TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2021 3:25 P.M.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE HOUSE WILL COME

TO ORDER.

THE REVEREND DR. KIRKPATRICK G. COHALL WILL OFFER A

PRAYER.

REVEREND DR. KIRKPATRICK G. COHALL:

LET US PRAY. O GOD, OUR CREATOR, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON

SEEKING YOUR BLESSING AND YOUR FAVOR UPON THE GREAT STATE OF NEW

YORK. WE OFFER THANKSGIVING FOR ANOTHER DAY AND ANOTHER SESSION, AND

FOR THIS NEW SEASON. WE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US SAFELY THUS FAR

ALONG OUR WAY. YOU HAVE BROUGHT US THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST

CHALLENGING PERIODS IN OUR HISTORY WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE SUFFERED AND

WERE DEEPLY AFFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS, AND SO WE GIVE YOU THANKS

FOR THE RECOVERY THAT WE HAVE BEGUN TO EXPERIENCE.

O GOD, WE SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM FOR THE

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CHALLENGES THAT WE CONTINUALLY FACE AS A NATION AND AS A STATE. WE

PRAY FOR OUR GOVERNOR AND FOR THE LEADERSHIP IN THE NEW YORK STATE

ASSEMBLY. WE PRAY FOR THE SPEAKER, CARL HEASTIE, DEPUTY SPEAKER

CATHERINE NOLAN, THE MAJORITY LEADER CRYSTAL PEOPLES-STOKES, AND WE

PRAY FOR ALL THE OTHER LEADERS IN THE ASSEMBLY WHO ARE CALLED TO SERVE

THE CITIZENS OF THIS STATE WITH INTEGRITY, COMPASSION, AND JUSTICE. WE

PRAY FOR EVERY LEGISLATOR THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.

WE PRAY THAT EVERY LAW THAT IS PASSED WILL REFLECT JUSTICE AND EQUITY FOR

ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. O GOD, WE ALSO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE

MARGINALIZED IN OUR STATE, THOSE WHO DEPEND ON JUST LAWS SO THAT ALL

MAY HAVE ACCESS TO GOOD HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, FAIR HOUSING, AND A

SAFE STATE TO CALL HOME. WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE A VOICE

AND RELY ON THEIR PUBLIC SERVANTS TO SPEAK FOR THEM. WE PRAY FOR THOSE

WHO ARE ON THE FOREFRONT OF THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE. GRANT THEM

PERSEVERANCE AND COURAGE TO CONTINUE IN THE THINGS THAT WILL BRING

ABOUT A BETTER SOCIETY.

AND SO WE PRAY THAT NEW YORK STATE WILL PROSPER AND

THAT THE ISSUES THAT UNITE US WILL TAKE PRECEDENT OVER THE THINGS THAT

DIVIDE US. AS THIS SESSION OPENS AND AS OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS DELIBERATE

THE FUTURE OF OUR STATE, HELP THEM TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ALL GOD'S

CHILDREN, CREATED IN THE IMAGE TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP, ONE WITH THE OTHER,

WORKING FOR THE CAUSE OF ALL WHO CALL THIS GREAT STATE THEIR HOME. AND

SO, O GOD, WE INVOKE YOUR BLESSINGS AND YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY

TO CONTINUE TO REST, REMAIN, AND ABIDE WITH US ALL NOW AND FOREVER.

AMEN.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

MEMBERS: AMEN.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: VISITORS ARE INVITED

TO JOIN MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

(WHEREUPON, ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY LED VISITORS AND

MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.)

A QUORUM BEING PRESENT, THE CLERK WILL READ THE

JOURNAL OF MONDAY, MAY 31ST.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

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

31ST AND ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO

ORDERED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER. THIS IS THE POINT WHERE WE USUALLY LIKE TO GIVE A QUOTE, BUT

THERE HAVE BEEN TWO SIGNIFICANT THINGS THAT HAPPENED OVER THE COURSE

OF THIS WEEKEND THAT WE ALL ENJOYED. WE WERE GONE BECAUSE WE WERE

CELEBRATING MEMORIAL DAY, TO THE CREDIT OF MR. GOODELL WHO SHARED

WITH ME A NUMBER TODAY THAT I DID NOT KNOW BEFORE, I THINK IT'S A

WORTHY NUMBER FOR NEW YORKERS TO KNOW SO I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH

YOU ALL, THAT SINCE THE WAR OF 1812, ONE THOUSAND -- THREE HUNDRED --

257,000 NEW YORKERS FOUGHT AND SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THOSE WARS.

