MONDAY, MAY 9, 2022                                                     4:47 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 SUNDAY, MAY 8TH.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

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

                    8TH AND ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO

                    ORDERED.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  THANK YOU, SIR.

                    COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS THAT ARE IN THE CHAMBER, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN

                    WITH A QUOTE TODAY.  THIS ONE AGAIN IS FROM MAYA ANGELOU AND IT SAYS,

                    AS YOU GROW OLDER, YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT YOU HAVE TWO HANDS, ONE FOR

                    HELPING YOURSELF AND THE OTHER ONE FOR HELPING OTHERS.  THAT MIGHT

                    SEEM A LITTLE SIMPLISTIC, MR. SPEAKER, BUT IT'S APTLY APPROPRIATE,

                    PARTICULARLY IN A HOUSE WHERE WE DO A LOT OF HELPING OTHERS.

                                 COLLEAGUES HAVE ON THEIR DESK A MAIN CALENDAR.  IT

                    HAS 59 NEW BILLS ON IT, AND WE ALSO HAVE A DEBATE LIST.  AND AFTER THERE

                    IS HOUSEKEEPING AND INTRODUCTIONS, MR. SPEAKER, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE

                    UP RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 3.  OUR PRINCIPAL WORK FOR TODAY WILL BE TO TAKE

                    UP NEW BILLS ON CONSENT BEGINNING WITH CALENDAR NO. 586 AND GOING

                    STRAIGHT THROUGH TO CALENDAR NO. 644.  THERE MAY BE A NEED, MR.

                    SPEAKER, FOR FURTHER ADDITIONAL FLOOR ACTIVITY.  SHOULD THAT BE THE CASE,

                    I WILL BE ALERTING FOLKS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT.  THAT'S A GENERAL OUTLINE

                    OF WHERE WE'RE GOING RIGHT NOW, SIR.  NOW IS A GREAT TIME FOR

                    HOUSEKEEPING.  THANK YOU.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU.  WE DO

                    HAVE HOUSEKEEPING.

                                 ON A MOTION BY MR. MCDONALD, PAGE 6, CALENDAR NO.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    594, BILL NO. 5411-B, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

                                 ON A MOTION BY MS. CLARK, PAGE 9, CALENDAR NO. 609,

                    BILL NO. 8105-A, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

                                 ON A MOTION BY MR. EICHENSTEIN, PAGE 11, CALENDAR

                    NO. 619, BILL NO. A8869-A, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

                                 FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION, MR. BURDICK.

                                 MR. BURDICK:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  I RISE FOR

                    THE PURPOSE OF MAKING INTRODUCTIONS OF FOUR OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHO

                    ARE HERE TODAY, AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND SO WE MAY RECOGNIZE

                    YOU.  WE HAVE 14-YEAR-OLD JARED SAIONTZ, HIS MOTHER, STACEY SAIONTZ,

                    AND HIS GRANDPARENTS SAMMY AND JEAN FELDMAN ALSO ARE HERE.  AND

                    JUST A VERY BRIEF WORD ABOUT JARED.  JARED IS A 14-YEAR-OLD CONSTITUENT

                    OF THE TOWN OF NEW CASTLE WITH OVER 26 LIFE-THREATENING FOOD ALLERGIES

                    WHO CONTACTED ME A FEW WEEKS BACK WITH A HEARTFELT PLEA THAT I

                    SPONSOR A RESOLUTION, WHICH WE WILL BE TAKING UP TODAY, WHICH IS TO

                    MEMORIALIZE GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL TO DECLARE MAY 9TH THROUGH

                    14TH, 2022 AS FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS WEEK, AND THAT'S IN

                    CONJUNCTION WITH THE OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS

                    WEEK.  SO I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MY CONSTITUENTS, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY.  ON BEHALF

                    OF MR. BURDICK, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME THIS

                    WONDERFUL FAMILY HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, EXTEND TO YOU

                    THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING

                    NOT JUST FOR YOURSELF, BUT OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO SUFFER THE SAME

                    MALADY.  WE HOPE THAT THIS WORK IS SUCCESSFUL AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    PROTECT OUR POPULATION AND HAVE THEM UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTIES THAT

                    YOU HAVE FACED IN YOUR LIFE.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, AND WE'RE REALLY

                    PLEASED TO HAVE YOU, SIR.  HAVE A GREAT LIFE.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 MS. LUPARDO FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN INTRODUCTION.

                                 MS. LUPARDO:  YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.

                    SPEAKER.  I RISE TO INTRODUCE LIEUTENANT COLONEL FRANK BIRT WHO IS

                    VISITING US FROM THE BROOME COUNTY/CHENANGO COUNTY AREA.  HE IS THE

                    GOVERNMENT RELATIONS ADVISOR TO THE NEW YORK WING OF THE CIVIL AIR

                    PATROL.  AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SQUADRON WITH

                    ALMOST 40 MEMBERS, AND MR. BIRT, LIEUTENANT COLONEL BIRT IS OUR

                    LIAISON.  SO WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE HIM A WELCOME, MR. FRANK BIRT.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY, SIR.  ON

                    BEHALF OF MS. LUPARDO, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME

                    YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY.  WE EXTEND TO YOU THE

                    PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR, HOPE THAT YOUR TIME HERE WILL BE BENEFICIAL.

