WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2021 2:55 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 18TH.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE
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THAT WE DISPENSE WITH THE FURTHER READING OF THE JOURNAL OF TUESDAY,
MAY THE 18TH AND ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WITHOUT OBJECTION,
SO ORDERED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME THE MANY
COLLEAGUES THAT ARE BACK IN THE CHAMBERS WITH US TODAY AS WELL AS
THOSE THAT ARE STILL PARTICIPATING REMOTELY. I WANT TO SHARE A QUOTE FOR
THE DAY, AND THIS ONE IS COMING FROM MALCOLM X, WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS
TODAY. AND THIS ONE SAYS, I'M FOR TRUTH, NO MATTER WHO TELLS IT. I'M FOR
JUSTICE, NO MATTER WHO WORKS AGAINST IT. AGAIN, THAT'S MALCOLM X.
COLLEAGUES SHOULD NOTE THAT YOU -- THIS IS THE FIRST
SESSION DAY OF THE 20TH WEEK OF THE 244TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. I AM
PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE OUR SCHEDULE FOR TODAY. COLLEAGUES HAVE ON YOUR
DESK THE MAIN CALENDAR WITH 53 NEW BILLS IN IT, FROM CALENDAR NO. 338
ALL THE WAY TO CALENDAR NO. 390. AND WE ALSO HAVE A DEBATE LIST ON
YOUR DESK. SO OUR PRINCIPAL WORK FOR TODAY, MR. SPEAKER, WILL BEGIN
WITH RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 3. I BELIEVE WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE COLLEAGUE
THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT RESOLUTION. AND THEN WE WILL BE GOING
DIRECTLY TO OUR CALENDAR NO. 338 AND PROCEED RIGHT THROUGH TO
CALENDAR NO. 390. AND THEN WE WILL ALSO WORK OFF OUR DEBATE LIST.
THAT'S THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TODAY,
MR. SPEAKER. IF THERE ARE ANY INTRODUCTIONS AND/OR HOUSEKEEPING, NOW
WOULD BE A GREAT TIME.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WE CERTAINLY HAVE
SOME HOUSEKEEPING, MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
ON A MOTION BY MR. LAVINE, PAGE 8, CALENDAR NO.
360, BILL NO. 4580, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.
ON A MOTION BY MS. PHEFFER AMATO, PAGE 22,
CALENDAR NO. 118, BILL NO. 950-A, THE AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND
ADOPTED.
ON A MOTION BY MRS. GALEF, PAGE 35, CALENDAR NO.
315, BILL NO. 4522, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.
WE WILL GO TO PAGE 3, RESOLUTIONS, ASSEMBLY NO. 298.
THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 298, MS.
WALLACE.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 19, 2021, AS HOME FIRE SPRINKLER
AWARENESS DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL HOME FIRE SPRINKLER AWARENESS DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 299, MS.
SOLAGES.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 19, 2021, AS HUMAN MILK DAY IN
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OBSERVANCE OF WORLD
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HUMAN MILK DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE -- OVER HERE?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE - WE CAME ALL
THIS WAY, THANK YOU - OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 300, MRS.
BARRETT.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 15-31, 2021, AS CIDER 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.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 302, MR.
BRABENEC.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 16-22, 2021, AS EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL EMS WEEK.
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. 303, MS.
NIOU.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR
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ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM MAY 2021, AS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN
HERITAGE MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. NIOU ON THE
RESOLUTION.
MS. NIOU: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE TO SPEAK
ON A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 2021 AS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN
HERITAGE MONTH IN NEW YORK STATE. FOR 40 YEARS, COMMUNITIES ACROSS
THE NATION HAVE SET ASIDE THE MONTH OF MAY TO CELEBRATE THE GREAT
CONTRIBUTIONS OF ASIAN AMERICANS TO THE ECONOMY, ARTS, SCIENCE,
GOVERNMENT AND DOZENS OF OTHER FIELDS. THIS IS ALSO BITTERSWEET. EVEN
AS I WALKED BACK TO THE CAPITOL BUILDING TODAY, SOMEONE YELLED A
DISGUSTING RACIAL SLUR AT ME FROM THEIR CAR. THE RISING TIDE OF
ANTI-ASIAN HATE AND VIOLENCE SWEEPING ACROSS NOT JUST OUR STATE, BUT
OUR COUNTRY REMINDS US THAT THE PRIDE WE SHOW IN CELEBRATING ASIAN
AMERICANS CAN ALSO BE AN ACT OF DEFIANCE. DEFIANCE AGAINST THOSE WHO
WANT ASIAN AMERICANS TO SHUT UP, SIT DOWN, TO BE INVISIBLE OR TO GO
BACK TO WHEREVER THESE BIGOTS THINK WE CAME FROM.
AT ITS HEART, APA HERITAGE MONTH IS ABOUT CELEBRATING
BELONGING, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT US TO
CELEBRATE AND DO NOT BELIEVE WE BELONG. THAT BITTERNESS IS REFLECTED IN
GUT-WRENCHING NUMBERS LIKE 150 PERCENT. THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF
ANTI-ASIAN HATE THAT'S SURGED OVER THE PAST YEAR. OR 4,000, THE NUMBER
OF REPORTED ANTI-ASIAN RACIST INCIDENTS OVER OUR COUNTRY. OR 62, THE
NUMBER OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS WHO VOTED AGAINST SENDING
THE SENATE'S ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIMES BILL TO THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS
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SIGNATURE. APA HERITAGE MONTH ALSO IS SAYING WE SHOULD BE LOOKED AT
IN OUR ENTIRETY. THE FACT THAT ONE IN FOUR ASIAN AMERICANS HERE IN OUR
STATE LIVES IN POVERTY. THE FACT THAT WE ARE THE LARGEST-GROWING
UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY. AND THE FACT THAT EVEN WITH OUR NEW ASIAN
AMERICAN MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE ELECTED THIS YEAR, WE ARE STILL THE MOST
UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY GROUP. THAT ALSO MEANS RECOGNIZING THE
NUMBERS THAT SHOW THE STRENGTH OF AN ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
UNWILLING TO BE SILENCED. EIGHTY-ONE PERCENT, THE RATE AT WHICH THE
AAPI COMMUNITY IN OUR COUNTRY GREW OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES,
MAKING ASIAN AMERICANS THE FASTEST-GROWING RACIAL GROUP IN AMERICA.
OR $783 BILLION, THE AMOUNT OF INCOME AAPI HOUSEHOLDS GENERATED FOR
OUR COUNTRY. OR $584 BILLION, THE AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OUR
AAPI COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE PUT BACK INTO THE ECONOMY THROUGH
SPENDING POWER.
BUT APA HERITAGE MONTH MEANS -- MEANS NOTHING IF
NOT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT IT NEEDS TO LOOK BEYOND THE ASIAN COMMUNITY
AS JUST NUMBERS AND DEMOGRAPHICS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, BUT SEEING
US AS YOUR FRIENDS, AS YOUR FAMILY, AS YOUR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. IT MEANS CELEBRATING US AS NEW YORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN
THROUGH HELL AND STILL WAKE UP PROUD TO LIVE AND WORK HERE.
I REALLY NEED TO THANK OUR SPEAKER FOR SUPPORTING THE
HISTORIC PASSAGE OF FUNDING IN OUR MOST RECENT BUDGET FOR DATA
DISAGGREGATION TO END THE PRACTICE OF RENDERING AAPI HOUSEHOLDS
INVISIBLE IN OUR STATE DATA, AS WELL AS FOR $10 MILLION TO SUPPORT
ANTI-HATE EFFORTS AND THE ORGANIZATIONS RISING UP TO COMBAT ANTI-ASIAN
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BIGOTRY IN ALL OF ITS FORMS. TOGETHER, WE ARE LETTING OUR STATE AND OUR
COUNTRY KNOW THAT WE ARE MORE THAN JUST A CENSUS POPULATION GROUP.
MORE THAN AN APA HERITAGE MONTH SPEECH. MORE THAN THE HATE CRIMES
INFLICTED UPON US.
ASIAN AMERICANS ARE NEW YORKERS AND AMERICANS,
AND WITHOUT US THIS WOULD NOT BE OUR BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE NEW YORK OR
AMERICA. I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME IN RAISING AWARENESS AND
SPREADING JOY AS WE MARK THIS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE
MONTH.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MS.
NIOU.
MR. KIM ON THE RESOLUTION.
MR. KIM: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR ALLOWING ME
TO SPEAK ON THIS YEAR'S ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH RESOLUTION. I
WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR PUTTING THIS RESOLUTION AGAIN THIS YEAR.
AND I WISH WE COULD JUST CELEBRATE OUR BACKGROUNDS, CULTURES OF
DIFFERENT ASIAN COMMUNITIES AND HAVE DELICIOUS FOOD AND IN OUR -- IN
OUR ASSEMBLY CHAMBER AND DO EXHIBITIONS AND DO ALL THE GOOD THINGS
THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME
AGAIN, ASIAN AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE BEING SCAPEGOATED,
TARGETED, VILIFIED AND DEMONIZED. AND THIS IS A PATTERN THAT WE HAVE
SEEN THROUGHOUT THIS HISTORY -- THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY
FROM THE CHINESE AMERICANS WHO CAME HERE TO BUILD THE RAILROAD, TO
JAPANESE AMERICANS IN INTERMENT CAMPS, TO INDIVIDUALS LIKE VINCENT
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CHIN, ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO IN MICHIGAN WHO WAS BEAT UP AND -- AND
KILLED BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT HE WAS A JAPANESE AMERICAN EVEN
THOUGH HE WAS CHINESE WHO TOOK AWAY JOBS AT THAT TIME IN DETROIT.
FOR EVERY TIME WE HAVE WITNESSED ECONOMIC, SOCIAL OR KIND OF
DOWNTURNS, FOR WHATEVER REASON, ASIAN AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE
BEEN TARGETED OF A NUMBER OF CRIMES AND VIOLENCE. AND INSTEAD OF US
JUST HAVE -- YOU KNOW, JUST RESPONDING WITH KNEE-JERK REACTIONS AND
TRYING TO JUST PUNISH THE CRIME, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
COLLECTIVELY STOP THE -- STOP THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE. WHERE IS THE
VIOLENCE COMING FROM? WHERE'S THE HATRED COMING FROM? IT'S EASY TO
JUST SAY, OH, WE CAUGHT THE PERPETRATORS, THE ATTACKERS, AND WE ARE
GOING TO PUNISH THE CRIME AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS AND CALL IT A DAY
AND CALL THAT A WIN. BUT IT IS NOT A WIN. WE NEED TO GO BEYOND HOLDING
PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND LOOK AT WHERE THE VIOLENCE IS COMING FROM.
AND THE VIOLENCE IS COMING FROM THE LACK OF INVESTMENTS INTO OUR
PEOPLE. THE DECLINING SOCIAL CONDITIONS. THE $40- TO $60- TO $80
BILLION OF LACK OF FUNDING IN OUR PUBLIC HOUSING. TO THE FACT THAT IT
TOOK US MORE THAN TEN YEARS TO FULLY FUND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THOSE ARE
THE AREAS WHERE WE MUST DO BETTER TO COLLECTIVELY COME TOGETHER AS --
AS ONE COMMUNITY. AND AS ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, INSTEAD
OF LETTING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE -- SOME OF THESE DARK TIMES AGAINST
ASIANS PIT US AGAINST OTHER COMMUNITIES, I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO COME
TOGETHER AND FOCUS ON THESE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS TO GET THIS RIGHT.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND HAPPY ASIAN HERITAGE
MONTH.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.
MR. MAMDANI.
MR. MAMDANI: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR
ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION. I RISE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS
RESOLUTION, AND THANKS TO THE SPONSOR AND THE AUTHOR OF THIS RESOLUTION.
AND I RISE ALSO AS THE FIRST SOUTH ASIAN MAN TO EVER BE WITHIN THIS
BODY AS A MEMBER. AND I THINK OF AYESHA SIDDIQI'S QUOTE THAT SHE
ONCE WROTE MANY YEARS AGO, WHICH WAS, BE THE PERSON YOU NEEDED
WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER. AND I THINK ABOUT GROWING UP IN THIS STATE
AND LOOKING AROUND IN OUR MUNICIPALITY AND OUR STATE GOVERNMENT AND
LOOKING DESPERATELY TO FIND SOME REFLECTION OF MYSELF, OF MY FRIENDS, OF
MY FAMILY, AND FINDING THE IMAGE THAT I WOULD ONLY SEE THAT LOOKED
ANYTHING LIKE US WAS THAT OF THE VILLAIN, TIME AND TIME AGAIN. WHETHER
IT WAS IN HEARINGS IN RADICALIZATION, WHETHER IT WAS ON RHETORIC AROUND
ISLAM AND MUSLIMS OR THAT IT WAS SIMPLY IN THE ACTIONS OF ERASING OUR
COMMUNITIES IN EVERY WHICH WAY POSSIBLE.
AND SO I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO BE HERE TO SHOW THAT
YOUNG PERSON, ASIAN, MUSLIM, WHOEVER THEY MAY BE, THAT THERE IS A
PLACE FOR THEM IN THIS BODY. THAT THERE'S A PLACE FOR THEM IN THIS STATE.
AND ALSO TO SPEAK UP ABOUT THE RISE IN ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE THAT HAS
BEEN HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF OUR COUNTRY. AND MOST OF US
KNOW THIS IN THE VEIN OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE WHERE WE SEE SHOCKING
ACTS COMMITTED BY INDIVIDUALS IN PUBLIC. ACTS WITH THE INTENTION OF
PUSHING ASIANS OUT OF THE PUBLIC SPHERE. BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO VERY
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE THAT OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY
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COMMITS AGAINST ASAIN COMMUNITIES ON A DAILY BASIS. ASIANS HAVE THE
HIGHEST RATE OF POVERTY OF ANY ETHNIC GROUP IN NEW YORK CITY. NORTH
OF -- NORTH OF A QUARTER OF ASIANS ARE IN POVERTY. AND I THINK OF XING
LONG LIN, AN ASIAN AMERICAN DELIVERY MAN IN MY DISTRICT WHO WAS
KILLED LESS THAN A MONTH AGO, SPENT MORE THAN EIGHT TO TEN HOURS A DAY
DRIVING AROUND NEW YORK CITY STREETS ON HIS BICYCLE IN ORDER FOR
PEOPLE TO GET THE FOOD THAT THEY SO DESIRED. AND HE WAS KILLED BY A CAR
THAT CAME INTO THE BIKE LANE. AND HE WAS KILLED BECAUSE HIS LIFE AND
THE LIVES OF MANY OTHER IMMIGRANT CYCLISTS AND DELIVERY PEOPLE ARE NOT
VALUED BY THE CITY TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BUILD ANY
PROTECTIONS FOR THEM. AND SO I BRING HIM UP TO SAY THAT GIVEN THE
REALITIES OF POVERTY IN OUR COMMUNITIES, GIVEN THE REALITIES OF ERASURE,
THE VIOLENCE THAT WE SEE IS NOT SIMPLY VIOLENCE THAT IS OUT OF OUR
CONTROL. IT'S NOT SIMPLY VIOLENCE, AS MY COLLEAGUE FROM QUEENS SAID,
THAT WE CAN LOCK SOMEONE UP IN A CAGE AND THROW AWAY THE KEY. IT'S
ALSO VIOLENCE THAT WE AID AND ABET BY NOT INVESTING IN OUR VERY
COMMUNITIES IN CHAMBERS SUCH AS THESE. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WE
HAVE MADE A CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT WE INVEST THIS YEAR, AND I HOPE THAT
WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ALONG THAT PATH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.
ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE -- MS. -- MS. BICHOTTE
HERMELYN ON THE RESOLUTION.
MS. BICHOTTE HERMELYN: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. ON THE RESOLUTION. TODAY I STAND IN UNITY WITH MY FELLOW
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COLLEAGUES IN SUPPORTING THE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC HERITAGE MONTH.
