RECORD THE VOTE ON A9764.  THIS IS A PARTY VOTE.  ANY MEMBER WHO

                    WISHES TO BE RECORDED AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE CONFERENCE POSITION IS

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                    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 BUT THERE ARE NO DOUBT SOME

                    MEMBERS OF MY CONFERENCE HAVE BEEN SWAYED BY THE SPONSOR AND

                    OTHERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN ON HIS BEHALF.  SO FOR THOSE WHO BEEN SWAYED

                    CERTAINLY VOTE YES ON THE FLOOR OR CONTACT THE MINORITY LEADER'S OFFICE.

                    OTHERWISE, IN GENERAL, THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE WILL BE NEGATIVE.

                    THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUSICK:  MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  THANK YOU, MR.

                    SPEAKER.  THE MAJORITY CONFERENCE IS GOING TO BE IN FAVOR OF THIS PIECE

                    OF LEGISLATION THAT IT CHANGES THE NAME OF THE MINORITY HEALTH COUNCIL.

                    THOSE WHO DESIRE TO BE AN EXCEPTION SHOULD FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE

                    MAJORITY LEADER'S OFFICE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE IS PROPERLY

                    RECORDED.  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 ACTING SPEAKER CUSICK:  MR. BYRNE TO EXPLAIN

                    HIS VOTE.

                                 MR. BYRNE:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, TO EXPLAIN

                    MY VOTE.  I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN THANK THE SPONSOR FOR HIS -- HIS

                    COMMENTS IN ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS AND FOR THE REMARKS ON THE FLOOR

                    FROM OUR COLLEAGUES FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.  I JUST WANT TO TRY TO

                    HELP SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT BECAUSE WHILE I -- I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND

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                    THAT THE INTENTION BEHIND THIS BILL IS -- IS NOBLE AND I APPLAUD THE

                    INTENTIONS, IT IS DOING MORE THAN JUST A COSMETIC CHANGE IN A NAME.

                    AND I DO THINK PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT ON PAGE 2 OF THE BILL

                    WHERE IT HIGHLIGHTS HEALTH DISPARITIES AND THAT THIS IS NOW GOING TO BE

                    SERVING "UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS," IT DOES ADD A LIST OF CATEGORIES

                    INCLUDING IMMIGRATION STATUS AS WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR COLLEAGUES

                    EARLIER.  IT DEFINES HEALTH EQUITY.  IT TALKS ABOUT SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF

                    HEALTH WHICH SHALL MEAN "LIFE-ENHANCING RESOURCES SUCH AS HEALTHFUL

                    FOODS - MAKE SENSE - QUALITY HOUSING, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, SOCIAL

                    RELATIONSHIPS, TRANSPORTATION, EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE WHOSE

                    DISTRIBUTION ACROSS POPULATIONS EFFECTIVELY DETERMINES THE LENGTH AND

                    QUALITY OF LIFE."  THERE'S LIMITED RESOURCES IN OUR STATE BUDGET.  NO

                    ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE GIVEN FOR THIS EXPANSION.  AND AGAIN, A CONCERN

                    THAT I RAISE WAS THAT IT COULD DILUTE AWAY THE RESOURCES THAT ARE THERE

                    FROM ITS INITIAL MISSION UNDER THE OFFICE TODAY.  BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE

                    THE TIME THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE GIVEN ON THE FLOOR TO ANSWER THE

                    QUESTIONS BUT IT IS MORE THAN A SIMPLE NAME CHANGE.  THANK YOU, MR.

                    SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 MR. JENSEN TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

                                 MR. JENSEN:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER,

                    TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.  WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO OUR FLOOR LEADER, IT WAS NOT

                    THE DISCUSSION TODAY THAT CHANGED OR INFLUENCED MY VOTE, BUT IT WAS

                    THE THINGS THAT THE RANKING MEMBER ON THE HEALTH COMMITTEE DID JUST

                    MENTION.  WE WANT ALL 20 MILLION NEW YORKERS TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES.

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                    THERE ARE CERTAIN DETERMINANTS THAT EFFECT THE ABILITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL

                    TO LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFE.  AND WHILE I SHARE THE CONCERN OF THE DILUTING

                    THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE MINORITY HEALTH COUNCIL AND THE OFFICE OF

                    MINORITY HEALTH, EXPANDING ITS PURPOSE AND ITS MISSION WILL MAKE A

                    DIFFERENCE IN MAKING SURE THAT NEW YORKERS CAN LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFE.