                    CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.  PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU ARE

                    ALWAYS WELCOME HERE, SIR.  THANK YOU.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 MR. JENSEN FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION, SIR.

                                 MR. JENSEN:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER.

                    I RISE TO INTRODUCE AND WELCOME THREE CONSTITUENTS OF MINE, MS. SANTII

                    PATEL, AND HER PARENTS REBECCA JASON AND SHIV PATEL.  SANTII, IN

                    FOLLOWING THE WORDS OF THE MAJORITY LEADER TODAY, HAS TRULY MADE A

                    DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS.  THROUGH HER NOT-FOR-PROFIT

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    ORGANIZATION, SANTII'S SMILES, SHE SAW THAT YOUNG PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT

                    ABILITIES IN THE TOWN OF GREECE MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO

                    PLAY WITH THEIR FRIENDS AS OTHER CHILDREN, AND SO SHE RAISED OVER

                    $10,000 TO HELP MAKE ONE OF OUR TOWN'S PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS MORE

                    HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE.  IN THAT MODEL AND IN THAT VEIN, SHE JUST

                    DOESN'T WANT TO STOP WITH ONE PARK.  HER GOAL IS TO MAKE EVERY PARK IN

                    THE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND

                    WORLDWIDE AVAILABLE SO THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN PLAY.  IN THE ROCHESTER

                    AREA, SHE IS THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE VERY PRESTIGIOUS

                    ESL JEFFERSON AWARDS, WHICH RECOGNIZES EXEMPLARY PEOPLE AND

                    CITIZENS IN THE ROCHESTER AREA.  AND I'M PROUD TO CALL HER MY

                    CONSTITUENT AND MY NEIGHBOR, AND I'D ASK YOU TO WELCOME HER AND HER

                    FAMILY TO THE FLOOR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY.  ON BEHALF

                    OF MR. JENSEN, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME THE PATEL

                    FAMILY HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, AND WE EXTEND TO YOU

                    THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND OUR APPRECIATION AND PRIDE IN YOU, MY

                    YOUNG FRIEND, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP OTHER YOUNG

                    PEOPLE.  WE HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE THAT INTO YOUR ADULT YEARS BECAUSE

                    THAT WILL MAKE THIS STATE AND THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE.  THANK YOU SO

                    VERY MUCH.  CONTINUE YOUR GREAT WORK.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 MR. ANGELINO FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN INTRODUCTION.

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

                    INTRODUCE TWO -- TWO MEN WHO ARE FORMER MEMBERS OF THIS HOUSE.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    THEY MADE THE BUMPY, LONG JOURNEY UP INTERSTATE 88 TO BE WITH US

                    TODAY.  FIRST, A MAN WHO SERVED FROM 1993 TO 2004 REPRESENTING THE

                    123RD ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, BOB WARNER.  THE NEXT, A MAN WHO NEEDS NO

                    INTRODUCTION INTO THIS HOUSE, BUT DID SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE 122ND

                    ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT I CURRENTLY REPRESENT.  HE SERVED FROM

                    1995 TO 2020, MY MENTOR, ASSEMBLYMAN CLIFF CROUCH.  AND I FURTHER

                    ASK THAT THE SERGEANT-OF-ARMS BE LENIENT TO THEIR COMBINED PRESENCE

                    HERE TODAY.

                                 (LAUGHTER)

                                 THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY.  ON BEHALF

                    OF MR. ANGELINO, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, ONCE A MEMBER,

                    ALWAYS A MEMBER.  SO GREAT TO SEE THE BOTH OF YOU.  HAPPY THAT YOU

                    HAVE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN AND SHARE A NIGHT WITH US.  WE

                    HOPE THAT LIFE IS GOOD FOR BOTH OF YOU.  AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR

                    HISTORY HERE IN THE CHAMBER REQUIRES NO DELINEATION.  YOU BOTH SERVED

                    WITH DISTINGUISHMENT AND WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE COME BACK AND

                    SHARED THIS MOMENT WITH US.  THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 MR. BYRNE FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.

                                 MR. BYRNE:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  I RISE FOR THE

                    PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION TO INTRODUCE A FRIEND AND PREDECESSOR OF

                    MINE, THE HONORABLE WILL STEPHENS, JR., WHO SERVED IN THIS CHAMBER

                    FROM 1996 TO 2006, TEN YEARS.  HE IS A LEGACY OF THIS CHAMBER, RIGHT,

                    NOT ONLY HIS FATHER, WILL STEPHENS, SR., BUT D. MALLORY STEPHENS ALSO

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    SERVED IN THIS CHAMBER.  WILL IS ALSO -- WAS DISTINGUISHED WHILE HE

                    SERVED HERE BY SERVING AS THE MINORITY LEADER PRO TEM, HE SERVED AS

                    THE FLOOR LEADER FOR THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, WAS A MEMBER OF

                    MANY DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS, CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE

                    PEOPLE OF THIS STATE AND THIS CHAMBER IN THOSE ROLES, AND HE CONTINUES

                    TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HE LIVES IN, THE PEOPLE OF

                    SOUTHEAST, BY SERVING AS TOWN ATTORNEY.  I KNOW HE'S HERE FOR SOME

                    FESTIVITIES THIS EVENING AND JUST TO MEET WITH SOME OLD COLLEAGUES.