I ALSO STAND WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IN DENOUNCING ALL THE HATE CRIMES
AGAINST ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE BEEN RECENTLY
EXPERIENCING. I HAVE PERSONAL -- HAVE A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE
ASIAN PACIFIC COUNTRIES AND ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS WHERE I SPENT SIX
YEARS IN KOREAN ART, THREE YEARS IN JAPAN AND CHINA WHERE I LEARNED A
LOT OF MY ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SKILLS, LEARNING THE CUSTOM AND --
AND BUSINESS PROTOCOLS. ALSO LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF
JAPANESE AND LEARNING THE CHINESE CHARACTERS. I ALSO HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO LEARN THE CULTURES OF SINGAPORE AND THAILAND AND
MALAYSIA. AND HERE IN THE UNITED STATES I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST
BECAME A MEMBER OF THE CHINESE AMERICAN CLUB AT LAGUARDIA HIGH
SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ART AND PERFORMING ARTS BACK IN THE LATE 80'S.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE, TO ME, I FEEL THAT MY CULTURE AND THEIR CULTURE, WE
SHARE A LOT OF THE SAME VALUES, GIVEN THAT MANY OF US CAME FROM THE
SAME POOR, THE SAME ETHNICITY, DISCRIMINATION, CAME BACK FROM -- CAME
FROM AN IMMIGRANT BACKGROUND. AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT MY
COLLEAGUES, MY ASIAN AMERICAN COLLEAGUES ARE GOING THROUGH.
SO I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I STAND STRONGLY WITH MY
ASIAN AMERICAN COLLEAGUES, MY NEIGHBORS, MY BUSINESSOWNERS, MY
FORMER TEACHERS, MY FELLOW ENGINEERS, ALL. I STAND REALLY STRONG IN
SUPPORT OF THE CULTURE, YOUR COUNTRIES, THE LANGUAGE AND EVERYTHING.
AND SO PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A FRIEND IN DENOUNCING
ALL OF THESE HATE CRIMES AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS. SO I THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THIS RESOLUTION OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC HERITAGE
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MONTH.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
PAGE 4, CALENDAR NO. 338, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00299-A, CALENDAR
NO. 338, GOTTFRIED, ABINANTI, SANTABARBARA, FAHY, ASHBY, SAYEGH,
DESTEFANO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN RELATION TO
INCLUDING APPLIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS UNDER STANDARD COVERAGE FOR
MEDICAID RECIPIENTS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
GOTTFRIED, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED. THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00386, CALENDAR NO.
339, JACOBSON, COLTON, REYES, DICKENS, GOTTFRIED, SAYEGH, GLICK,
FAHY, STECK, ABINANTI, KIM, CUSICK, MORINELLO, PERRY, HEVESI. AN ACT
TO AMEND THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, IN RELATION TO IRREGULARITIES
IN A COVER SHEET ACCOMPANYING AN APPLICATION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW OR FOR FULL BOARD REVIEW OR A REBUTTAL TO SUCH APPLICATIONS.
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.386. 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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PROVIDED.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
FIRST VOTE OF THE DAY, MEMBERS.
MR. JACOBSON TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. JACOBSON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THIS
BILL WILL CORRECT AN INEQUITY, AN INJUSTICE THAT'S GOING ON IN THE
WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD THAT'S AFFECTING BOTH SIDES, WHETHER --
WHETHER IT'S THE CLAIMANT OR THE CARRIER. DURING THE APPEALS PROCESS, IF
THE COVER SHEET HAS A MINOR ERROR OR OMISSION, THE BOARD HAS INSTITUTED
STRICT RULES THAT WOULD -- THAT DENIES THE APPEAL OR DENIES THE REBUTTAL,
AS THE CASE MAY BE. WHAT THIS BILL WOULD DO IS TO HAVE THE BOARD EITHER
IGNORE SUCH DEFECT, OMISSION OR MISTAKE OR GIVE NOTICE TO THE -- TO THE
PARTY AND ALLOW THEM 20 DAYS TO CORRECT IT. THIS BILL WOULD MAKE SURE
THAT LITIGANTS WOULD HAVE A FULL OPPORTUNITY TO STATE THEIR CASE, AND THAT
MINOR DEFECTS AND -- AND OMISSIONS WOULD NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF A
RULING ON THE MERITS.
SO I THANK THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE WORK TO GET THIS TO
THE FLOOR AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE FOR IT. THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ARE THERE ANY OTHER
VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00520-A, CALENDAR
NO. 340, BRAUNSTEIN, GOTTFRIED, ZEBROWSKI, COOK, SEAWRIGHT, GALEF,
HEVESI, WEPRIN, L. ROSENTHAL, GRIFFIN, RODRIGUEZ, MONTESANO, FRIEND,
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BARRON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS
LAW, IN RELATION TO PROHIBITING THE MAKING AND/OR BROADCASTING OF
VISUAL IMAGES OF INDIVIDUALS UNDERGOING MEDICAL TREATMENT WITHOUT
PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00533, CALENDAR NO.
341, L. ROSENTHAL, COOK, SIMON, LAVINE, DICKENS, TAYLOR, SEAWRIGHT,
GOTTFRIED, J. RIVERA, WEPRIN, QUART, WALKER, PERRY, CARROLL,
RICHARDSON, CRUZ, COLTON, STECK, LUPARDO, CLARK, MEEKS,
GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS, KELLES, OTIS, FORREST, FAHY MCDONALD. AN ACT TO
AMEND THE CORRECTION LAW, IN RELATION TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
PROGRAM FOR THE USE OF MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR INMATES; AND
TO AMEND THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, IN RELATION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT AND TRANSITION SERVICES IN JAILS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00711, CALENDAR NO.
342, WALLACE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION
TO REQUIRING THAT A HOMEOWNER BE PROVIDED A COST ESTIMATE FOR
INSTALLATION OF A FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00766, CALENDAR NO.
343, L. ROSENTHAL, AUBRY, GOTTFRIED, TAYLOR, SAYEGH, SIMON, COLTON,
REYES, DINOWITZ, SILLITTI, MAMDANI, GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS, RAMOS,
MITAYNES, FORREST, OTIS, NIOU. AN ACT TO AMEND THE LIEN LAW, IN
RELATION TO EMPLOYEE LIENS; TO AMEND THE LABOR LAW, IN RELATION TO
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EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS; TO AMEND THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, IN
RELATION TO GROUNDS FOR ATTACHMENT; TO AMEND THE BUSINESS CORPORATION
LAW, IN RELATION TO STREAMLINING PROCEDURES WHERE EMPLOYEES MAY
HOLD SHAREHOLDERS OF NON-PUBLICLY-TRADED CORPORATIONS PERSONALLY
LIABLE FOR WAGE THEFT; AND TO AMEND THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
LAW, IN RELATION TO CREATING A RIGHT FOR VICTIMS OF WAGE THEFT TO HOLD THE
TEN MEMBERS WITH THE LARGEST OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN A COMPANY
PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR WAGE THEFT.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01008-A, CALENDAR
NO. 344, PAULIN, OTIS, GALEF, PALMESANO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC
SERVICE LAW, IN RELATION TO STORM HARDENING AND SYSTEM RESILIENCY
PLANS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 180TH
DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL
RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT A.1008-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. PALMESANO TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. PALMESANO: YES, THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER
AND MY COLLEAGUES. I RISE TO STAND UP HERE TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION
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AND I WANTED TO THANK THE SPONSOR. I BELIEVE THIS -- I'M PROUD TO
SUPPORT IT AND COSPONSOR THIS LEGISLATION. I BELIEVE THIS LEGISLATION IS
LONG OVERDUE TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR THE STORM HARDENING AND
RESILIENCY OF OUR UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE TO HELP ENSURE RELIABILITY FOR OUR
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ACROSS THIS STATE. THIS IS VERY CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. FIRST, WITH -- WITH MORE
RENEWABLES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING ONLINE, WE NEED TO IMPROVE
THAT AND UPGRADE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE TO HAVE IT IN PLACE TO ACCOMMODATE
THAT AND TO IMPROVE, AGAIN, THE RELIABILITY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. AND
CERTAINLY SECONDLY, AND NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN IS THE STORMS WE'VE SEEN
OVER THE LAST DECADE, WITH SANDY IN 2012, I BELIEVE SOME ESTIMATES WE
HAD $75 MILLION WORTH OF DAMAGE. AND ISAIAS LAST YEAR WHICH AFFECTED
DOWNSTATE, I THINK $5 BILLION. WE NEED TO HAVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY
AND TRANSPARENCY, AND THIS IS GOING TO BRING TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY TO IT. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A COST BENEFITS AND ANALYSIS TO
SHOW HOW THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO HELP THE CUSTOMERS, THERE'S
SUPPOSED TO BE A TIMELINE IN PLACE. PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS THAT ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO BE MADE AND THE RATE IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE FOR
CUSTOMERS. AND I THINK IN PAST THIS WOULD ONLY BE PART OF THE
TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION PART OF THE BILL WHEN THEY'RE DOING
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. I THINK SEPARATING THIS OUT SPECIFICALLY FOR
-- FOR THE HARDENING COSTS FOR THE STORM RESILIENCY AND RELIABILITY IS
CRITICAL AND WILL HELP THIS PROCESS MOVING FORWARD. IT'S GOING TO JUST
PROCESS THROUGH THE PSC TO SHOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK. THERE'S
GOING TO BE THE ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE TO DEMONSTRATE
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WHAT'S GOING TO -- WHAT'S BEING DONE. AND THIS IS THE TYPE OF WORK THAT
WE NEED TO HAVE DONE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RESILIENCY AND
THE HARDENING OF OUR LINES, IT'S ABOUT REPLACING THE DANGER TREES, GOING
ON CUSTOMERS' LAND AND REMOVE DANGER TREES, THE WIRES, THE POLES.
WHETHER WE SHOULD GO UNDERGROUND OR NOT. TRANSFORMERS. THOSE
TYPES OF MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE DEFINITELY NEEDED, AND
I THINK A PLAN LIKE THIS, A TEN-YEAR PLAN THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE PUT IN
PLACE TO HELP AND PROVIDE THE WORK WE NEEDED TO BE DONE.
FOR THAT REASON, I'LL BE VOTING IN THE POSITIVE. THANK
YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. PALMESANO IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01370, CALENDAR NO.
345, SEAWRIGHT, PERRY, OTIS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS
LAW, IN RELATION TO THE PERSONAL INFORMATION OF A CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD
HOLDER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 90TH
DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL
RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT A.1370. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL.
ANY MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE IS REMINDED TO
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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. A02004, CALENDAR NO.
346, REYES, DICKENS, JEAN-PIERRE, GOTTFRIED, COOK, DE LA ROSA,
HYNDMAN, FRONTUS, JACOBSON, VANEL, PICHARDO, HUNTER, FALL, RAMOS,
CLARK, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, AUBRY, BARRON, SILLITTI, JACKSON, SEPTIMO.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE -- AN ACT TO DIRECT THE PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIL STATE
SERVICE COMMISSION [SIC] TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE CURRENT CIVIL
SERVICE EXAMINATION PROCESS TO IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS
TO IMPROVE CURRENT METHODOLOGIES USED REGARDING THE EXAMINATION
PROCESS TO ENSURE DIVERSITY IN RECRUITMENT AND HIRING IN THE PUBLIC
SECTOR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON 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 SENATE PRINT 3070. 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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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. A02030, CALENDAR NO.
347, L. ROSENTHAL, QUART, RICHARDSON, CARROLL, WEPRIN, SIMON,
GOTTFRIED, HEVESI, BARRON, STECK, GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS, BURGOS. AN ACT TO
AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION
TO MEDICATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02251, CALENDAR NO.
348, SIMON, BARRON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN
RELATION TO THE CLOSURE OF HOSPITALS OR EMERGENCY OR MATERNITY
DEPARTMENTS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02330-A, CALENDAR
NO. 349, JACOBSON, DICKENS, SIMON, REYES, THIELE, GALEF, GOTTFRIED,
STERN, ZEBROWSKI, COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT, MAGNARELLI, L. ROSENTHAL,
BRABENEC, GUNTHER, LAVINE, RAMOS, SEAWRIGHT, HUNTER, AUBRY,
BARRETT, DINOWITZ, LUNSFORD, ANDERSON, BARRON, GLICK, JEAN-PIERRE,
GRIFFIN, STIRPE, BURDICK, CLARK. AN ACT DIRECTING THE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY AND THE COSTS OF BURYING ALL OR
MOST OF THE ELECTRICAL, TELEPHONE AND INTERNET TRANSMISSION LINES IN NEW
YORK STATE AND TO PUBLISH AND DELIVER A REPORT OF ITS FINDINGS TO THE
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GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE, AND REQUIRING NEW ELECTRICAL, TELEPHONE
AND INTERNET TRANSMISSION LINES TO BE BURIED UNDERGROUND.
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 2330-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. JACOBSON TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. JACOBSON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. EVERY
TIME THERE'S A FORECAST OF A WINDSTORM, WHETHER IT'S IN THE SUMMER OR
THE WINTER, WE -- WE JUST LIVE IN FEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE POWER.
AND THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY IS DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER
AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT. SO THIS BILL WILL -- WILL ALLOW THE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION -- DIRECT THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO
STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF BURYING POWER LINES AND INTERNET PROVIDERS AND
TELEPHONE LINES. I MEAN, AFTER THE BLIZZARD OF 1888 IN NEW YORK CITY,
MOST OF THE POWER LINES WERE -- WERE BURIED, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN SO FOR
THE REST OF THE STATE. AND THE MONEY THAT WE SPENT THAT WAS OVER $2
BILLION SPENT BY UTILITIES IN THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, IT MAKES NO SENSE. AND
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE WILL BE BY HAVING MORE LINES THAT ARE BURIED, IT WILL
PROMOTE RENEWABLE ENERGY. OF COURSE, SOME OF THE MAJOR OBJECTIONS
TO RENEWABLE ENERGY IS NOT THE ENERGY, BUT IT'S THE TOWERS AND THE
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TRANSMISSION LINES GETTING IT TO WHERE IT'S NEEDED.
SO THIS BILL HOPEFULLY WILL BE A START OF A
TRANSFORMATIVE POLICY CHANGE, AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU VOTE FOR IT. THANK
YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL TO
EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THIS STUDY, ALTHOUGH I AM HOPEFUL THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION WILL DO A COST ANALYSIS BY LOCALITY AND MUNICIPALITY RATHER
THAN JUST A REPORT THAT GIVES US THE NUMBER FOR STATEWIDE. OBVIOUSLY,
THE COST EFFICIENCY OF BURYING ELECTRICAL AND OTHER UTILITIES IN THE CITY OF
-- OF NEW YORK CITY IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE COST OF DOING IT PER
CUSTOMER UPSTATE WHERE YOU MAY HAVE LINES THAT RUN, YOU KNOW,
HALF-A-MILE, A MILE OR EVEN LONGER WITH A SINGLE CUSTOMER. AND SO I'M
HOPEFUL THAT THE STUDY WILL BE ACCURATE ENOUGH SO THAT WE CAN MAKE
THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS BY EACH MUNICIPALITY RATHER THAN STATEWIDE.
OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S THE STATEWIDE ISSUE IT CREATES TREMENDOUS PROBLEMS
BECAUSE IT WILL ABSOLUTELY KILL THE EXPANSION OF BROADBAND IN THE RURAL
AREAS IF THEY HAVE TO BURY THOSE CABLES. IT'S ALREADY CLOSE TO BEING
COST-PROHIBITIVE.
SO, I SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE'S BILL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
A DETAILED STUDY. THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
MR. BURDICK.