AND THE SECOND THING OF SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE THAT HAPPENED 100

YEARS AGO WAS THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE OF 1921. AND SO I DON'T KNOW

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HOW MANY OTHER FOLKS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO

HEAR SOMEBODY SPEAK WHO IS 107 YEARS OLD WHO LEFT HER HOME IN

TULSA, WENT ALL THE WAY TO WASHINGTON, D.C., AND SHE SPOKE. AND I

WANT TO SHARE HER WORDS TODAY AS A QUOTE. "I WILL NEVER FORGET THE

VIOLENCE OF THE MOB WHEN WE LEFT OUR HOME. I STILL SEE BLACK MEN

BEING SHOT, BODIES LAYING IN THE STREET. I STILL SMELL SMOKE AND SEE FIRE.

I STILL SEE BLACK BUSINESSES BEING BURNED. I HEAR -- STILL HEAR AIRPLANES

FLYING OVERHEAD. I HEAR SCREAMS. I HAVE LIVED THROUGH THE MASSACRE

EVERY DAY. OUR COUNTRY MAY FORGET THIS HISTORY, BUT I CANNOT." THOSE

WORDS, MR. SPEAKER, ARE FROM VIOLA FLETCHER, AGAIN, SHE'S 107 YEARS

OLD. ONE OF THE LAST KNOWN SURVIVORS OF THE 1921 TULSA RACE

MASSACRE. TWO VERY SIGNIFICANT PIECES OF AMERICAN HISTORY, MR.

SPEAKER, THAT WE SHOULD NOT EVER FORGET.

SO NOW DOWN TO BUSINESS. MEMBERS HAVE ON THEIR

DESKS A MAIN CALENDAR AS WELL AS AN A-CALENDAR. AND THE A-CALENDAR

HAS 125 NEW BILLS ON IT, MR. SPEAKER, SO I WOULD NOW LIKE TO MOVE TO

ADVANCE THAT A-CALENDAR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MRS.

PEOPLES-STOKES, THE A-CALENDAR IS ADVANCED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU. OH, I WAS

REMISS BECAUSE I DIDN'T REMEMBER TO REMIND FOLKS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST

DAY OF THE 22ND WEEK OF THE 244TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND AFTER

THERE'S ANY HOUSEKEEPING THAT YOU MAY HAVE, MR. SPEAKER, OR

INTRODUCTIONS, WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN BY TAKING UP RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE

3 AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONSENT THE NEW BILLS FROM THE A-CALENDAR,

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BEGINNING WITH RULES REPORT NO. 154. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO WORK

FROM OUR DEBATE LIST. THAT'S THE GENERAL OUTLINE, MR. SPEAKER. AGAIN,

IF THERE ARE INTRODUCTIONS OR HOUSEKEEPINGS [SIC], NOW WOULD BE A GREAT

TIME, AND THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WE HAVE AN

INTRODUCTION BY MR. PERRY ON BEHALF OF MS. RICHARDSON, ALSO.

MR. PERRY.

MR. PERRY: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR THE

OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE REVEREND DR. PATRICK [SIC] COHALL COULD DID

OUR PRAYER. HAVING KNOWN DR. COHALL FOR SOME TIME, I'M SURE THAT

GOD WILL ANSWER HIS PRAYERS AND A SPECIAL BLESSING HE QUIETLY MADE FOR

ME, I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF THEM BEING ANSWERED. AND I ALSO SPEAK ON

BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUE, ASSEMBLYMEMBER DIANA RICHARDSON, IN

WHOSE DISTRICT THE CHURCH, LENOX ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, IS LOCATED.