                    AND IF YOU COULD, MR. SPEAKER, PLEASE EXTEND THE CORDIALITIES OF THE

                    FLOOR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY.  ON BEHALF

                    OF MR. BYRNE, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WILL, GOOD TO SEE YOU,

                    MY FRIEND.  GLAD THAT YOU HAVE COME BACK TO JOIN US TODAY FOR THIS

                    OCCASION.  BRINGS BACK GREAT MEMORIES OF THOSE TIMES THAT WE SERVED

                    TOGETHER.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.  I HOPE LIFE IS BEING GOOD TO YOU

                    AND YOU ARE BEING REWARDED FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DID HERE IN THIS

                    CHAMBER.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 3, THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 837, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MS. JACKSON.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM APRIL 28, 2022 AS TAKE OUR DAUGHTERS AND

                    SONS TO WORK DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

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

                    ADOPTED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 838, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MS. JOYNER.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 9, 2022 AS WOMEN'S CHECKUP DAY IN

                    THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

                    ADOPTED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 839, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MS. SOLAGES.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 4-10, 2022 AS LATE ONSET HEARING

                    LOSS AWARENESS WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

                    ADOPTED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 840, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MS. GLICK.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 15-21, 2022 AS FAMILY PHYSICIAN

                    WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MS. GLICK ON THE

                    RESOLUTION.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                                 MS. GLICK:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  ON BEHALF OF

                    THE FAMILY PHYSICIANS, THE NEW YORK STATE ACADEMY OF FAMILY

                    PHYSICIANS REPRESENTS 7,000 BOARD CERTIFIED FAMILY PHYSICIANS,

                    RESIDENTS AND MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE HOLDING THEIR

                    74TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, THEIR CONGRESS OF DELEGATES NEXT WEEK.  AND

                    THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE THEY FOCUS ON THE ENTIRE FAMILY,

                    COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH MAINTENANCE REGARDLESS OF AGE OR SEX.  THEY ARE

                    BROADLY EDUCATED ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND DRAW ON A WIDE RANGE OF

                    DISCIPLINES FROM PEDIATRICS, INTERNAL MEDICINE, OB/GYN, AND IT'S --

                    THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US.  AND, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I REMEMBER

                    OUR FAMILY PHYSICIAN, DR. COLEMAN, WHO ACTUALLY MADE HOUSE CALLS.

                    THAT DATES ME, I KNOW, BUT FAMILY PHYSICIANS ARE IMPORTANT IN OUR

                    HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND I JUST WOULD APPRECIATE IF WE COULD RECOGNIZE

                    THEM AND CALL ON THE GOVERNOR TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM DURING THEIR

                    WEEK WHEN THEY WILL BE HAVING THEIR 74TH CONGRESS OF DELEGATES.

                    THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, MS.

                    GLICK.

                                 ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING

                    AYE; OPPOSED, NO.  THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 841, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MRS. GUNTHER.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 6-12, 2022 AS NURSES WEEK IN THE

                    STATE OF NEW YORK.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                                 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. 842, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MR. BURDICK.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 9-14, 2022 AS FOOD ALLERGY

                    AWARENESS WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. BURDICK ON THE

                    RESOLUTION.

                                 MR. BURDICK:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  AND AS I

                    WAS MENTIONING WHEN I MADE THE INTRODUCTIONS OF JARED SAIONTZ, THIS IS

                    AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ISSUE.  AND THE REASON THAT IT'S IMPORTANT IS

                    BECAUSE SO MANY AMERICANS, 22 MILLION AMERICANS WHO HAVE FOOD

                    ALLERGIES.  SOME FIVE TO SIX MILLION ARE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

                    AND SO BY CREATING GREATER AWARENESS ACROSS THE STATE OF NEW YORK,

                    WE LITERALLY ARE SAVING LIVES.  AND SO IT IS MY URGING OF ALL OF MY

                    COLLEAGUES HERE IN THIS BODY THAT WE UNANIMOUSLY ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION

                    TO IMPROVE THE AWARENESS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK SO THAT

                    PEOPLE'S LIVES TRULY CAN BE SAVED.  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU.

                                 ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR -- OH, I'M SORRY.

                                 MS. LUNSFORD ON THE RESOLUTION.

                                 MS. LUNSFORD:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  I JUST

                    WANT TO COMMEND THE SPONSOR.  AS A MOTHER OF A CHILD WITH FOOD

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    ALLERGIES THAT ARE LIFE-THREATENING, INCLUDING SESAME, WHICH IS NOT A

                    COMMONLY KNOWN ALLERGY, IT'S ACTUALLY THE 9TH MOST COMMON ALLERGY

                    FOR FOOD FOR CHILDREN.  I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE SPONSOR AND THANK THE

                    SAIONTZ FAMILY, GRANDPARENTS WHO LIVE IN MY DISTRICT, SO THANK YOU.