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MR. BURDICK: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I WISH TO
COMMEND THE SPONSOR FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS BILL. PRIOR TO COMING
TO THE ASSEMBLY, I SERVED FOR SEVEN YEARS AS THE SUPERVISOR OF THE
TOWN OF BEDFORD AND WE WENT THROUGH MANY STORMS. AND EVERY TIME
THE STORMS CAME OUT WE WERE ASKED BY RESIDENTS, WHAT'S BEING DONE TO
BURY THE LINES, AND WE HAD NO FIGURES AND WE STILL HAVE NO FIGURES AS TO
WHAT THE COST WOULD BE. WE HAD VAGUE IDEAS THAT TO DO SO WOULD JUST
BE BANKRUPTING RATEPAYERS BECAUSE THE COST WOULD BE INCREDIBLY GREAT.
WELL, THIS WILL PROVIDE SOME ACTUAL HARD DATA THAT WE NEED TO MAKE
INTELLIGENT DECISIONS.
SO, I'M COSPONSORING THIS BILL AND I AGAIN THANK THE
SPONSOR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. BURDICK IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
MR. GOODELL, EXCEPTIONS?
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE RECORD
ASSEMBLYMEMBER DIPIETRO AND MR. WALCZYK IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK
YOU.
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. A02382, CALENDAR NO.
350, WEINSTEIN, GALEF, ZEBROWSKI, O'DONNELL, FAHY, PEOPLES-STOKES,
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L. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, GLICK, WEPRIN, TAYLOR. AN ACT TO
AMEND THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES AND THE JUDICIARY LAW, IN
RELATION TO CONSUMER CREDIT TRANSACTIONS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02388-A, CALENDAR
NO. 351, AUBRY, HYNDMAN, NIOU, CAHILL, L. ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT,
THIELE, BARNWELL, BUTTENSCHON, CRUZ, GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS, OTIS, DICKENS.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND THE EDUCATION LAW, IN
RELATION TO DIRECTING THE COMMISSIONERS OF EDUCATION AND HEALTH TO
ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT AND MONITORING OF
STUDENTS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS WHO EXHIBIT SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF SUDDEN
CARDIAC ARREST.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JULY 1ST.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL
RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 2388-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. A02439, CALENDAR NO.
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352, AUBRY. AN ACT IN RELATION TO DIRECTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE
STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TO PUBLISH REPORTS RELATING TO DIVERSITY
WITHIN THE STATE GOVERNMENT.
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 2439. 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. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE RECORD MY
COLLEAGUE MR. FITZPATRICK IN THE NEGATIVE ON THIS BILL. THANK YOU, SIR.
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. A03149, CALENDAR NO.
353, HEVESI, GLICK, BARRON, COLTON, EPSTEIN, BUTTENSCHON, OTIS,
SANTABARBARA, SEAWRIGHT, REYES, GOTTFRIED. AN ACT TO AMEND THE
SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN RELATION TO ESTABLISHING FACTORS TO BE
CONSIDERED WHEN A HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONER UPON EXAMINATION HAS A
DIFFERENT OPINION FROM AN APPLICANT'S TREATING HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONER'S
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OPINION AS TO AN APPLICANT'S DISABILITY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03409, CALENDAR NO.
354, LAVINE, SEAWRIGHT, SANTABARBARA, BUTTENSCHON, OTIS, WEPRIN. AN
ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO PROVIDING A TAX CREDIT FOR
UNIVERSAL VISITABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF SUCH PROVISIONS
UPON EXPIRATION THEREOF.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03476, CALENDAR NO.
355, ABBATE, GRIFFIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL
SECURITY LAW, IN RELATION TO THE RETIREMENT OF MEMBERS WHO SERVE AS
POLICE MEDICS, POLICE MEDIC SUPERVISORS AND MEMBERS WHO PERFORM
POLICE MEDIC-RELATED SERVICES IN THE NASSAU COUNTY POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
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 3476. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY
MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE IS REMINDED TO
CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY
PROVIDED.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
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THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03913-A, CALENDAR
NO. 356, MCMAHON, MAGNARELLI, GRIFFIN, HUNTER, ENGLEBRIGHT,
BUTTENSCHON, GOTTFRIED, COLTON, TAYLOR, SANTABARBARA, SIMON,
B. MILLER, SILLITTI, STERN, JACOBSON, OTIS, PERRY, JACOBSON. AN ACT TO
AMEND THE LABOR LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING EMPLOYERS TO DISPLAY A
POSTER CONTAINING INFORMATION ON VETERANS' BENEFITS AND SERVICES WHICH
SHALL BE CREATED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1,
2022.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL
RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT A.3913-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. GOODELL TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. THIS LEGISLATURE
HAS A VERY STRONG AND PROUD RECORD SUPPORTING OUR VETERANS, AND THAT
CERTAINLY IS THE CASE FOR MY CONFERENCE IN PARTICULAR. HOWEVER, THIS
BILL REQUIRES EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYER TO POST A POSTER EXPLAINING WHAT
MIGHT BE AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF VETERAN BENEFITS. AND I WILL BE VOTING
NO BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I AM A STRONG SUPPORTER OF VETERANS, IT DOESN'T
MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME TO REQUIRE EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYER, REGARDLESS OF
THEIR SIZE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY EVEN HAVE A VETERAN WHO IS
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WORKING THERE, TO HAVE TO POST A MANDATORY STATEMENT ABOUT VETERAN
BENEFITS AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYEES. NOW, I CAN TALK TO MY EMPLOYEE
WHO IS NOT A VETERAN AND I CAN TELL HER ABOUT THIS. RIGHT NOW IN MY
PRIVATE OFFICE I HAVE ABOUT 12 SQUARE FEET OF POSTERS THAT ARE MANDATED
BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK. I SHOULD SAY THAT'S 12 SQUARE FEET FOR MY
ONE PART-TIME EMPLOYEE IN MY PRIVATE OFFICE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AT
SOME POINT WE NEED TO DRAW THE LINE AND SAY, YEAH, WE LOVE THE
VETERANS. WE WANT TO PROMOTE INFORMATION FOR THEM. BUT DO WE REALLY
NEED TO MAKE THIS ANOTHER EMPLOYER MANDATE SUBJECT TO FINE AND
ENFORCEMENT, AND MY ANSWER ON THAT IS, LOVE YOU, VETERANS, BUT NO FOR
ME.
THANKS.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: MR. GOODELL IN
THE AFFIRMATIVE -- IN THE NEGATIVE. MY APOLOGIES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03960, CALENDAR NO.
357, CUSICK, LUPARDO, BLANKENBUSH, COLTON, WEPRIN, STERN, WALSH,
HUNTER, BUTTENSCHON, OTIS, SANTABARBARA, REILLY, SEAWRIGHT, FALL,
PALMESANO, STIRPE, MANKTELOW. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW AND THE
LABOR LAW, IN RELATION TO ESTABLISHING A SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDIT FOR
THE EMPLOYMENT OF DISABLED PERSONS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF
SUCH PROVISIONS UPON EXPIRATION THEREOF.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: THE BILL IS LAID
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ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04077, CALENDAR NO.
358, ABBATE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW, IN RELATION TO
RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES IN THE COURSE OF COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: ON A MOTION BY
MR. ABBATE, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04384, CALENDAR NO.
359, STIRPE, BUTTENSCHON, BARRON. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EMPIRE STATE
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
PROMOTING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING
BUSINESSES LOCATED IN NEW YORK STATE.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: ON A MOTION BY
MR. STIRPE, 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 PICHARDO: THE CLERK WILL
RECORD THE VOTE ON SENATE BILL S.30. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY
MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE REMIND -- IS
REMINDED TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER'S OFFICE AT THE
NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE RECORD MY
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COLLEAGUE MR. MIKE LAWLER IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: THANK YOU, SIR.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04580, CALENDAR NO.
360 WAS AMENDED ON THIRD READING.
ASSEMBLY NO. A04668, CALENDAR NO. 361, PEOPLES-
STOKES, J.D. RIVERA, JACOBSON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW
AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG FORMULARY
CHANGES DURING A CONTRACT YEAR.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: ON A MOTION BY
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE
BILL IS ADVANCED AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04685-A, CALENDAR
NO. 362, PHEFFER AMATO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW,
IN RELATION TO PROHIBITING GENERAL HOSPITALS FROM DISALLOWING
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES FROM HAVING AN ESSENTIAL SUPPORT PERSON
ACCOMPANY THEM FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR HOSPITALIZATION.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: THE BILL IS LAID
ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04905, CALENDAR NO.
363, WEPRIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CORRECTION LAW, IN RELATION TO
PROVIDING IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO INMATES UPON RELEASE FROM
INCARCERATION.
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ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: THE BILL IS LAID
ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04947, CALENDAR NO.
364, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, REYES, GRIFFIN, MEEKS, COLTON, ZINERMAN.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PENAL LAW, IN RELATION TO CRIMES INVOLVING THE
DEATH OR INJURY OF A WORKER.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: READ THE LAST
SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 30TH
DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER PICHARDO: THE CLERK WILL
RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY BILL 4947. 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'S OFFICE AT THE NUMBERS
PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE RECORD
ASSEMBLYMEMBER FRIEND IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU. SO
NOTED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05401, CALENDAR NO.
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365, MCDONALD. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO TERMINAL
RENTAL ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES IN MOTOR VEHICLE LEASES.
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.5401. 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. A05830-A, CALENDAR
NO. 366, DINOWITZ. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PENAL LAW, IN RELATION TO
UNLAWFULLY INSTALLING A GAS METER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
DINOWITZ, 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 328-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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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. A06155-A, CALENDAR
NO. 367, MAGNARELLI, FAHY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC
LAW, IN RELATION TO PERMITTING SIGNS, PLACARDS OR OTHER DISPLAYS TO
PROVIDE NOTICE THAT SCHOOL BUS PHOTO VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS ARE
IN USE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF SUCH PROVISIONS UPON THE
EXPIRATION THEREOF.
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 6155-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. A06158-A, CALENDAR
NO. 368, WALLACE. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 698 OF THE LAWS OF 1991
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AMENDING THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW AND THE EDUCATION LAW, RELATING
TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCING OF FACILITIES BY THE DORMITORY
AUTHORITY FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS APPROVED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 89 OF THE
EDUCATION LAW, IN RELATION TO INCLUDING NYSARC, INC., ERIE COUNTY
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 6158-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. A06193, CALENDAR NO.
369, GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS, O'DONNELL, SEAWRIGHT, CARROLL, J. RIVERA,
EPSTEIN, KELLES, JACKSON, SILLITTI, BURDICK, BRONSON, DINOWITZ, WEPRIN,
FAHY, HEVESI, CRUZ. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW AND THE
GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING UTILITY CORPORATIONS,
MUNICIPALITIES, WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS AND TELEPHONE SERVICE
PROVIDERS TO ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO USE THEIR PREFERRED NAME AND
PRONOUNS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
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THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06198-B, CALENDAR
NO. 370, PAULIN, FAHY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PENAL LAW, IN RELATION TO
THE PURCHASE AND DISPOSAL OF FIREARMS, RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06337-B, CALENDAR
NO. 371, GUNTHER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE LABOR LAW, IN RELATION TO
NOTIFYING INDIVIDUALS APPLYING FOR AND RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS OF RENTAL, MORTGAGE, FOOD AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
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 6337-B. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL.
ANY MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE IS REMINDED TO
CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY
PROVIDED.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06429-A, CALENDAR
NO. 372, HYNDMAN, GALEF, DICKENS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC
HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING HOSPITALS DISTRIBUTE LITERATURE
CREATED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO PATIENTS AT A HIGH RISK OF SICKLE CELL
DISEASE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
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THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL
RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 6429-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.
MS. HYNDMAN TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.
MS. HYNDMAN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR
ALLOWING ME TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. AS WE KNOW, SICKLE CELL DISEASE
PREDOMINANTLY AFFECTS AFRICAN-AMERICANS, AND IF YOU WERE BORN BEFORE
2006 MOST LIKELY YOU WERE NOT TESTED FOR THIS -- THIS DISEASE. YOU MAY
NOT EVEN KNOW YOU HAVE A SICKLE CELL TRAIT, AND FOR THOSE -- THOSE NEW
YORKERS NOT BORN IN THIS STATE MAY VERY WELL BE AFFECTED. THAT IS WHY
THIS LITERATURE IS SO IMPORTANT. I WANT TO THANK THE -- THE CHAIR OF THE
HEALTH COMMITTEE AND THE STAFF FOR THEIR DILIGENT WORK, AS WELL AS MY
STAFF FOR GETTING THIS TO THIS POINT AND I WILL BE VOTING IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. HYNDMAN IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
MR. BARRON TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. BARRON: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER.
I WANT TO COMMEND THE SPONSOR OF THIS BILL TREMENDOUSLY FOR HER
CONTINUING TO PUT EMPHASIS AND BRING ATTENTION TO SICKLE CELL ANEMIA. I
AM EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH THIS AND APPRECIATIVE OF IT
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BECAUSE THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY -- THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES IN THE
1960'S THAT THE BLACK PANTHERS PUT A GREAT AMOUNT OF EMPHASIS ON
BECAUSE THIS DISEASE WAS PECULIARLY AFFECTING THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
SO FOR YOU TO CONTINUE THAT WORK AND TO SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, I JUST
WANT TO HIGHLY COMMEND YOU AND THE CHAIR OF THE HEALTH COMMITTEE
FOR SEEING THE IMPORTANCE OF BRINGING ATTENTION TO SICKLE CELL ANEMIA.
THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IN THE 21ST CENTURY THAT WE NOT IGNORE THIS
DISEASE AND DO ALL TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON IT AND GET THE PROPER RESOURCES
TO DEAL WITH IT.
SO I VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. BARRON IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06466, CALENDAR NO.
373, ROZIC, MITAYNES. AN ACT TO AMEND THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION
LAW, IN RELATION TO PROVIDING LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06528-A, CALENDAR
NO. 374, BRAUNSTEIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EDUCATION LAW, IN RELATION
TO ADVANCE ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN STUDENTS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL
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RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 6528-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. A06652, CALENDAR NO.
375, ENGLEBRIGHT, GRIFFIN, BURDICK, STERN, SIMON, GALEF, THIELE, STECK,
DICKENS, COLTON, L. ROSENTHAL, ABINANTI, DINOWITZ, BURKE, MCMAHON,
KELLES, WEPRIN, GLICK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO THE PROTECTION OF CERTAIN STREAMS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06666, CALENDAR NO.
376, JOYNER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE LABOR LAW, IN RELATION TO THE
RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS; AND TO REPEAL
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SUCH LAW RELATING THERETO.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06750-B, CALENDAR
NO. 377, BENEDETTO, GUNTHER, OTIS, MCDONALD, DICKENS. AN ACT TO
AMEND THE EDUCATION LAW, IN RELATION TO THE GRANTING OF TENURE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
BENEDETTO, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED.
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READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL
RECORD THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 5576-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. A06772, CALENDAR NO.
378, JOYNER, ENGLEBRIGHT. AN ACT TO AMEND THE LABOR LAW, IN RELATION
TO WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY DATA TRANSPARENCY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.
JOYNER, 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 2802. 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.)
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ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06968, CALENDAR NO.
379, MAGNARELLI, BARRETT, WALLACE, FAHY, CUSICK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE
VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, IN RELATION TO EXEMPTING CERTAIN MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES DEPENDENTS TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE OR MOTORCYCLE
ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE WITHOUT BEING LICENSED IN NEW
YORK.
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 6968. 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. A07023, CALENDAR NO.
380, ABBATE. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 929 OF THE LAWS OF 1986
AMENDING THE TAX LAW AND OTHER LAWS RELATING TO THE METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS
THEREOF APPLICABLE TO THE RESOLUTION OF LABOR DISPUTES.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07122, CALENDAR NO.