REVEREND DR. PATRICK -- KIRKPATRICK COHALL IS A SENIOR PASTOR AT THE

LENOX ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH IN BROOKLYN, AND HAS BEEN THE PASTOR

THERE FOR 24 YEARS. PRIOR TO HIS PASTORAL SERVICE, DR. COHALL WORKED FOR

11 YEARS AS A MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST AT THE MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING

CANCER RESEARCH HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK CITY. HE PRIDEFULLY MADE

BOLD AND COURAGEOUS CHANGES IN HIS CAREER PATH TO FULFILL A CALL FOR

PASTORAL MINISTRY. DR. COHALL IS A GRADUATE OF NEW YORK THEOLOGICAL

SEMINARY WITH A MASTERS OF DIVINITY AND DOCTOR OF MINISTRY, AND A

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY FROM FORDHAM UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF

EDUCATION. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO GO

THROUGH ALL OF THE ACCOLADES HE HAS EARNED AND RECEIVED, AND ALL OF THE

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SO IN INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL CUT IT SHORT, JUST

MENTIONING A FEW OF HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

DR. COHALL ALSO TAUGHT AT SING SING CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND HE IS A

CHAIRMAN FOR THE SUNY DOWNSTATE -- SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL

CENTER, AND HAS ALSO SERVED AT ANCHOR HOUSE, AMERICAN BAPTIST

CHURCHES OF THE USA. HE'S A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF

INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES OF THE AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES, OVERSEEING

MINISTRIES SERVING IN ALL SIX CONTINENTS. HE'S THE PROUD PASTOR OF THE

LENOX ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH AND WE THANK HIS CONGREGATION FOR

ALLOWING HIM TO COME HERE AND BLESS US WITH HIS PRAYERS TODAY.

MR. SPEAKER, I ASK YOU TO JOIN MYSELF AND

ASSEMBLYMEMBER DIANA RICHARDSON AS WE WELCOME -- AND ALL MY

COLLEAGUES TO JOIN US AS WE WELCOME DR. COHALL. SORRY HE COULDN'T

MAKE IT HERE BECAUSE OF THE COVID PANDEMIC PROTOCOL, BUT I

PROMISED HIM THAT WHEN WE RETURN TO NORMALITY IN OUR STATE, WE'LL

HAVE HIM HERE TO DO THE PRAYER PERSONALLY, AND I'M SURE WE WILL BE

BLESSED BY HIS PRESENCE. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MR. PERRY, MS. RICHARDSON, MS. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, THE SPEAKER

AND ALL THE MEMBERS, REVEREND DR. COHALL, WE WELCOME YOU HERE TO

THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE INSPIRING

WORDS WITH US. WE GRANT YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR, HOPE THAT YOU

WILL ALWAYS PRAY FOR US AS WE CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS, AND WE CERTAINLY

WILL PRAY FOR YOU AS YOU CONDUCT YOURS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, AND

KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

(APPLAUSE)

WE DO HAVE SOME HOUSEKEEPING TO TAKE CARE OF BEFORE

WE GET STARTED.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, ON A MOTION BY MS. WEINSTEIN TO

RECONSIDER THE SUBSTITUTION OF SENATE BILL NO. 5785 FOR ASSEMBLY BILL

NO. 2502, SAID SENATE BILL IS RECOMMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

JUDICIARY, AND SAID ASSEMBLY BILL IS RESTORED TO ITS PLACE ON THE ORDER

OF THIRD READING.

ON A MOTION BY MS. WEINSTEIN, PAGE 4, RULES REPORT

NO. 82, BILL NO. 2502, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

ON A MOTION BY MS. NIOU, PAGE 11, CALENDAR NO.

102, BILL NO. 2260, THE AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

ON A MOTION BY MS. ROZIC, PAGE 27, CALENDAR NO.

373, BILL NO. 6466, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

WE WILL GO TO PAGE 3 ON THE MAIN CALENDAR, THE CLERK

WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 344, MR.

PERRY.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM JUNE 2021, AS CARIBBEAN AMERICAN

HERITAGE MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. PERRY ON THE

RESOLUTION.