                    AND THANK EVERYONE FOR BRINGING AWARENESS TO THIS ISSUE.  HAVE A GOOD

                    DAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

                    ADOPTED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 844, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MR. DURSO.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 2022 AS AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL

                    SCLEROSIS AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. DURSO ON THE

                    RESOLUTION.

                                 MR. D'URSO:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND I THANK

                    EVERYBODY FOR SUPPORTING THIS -- EXCUSE ME.  THANK YOU EVERYBODY,

                    THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS RESOLUTION.  ALS, ALSO KNOWN AS

                    LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE, IS A PROGRESSIVE, NEURODEGENERATE DISEASE THAT

                    ATTACKS MOTOR NEURONS IN THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD.  THIS RESULTS IN THE

                    WASTING AWAY OF MUSCLE, LOSS OF MOVEMENT, AND EVENTUAL PARALYSIS.

                    THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 30,000 PEOPLE LIVING WITH ALS IN THE UNITED

                    STATES AT ANY GIVEN TIME.  EVERY 90 MINUTES, SOMEONE IS DIAGNOSED

                    WITH ALS.  ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF ALL ALS CASES ARE SPORADIC.  ALS CAN

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    AFFECT ANYONE AT ANY AGE, GENDER OR RACE; HOWEVER, FOR THE MOST PART,

                    ALS AFFECTS PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 40 AND 70 WITH NO KNOWN

                    HISTORY OF THE DISEASE IN THE FAMILY.  THE REMAINING TEN PERCENT OF

                    CASES ARE KNOWN AS FAMILIAL ALS.  MOST PEOPLE LIVE ABOUT THREE TO FIVE

                    YEARS AFTER THEY EXPERIENCE THEIR FIRST SIGN OF THE DISEASE, WITH ONE AND

                    TEN PEOPLE SURVIVING ONLY TEN YEARS.  THE VARIABLE RATE OF THIS DISEASE

                    PROGRESSION MAKES PROGNOSIS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT, AND THERAPIES

                    CHALLENGING TO DEVELOP.  CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO EFFECTIVE CURES OR

                    TREATMENTS TO STOP THIS DISEASE.

                                 ALS IS A COMPLEX DISEASE WHICH VARIES FROM PERSON

                    TO PERSON.  FAR MORE RESEARCH IS NECESSARY TO DISCOVER THE EFFECTIVE

                    TREATMENTS FOR EACH PERSON LIVING WITH ALS, BUT THANKFULLY THERE ARE

                    MANY LOCAL AGENCIES, VOLUNTEERS, NON-FOR-PROFITS THAT HAVE MADE SOME

                    AMAZING STRIDES AND FUNDRAISING AND RESEARCH AS THEIR PRIORITIES FOR

                    SUCH A GROUP.  ALS RIDE FOR LIFE IS ONE OF THESE SUCH GROUPS.  RIDE

                    FOR LIFE WAS FOUNDED IN 1997 BY CHRISTOPHER PENDERGAST AND HIS

                    SUPPORTERS.  CHRIS WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS ORGANIZATION,

                    SERVING AS ITS PRESIDENT.  HE RAN THE DAILY OPERATIONS WITH HELP FROM HIS

                    SMALL BUT MIGHTY STAFF OF VOLUNTEERS UNTIL HIS PASSING IN OCTOBER OF

                    2020.  CHRIS DEFIED THE ODDS, LIVING WITH ALS FOR 28 YEARS.  THE

                    ORGANIZATION IS CONTINUING HIS LEGACY AND CELEBRATING ITS 25TH

                    ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.

                                 MR. SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND ALL THE

                    MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION, AND I HOPE THAT

                    WE CAN SOMEHOW FIND A WAY TO CURE THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE.  AND I WANT

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    TO THANK THE MANY GROUPS LIKE RIDE FOR LIFE FOR THEIR ONGOING SUPPORT

                    AND EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WITH ALS.  THANK YOU,

                    SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU.  ON THE

                    RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE -- SIGNIFY BY SAYING

                    AYE; OPPOSED.  THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 845, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MS. BUTTENSCHON.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM JULY 2022 AS ICE CREAM MONTH IN THE STATE

                    OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

                    ADOPTED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 846, RULES

                    AT THE REQUEST OF MR. BYRNE.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

                    KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MARCH 20, 2022 AS ORAL HEALTH DAY IN THE

                    STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

                    ADOPTED.

                                 PAGE 5, CALENDAR NO. 586, THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A00204, CALENDAR NO.