381, LUPARDO, PAULIN, STIRPE, THIELE, ZEBROWSKI, OTIS, RICHARDSON,
GALEF, SCHMITT, ANGELINO, TAGUE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE AGRICULTURE
AND MARKETS LAW, IN RELATION TO ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAMS.
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 7122. 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. A07124, CALENDAR NO.
382, JOYNER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW AND THE
RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW, IN RELATION TO INCREASING CERTAIN
SPECIAL ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFITS.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JULY 1, 2021.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL
RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 7124. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY
MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE IS REMINDED TO
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CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY
PROVIDED.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
MR. LAWLER TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. LAWLER: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I WANT TO
THANK THE SPONSOR FOR PUTTING THIS BILL FORWARD. IT'S A -- IT'S A REMINDER
OF THE SACRIFICE THAT IS -- HAS TRAGICALLY BEEN MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
LAST WEEK WAS LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION WEEK. UNFORTUNATELY,
THIS BODY DID NOT CHOOSE TO COMMEMORATE THAT WITH A RESOLUTION. BUT
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS BILL AS WE PASS LEGISLATION
TO INCREASE THE BENEFITS PAID TO SURVIVING SPOUSES OR CHILDREN, TO
RECOGNIZE THE SERVICE AND THE SACRIFICE OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT
COMMUNITY, AND I WANT TO THANK THEM ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE STATE ASSEMBLY FOR THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE
TO OUR COMMUNITY AND KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. LAWLER IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
MS. GLICK TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.
MS. GLICK: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I CERTAINLY
BELIEVE THAT THOSE WHO DIE IN THE LINE OF DUTY, THEIR FAMILIES ARE
DESERVING OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, BUT I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD ALSO
INCLUDE DOMESTIC PARTNERS.
SO I WITHDRAW MY REQUEST AND VOTE IN THE NEGATIVE.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. GLICK IN THE
NEGATIVE.
MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE RECORD MY
COLLEAGUE ASSEMBLYMEMBER SCHMITT IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED. THANK
YOU.
MR. GOODELL: I APOLOGIZE. MR. SCHMITT WOULD
LIKE TO BE YES ON THAT. THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED, MR.
GOODELL.
MR. DILAN TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. DILAN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I ALSO WOULD
VOTE IN THE NEGATIVE WITH THE SAME LINE OF THINKING AS MY COLLEAGUE
FROM MANHATTAN. I BELIEVE ALSO DOMESTIC PARTNERS SHOULD BE INCLUDED.
THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. MR. DILAN
IN THE NEGATIVE.
MS. SIMON TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.
MS. SIMON: YES. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. TO
EXPLAIN MY VOTE. I WILL ALSO BE VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE FOR THE SAME
REASONS MENTIONED BY MY COLLEAGUE FROM MANHATTAN. THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. SIMON IN THE
NEGATIVE.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES,
PLEASE.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: IF YOU COULD RECORD OUR
COLLEAGUES MR. BARRON AND MR. DINOWITZ IN THE NEGATIVE ON THIS ONE.
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. A07290, CALENDAR NO.
383, ENGLEBRIGHT, BURDICK, STECK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO BIOHEATING FUEL REQUIREMENTS.
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 7290. 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. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE RECORD
ASSEMBLYMAN DIPIETRO IN THE NEGATIVE ON THIS BILL. THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED. THANK
YOU.
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ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07358, CALENDAR NO.
384, ABINANTI. AN ACT TO AMEND THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, IN RELATION
TO THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
ADVISORY COUNCIL.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
ABINANTI, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07387, CALENDAR NO.
385, JONES, BURDICK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO ADOPT REGULATIONS FOR
HUNTING IN THE NORTHERN ZONE.
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 7387. 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.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, IF YOU
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COULD PLEASE RECORD OUR COLLEAGUE MR. DINOWITZ IN THE NEGATIVE ON THIS
ONE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07392, CALENDAR NO.
386, ENGLEBRIGHT, BURDICK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO MANAGE AMERICAN
LOBSTER; AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 305 OF THE LAWS OF 2013 AMENDING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF
AMERICAN LOBSTER, 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 7392. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY
MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE IS REMINDED TO
CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY
PROVIDED.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
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THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07393, CALENDAR NO.
387, ENGLEBRIGHT, BURDICK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO MANAGED STRIPED BASS.
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 7393. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY
MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE IS REMINDED TO
CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBER PREVIOUSLY
PROVIDED.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07394, CALENDAR NO.
388, LUNSFORD, BURDICK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO MANAGE MONKFISH.
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 7394. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY
MEMBER WISHING 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.)
MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE RECORD
ASSEMBLYMAN FRIEND IN THE NEGATIVE ON THIS LEGISLATION. THANK YOU,
SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED. THANK
YOU, SIR.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07396, CALENDAR NO.
389, BURDICK, ENGLEBRIGHT. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 122 OF THE LAWS
OF 2000, AMENDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW RELATING TO
AUTHORIZING SWEEPSTAKES WITH RESPECT TO SUBSCRIPTIONS TO "THE
CONSERVATIONIST", 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 7396. 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. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE RECORD MR.
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FRIEND IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07435, CALENDAR NO.
390, JONES, BRONSON. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 118 OF THE LAWS OF
2012 AMENDING THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW RELATING TO THE
POWERS OF THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY, IN RELATION TO
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS THEREOF.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL
RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 7435. 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: MR. SPEAKER, IF YOU
COULD RECORD OUR COLLEAGUE MR. BARRON IN THE NEGATIVE ON ASSEMBLY
BILL 7435.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED. THANK
YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
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THE BILL IS PASSED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, COLLEAGUES,
IF WE CAN NOW TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE DEBATE LIST THAT IS ON YOUR DESK.
AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH CALENDAR NO. 2 BY MS. ROZIC. THEN
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CALENDAR NO. 200 BY MS. REYES. AND THEN
CALENDAR NO. 251 BY MR. MCDONALD, FOLLOWED BY CALENDAR NO. 4 --
NO, CALENDAR NO. 270 BY MR. CUSICK.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
PAGE 15, CALENDAR NO. 2, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00477, CALENDAR NO.
2, ROZIC, AUBRY, DE LA ROSA, GALEF, JEAN-PIERRE, NOLAN, SEAWRIGHT,
EPSTEIN, RODRIGUEZ, TAYLOR, CRUZ, SIMON, GRIFFIN, PICHARDO, DICKENS,
COOK, FERNANDEZ, OTIS, REYES, WALLACE, COLTON, BARRON. AN ACT TO
AMEND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, IN RELATION TO GENDER BALANCE IN
STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC AUTHORITIES; AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF SUCH
PROVISIONS UPON THE EXPIRATION THEREOF.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. WALSH.
MS. WALSH: AN EXPLANATION, PLEASE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. ROZIC, MS.
WALSH ASKED FOR AN EXPLANATION.
MS. ROZIC: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THIS BILL
WOULD AMEND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW TO ESTABLISH PREFERENCE FOR
WOMEN TO BE APPOINTED TO STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITY BOARDS. A ROUGH
ESTIMATE IS THAT ONLY AROUND 20 PERCENT OF NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL
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AUTHORITY BOARDS ARE MADE UP OF WOMEN. I WILL GIVE YOU SOME
EXAMPLES. THE MTA, OUT OF THE 22-MEMBER BOARD, ONLY FIVE ARE
WOMEN. THE THRUWAY AUTHORITY, OUT OF A SEVEN-PERSON BOARD ONLY
TWO ARE WOMEN. THE LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY, ONLY -- OUT OF NINE
TRUSTEES, ONLY ONE IS A WOMAN. AND THERE ARE VARIOUS IDAS AND LDCS
AROUND THE STATE THAT HAVE EVEN WORSE STATISTICS, AND I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. WALSH.
MS. WALSH: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WILL THE
SPONSOR YIELD?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. ROZIC, WILL YOU
YIELD?
MS. ROZIC: YES, I WILL.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE SPONSOR YIELDS.
MS. WALSH: THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO, I HAVE A FEW
QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS BILL IS ATTEMPTING TO
DO. WHAT KINDS OF BOARDS WOULD THIS LEGISLATION APPLY TO?
MS. ROZIC: SO IT'S GENERALLY PUBLIC AUTHORITY BOARDS
ACROSS THE STATE. THAT INCLUDES LDCS, IDAS AND OTHER LARGER POWER --
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LIKE THE MTA, LIKE LIPA, THE THRUWAY AUTHORITY.
MS. WALSH: OKAY. SO WHAT ABOUT, LIKE -- JUST TO
RULE THEM OUT -- ZONING BOARDS, PLANNING BOARDS, SAY, AT THE -- AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL? WOULD -- WOULD IT APPLY TO THEM AS WELL OR NO?
MS. ROZIC: IF THEY'RE NOT DEFINED IN THE LAW AS A
PUBLIC AUTHORITY THEN THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS LAW.
MS. WALSH: OKAY. SO SOMETHING LIKE A WATER
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AUTHORITY OR A SEWER AUTHORITY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE
ENCOMPASSED BY THIS LEGISLATION. VERY GOOD. OKAY.
SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD WORK.
THIS BILL, IT -- IT DEALS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, AND IT ALSO HAS TO DO WITH
APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS, IS THAT CORRECT?
MS. ROZIC: YES.
MS. WALSH: OKAY. SO -- AND THERE'S A PREFERENCE
THAT'S CREATED FOR WOMEN TO BE RECOMMENDED AND APPOINTED TO THESE
AUTHORITY BOARDS, AND THE MORE -- IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THE MORE LOPSIDED
THE BOARD IS, THE GREATER THE PREFERENCE IS, IS THAT CORRECT?
MS. ROZIC: YES. IT WOULD REQUIRE AN APPOINTING
POWER TO GIVE PREFERENCES -- TO GIVE PREFERENCE TO WOMEN CANDIDATES,
TO FEMALE CANDIDATES, WITH THE WEIGHT OF SUCH PREFERENCE DEPENDING
ON, LIKE YOU SAID, THE GENDER DISPARITY. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT IS
PREFERENCE AND NOT THE ONLY QUALIFICATION. SO IT'S NOT JUST POSITIVE. IT'S
A NUMBER OF THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN LOOKING AT THE CANDIDATES
THAT ARE APPLYING FOR A PUBLIC AUTHORITY POSITION.
MS. WALSH: OKAY. SO SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S
HELPFUL TO JUST DEAL WITH A FEW HYPOTHETICALS SO THAT WE CAN GET A FEEL
FOR HOW THIS WOULD WORK. SO LET'S SAY THAT WE HAVE AN AUTHORITY THAT
HAS SEVEN MEMBERS AND THEY'RE ALL MEN. AND THERE'S ONE GENTLEMAN
WHO HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A LONG TIME, A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEMBER
OF THE BOARD. HIS TERM IS COMING TO AN END. FIRST QUESTION: COULD ANY
MALE NAMES BE SUBMITTED TO FILL THAT SOON-TO-BE-VACANCY OF THAT
EXPIRING TERM?
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MS. ROZIC: YES.
MS. WALSH: GREAT. COULD THAT -- EVEN THOUGH
THAT'S A COMPLETELY MALE BOARD YOU COULD STILL PUT UP A NAME OF A MAN
FOR THAT BOARD?
MS. ROZIC: CORRECT.
MS. WALSH: OKAY. SO, DOES THAT ALSO MEAN THAT
THE GENTLEMAN THAT IS IN THERE CURRENTLY, THAT'S COMING UP TO THE END OF
HIS TERM, HE COULD BE SELECTED TO -- TO DO ANOTHER TERM?
MS. ROZIC: AGAIN, GENDER IS JUST ONE OF THE
QUALIFICATIONS. IT IS A PREF -- A PREFERRED QUALIFICATION, BUT IT IS NOT THE
SOLE DECIDING FACTOR OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS GENTLEMAN WOULD BE
REAPPOINTED OR WHETHER YOU WOULD APPOINT SOMEONE NEW. I WOULD
ALSO SAY THAT IN THE LEGISLATION IT REQUIRES A LOCAL OR A STATE PUBLIC
AUTHORITY BOARD TO DO DUE DILIGENCE AND GO OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY
ARE FINDING THE BEST RESUMES THAT THEY CAN, THE BEST CANDIDATES THAT THEY
CAN, AND OFTENTIMES YOU WILL FIND THAT THOSE ARE WOMEN.
MS. WALSH: YEAH, AND I HAVE ABSOLUTE -- JUST --
JUST TO GET RIGHT OUT THERE, I HAVE NO ISSUE AT ALL WITH THE IDEA OF CASTING
A WIDE NET TO TRY TO BRING IN A DIVERSE POOL OF TALENT TO TRY TO FILL ANY OF
THESE VACANCIES. I THINK THAT'S -- THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE AND I
THINK THAT'S -- THAT'S GOOD FOR THE HEALTH OF THE BOARD. I JUST -- I'M A
LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE YOU -- WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT A SITUATION
GENERICALLY WHERE IF A BOARD IS VERY LOPSIDED IT -- IT MAKES THE
PREFERENCE THAT MUCH STRONGER. I THOUGHT THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU HAD SAID.
MS. ROZIC: IT'S A PREFERENCE. AND AGAIN, IT'S TO THE
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DISCRETION OF THE LOCAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY.
MS. WALSH: OKAY. SO LET'S JUST -- IF WE COULD JUST
TURN -- TURN YOUR ATTENTION, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT -- WHERE I THINK MOST
OF MY CONFUSION, I GUESS, COMES FROM IS PAGE 2, SECTION 4 OF THE BILL,
WHICH SAYS, AN APPOINTING POWER SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS,
APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES
CREATED PRIOR TO ON OR AFTER AUGUST 1, 2021 IN A MANNER WHICH WILL
ENSURE A GENDER-BALANCED APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT FOR EACH
PUBLIC AUTHORITY. SO HOW DOES SECTION 4 JIVE WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID
WHERE IT'S -- YOU MADE IT SOUND LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT MAN COULD --
COULD SERVE ANOTHER TERM, BUT THAT -- BUT HAVING HIM SERVE ANOTHER TERM
IS NOT GOING TO, UNDER SECTION 4, ENSURE A GENDER-BALANCED
REAPPOINTMENT FOR THAT PUBLIC AUTHORITY.
MS. ROZIC: RIGHT. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT IS
PREFERENCE, IT'S NOT A DISPOSITIVE ASSUMPTION. AND SO WE WANT TO GIVE
DISCRETION TO LOCAL APPOINTING AUTHORITIES, BUT WE ALSO WANT THEM TO --
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND GET THE BEST
CANDIDATES THAT THEY CAN.
MS. WALSH: SO I GUESS MY QUESTION, THEN, IS WHY
ISN'T THE BILL WORDED IN SUCH A WAY WHERE ONLY THE RECOMMENDATIONS
NEED TO BE, SAY, GENDER-BALANCED, BUT IT SPECIFICALLY, INSTEAD, SAYS NOT
JUST RECOMMENDATIONS BUT APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS NEED TO
BE GENDER-BALANCED? MUST -- I THINK WILL BE -- WILL ENSURE IS THE -- THE
LANGUAGE IN THE BILL.
MS. ROZIC: AGAIN, WE WANT -- WE WANT THERE TO BE
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PREFERENCE TOWARDS WOMEN CANDIDATES FOR THESE PUBLIC AUTHORITY
BOARDS. WE THINK THAT THIS IS THE BEST APPROACH TO DO THAT.
MS. WALSH: OKAY. VERY GOOD.