MR. PERRY: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. MR.

SPEAKER, I RISE TO ADD MY VOICE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

PROCLAIMING JUNE 2021 AS CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH HERE

IN THE UNITED STATES -- IN THE EMPIRE STATE. ALMOST -- ALTHOUGH MOST

CARIBBEAN AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS DID -- DID NOT COME THROUGH ELLIS

ISLAND, LADY LIBERTY'S COMFORTING MESSAGE SERVED AS A WARM INVITATION

AND ASSURANCE THAT AMERICA WOULD WELCOME IMMIGRANTS FROM ALL

AROUND THE WORLD, ALL THOSE WHO CAME IN SEARCH OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS

THE AMERICAN DREAM. THE PROMISE OF LIBERTY, THE PROMISE THAT IF YOU

USE YOUR GOD-GIVEN TALENTS AND WORK HARD, YOU COULD DETERMINE HOW

SUCCESSFUL YOU WOULD BE IN LIFE AND THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE AS A FREE

PERSON. LIKE OTHER GROUPS OF IMMIGRANTS, CARIBBEAN AMERICANS SURELY

DID EXPERIENCE SOME DISAPPOINTMENTS AND HARDSHIPS, SUCH AS

DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE MOST OF US HAD -- HAVE DARK COMPLEXION. BUT

WITH OUR DETERMINATION AND RESILIENCE, WE KNOW THAT WE COULD LOOK

FORWARD TO ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE GENERATIONS OF

THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US, AS SOON AS AMERICA'S SHORES WERE OPEN.

NOT ONLY DO WE CELEBRATE THIS, OUR SHARED HERITAGE,

THIS MONTH, BUT WE ALSO RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO THE GROWTH AND

WELFARE OF THIS, OUR ADOPTED HOMELAND. FROM A REGION WITH A

POPULATION OF JUST UNDER 40 MILLION, ABOUT THE SAME AS CALIFORNIA,

CARIBBEAN AMERICANS HAVE CONTINUED TO MAKE AN INDELIBLE MARK ON

THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE, AND WE HAVE WEAVED OUR HERITAGE INTO THE

FABRIC OF THIS NATION. GENERATIONS OF NEW YORKERS FROM THE CARIBBEAN

HAVE PURSUED AND EARNED REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS ACROSS ALL SPECTRUM

OF LIFE. WE CAN THINK OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, WORLD-RENOWNED

CARIBBEAN AMERICAN ARTIST, SON OF HAITIAN AND PUERTO RICAN PARENTS,

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FORMER RESIDENT OF THE 58TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT WHICH I HAVE THE HONOR

OF REPRESENTING HERE IN THE ASSEMBLY. HIS HARD WORK CONTINUES TO SELL

AT RECORD PRICES ACROSS THE GLOBE. SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, DAUGHTER OF

BARBADIAN AND GUYANESE PARENTS, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN FROM NEW

YORK TO BE ELECTED TO THE U.S. CONGRESS, AND THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN

EVER TO RUN AND QUALIFY AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE CANDIDACY OF PRESIDENT OF

THE UNITED STATES. COLIN POWELL, SON OF JAMAICAN PARENTS WHO ROSE TO

THE RANK OF FOUR STAR GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, WAS THE FIRST

BLACK NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT, AND ALSO FIRST

AFRICAN-AMERICAN SECRETARY OF STATE. ALEXANDER HAMILTON, WHO WAS

BORN IN SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, A FOUNDING FATHER OF THESE GREAT UNITED

STATES AND THE FIRST U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY. SONIA SOTOMAYOR, BORN IN

THE BRONX TO PUERTO RICAN PARENTS AND ROSE TO BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN

OF COLOR AND FIRST LATINA TO SIT ON THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

THESE OUTSTANDING CARIBBEAN AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS

HAVE ANOTHER THING IN COMMON: THEY ALL MADE NEW YORK STATE THEIR

HOME. SADLY, IT HAS DONE SO MANY CELEBRATIONS -- SADLY AS HAS BEEN

DONE TO SO MANY CELEBRATIONS, THE COVID PANDEMIC HAS PUT A DAMPER

ON THIS YEAR'S HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATIONS. WE HAVE NO FOOD. WE

HAVE NO RECEPTION. WE CAN ONLY ENTERTAIN AND CELEBRATE TODAY WITH

WORDS. THIS YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY, NO MUSIC, NO DANCE, NO FOOD. BUT WE

HOPE TO DO BETTER AS WE COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.