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

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    THE SURROGATE'S COURT PROCEDURE ACT, IN RELATION TO RESTORING MEDICAL

                    FUTILITY AS A BASIS FOR BOTH SURROGATE CONSENT TO A DO NOT RESUSCITATE

                    ORDER AND FOR A DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDER FOR A PATIENT WITHOUT A

                    SURROGATE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A00233-A, CALENDAR

                    NO. 587, L. ROSENTHAL, NIOU, SEAWRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, CRUZ,

                    EPSTEIN, JACOBSON, QUART, PAULIN, GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS, BICHOTTE HERMELYN,

                    MAMDANI, DINOWITZ, SIMON.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW

                    AND RULES, IN RELATION TO THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR ACTIONS BASED

                    UPON UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE IN EMPLOYMENT.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

                    ADVANCED AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A00948, CALENDAR NO.

                    588, PHEFFER AMATO, DINOWITZ, GALEF, BRAUNSTEIN, SOLAGES, GOTTFRIED,

                    BARNWELL, FAHY.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO REQUIRING WARNINGS ON CERTAIN LITHIUM BATTERIES AND

                    PRODUCTS CONTAINING SUCH BATTERIES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A01539, CALENDAR NO.

                    589, LUPARDO, BARRETT, SCHMITT, WOERNER, STIRPE, STECK, THIELE, KELLES,

                    HAWLEY, BRABENEC, DESTEFANO, MONTESANO, ANGELINO, LEMONDES,

                    MCDONOUGH, B. MILLER, MORINELLO, TAGUE, SIMON, BUTTENSCHON, JONES.

                    AN ACT TO AMEND THE EDUCATION LAW, IN RELATION TO ELIGIBILITY AND

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    AWARDS FOR THE NEW YORK STATE YOUNG FARMERS LOAN FORGIVENESS

                    INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

                    ADVANCED.  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 90TH

                    DAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 4082.  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. A03510, CALENDAR NO.

                    590, O'DONNELL, ENGLEBRIGHT, PAULIN, COLTON, GOTTFRIED, ABINANTI,

                    PEOPLES-STOKES, STECK, JACOBSON, WEPRIN, SIMON, KELLES, OTIS, THIELE,

                    BURDICK.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONVERSATION LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO ENACTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A03998, CALENDAR NO.

                    591, ABINANTI, JACOBSON.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW,

                    IN RELATION TO CLARIFYING THE DEFINITION OF "IMITATION WEAPON."

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MR.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

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

                    ADVANCED.  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 90TH

                    DAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 687.  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. A04017, CALENDAR NO.

                    592, ABINANTI, GALEF.  AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF

                    GENERAL SERVICES TO CONVEY REAL PROPERTY IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY TO THE

                    COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

                    ADVANCED.  HOME RULE MESSAGE IS AT THE DESK.  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 1138.  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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A05045, CALENDAR NO.

                    593, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, JOYNER, ABINANTI, QUART, L.

                    ROSENTHAL, STECK, SOLAGES, WALKER, WEPRIN, VANEL.  AN ACT TO AMEND

                    THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, IN RELATION TO ESTABLISHING THE NEW YORK

                    ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT ("NYECPA").

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A05411-B, CALENDAR

                    NO. 594 WAS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED ON THIRD READING.


                                 ASSEMBLY NO. A05455, CALENDAR NO. 595, PAULIN,

                    SEAWRIGHT.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, IN RELATION

                    TO REQUIRING POLICE OFFICER TO TAKE TEMPORARY CUSTODY OF FIREARMS WHEN

                    RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A05557, CALENDAR NO.

                    596, BARNWELL, GOTTFRIED, GRIFFIN, COLTON, PHEFFER AMATO, ENGLEBRIGHT,

                    STERN, MANKTELOW.  AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO BE KNOWN AS

                    THE "NEW YORK SEAWALL STUDY COMMISSION;" AND PROVIDING FOR THE

                    REPEAL OF SUCH PROVISIONS UPON EXPIRATION THEREOF.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 5557.  THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL.  ANY MEMBER

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

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

                    MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A05746, CALENDAR NO.

                    597, GLICK, ENGLEBRIGHT, SIMON, JACKSON, GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS, EPSTEIN,

                    O'DONNELL, L. ROSENTHAL, MCMAHON, KELLES, FAHY, BURDICK, GOTTFRIED,

                    LAVINE, STERN, COLTON, HEVESI, DINOWITZ, J. RIVERA.  AN ACT TO AMEND

                    THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO MAKING CONTESTS,

                    COMPETITIONS, TOURNAMENTS AND DERBYS TO TAKE WILDLIFE UNLAWFUL.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A06367, CALENDAR NO.

                    598, BARCLAY, HAWLEY, NORRIS, MORINELLO, SALKA, LEMONDES,

                    DESTEFANO, J. M. GIGLIO, BLANKENBUSH, JENSEN, BRABENEC.  AN ACT TO

                    AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO FLOOD INSURANCE NOTICE IN

                    COMMUNITIES BORDERING LAKE ONTARIO.

                                 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 6367.  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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A06579, CALENDAR NO.

                    599, GOTTFRIED, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, CAHILL, SIMON, CARROLL.  AN ACT TO

                    AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO A REVIEW AND

                    RECOMMENDATIONS OF REIMBURSEMENT ADEQUACY AND OTHER MATTERS

                    RELATING TO EARLY INTERVENTION.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A06770, CALENDAR NO.