IS THERE ANY PROVISION IN THE BILL THAT DEALS WITH, SAY, A
DEARTH OF -- YOU KNOW, DESPITE A REALLY BIG SEARCH, A DEARTH OF WOMEN
APPLICANTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON A BOARD? I UNDERSTAND
SOMETHING BIG MAYBE LIKE THE MTA OR SOME OF THE BOARDS THAT YOU
LISTED THAT ARE MORE DOWNSTATE THAT I -- I, YOU KNOW, READ ABOUT IN THE
PAPER BUT DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT. I'M THINKING MORE ABOUT
LIKE MY LOCAL WATER AUTHORITY. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO
GET PEOPLE TO SERVE THESE DAYS AT ALL, YOU KNOW, ON SOME OF THESE
BOARDS. WHAT HAPPENS OR WHAT DOES THE BILL SAY, IF ANYTHING, ABOUT JUST
DOING A REALLY DILIGENT SEARCH AND JUST NOT COMING UP WITH ANYBODY
WHO IS A WOMAN WHO WANTS TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD? IS THAT -- IS THAT
OKAY UNDER THE BILL?
MS. ROZIC: YOU KNOW, I WOULD FIND THAT SCENARIO
HARD TO BELIEVE. I -- I KNOW OF MANY WOMEN ACROSS THE STATE WHO ARE
READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO SERVE ON BOARDS AND WE JUST WANT TO OPEN UP
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
MS. WALSH: WELL, I -- I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING. THAT -- THAT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT YOU -- YOU GOT TO COME UP TO MY
NECK OF THE WOODS AND SEE HOW -- HOW IT REALLY IS. IT'S -- IT'S --
ESPECIALLY YOU GET INTO SOME -- SOME RURAL AREAS, OF COURSE YOU'VE GOT
SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE -- PEOPLE ARE WORKING. PEOPLE ARE WORKING
THEIR REAL JOBS. THESE -- THIS WOULDN'T BE A -- THIS WOULD BE LIKE A
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VOLUNTEER POSITION ON AN IDA. YOU DON'T GET PAID FOR THAT, AT LEAST
WHERE I'M FROM. IT'S -- YOU'RE SERVING ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS AND IT CAN
TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME. AND SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND PEOPLE
WHO ARE GOING TO BE WILLING TO SERVE. AGAIN, I HAVE NO PROBLEM AT ALL
WITH THE IDEA OF LOOKING, BUT THE BILL IS SILENT, I GUESS, AS TO WHAT
HAPPENS IF YOU CAN'T FIND ANYBODY EXCEPT FOR KIND OF YOU JUST SAYING
FOR THE RECORD THAT YOU JUST FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE. SO I -- I GET -- I GET
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THE -- THE BILL DOESN'T DEAL WITH ANY OTHER PROTECTED
CLASS LIKE RACE OR NATIONAL ORIGIN OR ANY OTHER PROTECTIVE CLASS. IT JUST --
IT ONLY DEALS WITH GENDER, IS THAT CORRECT?
MS. ROZIC: CORRECT.
MS. WALSH: OKAY.
MS. ROZIC: AND I WOULD WELCOME ANY OTHER
LEGISLATIVE BILL THAT WOULD TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. I'M HAPPY TO
SUPPORT THOSE AS WELL.
MS. WALSH: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO UNDER THE -- THE
U.S. SUPREME COURT HAD A -- A CASE CALLED U.S. V. VIRGINIA, HAVING TO
DO WITH THE -- THE ACADEMY. AND IT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT -- IT'S
INTERESTING, RUTH BADER GINSBURG WROTE THE DECISION, BUT I GUESS THE
DECISION WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR AND SHE -- SHE
DECIDED THAT RUTH BADER GINSBURG, BECAUSE OF HER BACKGROUND, OUGHT
TO WRITE THAT OPINION. BUT ANYWAY, THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS USED IN U.S.
V. VIRGINIA IS THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE AN EXCEEDINGLY PERSUASIVE
JUSTIFICATION FOR ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, WHICH IS AN
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO GET A MORE GENDER-DIVERSE BOARD. SO, BOARDS ARE
GENERALLY BECOMING MORE DIVERSE OVER TIME. WOULD YOU AGREE WITH
THAT OR DO YOU NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE CASE?
MS. ROZIC: I MEAN, BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT I
JUST READ TO YOU AT THE TOP I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE CASE. AND --
AND WE'VE TAILORED THIS LEGISLATION NARROWLY IN ORDER TO IMPACT STATE
AND LOCAL PUBLIC AUTHORITY BOARDS BECAUSE THE NUMBERS BARE OUT SUCH
AN EGREGIOUS PERCENTAGE OF DISPARITY.
MS. WALSH: IF -- IF THE -- IF THE LANGUAGE IS SAYING
THAT IT'S REALLY JUST GOING TO BE AT THE SOUND DISCRETION OF THE APPOINTING
AUTHORITY, BUT THAT YOU WANT TO PUT FORWARD THE NAMES OF WOMEN
APPLICANTS FOR THESE BOARD POSITIONS, WHY HAVE IT SUNSET IN TEN YEARS IF
IT'S GOING TO BE THAT DISCRETIONARY? DO YOU -- DO YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET IN A SEVEN-PERSON BOARD -- I GUESS THAT WOULD --
I GUESS I SHOULD USE AN EVEN NUMBER. AN EIGHT-PERSON BOARD, YOU'RE
GOING TO GET FOUR WOMEN AND FOUR MEN OVER THE COURSE OF TEN YEARS?
MS. ROZIC: I'D LOVE TO COME BACK IN 2029 AND TELL
YOU THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE TO DO A BILL LIKE THIS, AND I HOPE THAT THAT'S
THE CASE. AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S A SUNSET ON IT.
MS. WALSH: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK -- THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE HAD.
MR. SPEAKER, ON THE BILL.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, MA'AM.
MS. WALSH: SO LIKE I SAID, I REALLY THINK THAT, YOU
KNOW, DIVERSITY ON BOARDS IS -- IS A GOOD THING. IT'S AN ASPIRATIONAL
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THING. I THINK THAT JUST AS WE'VE SEEN HERE IN THIS BODY, WE'VE HIT A NEW
HIGH IN THE, I THINK, IN THE SENATE AND IN THE ASSEMBLY IN TERMS OF THE
NUMBER OF WOMEN THAT ARE HERE. AND I KNOW THAT WHEN THE SPEAKER
MADE HIS OPENING REMARKS AT THE BEGINNING OF SESSION HE MENTIONED
THAT. WE ALL THOUGHT -- WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING.
AND WE WANT TO SEE WOMEN BRING THEIR TALENTS AND BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE
AND RISE TO -- RISE TO THE LEVEL OF BEING ABLE TO SERVE ON SOME OF THESE
BOARDS. SOME ARE VERY INFLUENTIAL BOARDS IN OUR STATE. I'M OKAY WITH
ALL OF THAT. I'M OKAY WITH A BILL THAT -- THAT SAYS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF WOMEN AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK HARD TO TRY TO FIND
WOMEN WHO ARE GOING TO BE WILLING AND ABLE AND QUALIFIED TO SERVE ON
THESE BOARDS. I THINK WHERE I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS BILL IS THAT
SECTION THAT I READ OFF, THAT SECTION 4, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF -- IF YOU
REALLY READ THAT SECTION, DESPITE THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE SPONSOR,
WHAT IT -- WHAT IT REALLY SAYS, I THINK, IS THAT THAT GUY WHO SERVED ON
THAT BOARD FOR A LONG TIME IS GOING TO BE REALLY OUT OF LUCK WHEN HIS
TERM BECOMES DUE. I THINK HE'S GOING TO GET REPLACED. AND I THINK THAT
THAT, OVERALL, MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD THING AT ALL FOR THE BOARD. I THINK
ANOTHER THING THAT WE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT IS THAT SOME EFFORTS - AND
WE'RE SEEING THIS IN PRIVATE BUSINESS - ARE BEING MADE VOLUNTARILY, AND
I THINK THAT'S THE BETTER WAY. RATHER THAN HAVING LEGISLATION AND A
MANDATE PUT IN THROUGH A PIECE OF LEGISLATION LIKE THIS, I THINK THAT IT'S
BETTER TO USE PERSUASION. I THINK THAT -- YOU KNOW, RECENTLY THERE WAS
AN ARTICLE AND IT SAID THAT GOLDMAN SACHS ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS YEAR
THAT IT WOULD -- IT WOULD ONLY HELP COMPANIES GO PUBLIC IF THEY HAD AT
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LEAST ONE DIVERSE BOARD MEMBER. AND SO THERE WAS A CASE THAT WAS
BEING MADE FOR BOARDROOM DIVERSITY, AND THAT WAS BEING ADVANCED
PRIVATELY RATHER THAN THROUGH GOVERNMENT ACTION AND I THINK THAT THAT'S
PREFERABLE. I THINK PEOPLE GENERALLY, IF YOU ASK THEM, WANT TO SEE
DIVERSITY AND SEE THE BENEFITS OF DIVERSITY. I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IT
SHOULD BE A MANDATE. I THINK INCREASING MARKETING OR RECRUITMENT
EFFORTS IS SMART. THAT'S GREAT. I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE A
MANDATE, BECAUSE IN THE END I REALLY THINK THAT THE BEST CANDIDATE
SHOULD BE SELECTED, MAN OR WOMAN. IF THE BEST CANDIDATE IS SELECTED I
THINK THE BOARD WILL ALWAYS, ALWAYS DO BETTER.
AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS
THAT I JUST -- I -- I DON'T GET A CHANCE TO READ A LOT FOR PLEASURE,
ESPECIALLY DURING SESSION, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND TO YOU A REALLY
GREAT BIOGRAPHY THAT I READ ABOUT SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR. IT'S CALLED
FIRST. AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE PRESSURES OF BEING "THE FIRST." AND I'VE
BEEN ON BOARDS BEFORE COMING TO THE ASSEMBLY WHERE I WAS THE FIRST
WOMAN OR THE SECOND WOMAN, AND THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE WITH -- I
THINK TRUE SUCCESS IS WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS NOT UNUSUAL
TO SEE A BOARD WHERE THERE ARE EQUAL NUMBERS OF MEN AND WOMEN, ALL
QUALIFIED, ALL WORKING TOGETHER. AND THAT WE WOMEN WERE THE EARLY
ACHIEVERS, I DO THINK HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO WORK TO ADVANCE AND HELP
OTHER WOMEN ACHIEVE SO THAT IT JUST BECOMES SO REGULAR AND NORMAL
THAT WE DON'T -- WE DON'T -- WE WOULD NOT NEED LEGISLATION LIKE THIS.
I -- I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS
BILL BECAUSE I THINK IT JUST GOES TOO FAR. I THINK THAT IF WE JUST LEFT IT AS
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A RECRUITMENT AND RECOMMENDATION, I THINK THAT I WOULD DEFINITELY BE
ABLE TO SUPPORT IT. BUT I THINK THE FACT THAT IT GOES FURTHER AND SAYS
SPECIFICALLY -- AND I'LL READ IT AGAIN -- AN APPOINTING POWER SHALL MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS IN A MANNER
WHICH WILL ENSURE A GENDER-BALANCED APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT
FOR EACH PUBLIC AUTHORITY. I THINK IF SECTION 4 WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE BILL
I'D BE FINE WITH IT. WITH IT IN THERE, NOT HAVING CHANGED SINCE THE LAST
TIME WE VOTED ON IT WITH 32 MEMBERS OF THIS BODY VOTING NO, I WILL
CONTINUE TO VOTE IN THE NEGATIVE.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.
READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1,
2021.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL
RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 477. THIS IS A PARTY VOTE. ANY
MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED AS AN EXCEPTION TO THEIR PARTY
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 BILL AS WRITTEN. THOSE WHO
SUPPORT IT ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE MINORITY LEADER'S OFFICE SO WE
CAN PROPERLY RECORD YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU, SIR.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. THE MAJORITY CONFERENCE IS GOING TO BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS
ONE. COLLEAGUES DECIDING TO BE AN EXCEPTION, THEY SHOULD FEEL FREE TO
CONTACT THE MAJORITY LEADER'S OFFICE AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO PROPERLY
RECORD THEIR VOTE.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL TO
EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. MOST OF US HERE
ARE -- ARE REALLY OPPOSED TO DISCRIMINATION BASED ON FACTORS OTHER THAN
THE PERSON'S QUALIFICATION. I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT MOST OF US WANT
THE VERY BEST QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO SERVE ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
REGARDLESS OF THEIR SEX OR RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL
ORIENTATION OR ANY FACTOR THAT'S UNRELATED TO THEIR ABILITY TO DO THE BEST
JOB POSSIBLE FOR THE TAXPAYERS AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK. WE WANT TO FOCUS ON GETTING THE VERY BEST PEOPLE WE CAN ON
EVERY BOARD AND COMMISSION WITHOUT DISCRIMINATING AGAINST OR FOR ANY
GROUP. AS MY COLLEAGUE NOTED, THIS LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE IS
INCONSISTENT, BECAUSE THIS LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE DOESN'T SAY, YOU SHALL
SELECT THE BEST QUALIFIED PERSON REGARDLESS OF SEX OR GENDER. INSTEAD, IT
SAYS, THE APPOINTING POWER SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS,
APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO ENSURE A CERTAIN MAKEUP OF THE
BOARD BASED ON GENDER THAT'S UNRELATED TO THE QUALIFICATIONS. AND JUST
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IN CASE THERE WAS ANY MISUNDERSTANDING, SUBPARAGRAPH 3(B) SAYS,
PERSONS SHALL BE RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT ONLY
-- "ONLY" -- THAT'S THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE -- ONLY IF THE RECOMMENDATION
IS GENDER-BALANCED. LET'S NOT ADOPT LEGISLATION THAT ENSHRINES
DISCRIMINATION. LET'S FOCUS ON ENCOURAGING THE BROADEST PARTICIPATION
WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION.
THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. BARRON TO
EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. BARRON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I JUST
WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT ANY TIME WE TRY TO DEAL
WITH GENDER DISCRIMINATION OR RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, THERE ARE THOSE
THAT WE SHOULD SAY WE SHOULD GO BY MERITOCRACY, JUST BY MERIT,
KNOWING THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, UNLESS YOU DO
SOMETHING TO CLOSE THAT GAP AND TO DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT THOSE WHO ARE
SO MERITED WERE NOT EVEN AS QUALIFIED AS SOME WHO WERE LEFT OUT OF THE
PICTURE. SO WHEN YOU HAVE PROGRAMS AND LEGISLATION TO TRY TO DEAL WITH
DISCRIMINATION AND YOU JUST SIMPLY ALWAYS TALK ABOUT MERITOCRACY OR ALL
WHO'S QUALIFIED WHEN THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WHITE MALE PRIVILEGE GOING
ON THAT ALLOWS WHITE MALES TO HAVE AN ADVANTAGE ON ALL OF THESE BOARDS
AND ALL OF THESE PLACES, THEN YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. YOU HAVE TO
DO SOMETHING. AND IF EVERY TIME WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING, EITHER SOME
LEGISLATION OR SOME KIND OF POLICIES OR PROGRAMS AND WE TRY TO DO THIS,
THEN IT IS A REAL, REAL, REAL PROBLEM. SO I JUST WANT TO JUST MAKE US VERY,
VERY SENSITIVE TO WHAT PEOPLE TRY TO DO TO CLOSE THE GAP. AND YOU CAN'T
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CLOSE THE GAP BY ALWAYS COMING UP WITH SOME RATIONALE WHY YOU
SHOULDN'T DO THINGS.
SO I VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR THIS LEGISLATION.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. BARRON IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE RECORD THE
FOLLOWING COLLEAGUES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE: BRIAN -- MR. BRIAN MILLER, MR.
MORINELLO, MR. NORRIS, MR. SCHMITT AND MR. WALCZYK.
THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
PAGE 27, CALENDAR NO. 200, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02230-A, CALENDAR
NO. 200, REYES, DE LA ROSA, J. RIVERA, FERNANDEZ, COLTON, GOTTFRIED,
MCDONOUGH, GLICK, RICHARDSON, ROZIC, FALL, GRIFFIN, GRIFFIN, HEVESI,
CRUZ, OTIS, VANEL, JACOBSON, PAULIN, BURGOS, MEEKS, GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS,
ANDERSON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO ENACTING
THE "HATE CRIMES ANALYSIS AND REVIEW ACT."
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. REYES, AN
EXPLANATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED.
MS. REYES: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THIS BILL
WOULD ENACT -- WOULD ENACT THE HATE CRIMES ANALYSIS AND REVIEW ACT.
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WHEN HATE CRIMES TAKE PLACE IN NEW YORK THERE'S OFTEN INSUFFICIENT
INFORMATION COLLECTED REGARDING THE IDENTITIES OF THOSE INVOLVED TO
ADEQUATELY UNDERSTAND WHO THE VICTIMS ARE AND WHO IS BEING ACCUSED
OF THE CRIME. IN RECENT YEARS WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY SEEN A TROUBLING
RISE IN HATE CRIMES NOT ONLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT RIGHT HERE IN NEW
YORK. BY COLLECTING THIS INFORMATION WE CAN BETTER ENSURE THAT THE
STATE IS PROTECTING RESIDENTS HATE CRIME LAWS INTEND TO PROTECT, WITH THE
GOAL OF ULTIMATELY ENSURING WE HOLD CRIMINAL OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE
WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY ADVOCATING FOR BALANCED, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
PRACTICES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. WOULD THE
SPONSOR YIELD?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. REYES, WILL YOU
YIELD?
MS. REYES: YES, SIR.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MS. REYES. I SEE THAT
THIS BILL WOULD REQUIRE THE COLLECTION OF FAIRLY EXTENSIVE DATA REGARDING
THE VICTIM, AND I WANTED TO JUST REVIEW SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. AS -- AS I
UNDERSTAND IT THERE'S 11 DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT ARE BEING SOUGHT. IS IT YOUR
INTENT, THEN, THAT EVERY VICTIM WOULD HAVE TO FILL OUT A DETAILED
DEMOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND SHEET?
MS. REYES: YES. IF -- IF THERE IS A HATE CRIME THAT IS
COMMITTED THEY WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, PARTICULARLY IF
THEY'RE REPORTING OR ACCUSING SOMEONE OF -- OF PERPETRATING A HATE
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CRIME AGAINST THEM.
MR. GOODELL: NOW, ONE OF THE 11 ITEMS IS
RELIGION, AND I ASSUME THAT'S -- YOU WANT THEM TO IDENTIFY WHAT
RELIGIOUS FAITH, IF ANY, THEY HAVE, CORRECT?
MS. REYES: CORRECT.
MR. GOODELL: BUT ONE OF THE 11 ITEMS IS RELIGIOUS
PRACTICE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
MS. REYES: UM...
(PAUSE)
GIVE ME A SECOND. SO I -- I WOULD ASSUME JUST --
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES COULD BE CUSTOMS PERTAINING TO ONE'S RELIGION. THEY
MAY NOT BE OVERLY APPARENT BUT COULD BE A SOURCE OF -- OF AN INDIVIDUAL
BEING TARGETED.
MR. GOODELL: OKAY. SO IT'S NOT ENOUGH, FOR
EXAMPLE, TO SAY YOU HAVE -- THAT YOU'RE JEWISH, YOU HAVE TO SAY
WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE ORTHODOX OR -- OR WHETHER YOU'RE PRACTICING OR
NOT PRACTICING. IS THAT WHAT WAS INTENDED BY THIS QUESTION?
MS. REYES: WELL, NO. I THINK -- I THINK SOME
PRACTICES PERTAIN TO SOMEBODY'S RELIGION LIKE HATS, DREADLOCKS, HOW
MANY TIMES A DAY THEY PRAY, IF THEY HAVE TO PRAY IN A SEPARATE SPACE.
ALL THOSE PRACTICES. BEADS.
MR. GOODELL: I SEE THAT ONE OF THE 11 ITEMS IS
SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
MS. REYES: CORRECT.
MR. GOODELL: ARE WE TALKING ABOUT LGBTQ+,
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THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES?
MS. REYES: CORRECT.
MR. GOODELL: AND THEN NUMBER 11, I SEE GENDER
IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION. SO IN ADDITION TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION YOU WANT
GENDER IDENTITY?
MS. REYES: YES. AND WE USE THAT MODELED AFTER --
THAT'S DEFINED UNDER PENAL LAW SECTION 485.05.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MS. REYES. I
APPRECIATE YOUR EXPLANATIONS.
ON THE BILL, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, SIR.
MR. GOODELL: YOU KNOW, BEING A VICTIM OF A
CRIME IS HORRIFIC. BEING A VICTIM OF A HATE CRIME IS EVEN WORSE. AND
ABOUT THE ONLY THING THAT COULD MAKE THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE EVEN WORSE
THAN ALL OF THAT, IT SEEMS TO ME, IS REQUIRING THE VICTIMS TO RELEASE A LOT
OF VERY PERSONAL INFORMATION. SO YOU CALL THE POLICE AND YOU REPORT A
CRIME, AND THEN UNDER THIS BILL YOU COULD REASONABLY ANTICIPATE THE
POLICE WILL START GRILLING THE VICTIM ON A WHOLE SERIES OF VERY PERSONAL
QUESTIONS. LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN? THAT'S
INTERESTING SINCE MOST OF US HAVE MULTIPLE NATIONAL ORIGINS. ANCESTRY.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THAT MEANS. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?
HOW MANY BROTHERS AND SISTERS? WHO ARE YOU RELATED TO? GENDER, I
GET THAT. OR GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION. RELIGION. IF YOU'RE A
VICTIM, DON'T YOU WANT TO SAY, GUYS, YOU KNOW, I'M A VICTIM HERE. WHY
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MY RELIGION OR RELIGIOUS PRACTICES? AGE. NOW, I
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DON'T CARE, YOU GUYS CAN ALREADY TELL FROM THE COLOR OF MY -- MY HAIR
THAT I'M NOT 39 ANYMORE, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE SENSITIVE ABOUT THAT.
DISABILITY. SEXUAL ORIENTATION. WE HAVE LEGISLATION IN THIS BODY
SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE CONFIDENTIAL ON YOUR SEXUAL
ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY. SO WHILE I APPRECIATE THE DESIRE TO
COMBAT HATE CRIMES - WE ALL SUPPORT THAT DESIRE - WE NEED TO BE
SENSITIVE TO VICTIMS AND WE NEED TO BE SENSITIVE TO PERSONAL PRIVACY.
AND WE SHOULD NOT SUBJECT VICTIMS TO A DETAILED QUESTIONNAIRE THAT
LEAVES THEM WONDERING, ARE THE POLICE GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS AS
DILIGENTLY AS THEY OUGHT TO BECAUSE MAYBE THE POLICE HAD SOMETHING
AGAINST A SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR A GENDER IDENTITY? OR, WILL THE POLICE
FOLLOW UP AND TREAT ME JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE, REGARDLESS OF MY RELIGION
OR RELIGIOUS PRACTICES? WE WANT THE POLICE FOCUSED ON SOLVING CRIMES
REGARDLESS OF THE RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCESTRY, GENDER, RELIGION,
RELIGIOUS PRACTICE, AGE, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR
EXPRESSION OF THE VICTIM. LET'S GIVE THE VICTIMS A BREAK. LET'S NOT
SUBJECT THEM TO DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT ARE VERY PERSONAL AND INTRUSIVE
AS PART OF A PROCESS OF SOLVING THE CRIME. IF THE VICTIM WANTS TO
VOLUNTEER, GOD BLESS THEM. BUT NOT MAKE IT A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT.
THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. REYES.
MS. REYES: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I JUST WANTED
TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD. YOU KNOW, I DON'T PURPORT TO KNOW WHY
SOMEONE MIGHT COMMIT A HEINOUS CRIME AGAINST SOMEBODY BECAUSE OF
WHO THEY PRAY TO OR WHO THEY LOVE OR WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE OR WHERE
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THEY COME FROM. BUT THE REALITY IS IS THAT IT'S HAPPENING AND IT'S
HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY. AND THE INTENTION OF THIS BILL IS FOR US TO
GATHER MORE INFORMATION NOT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SOLVE CRIMES, IT IS
A REPORTING BILL SO THAT WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS TO THE MOTIVES
BEHIND WHY SOME OF THESE CRIMES ARE COMMITTED. WHO THE
PERPETRATORS ARE. WHAT THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION, BACKGROUND
MAY BE BECAUSE IT MAY MOTIVATE THEM TO COMMIT THE CRIME, AND THAT OF
-- OF THE VICTIM AS WELL. AND I ALSO WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO -- MY
COLLEAGUES' ATTENTION TO PAGE 2, LINE 4 OF THE BILL WHERE IT SAYS, DATA
COLLECTED SHALL BE USED FOR RESEARCH OR STATISTICAL PURPOSES ONLY AND
SHALL NOT CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT MAY REVEAL THE IDENTITY OF ANY
INDIVIDUAL. THIS IS ALSO A REPORTING BILL, SO IT -- IT DIRECTS, UM, UM, UM
-- I'M SORRY, IT -- IT DIRECTS DCJS TO, IN COOPERATION WITH THE CHIEF
ADMINISTRATION [SIC] OF THE COURTS AS WELL AS OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE
AGENCIES TO FURNISH A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE, THE
SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE
CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY CODES COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE
CODES COMMITTEE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE
JUDGE OF THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION. AND THE IDEA IS FOR US TO
HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHY SOME OF THE -- THE HATE CRIMES ARE
HAPPENING, WHO THE PEOPLE ARE THAT ARE COMMITTING THEM AND WHO ARE
THEY AGAINST SO THAT WE CAN BETTER LEGISLATE AND PROTECT THOSE
INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. THIS IS NOT INTENDED, BY ANY MEANS,
TO REVICTIMIZE VICTIMS OR TO GATHER INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SOLVING A CRIME. THIS IS REALLY JUST FOR US TO COLLECT THE DATA AND BE
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BETTER INFORMED LEGISLATORS.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.
MR. REILLY.
MR. REILLY: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WILL THE
SPONSOR YIELD?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. REYES, WILL YOU
YIELD?
MS. REYES: YES, I DO.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. REYES YIELDS, SIR.
MR. REILLY: THANK YOU, MS. REYES. SO, WITH THIS
LEGISLATION IS THERE ANYTHING -- I KNOW YOU JUST SPOKE ABOUT COLLECTING
DATA AND MAKING ASSURE THAT WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB AS A LEGISLATURE TO
HELP PREVENT HATE CRIMES AND DO OUR PART. IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS
LEGISLATION THAT WILL ANALYZE IN THE REPORT AND COLLECTED DATA OF THOSE
THAT COMMIT HATE CRIMES, THAT MAY HAVE COMMITTED THE CRIME AND BEEN
RELEASED WITHOUT BAIL DUE TO BAIL REFORM? WILL THAT BE TAKEN INTO
ACCOUNT ON THIS STATISTICAL DATA?
MS. REYES: I BELIEVE THAT ALREADY AS PART OF THE
COLLECTING OF THE DATA THAT ALREADY EXISTED IN -- IN THE LAW, IN THE HATE
CRIMES ACT OF 2000, WHERE KIND OF LIKE THE RESOLUTION OF THE -- OF THE
CRIME AND THE INVESTIGATION IS PART -- IS REPORTABLE AS WELL. SO WE'RE
NOT AMENDING THAT PART, THAT STAYS. WE'RE JUST ADDING ALL THOSE THINGS
THAT OUR COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, LIKE RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN,
ANCESTRY, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, RELIGION. ALL THOSE
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THINGS THAT WEREN'T IN THE LAW BEFORE IS WHAT WE'RE AMENDING AND
ADDING.
MR. REILLY: SO, WOULD -- I THINK A GOOD THING
WOULD BE -- BECAUSE WE, OF COURSE, WANT TO ADDRESS ANY RECIDIVISM
WHEN IT COMES TO HATE CRIMES -- IF WE HAVE SUBJECTS THAT WERE ARRESTED
PRIOR AND CHARGED WITH THOSE CRIMES, WOULD THAT BE PART OF THIS
STATISTICAL DATA THAT WE --- THAT THEY WILL COLLECT? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
THE -- THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION IS INVOLVED IN IT AS WELL.
WILL THAT BE GENERATED WITH THESE REPORTS?
MS. REYES: YEAH, LIKE I MENTIONED. AND I'LL
ACTUALLY READ OFF -- I'LL READ OFF THE BILL WHAT IT SAYS. IT SAYS THE COUNTY
WITHIN WHICH THE ARREST WAS MADE AND THE ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT FILED,
THE DISPOSITION OF THE ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT FILED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, AS THE CASE MAY BE DISMISSAL, ACQUITTAL, THE OFFENSES TO
WHICH THE DEFENDANT PLED GUILTY, THE OFFENSES THE DEFENDANT WAS
CONVICTED OF AFTER TRIAL AND THE SENTENCE IMPOSED. THAT IS ALL PART OF
THE REPORTING REQUIREMENT THAT ALREADY EXISTS IN THE LAW.
MR. REILLY: SO I NOTICED -- I NOTICED AS YOU WERE
READING THAT ENUMERATED LIST THAT IT DIDN'T INCLUDE IF THE INCIDENT WAS
BAIL ELIGIBLE OR NOT BAIL ELIGIBLE, AND IF BAIL WAS SET AND IF THERE WAS ANY
-- BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE GETS ARRESTED AND THEY'RE BEING EVALUATED,
THERE'S DCJS, THERE'S ALSO THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN
NEW YORK CITY, THAT TALKS TO THOSE THAT ARE BEING CHARGED WITH A CRIME
WHEN IT LOOKS AT TRYING TO ASCERTAIN IF THEY NEED REPRESENTATION, IF THEY
NEED ASSISTANCE IN IT. SO WILL THAT DATA BE INCLUDED IN THIS AS WELL?
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SPECIFICALLY, THE POST-ARRAIGNMENT INTERVIEWS IN -- WHEN THEY'RE FIRST
ARRESTED.
MS. REYES: I'M SORRY. I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN
ANSWER TO THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS PART OF THE INFORMATION THAT
WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE SENTENCE IMPOSED. SO I WOULD HAVE TO GET
BACK TO YOU.
MR. REILLY: SO -- THANK YOU, MS. REYES.
ON -- ON THE BILL, MR. SPEAKER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, MR.
REILLY.
MR. REILLY: SO, THE INTENTION OF THIS ACT IS -- IS A
NOBLE ONE. HEARING THE DEBATE, LISTENING TO THE DEBATE, ASKING THE
QUESTIONS THAT I HAD AND THE ANSWERS I RECEIVED, I THINK THAT WE'RE
SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT CONVICTIONS AND THE ORDERS THAT COME AND THE
-- THE DATA THAT IS ACTUALLY COLLECTED AFTER SOMEONE HAS BEEN CONVICTED
OR PLED GUILTY TO A CRIME. I THINK WE'RE MISSING A KEY DATA POINT WHEN
WE CAN GATHER THAT INFORMATION AND HAVE IT INCLUDED IN THESE REPORTS
THAT WILL BE GENERATED AS WE FOLLOW THOSE THAT -- THOSE SUBJECTS, THOSE
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING CHARGED WITH THOSE CRIMES. IF WE HAVE THAT
DATA FROM THE INCEPTION SO WE CAN SEE AND GATHER INFORMATION TO SEE
ABOUT PATTERNS AND THINGS THAT WE CAN REALLY ADDRESS TO HELP COMBAT
HATE CRIMES.
SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND I'M WILLING TO
WORK ON THAT AS WELL. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, MR.