CARIBBEAN AMERICANS, THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR

NEW PRESIDENT, ARE NO LONGER AS WORRIED ABOUT THE PATH FORWARD FOR

AMERICA, BUT WE ALL SHARE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE CARIBBEAN REGION

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

WHERE GENERATIONS OF OUR FAMILY REMAIN. THEY HAVE BEEN THRUST INTO A

STRUGGLE AS THEY REBOUND FROM DEVASTATION BROUGHT BY THIS GLOBAL

VIOLENCE. VACCINATIONS IN THE REGIONS ARE POOR, AND GOVERNMENTS IN

THE CARIBBEAN DON'T POSSESS THE RESOURCES TO MAKE THEM MUCH BETTER.

MY BELOVED HOMELAND OF JAMAICA HAS RECEIVED ENOUGH VACCINES TO

VACCINATE LESS THAN 3 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION. THANKFULLY, HAITI

HASN'T DONE SO BADLY, BUT THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE, NOT BETTER AS WE

MOVE FORWARD. OTHER NATIONS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO IMPLEMENT

LOCKDOWNS, DESTROYING THEIR ECONOMY.

SO AS WE BEGIN TO OBSERVE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN

HERITAGE MONTH HERE IN NEW YORK, AND AS TOGETHER WE SUPPORT THIS

RESOLUTION, I AM MAKING A PLEA TO THIS BODY TO JOIN ME IN THE

RESOLUTION I PLAN TO INTRODUCE THAT WOULD APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES, PRESIDENT BIDEN, AND THE CONGRESS, TO HELP CARIBBEAN

NATIONS IN OUR OWN BACKYARD BY PROVIDING THEM WITH VACCINES NEEDED

TO HELP THEM CURB THE SPREAD OF COVID AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, SAVING

LIVES AND SAVING THE ECONOMY OF THESE NATIONS. IN THE CARIBBEAN, WE

NEED AS MUCH HELP, EVEN MORE THAN WHAT IS BEING OFFERED TO MEXICO OR

CANADA. THIS IS HELP WE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR WITH OUR LIMITED

BUDGET AND RESOURCES. IF AMERICA IS CELEBRATING WITH US, CARIBBEAN

HERITAGE, CONSUMING THE GREAT CARIBBEAN FOOD, ART AND CULTURE, AND

LOOK FORWARD TO ONCE AGAIN VISITING OUR BEACHES AND RESORTS FOR A

VACATION, THEN THERE'S NO BETTER TIME TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE CARE, AND

THAT WE WILL HELP THESE BELEAGUERED COUNTRIES THAT ARE BEING DEVASTATED

BY COVID AND THEIR INABILITY TO PAY THEIR WAY TO BUY THE VACCINES THEY

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NEED.

SO I ASK MY COLLEAGUES, AS YOU SUPPORT THIS

RESOLUTION, PLEASE JOIN THE PEOPLE IN THE CARIBBEAN BASIN, THE THIRD

BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET ACCESS TO THE

VACCINE THAT WE NEED THAT WILL HELP BRING US OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC AND

THIS DEADLY VIRUS AND SAVE THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO REMAIN. THANK YOU,

MR. SPEAKER. I ASK ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION.