                    600, WEINSTEIN, DINOWITZ, ZEBROWSKI, LAVINE, L. ROSENTHAL, AUBRY,

                    PAULIN, COLTON, HYNDMAN, ABINANTI, WEPRIN, JOYNER, SANTABARBARA,

                    TAYLOR, GRIFFIN, CARROLL, SAYEGH, FRONTUS, JACOBSON, BURKE, STECK,

                    SIMON, DILAN, FALL, JEAN-PIERRE, DICKENS, DARLING, SOLAGES, WALLACE,

                    NIOU, CRUZ, COOK, RAJKUMAR, BENEDETTO, BURGOS, STERN, MITAYNES,

                    LUNSFORD, WALCZYK, HUNTER, SILLITTI, HEVESI, MAMDANI, STIRPE, GIBBS,

                    FERNANDEZ.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE ESTATES, POWERS AND TRUSTS LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO THE PAYMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF DAMAGES IN WRONGFUL DEATH

                    ACTIONS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07219-A, CALENDAR

                    NO. 601, L. ROSENTHAL.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO PROHIBITING THE REQUIREMENT THAT A COURT PROCEEDING HAS

                    BEEN INITIATED AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL IN ORDER FOR SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO

                    QUALIFY FOR A RENT ARREARS GRANT OR ONGOING RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07228, CALENDAR NO.

                    602, THIELE.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, IN RELATION

                    TO AUDITS BY THE LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY.

                                 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 7228.  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. A07285-A, CALENDAR

                    NO. 603, WEINSTEIN, CUSICK, CYMBROWITZ, HYNDMAN, PAULIN, COLTON,

                    ABINANTI, SEAWRIGHT, SANTABARBARA, ZEBROWSKI, TAYLOR, CARROLL,

                    DINOWITZ, WEPRIN, JACOBSON, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, GRIFFIN, SOLAGES,

                    ZINERMAN, GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS, DICKENS, ANDERSON, LUNSFORD, GLICK,

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

                    CLAIM SETTLEMENT PRACTICES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07325-C, CALENDAR

                    NO. 604, PEOPLES-STOKES, REYES, OTIS, GALEF.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE

                    PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO PREVENTION AND SCREENING FOR

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    ELEVATED LEAD LEVELS IN CHILDREN.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MRS.

                    PEOPLES-STOKES, 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 5024-D.  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. A07648, CALENDAR NO.

                    605, PALMESANO, BYRNES, J. M. GIGLIO.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL

                    PROCEDURE LAW, IN RELATION TO PERMITTING THE ELECTRONIC APPEARANCE OF

                    A DEFENDANT IN THE COUNTY OF STEUBEN.

                                 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 7646 [SIC].  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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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07968, CALENDAR NO.

                    606, PALMESANO, FRIEND.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

                    LAW, IN RELATION TO PERMITTING CERTAIN DEFENDANTS IN A CRIMINAL ACTION

                    IN CHEMUNG, SCHUYLER, OR YATES COUNTY TO APPEAR ELECTRONICALLY, WITH

                    THE APPROVAL OF THE COURT.

                                 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 7968.  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.

                                 MR. GOODELL FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.

                                 MR. GOODELL:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.

                    SPEAKER.  IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE OF MINE TO INTRODUCE BOB OAKS BACK TO

                    THE ASSEMBLY.  AS YOU KNOW, MR. OAKS WAS FIRST ELECTED IN 1992.  FOR

                    MANY YEARS, HE SAT AT THE CHAIR IMMEDIATELY BEHIND ME, AS HE IS IN

                    RIGHT NOW, WHICH MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M GOING RIGHT BACK IN TIME.

                    BOB DID A PHENOMENAL JOB FOR US HERE IN THE ASSEMBLY AS THE RANKER

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    ON THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, AND SERVED FOR 26 YEARS IN THIS

                    CHAMBER.  SO PLEASE WELCOME MR. OAKS BACK.  IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE

                    A DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUE MAKE IT BACK TO THE ASSEMBLY.  THANK YOU,

                    SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU.  ON

                    BEHALF OF MR. GOODELL, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, BOB,

                    WELCOME BACK.  ONCE A MEMBER, ALWAYS A MEMBER.  ALWAYS A

                    PLEASURE TO SEE YOU.  HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING LIFE APART FROM THIS

                    WONDERFUL INSTITUTION - HA HA HA - AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE

                    TO ENJOY LIFE.  GLAD THAT YOU COULD JOIN US AGAIN, AND YOU AND MR. RA

                    ARE STARTING TO LOOK ALIKE TO ME SO I GUESS IT MUST BE MY EYESIGHT, BUT A

                    PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU BACK.  ALWAYS KNOW YOU CAN COME BACK.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A07989-A, CALENDAR

                    NO. 607, JACOBSON.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL

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

                    CERTAIN PREMISES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 7989-A.  THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL.  ANY

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

                    CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY

                    PROVIDED.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A08018, CALENDAR NO.

                    608, LAVINE.  AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN

                    CHURCH TO RETROACTIVELY APPLY FOR REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR

                    CERTAIN PROPERTY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MR.