SPEAKER. THANK YOU, MS. REYES.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 90TH
DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL
RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 2230-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. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. AS YOU KNOW, THIS
IS A FAST ROLL CALL, SO MEMBERS WILL BE RECORDED SUPPORTING THIS
LEGISLATION UNLESS THEY OTHERWISE INDICATE BY CONTACTING THEIR
RESPECTIVE LEADER'S OFFICE. I WILL BE VOTING NO OVER THE PRIVACY ISSUES
THAT I (INAUDIBLE). I THINK THERE ARE HUGE PRIVACY ISSUES AND I THINK WE
NEED TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE PRIVACY OF VICTIMS AND RESPECT THEIR RIGHT TO
PRIVACY. AND I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS BILL, WHILE IT MAY PRODUCE
INTERESTING DATA THAT PEOPLE CAN STUDY, ALSO TRAMPLES SOME OF THOSE
PRIVACY RIGHTS THAT VICTIMS HAVE, AND FOR THAT REASON I WILL BE OPPOSING
IT. BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE THAT
DATA AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THEIR VIEWS AS
WELL.
THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL IN THE
NEGATIVE.
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MR. KIM TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. KIM: THANK YOU, MR. -- CHAIR AUBRY --
SPEAKER. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE SPONSOR OF THIS BILL FOR
PUTTING THIS THOUGHTFUL LEGISLATION FORWARD AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE
SEEING SO MUCH HATE CRIMES AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY AND AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
ARE CONSTANTLY BEING PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER. AND PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
POSITIONS OF POWER ARE CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE OF WHY PEOPLE ARE
FEELING HATEFUL AND VIOLENT, AND UNLESS WE HAVE THE TRUE DATA IN FRONT OF
US WE CANNOT MAKE SOUND DECISIONS. SO I APPRECIATE THE SPONSOR'S
THOUGHTFULNESS IN TRYING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. AND IT ALSO REFLECTS WHAT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, I BELIEVE, IS CURRENTLY DOING. I JUST -- I
BELIEVE THEY ALSO PASSED LEGISLATION TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
TO WORK WITH STATES ON BETTER DATA COLLECTION SO WE CAN HAVE A FULL
PICTURE OF WHAT THE PATTERNS ARE. IT'S NOT ENOUGH JUST TO PUNISH THE
CRIME AT THE MOMENT. YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND CONNECT THE DOTS TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW WE SHOULD INVEST OUR DOLLARS TO PREVENT THE
HATRED AND VIOLENCE.
SO I APPRECIATE, AGAIN, THE SPONSOR'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS
AND I PROUDLY SUPPORT IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. KIM IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER, FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. THIS PIECE OF
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LEGISLATION, I HAVE TO COMMEND THE SPONSOR FOR THIS ONE. AND I
COMMEND MY COLLEAGUES WHO CAN SEE WITHIN THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS TO
SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IT IS RATHER SAD THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THIS DAY
AND TIME PEOPLE ARE HURTING OTHERS BASED ON HATE. IT IS RATHER SAD. BUT
IT DOES NEED TO BE DEALT WITH. HURT PEOPLE HURT OTHER PEOPLE. WE HAVE
A LOT OF ISSUES IN OUR SOCIETY, THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. AND IF IT
TAKES COLLECTING DATA TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT, THEN MR. SPEAKER, I
THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO, AGAIN, I COMMEND THE SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION.
AND I HOPE THAT IN YEARS OUT WE WON'T NEED TO BE PASSING LAWS ABOUT
HATE CRIMES BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, WE WOULD LIKE NOT TO SEE ANY CRIMES AT
ALL. BUT A HATE CRIME, YOU'RE HATING SOMEBODY FOR WHO THEY ARE OR
WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY LOOK. THAT'S JUST CRAZY. BUT THAT'S WHERE
WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THIS WORLD AND THIS IS THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IN
2021. SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO VOTE YES ON THIS BILL AND I APPLAUD FOLKS
WHO HAVE DECIDED TO DO LIKEWISE.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES
IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE RECORD MR.
DIPIETRO AND MR. MONTESANO JOINING ME IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU,
SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. SO NOTED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
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THE BILL IS PASSED.
PAGE 30, CALENDAR NO. 251, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A3201-B, CALENDAR
NO. 251, MCDONALD, MCMAHON, ABINANTI, SIMON, GOTTFRIED,
MONTESANO, MORINELLO, OTIS, FAHY, STIRPE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, IN RELATION TO THE PURPOSES AND POWERS OF
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES.
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 3201-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. GOODELL TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. I'LL BE SUPPORTING
THIS LEGISLATION AND RECOMMEND THE SAME FOR MY COLLEAGUES. I ALSO,
THOUGH, WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE
SPONSOR WHO HAS AMENDED THIS BILL TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS BILL WOULD
PROHIBIT A MUNICIPALITY THAT APPOINTS MEMBERS TO THE IDA TO APPOINT --
OR TO HAVE ONE OF ITS OWN ELECTED MEMBERS SERVE AS A PAID MEMBER OF
THE IDA. AND SO THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL IS TO MAKE SURE WE
DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHERE, SAY, A MAYOR OR A COUNTY
EXECUTIVE APPOINTS THE BOARD OF THE IDA WHO THEN TURNS AROUND AND
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HIRES THAT MAYOR OR SUPERVISOR OR COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND PAYS THEM.
AND SO THIS IS ALL DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE THAT CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THE
SPONSOR, TO HIS CREDIT, AMENDED THE BILL TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IF YOU'RE
NOT IN THAT CONFLICT OF INTEREST BUT YOU'RE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IN SOME
OTHER MUNICIPALITY THAT YOU ARE CERTAINLY FREE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD SO
THAT YOU CAN HAVE BROAD REPRESENTATION, HOPEFULLY GENDER-BASED, BUT
CERTAINLY BROAD REPRESENTATION AS LONG AS YOU DON'T HAVE THAT CONFLICT.
AND SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS AND RECOMMEND THE
SAME TO MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. MCDONALD TO
EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.
MR. MCDONALD: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I WANT
TO THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CHAIR AND MR.
GOODELL FOR ACTUALLY EXPLAINING MY BILL, WHICH I APPRECIATE AND I
APPRECIATED THE CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS. THE REALITY IS THIS, IS THAT ALL
ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE VARIOUS RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO
MAKE SURE THE PROPER SAFEGUARDS ARE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO
SELF-DEALING GOING ON. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS HAS HAPPENED IN A -- IN A
FEW CIRCUMSTANCES AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE ELECTED TO SERVE ON BOARDS -- OR SELECTED TO SERVE ON BOARDS ARE
NOW IN A POSITION TO ALSO RETURN THAT FAVOR.
WE THINK THIS IS GOOD LEGISLATION, IT'S A GOOD
GOVERNMENT BILL, AND I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT IT. THANK
YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. MCDONALD IN THE
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AFFIRMATIVE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
PAGE 31, CALENDAR NO. 270, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06910, CALENDAR NO.
270, CUSICK, FALL, COLTON, DURSO, GRIFFIN, REILLY. AN ACT TO AMEND
CHAPTER 395 OF THE LAWS OF 1978, RELATING TO MORATORIUMS ON THE
ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY FOR THE SITING OF
FACILITIES AND CERTIFICATION OF ROUTES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF LIQUEFIED
NATURAL OR PETROLEUM GAS, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH CHAPTER.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.
CUSICK, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS
ADVANCED.
MR. CUSICK, AN EXPLANATION IS REQUESTED, SIR.
MR. CUSICK: YES, MR. SPEAKER. THIS BILL IS A
TWO-YEAR EXTENDER OF CHAPTER 395 OF THE LAWS OF 1978. THIS -- THIS
BILL RELATES TO MORATORIUMS ON THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY FOR THE SITING OF FACILITIES AND CERTIFICATION OF
ROUTES TO TRANSPORT LIQUEFIED NATURAL OR PETROLEUM GAS IN CITIES WITH A
POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. IN THIS -- THE IMPETUS OF THIS BILL
BACK IN 1978, THERE WAS A LNG EXPLOSION ON STATEN ISLAND THAT KILLED
40 PEOPLE. AND THEN WHEN THE BILL WAS PASSED IN 1978, IT WAS AT THE
URGING OF THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF NEW
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YORK, AND SINCE THEN IT'S BEEN EXTENDED EVERY TWO YEARS. THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.
MR. REILLY.
MR. REILLY: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
ON THE BILL.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, SIR.
MR. REILLY: SO, THIS -- THE AREA IN QUESTION THAT
BROUGHT ABOUT THIS BILL IN 1978 LIES IN MY DISTRICT. IT IS -- THE INCIDENT
HAPPENED ONLY A FEW DAYS AFTER I WAS BORN. IT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY
10TH, 1973. I WAS BORN ON JANUARY 30, 1973. THE EXPLOSION KILLED 40
PEOPLE. THE DEBRIS OF THESE TWO TANKS LANDED HUNDREDS OF FEET AROUND
THE AREA. TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE INSIDE INTO THIS, IN 1973 THE WHOLE AREA
WAS BASICALLY FARMLAND. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, AS MANY OF STATEN
ISLAND, SUCH AS MYSELF, MOVED FROM BROOKLYN, IT IS HIGHLY POPULATED
NOW. AND THIS BILL CONTINUES AN EXTENDER TO MAINTAIN SAFETY IN THE
AREA. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I COMMEND THE SPONSOR IN CARRYING THIS
BILL. AS YOU HEARD IN THE EXPLANATION, THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS IN FAVOR OF IT BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE THAT IT CAUSED WHEN
THAT AREA WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS POPULATED. NOW, YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE
WHAT THE FATALITY COUNT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF IT HAPPENED TODAY. SO AS
ALSO THE SPONSOR NOTED, THE MAYORS OF NEW YORK CITY FROM BOTH SIDES
OF THE AISLE CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORTED THIS AS WELL. WHY? BECAUSE IT
HELPS THE COMMUNITY. IT CREATES A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. AND ONE THING
THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS TO ACTUALLY GET RID OF THOSE TANKERS. THEY'RE
AN EYESORE. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I URGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
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THIS LEGISLATION FOR MY COMMUNITY AND FOR THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN
THERE.
THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR.
ON THE BILL.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, SIR.
MR. GOODELL: I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE
COMMENTS OF THE SPONSOR AND MY COLLEAGUE. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THIS
EXPLOSION THAT OCCURRED IN 1976 [SIC] WAS A HORRIFIC EVENT. THE
SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT THE TANK THAT EXPLODED WAS
ACTUALLY EMPTY. IT WASN'T BEING USED FOR STORAGE, IT WAS BEING CLEANED
AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND SOMEHOW THERE WAS A FIRE THAT IGNITED
THE CLEANING FLUIDS. SINCE THEN, THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND THE TANK
DESIGN THAT WERE USED ARE NOW PROHIBITED NATIONALLY, AND SHOULD WE
LOOK AT BUILDING A NEW FACILITY IT WOULD MEET VERY DIFFERENT
CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED 48 YEARS
AGO. AND THE CONCERN THAT MANY OF US HAVE IS THAT IT MIGHT BE TIME FOR
US TO MOVE ON AND LOOK AT HOW IS THE SAFEST WAY TO MEET OUR ENERGY
NEEDS GOING FORWARD. AS MANY OF US ARE AWARE AND WE'VE READ WITH
SOME CONCERN, THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL SHORTAGE OF NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES
ON LONG ISLAND AND IN NEW YORK CITY JUST LAST YEAR. AND YOU MAY
REMEMBER THAT THE UTILITY COMPANIES WERE REFUSING TO CONNECT NEW
CUSTOMERS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH NATURAL GAS TO SUPPORT THEM
BECAUSE THE STATE HAD REPEATEDLY BLOCKED SUPPLY PIPELINES. NOW, FOR
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THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WONDERING WHY WE DON'T HAVE A CONNECTION
MORATORIUM ANYMORE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T CONSTRUCTED NEW
PIPELINES, THE REASON IS BECAUSE WE ARE NOW TRANSPORTING LIQUID NATURAL
GAS BY TRUCK, BY TRUCK. AND WHEN THEY BRING THESE LIQUID NATURAL GAS
SEMI-TRUCKS OVER THE NORMAL ROADWAYS IN ORDER TO BOOSTER THE SUPPLY OF
NATURAL GAS SERVING ALL OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY, THE RISK
MAY ACTUALLY BE MUCH HIGHER TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAN IF WE
PROCEEDED IN A THOUGHTFUL MANNER BY ALLOWING A LIQUID NATURAL GAS
TERMINAL THAT MEETS CURRENT SAFETY STANDARDS AND LOOK AT INCREASING THE
SUPPLY WITH NATURAL GAS PIPELINES WHICH HAVE AN EXCELLENT SAFETY
REPUTATION.
SO WHILE I'M VERY MUCH SENSITIVE TO THE CONCERNS OF
MY TWO COLLEAGUES AND I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THEIR CONCERNS, MAYBE IT'S
TIME FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER NEARLY A HALF-A-CENTURY AND LOOK AT
WHETHER WE CAN DO BETTER WITHOUT EXTENDING THIS MORATORIUM AND
INSTEAD FOCUS ON THE BEST AND SAFEST METHOD OF SUPPLYING NATURAL GAS
FOR LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY. THESE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS
WHY THE LAST EXTENSION IN 2019 HAD 36 NO VOTES. ALTHOUGH CERTAINLY
MY COLLEAGUES WHO VOTED FOR IT HAVE GOOD REASONS BECAUSE MEMORIES
ARE LONG. EVEN IF THEY WERE JUST BORN, THEIR MEMORIES IN THE
COMMUNITY ARE LONG AND I AM SENSITIVE TO THEIR CONCERNS.
THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY.
MR. LAWLER TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE. NO, MR. LAWLER ON
THE BILL.
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MR. LAWLER: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WILL THE
SPONSOR YIELD?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. CUSICK, WILL YOU
YIELD?
MR. CUSICK: YES.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. CUSICK YIELDS,
SIR.
MR. LAWLER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MR.
CHAIRMAN, WHERE DOES NEW YORK CITY GETS ITS ENERGY SUPPLY FROM?
MR. CUSICK: WELL, WHERE -- WHERE MOST OF THE
STATE DOES. THIS BILL IS -- THIS BILL IS MORE ABOUT THE MORATORIUM THAN
WHERE THE ENERGY SUPPLY OF NEW YORK CITY IS.
MR. LAWLER: WELL, THE REASON I ASK IS WE
OBVIOUSLY RECENTLY SHUT DOWN INDIAN POINT, WHICH SUPPLIED ABOUT 25
PERCENT OF THE REGION'S POWER SUPPLY.
MR. CUSICK: YES.
MR. LAWLER: AND THERE'S A MOVEMENT WITHIN THIS
STATE, OBVIOUSLY, AGAINST, YOU KNOW, NATURAL GAS AND A MOVEMENT
TOWARDS 100 PERCENT RENEWABLES SO THAT WE HAVE ZERO CARBON
EMISSIONS, WHICH I -- I SUPPORT THE EFFORT OF COURSE TO HAVE CLEAN
ENERGY AND TO INCREASE OUR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES. BUT ABOUT 60
PERCENT OF NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS RELY ON NATURAL GAS TO HEAT THEIR
HOMES AND TO POWER THEM, AND TO, YOU KNOW, POWER THEIR AIR
CONDITIONERS. SO WHILE I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN IN EFFECT A VERY LONG TIME,
WITH INDIAN POINT SHUTTING DOWN, ISN'T -- ISN'T THERE A CONCERN AS TO
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WHERE NEW YORK CITY AND THE REGION IS GOING TO GET ITS ENERGY SUPPLY
FROM?