SPEAKER HEASTIE: THANK YOU, AND I WANT TO

ACKNOWLEDGE MY COLLEAGUE FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD. JUNE

WAS FIRST ADOPTED AS CARIBBEAN HERITAGE MONTH IN 2005 BY THE UNITED

STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF CARIBBEAN PEOPLE HAVE MADE TO

OUR NATION'S HISTORY AND CULTURE. HERE IN OUR GREAT STATE, THE CARIBBEAN

COMMUNITY IS VAST AND VARIED, FROM NEW YORK CITY TO BUFFALO AND

EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN, LONG ISLAND, WE'VE ALL WITNESSED THE INFLUENCE

CARIBBEAN CULTURE HAS HAD IN NEW YORK. HERE IN THIS ROOM, ARGUABLY

THE GREATEST LEGISLATIVE BODY IN THE NATION, WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS

OF THE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE, AND THIS MONTH WE CELEBRATE YOU

ALL. AS SOMEONE OF PROUD BAHAMIAN DESCENT WITH A SPRINKLE OF

JAMAICA PUT IN, MY CARIBBEAN HERITAGE HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN

MY LIFE AND CAREER, AND HAS MADE ME THE PERSON I AM TODAY. AND I

OFTEN REMEMBER SITTING AROUND WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY, HEARING THE

STORIES THAT MY AUNTS AND MY FATHER WOULD TELL ABOUT MY GRANDMOTHER

BEING THE GATEWAY TO A LOT OF OUR RELATIVES COMING FROM NASSAU IN THE

BAHAMAS, THAT THEY WOULD COME AND SLEEP AT MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE

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ON THE FLOOR TO BEGIN THEIR LIVES HERE IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY.

THE CARIBBEAN IMMIGRANTS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE

WELL-BEING OF AMERICAN SOCIETY SINCE ITS FOUNDING, AND I BELIEVE WE

WILL CONTINUE CONTRIBUTING NOT ONLY HERE IN NEW YORK STATE, BUT ACROSS

THE NATION AND THE WORLD. AND I WOULD ALSO SAY IN AGREEING WITH MY

COLLEAGUE NOT ONLY IN VACCINATIONS, BUT ALSO EVERY TIME THERE'S A

DEVASTATING HURRICANE THAT HITS ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL ISLANDS IN THE

CARIBBEAN, I DO THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS COUNTRY TO STEP UP

AND BE A BIG BROTHER TO OUR CARIBBEAN NATIONS AND OUR BROTHERS AND

SISTERS. SO I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION.

MS. RICHARDSON ON THE RESOLUTION.

MS. RICHARDSON: MR. SPEAKER, I PROUDLY RISE AS

THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MIGHTY 43RD ASSEMBLY DISTRICT ALWAYS, BUT AS

THE DAUGHTER OF CARIBBEAN PARENTS. AND I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF

GROWING UP IN MY DISTRICT IN CENTRAL BROOKLYN, WHICH IS HOME TO A

MADRID [SIC] OF PEOPLE FROM A VARIETY OF CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES. LOCATED

IN MY DISTRICT AS WELL IS THE WEST INDIAN AMERICAN DAY CARNIVAL

ASSOCIATION WHICH HOSTS THE ANNUAL LABOR DAY PARADE WHICH, OF

COURSE, IS ALSO IN MY DISTRICT, AS WE PORTRAY TO THE WORLD THE BEAUTY OF

THE CULTURE AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE CARIBBEAN. WE HAVE A PHRASE THAT

SAYS, "ONE LOVE," ONE LOVE BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT ALTHOUGH WE

COME FROM MANY COUNTRIES, WE ARE ALL CONNECTED BY ONE OCEAN AND ALL

OF OUR BLOOD IS RED, AND THAT IN UNITY THERE TRULY IS STRENGTH.

SO AS WE PROCLAIM JUNE TO BE CARIBBEAN HERITAGE

MONTH, LET US HONOR PEOPLE FROM ALL ISLANDS, LET'S CALL THEM OUT: PUERTO

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

RICO, CUBA, JAMAICA, HAITI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, SAINT THOMAS, SAINT

JOHN, SAINT CROIX, THE BAHAMAS, BERMUDA, BARBADOS, SAINT LUCIA,

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES WHERE WE ARE SENDING PRAYERS AS

THEY GO THROUGH RECOVERY WITH THAT VOLCANO. WE BRING UP SAINT

MARTIN, CURA�AO, BONAIRE, DOMINICA, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, ANTIGUA