                    LAVINE, 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 6317.  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. A08105-A, CALENDAR

                    NO. 609 WAS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED ON THIRD READING.


                                 ASSEMBLY NO. A08136-B, CALENDAR NO. 610, PAULIN,

                    ASHBY, JENSEN.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND THE

                    GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO CHILDREN'S NON-REGULATED CAMPS.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                                 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 8136-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. A08334, CALENDAR NO.

                    611, SALKA.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO AUTHORIZING

                    THE COUNTY OF MADISON TO IMPOSE A TAX ON REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  HOME RULE MESSAGE

                    IS AT THE DESK.  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 8334.  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. NORRIS AND MR. TANNOUSIS IN THE NEGATIVE.  THANK YOU,

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  SO NOTED.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  PLEASE RECORD OUR

                    COLLEAGUES MR. BARNWELL, MR. STIRPE, AND MR. SANTABARBARA IN THE

                    NEGATIVE ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  SO NOTED, THANK YOU

                    MUCH.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A08346, CALENDAR NO.

                    612, PAULIN, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, MCDONALD, SALKA, MCDONOUGH.  AN

                    ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO PROHIBITING THE

                    SALE OF INFANT LOUNGERS AND RESTRICTING THE USE OF SUCH INFANT LOUNGERS

                    IN CERTAIN SETTINGS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A08375, CALENDAR NO.

                    613, ZEBROWSKI.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO PERMITTING THE ELECTRONIC APPEARANCE OF A DEFENDANT IN THE

                    COUNTY OF ROCKLAND.

                                 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 8375.  THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL.  ANY MEMBER

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

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

                    MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A08510, CALENDAR NO.

                    614, GUNTHER, BURDICK.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO INCLUDING WHITE LAKE IN THE COUNTY OF SULLIVAN AS AN

                    INLAND WATERWAY FOR THE PURPOSES OF WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION.

                                 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 8510.  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. A08578, CALENDAR NO.

                    615, GUNTHER.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO PERMITTING THE ELECTRONIC APPEARANCE OF A DEFENDANT IN THE

                    COUNTY OF SULLIVAN.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 8578.  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. A08641, CALENDAR NO.

                    616, GOTTFRIED, SAYEGH.  AN ACT IN RELATION TO DIRECTING THE

                    COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR

                    PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF THE

                    DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A08642, CALENDAR NO.

                    617, JACKSON, GIBBS, SEAWRIGHT, TAYLOR, AUBRY, MCMAHON, GOTTFRIED,

                    GALEF, DICKENS, SIMON, DESTEFANO, LAWLER, LEMONDES, DAVILA, DE

                    LOS SANTOS, SILLITTI, FORREST, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, L. ROSENTHAL,

                    ABINANTI.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO

                    HOSPITAL CARE FOR MASTECTOMY, LUMPECTOMY, AND LYMPH NODE DISSECTION

                    PATIENTS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

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

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 8642.  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. A08868, CALENDAR NO.

                    618, FAHY, SEAWRIGHT, REYES, DICKENS, JACOBSON, COLTON, SILLITTI,

                    SIMON, HEVESI, LUNSFORD, CRUZ, PAULIN.  AN ACT DIRECTING THE

                    COMMISSIONER OF LABOR TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON

                    IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE PARTICIPATION IN ADULT EDUCATION AND THE

                    WORKFORCE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF SUCH PROVISIONS UPON

                    EXPIRATION THEREOF.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

                    AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A08869-A, CALENDAR

                    NO. 619 WAS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED ON THIRD READING.


                                 ASSEMBLY NO. A09079, CALENDAR NO. 620, BURDICK,

                    THIELE.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN

                    RELATION TO PROHIBITING THE APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES TO CERTAIN LOCAL

                    FRESHWATER WETLANDS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A09080-A, CALENDAR

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    NO. 621, HEVESI, CRUZ, SOLAGES, GOTTFRIED, GALEF.  AN ACT IN RELATION TO

                    A STUDY OF THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE WHO HAVE A

                    DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY.

                                 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 9080.  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. A09088, CALENDAR NO.

                    622, HUNTER, MCDONALD, THIELE.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW,

                    IN RELATION TO SIMPLIFYING THE EXCESS LINE INSURANCE PLACEMENT AFFIDAVIT

                    REQUIREMENTS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MS.

                    HUNTER, 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 8127.  THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL.  ANY MEMBER

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

                    MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

                    HAVE FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING OR RESOLUTIONS?

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  WE HAVE BOTH.

                                 ON BEHALF OF MS. PAULIN, BILL NO. A00266, ASSEMBLY

                    BILL RECALLED FROM THE SENATE, THE CLERK WILL READ THE TITLE OF THE BILL.

                                 THE CLERK:  AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS

                    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.

                                 RESOLUTION NO. 860, THE CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 860, MR.

                    TAGUE.

                                 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MOURNING THE DEATH OF LARRY

                    SHARPE, DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN AND DEVOTED MEMBER OF HIS COMMUNITY.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  WE HAVE A MEMBER

                    GETTING READY TO SPEAK ON A RESOLUTION, MEMBERS.  WE HAVEN'T LEFT YET.