MR. CUSICK: I AM SURE THAT NEW YORK CITY IS
CONCERNED AND THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION THAT I THINK THIS LEGISLATIVE
BODY AND -- AND YOURSELF, MR. LAWLER, WOULD BE APT TO BRING UP WITH
THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M SURE THEY ARE
CONCENTRATING ON. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS BILL WAS INTRODUCED IN
1978. HAS BEEN EXTENDED EVERY TWO YEARS BASED ON PUBLIC SAFETY, NOT
ON THE ISSUE OF THE SUPPLY OR HOW ONE ENTITY MAY FEEL ABOUT NATURAL
GAS. THIS WAS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE
DEPARTMENT BACK THEN AND THEY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS.
MR. LAWLER: OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
MR. CUSICK: THANK YOU.
MR. LAWLER: ON THE BILL.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, SIR.
MR. LAWLER: I APPRECIATE, OBVIOUSLY, THE SAFETY
CONCERNS ANY TIME WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME TYPE OF POWER PLANT OR
FACILITY IN WHICH ENERGY IS RUNNING THROUGH, BUT WE HAVE A REAL CRISIS IN
THIS STATE. WITH THE CLOSING OF INDIAN POINT UNDER THE GUISE OF COURSE
OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS, WHICH IS SOMEWHAT CONTRADICTORY
BECAUSE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ARE -- ARE ZERO CARBON EMISSION AND ALSO
WE'RE KEEPING POWER PLANTS OPEN IN UPSTATE NEW YORK TO THE TUNE OF
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF TAXPAYER MONEY. BUT WE'RE SHUTTING DOWN INDIAN
POINT AND WE HAVE A -- AN ENERGY CRISIS IN THIS STATE. TWENTY-FIVE
PERCENT OF OUR ENERGY SUPPLY FOR THE REGION CAME FROM -- CAME FROM
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INDIAN POINT, AND SO IT MADE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE
WE HAD A MORATORIUM ON THE LICENSING OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
FACILITIES. AS MY COLLEAGUE FROM WESTERN NEW YORK POINTED OUT,
WE'RE TRUCKING IT IN WHICH ONE HAS TO WONDER HOW SAFE THAT IS OVER THE
GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE, FOR EXAMPLE. SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS
WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE WORK TO TRY AND ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE WE
HAVE TO DO SO IN A COMPREHENSIVE WAY AND FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE. AND
AS MUCH AS WE WILL BE RELYING ON -- IN THE FUTURE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY
WE NEED DISPATCHABLE ENERGY AS WELL. AND NATURAL GAS IS A
DISPATCHABLE FORM OF ENERGY TO HELP, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN THE WIND STOPS
BLOWING OR WHEN THE SUN SETS. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
SERIOUSLY NEED TO CONSIDER AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH POLICY
DECISIONS RELATED TO OUR ENERGY SUPPLY HERE IN NEW YORK.
I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT, AS I'VE POINTED OUT PREVIOUSLY,
MANY OF OUR NYCHA FACILITIES RELY ON NATURAL GAS. AND SO BY TRYING
TO LIMIT NATURAL GAS WE ARE PUTTING THOSE FACILITIES WHICH ARE ALREADY
CASH-STRAPPED INTO SERIOUS HARM'S WAY FROM AN ENERGY PERSPECTIVE. SO
I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER THOSE NYCHA
FACILITIES WHICH MANY OF THEM TALK ABOUT QUITE OFTEN, UNDERSTANDABLY
SO, AS -- AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. THOSE COSTS WILL RISE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE
RELIABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY SUCH AS NATURAL GAS.
SO FOR THAT REASON, MR. SPEAKER, I THINK IT IS TIME TO
LIFT THE MORATORIUM ON LICENSING OF -- OF NATURAL GAS FACILITIES IN NEW
YORK CITY. IF THE ISSUE IS SAFETY, THEN WE SHOULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT
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ISSUES SURROUNDING TRUCKING NATURAL GAS OVER OUR BRIDGES, WHICH
OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE A -- A REAL ISSUE OF SAFETY. BUT WE REALLY NEED TO
HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOING FORWARD, SO I WILL OPPOSE THIS
LEGISLATION.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL
RECORD THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 6173. THIS IS A PARTY VOTE. ANY
MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED AS AN EXCEPTION TO THEIR
CONFERENCE POSITION IS REMINDED TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY
LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.
MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. THE REPUBLICAN
CONFERENCE IS GENERALLY OPPOSED TO THIS LEGISLATION. BUT FOR THOSE WHO
WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT IT, PLEASE CONTACT THE MINORITY LEADER'S OFFICE SO
WE CAN PROPERLY RECORD YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.
MS. HYNDMAN.
MS. HYNDMAN: I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND MY
COLLEAGUES THAT THIS IS A PARTY VOTE. THE MAJORITY MEMBERS WILL BE
RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. IF THERE ARE ANY EXCEPTIONS WE ASK THE
MAJORITY MEMBERS TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY LEADER'S OFFICE AT THE
NUMBER PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED AND YOUR NAME WILL BE RECORDED
ACCORDINGLY.
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THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.
(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)
MR. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. IN ADDITION TO THE
FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR OF THIS ON THE FLOOR THAT ARE ALREADY REGISTERED,
PLEASE RECORD THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS IN FAVOR OF THIS LEGISLATION: MR.
ASHBY AND MR. WALCZYK.
THANK YOU, SIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)
THE BILL IS PASSED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, IF WE
COULD NOW CALL OUR COLLEAGUES' ATTENTION TO CALENDAR NO. 297. IT'S ON
PAGE 33 BY MR. EPSTEIN.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03112-B, CALENDAR
NO. 297, EPSTEIN, WEPRIN, NOLAN, HEVESI, REYES, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON,
GOTTFRIED, PERRY, TAYLOR, DAVILA, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALLAGHER,
GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS, STECK, JACKSON, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, FERNANDEZ. AN
ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO DIRECTING THE DIVISION
OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF
LAWFUL SOURCE OF INCOME RIGHTS TO PROSPECTIVE TENANTS.
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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.
THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 60TH
DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL
RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 3112-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. GOODELL.
MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. THIS BILL REQUIRES
THOSE PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING GOVERNMENT AND NON-PROFIT THAT
PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO NOTIFY THOSE SEEKING THAT RENTAL ASSISTANCE
OF THEIR RIGHT TO AVOID ANY DISCRIMINATION BASED ON THE SOURCE OF LAWFUL
INCOME USED TO PAY RENT. I WANTED TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO MY
COLLEAGUE, THE SPONSOR. THIS ORIGINALLY APPLIED TO ANYONE WHO WAS A
HOUSING PROVIDER, AND HE NARROWED THE BILL DOWN TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY
ON THOSE ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE PUBLIC FUNDING, AND THAT ENSURES THAT THE
RIGHT PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE RIGHT INFORMATION WITHOUT CREATING A
NEEDLESS AND IRRELEVANT BURDEN ON EVERYONE ELSE.
SO AGAIN, COMPLIMENTS TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR
SHARPENING THE LANGUAGE OF THIS BILL, AND ACCORDINGLY, I WILL BE
SUPPORTING IT. THANK YOU.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. EPSTEIN.
MR. EPSTEIN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE TO
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EXPLAIN MY VOTE. SO, WE -- WE MADE SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION
ILLEGAL TWO YEARS AGO IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY
PEOPLE WITH GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE ACTUALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW THE LAW
EXISTS. PEOPLE GET SECTION 8 AND THEY GO APPLY FOR APARTMENTS AND THEY
HAVE NO IDEA THAT WHEN THE LANDLORD SAYS, HEY, WE DON'T TAKE SECTION 8,
THAT'S ILLEGAL IN NEW YORK STATE. THIS BILL RECTIFIES THAT SITUATION. IT
MAKES SURE THAT EVERY GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH
RENTAL ASSISTANCE GIVES THEM WRITTEN INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS FOR
SOURCE OF INCOME, AND THEN IF THEY FEEL DISCRIMINATED, HOW TO FILE A
COMPLAINT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN FAVOR
OF THIS. I WANT TO THANK THE SPEAKER FOR LETTING THIS BILL COME TO THE
FLOOR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. EPSTEIN 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 YOU
HAVE ANY FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING OR RESOLUTIONS?
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WE HAVE BOTH, MRS.
PEOPLES-STOKES. IN ONE MINUTE AFTER I SIGN THE BILL.
ON A MOTION BY MS. WALKER, PAGE 31, CALENDAR NO.
271, BILL NO. A.6970, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.
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ON BEHALF OF MRS. CLARK, BILL NO. 5436-A, ASSEMBLY
BILL RECALLED FROM THE SENATE.
THE CLERK WILL READ THE TITLE OF THE BILL.
THE CLERK: AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELDER 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.
WE DO HAVE A PRIVILEGED RESOLUTION, MRS.
PEOPLES-STOKES.
RESOLUTION NO. 311, THE CLERK WILL READ.
THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 311, MR.
BARRON.
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 96TH
BIRTHDAY OF MALCOLM X, AN ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND ONE OF THE
MOST INFLUENTIAL REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS IN HISTORY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. BARRON ON THE
RESOLUTION.
MR. BARRON: THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO MY
COLLEAGUES, TO THE SPEAKER. THE PICTURE THAT ADORNS THE WALL BEHIND ME
IS THAT OF ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLY BRILLIANT ICONIC REVOLUTIONARY
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LEADERS EVER TO WALK THE STREETS OF AMERICA AND THE GLOBE OF THE WORLD.
THAT IS MALCOLM X, EL-HAJJ MALIK EL-SHABAZZ. HE IS ALSO ONE WHO
HAS ADORNED HIS IMAGE AND SPIRIT THE CHAMBERS OF MY HEART, THE
CONTOURS OF MY MIND AND THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL. HE WAS THE ONE WHO
WOKE ME UP AND STEERED ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO WHEN WE HONOR
MALCOLM X TODAY, AS OSSIE DAVIS SAID, WE HONOR THE TALLEST TREE IN OUR
FOREST. WE HONOR OUR BLACK SHINING PRINCE. IT WAS MALCOLM X WHO
AFTER HAVING A LIFE IN THE STREET CONVERTED TO ISLAM, JOINED THE NATION OF
ISLAM AND CLEANED UP THOUSANDS, THOUSANDS OF OUR PEOPLE WHO WERE
SUFFERING FROM THE OPPRESSION UNDER THIS RACIST, COLONIAL, CAPITALIST
SYSTEM. HE CLEANED THEM UP AND MADE THEM VIABLE, PRODUCTIVE
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. IT WAS MALCOLM X THAT DURING THE 1960S
WHEN THIS SYSTEM WOULDN'T RESPOND RIGHT TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,
MALCOLM X SAID, YOU BETTER LISTEN TO KING BECAUSE SOMETHING MORE
POWERFUL IS BEHIND IT, AND THAT'S BLACK POWER, BLACK NATIONALISM. IT IS
BECAUSE OF MALCOLM X, THE FEAR THAT HE PUT IN THE HEARTS OF THIS SYSTEM
THAT THEY PAID MORE ATTENTION TO MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND PASSED THE HISTORIC VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND THE
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. BECAUSE THE SYSTEM SAID, WE BETTER DEAL WITH KING
BECAUSE IF THE PEOPLE GO WITH MALCOLM, WE'RE IN TROUBLE. IT WAS
MALCOLM X THAT SAID, WE GOT TO GO FROM CIVIL RIGHTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS.
IF THEY DON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE YOU AS A HUMAN BEING, THEN HOW WOULD
THEY EVER RECOGNIZE US AS CITIZENS? AS MALCOLM WENT ON TO SAY THAT --
AND THIS WAS ONE OF HIS MORE FAMOUS QUOTES -- HE SAID, WE DECLARE OUR
RIGHT ON THIS EARTH TO BE A HUMAN BEING, TO BE RESPECTED AS HUMAN
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BEINGS, TO BE GIVEN THE RIGHTS OF HUMAN BEINGS IN THIS SOCIETY ON THIS
EARTH IN THIS DAY WHICH WE INTEND TO BRING INTO EXISTENCE BY ANY MEANS
NECESSARY. IT WAS MALCOLM X THAT WENT ACROSS THE GLOBE, WENT TO
AFRICA. LINKED OUR STRUGGLE AS AFRICANS HERE IN AMERICA TO THE
LIBERATION STRUGGLES ON THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA. MALCOLM X LIFT UP THE
BANDUNG CONFERENCE AND SAID -- IN 1955 THERE WAS A CONFERENCE IN
BANDUNG, INDONESIA. JUST THE AFRICAN AND ASIAN NATIONS CAME TOGETHER
TO TALK ABOUT LIBERATION AND REMOVING THE YOKE OF IMPERIALISM AND
COLONIALISM FROM THEIR STATES IN AFRICA AND ACROSS ASIA. SHORTLY AFTER
THAT, THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA LIBERATED ITSELF, STARTING WITH KWAME
NKRUMAH IN 1957 WITH THE COUNTRY OF GHANA, THE STATE OF GHANA AND
THEN CAME THE CONGO AND THEN TANZANIA. ALL OF THE AFRICAN NATIONS
LIBERATED. MALCOLM TAUGHT US THAT. MALCOLM BROUGHT THAT TO US. AND
IT WAS MALCOLM X WHO WENT TO THE UNITED NATIONS AND SAID, WE HAVE
BEEN VIOLATED, OUR HUMAN RIGHTS, AND WE ARE AMONGST THE THREE GROUPS
THAT WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS COUNTRY. ONE, THE EUROPEANS WHO
STOLE THE LAND FROM THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, THE SO-CALLED INDIANS, AND
THEN STOLE US FROM AFRICA TO BUILD THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATION OF
CAPITALISM. YOU COULD BE SUCCESSFUL AT ANY BUSINESS IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE
TO PAY FOR REAL ESTATE OR LABOR. THEY STOLE IT. THAT'S HOW CAPITALISM
WAS BUILT AND THAT'S WHY MALCOLM DEMANDED AND MARTIN DEMANDED
AND WE DEMAND TODAY OUR REPARATIONS. IT WAS MALCOLM X THAT WENT TO
THE OXFORD AND THE OXFORD DEBATE, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT EXTREMISM.
YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING. EVERY TIME WE RESPOND TO OUR OPPRESSION,
THEY TALK ABOUT OUR RESPONSE. NOT THE EXTREME OPPRESSION, BUT OUR
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EXTREMIST RESPONSE. AND HE SAID, EXTREMISM IS A VIRTUE. MODERATION
IN THE LIGHT OF EXTREME OPPRESSION IS A VICE.
SO, MALCOLM X, WE HONOR YOU TODAY, OUR BLACK
SHINING PRINCE. AND WE CAN NEVER HONOR MALCOLM X WITHOUT HONORING
HIS QUEEN, DR. BETTY SHABAZZ.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. -- YOUR TIME HAS
EXPIRED, SIR. THANK YOU.
MR. BARRON: WELL LET ME JUST FINISH THIS LAST
SENTENCE. AND WE HONOR DR. BETTY SHABAZZ AND WE HONOR MALCOLM X
ON THIS DAY AND HOW HE CAME TO THIS ASSEMBLY IN '65 WITH PERCY
SUTTON AND SAT RIGHT UP IN THE BALCONY AND WATCHED THE PROCEEDINGS.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MALCOLM X. LONG LIVE YOUR SPIRIT.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES, WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER FINE
RESOLUTIONS WHICH WE WILL ALSO TAKE 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. 304-310 AND
312 WERE UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.)
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.
MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I NOW
MOVE THAT THE ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 12:30, THURSDAY, 12:30
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P.M. THURSDAY, MONDAY -- I'M SORRY, MAY THE 20TH, TOMORROW BEING A
SESSION DAY. TOMORROW BEING A SESSION DAY.
ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE ASSEMBLY STANDS
ADJOURNED.
(WHEREUPON, AT 6:11 P.M., THE HOUSE STOOD ADJOURNED
UNTIL THURSDAY, MAY 20TH AT 12:30 P.M., THAT BEING A SESSION DAY.)
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