                    AND WHILE THEY MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN THE BUDGET ALLOCATION IN THIS

                    YEAR'S STATE BUDGET, IT IS MY HOPE THAT PERHAPS IN SUBSEQUENT BUDGETS

                    OR THROUGH REFERRALS TO NOT -- NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY PARTNERS WE CAN

                    ENSURE THAT NEW YORKERS LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFE REGARDLESS OF FOOD

                    INSECURITIES, REGARDLESS IF THEY LIVE IN A RURAL, SUBURBAN, URBAN

                    POPULATION.  THE ORIGINAL OFFICE ONLY EFFECTED CERTAIN COMMUNITIES,

                    CERTAIN COUNTIES.  THE EXPANSION WILL ADDRESS THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO

                    LIVE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES LIKE THOSE IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.  AND FOR

                    THAT REASON I'M VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. JENSEN IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

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

                    FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.  I ACTUALLY RISE TO COMMEND THE

                    SPONSOR FOR TAKING ON THE CHALLENGE LIKE THIS WHICH REALLY SEEMS SORT OF

                    SIMPLISTIC IN A WAY WHEN YOU FIRST READ THE FIRST PORTION OF THE BILL

                    WHICH JUST SAYS THIS ENACTS THE CHANGE IN NAME OF AN EXISTING

                    ORGANIZATION.  BUT THEN IT DOES ADD PEOPLE INTO WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE

                    TO BE DISCUSSED AT THIS COUNCIL TABLE WHICH MAKES A LOT OF SENSE

                    BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A GROWING POPULATION IN OUR COUNTRY AND I KNOW

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                    WE DO IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO THAT WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR

                    HEALTH ISSUES ARE.  AND NO ONE NEEDS TO WONDER WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S

                    EQUITY IN HEALTHCARE IN AMERICA.  NO ONE NEEDS TO WONDER ABOUT THAT

                    BECAUSE WE SEE IT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR FACES AS A RESULT OF

                    COVID.  WE SAW THE PEOPLE WHO DIED FIRST AND FASTEST.  THOSE ARE THE

                    PEOPLE WHO GOT DISPARATE HEALTHCARE.  THERE ARE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS TO

                    HEALTH THAT IMPACT THE LIVES OF PEOPLE.  IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A COUNCIL

                    IN PLACE THAT DOES THE RESEARCH ON THOSE, GETS THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE

                    PLACES WHERE THE SERVICE IS DELIVERED SO THAT THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES

                    SERVICES CAN DELIVER.  SO I WANT TO COMMEND THE SPONSOR FOR PUSHING

                    THE BUTTON ON THIS ONE.  IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.  THANK YOU.  PLEASED TO

                    VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT.

                                 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.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

                    HAVE ANY FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING OR RESOLUTIONS?

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  WE DO HAVE A BIT OF

                    HOUSEKEEPING.

                                 ON A MOTION BY MS. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, PAGE 29,

                    CALENDAR NO. 160, BILL NO. 84947, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND

                    ADOPTED.

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                                 ON BEHALF OF MS. BUTTENSCHON, BILL NO. A1121-B.

                    THE ASSEMBLY BILL RECALLED FROM THE SENATE.  THE CLERK WILL READ THE

                    TITLE OF THE BILL.

                                 (THE CLERK READ THE TITLE OF THE BILL)

                                 THE CLERK:  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PENAL 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.

                                 AND ANOTHER ONE.  ON BEHALF OF MS. PAULIN, BILL NO.

                    A9883.  ASSEMBLY BILL RECALLED FROM THE SENATE.  THE CLERK WILL READ

                    THE TITLE OF THE BILL.

                                 THE CLERK:  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC

                    AUTHORITIES 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

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                    RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

                                 WE HAVE NUMEROUS FINE RESOLUTIONS, WE WILL TAKE

                    THEM UP WITH ONE VOTE.

                                 ON THE RESOLUTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING

                    AYE; OPPOSED, NO.  THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.

                                 (WHEREUPON, ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NOS. 891-893

                    WERE UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.)

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  I NOW MOVE THAT THE

                    ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL THURSDAY, TOMORROW BEING A

                    LEGISLATIVE DAY AND THAT WE RECONVENE AT 12:00 NOON, MONDAY THE 16TH

                    BEING A SESSION DAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MONDAY, 12:00 NOON.

                    THE ASSEMBLY STANDS ADJOURNED.

                                 (WHEREUPON, AT 6:20 P.M., THE HOUSE STOOD ADJOURNED

                    UNTIL THURSDAY, MAY 12TH, THAT BEING A LEGISLATIVE DAY, AND TO

                    RECONVENE ON MONDAY, MAY 16TH AT 12:00 P.M., THAT BEING A SESSION

                    DAY.)















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