                    PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS AND BE QUIET.

                                 MR. TAGUE ON THE RESOLUTION.

                                 MR. TAGUE:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  LARRY

                    SHARPE TRULY PERSONIFIED WHAT IT MEANT TO BE A GOOD PERSON, A GOOD

                    NEIGHBOR, AND A PUBLIC SERVANT.

                                 THROUGHOUT HIS 80-YEAR LIFE, LARRY ALWAYS SOUGHT TO

                    SERVE THOSE AROUND HIM IN ANY WAY HE COULD.  BEGINNING HIS CAREER

                    WITH THE SCHOHARIE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AS A YOUNG MAN AND

                    CLIMBING ALL THE WAY TO THE RANK OF SERGEANT, DURING THAT TIME AND

                    BEYOND IT, LARRY ALSO CONTRIBUTED MUCH OF HIS TIME OUTSIDE OF WORK TO

                    THE COMMUNITY, STRONGLY SUPPORTING LOCAL SPORTS BOOSTER CLUBS, SERVING

                    AS A LITTLE LEAGUE COACH IN SCHOHARIE, WHICH HE WAS MY LITTLE LEAGUE

                    COACH, AND ALSO AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ACQUIRED LAND FOR

                    AND THEN BUILT TWO LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS IN SCHOHARIE.  LARRY HAS SERVED

                    IN THREE DIFFERENT FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO AS A LEADER TO LOCAL CUB

                    SCOUTS AND BOY SCOUTS.  LARRY WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FIRST 11 DARE

                    OFFICERS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS FIRST

                    INSTITUTED.  HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST DARE OFFICER FOR LOCAL AREA SCHOOLS

                    AND FOR MANY YEARS, HE EDUCATED CHILDREN ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THE

                    DRUGS AND INSPIRED THEM TO LEAD THEIR LIVES WITH INTEGRITY.

                                 WHILE DOING ALL OF THIS, IN HIS FREE TIME LARRY ALSO

                    SERVED AS THE ESPERANCE TOWN JUSTICE, AND LATER MOVED ON TO TAKE A

                    POSITION WITHIN THE TOWN BOARD.  ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY THAT LARRY SHARPE

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                    WAS A TRULY DRIVEN, SELFLESS AND EXCEPTIONAL CITIZEN, AND THE DEDICATION

                    HE DISPLAYED TO HIS COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE IS SOMETHING WE

                    SHOULD ALL ASPIRE TO EMULATE.  AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY, I INVITE YOU ALL

                    TO JOIN ME IN HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF LARRY SHARPE AND THE

                    IMPACT HE'S MADE ON HIS COMMUNITY AND ALL WHO HAVE COME TO KNOW

                    HIM.  IF WE HAD MORE PEOPLE LIKE LARRY SHARPE IN OUR TOWNS, VILLAGES

                    AND CITIES, OUR STATE WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE FOR ALL OF US.

                    THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 MR. ANGELINO ON THE RESOLUTION.

                                 MR. ANGELINO:  ON THE RESOLUTION, MR. SPEAKER.

                    FROM TIME TO TIME, THIS BODY RECOGNIZES THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE

                    EVERYTHING THAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD ABOUT NEW YORK STATE, AND THIS IS

                    ONE OF THOSE TIMES AND LARRY SHARPE IS ONE OF THESE PEOPLE.  AFTER

                    YEARS OF BEING A DEPUTY SHERIFF AND BEING A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE

                    NEW YORK STATE DARE PROGRAM, A PROGRAM THAT HELPS GUIDE YOUNG

                    BOYS AND GIRLS ON THE RIGHT PATH, CONTINUING ON IN HIS PUBLIC SERVICE,

                    MR. SHARPE BUILT LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS, COACHED LITTLE LEAGUE TEAMS,

                    SERVED AS A TOWN JUSTICE AND A MEMBER OF MORE THAN ONE VOLUNTEER FIRE

                    DEPARTMENT.  THIS EXCEPTIONAL MAN DESERVES OUR PRAISE, AND I'M SURE

                    HIS FAMILY HAS FOND MEMORIES OF THEIR TIME ON EARTH WITH HIM.  THANK

                    YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING

                    AYE; OPPOSED, NO.  THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                            MAY 9, 2022

                                 WE HAVE NUMEROUS OTHER FINE RESOLUTIONS, WE WILL

                    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. 850-859 AND

                    861-863 WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.)

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  I NOW MOVE THAT THE

                    ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 4 P.M., TUESDAY, MAY THE 10TH,

                    TOMORROW BEING A SESSION DAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE ASSEMBLY STANDS

                    ADJOURNED UNTIL 4 P.M. TUESDAY.  THE ASSEMBLY STANDS ADJOURNED.

                                 (WHEREUPON, AT 6:08 P.M., THE ASSEMBLY STOOD

                    ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY, MAY 10TH AT 4:00 P.M., TUESDAY BEING A

                    SESSION DAY.)























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