AND BARBUDA, SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, TURKS AND CAICOS, ARUBA, WHERE

MY MOTHER IS FROM, GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE, THE CAYMAN ISLANDS,

MONTSERRAT, SAINT BARTS, SABA, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND LET US NOT

FORGET GUYANA, PANAMA, COSTA RICA AND THE GARIFUNAS FROM SAINT

VINCENT WHO NOW LIVE IN HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, AND BELIZE. ALL OF

THOSE COUNTRIES TOGETHER ARE UNITED AS THE CARIBBEAN AND TODAY, WE SAY

ONE LOVE, ONE LOVE, ONE LOVE. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. BICHOTTE

HERMELYN.

MS. BICHOTTE HERMELYN: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON THIS RESOLUTION. AS

THE DAUGHTER OF HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS, I WANT TO THANK THE SPEAKER FOR --

I WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION IN HAVING

THE MONTH OF JUNE BE RECOGNIZED (INAUDIBLE/TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY) --

AND CARIBBEAN AMERICANS MAKE UP ONE OF THE LARGEST IMMIGRANT GROUP

AND THE LARGEST BLACK IMMIGRANT GROUP IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. I

REPRESENT ONE OF THE LARGEST IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS IN THE 42ND

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT. I REPRESENT MANY COUNTRIES LIKE TRINIDAD, JAMAICA,

HAITI, GRENADA, SAINT VINCENT, SAINT CROIX, SAINT KITTS, ARUBA,

BARBADOS, BERMUDA, CUBA, WE COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON. AND I

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WANT TO THE SAY THAT ALTHOUGH WE'RE ONE (INAUDIBLE/TECHNICAL

DIFFICULTY) -- SORRY. ALTHOUGH WE'RE ONE, WE SHOULD ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT

WE SHOULD BE TEACHING EACH OTHER ABOUT OUR CULTURE AND OUR CARIBBEAN

HERITAGE.

IN 2018 IN BROOKLYN, LITTLE HAITI BK WAS ESTABLISHED.

THAT WAS THE FOUNDATION FOR RECOGNIZING OTHER COUNTRIES TO DO THE

SAME. JUST YESTERDAY, LITTLE GUYANA IN QUEENS WAS RECOGNIZED AND WE

ARE EXCITED THAT THE MOVEMENT IS PUSHING FORWARD. YES, WE ARE ALL ONE

CARIBBEAN, BUT WE SHOULD ALSO LOVE WHERE WE COME FROM AND EDUCATE

EACH OTHER ON OUR COUNTRY. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IN THE HISTORY OF

HAITI, HAITI WAS THE FIRST COUNTRY TO GET THEIR INDEPENDENCE, BUT THEY

DIDN'T DO IT ALONE. WE SHOULD ALL KNOW THAT THIS WAS A COLLABORATIVE

EFFORT THAT CAME FROM JAMAICA. WE ALL KNOW BOUKMAN. IT CAME FROM

GRENADIANS, WE ALL KNOW HENRI CHRISTOPHE. AND SO MANY OTHERS, IN

THE SPIRIT OF MARCUS GARVEY, WE ALL COME TOGETHER TO SHARE, FIGHT FOR

EACH OTHER, AND LOVE FOR EACH OTHER.

SO TODAY I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT ABOUT THIS

RESOLUTION AS IT RECOGNIZES THE MANY, MANY IMMIGRANTS, BLACK

IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK, TO OUR

COUNTRY. I'M REALLY PROUD THAT THE ASSEMBLY HAS PASSED THE EXCLUDED

WORKERS BILL SO THAT MANY OF THESE BLACK IMMIGRANTS WHO TYPICALLY

DON'T GET RECOGNIZED ARE RECOGNIZED AND WILL TAKE PART OF THE

CONTRIBUTION AND THE ALLOCATION OF THE EXCLUDED WORKERS COMPENSATION.

SO I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED AND I STAND STRONG, AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO

TELL EVERYONE NO MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM, DON'T LET ANYONE

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

DISCOURAGE YOU FROM LOVING WHERE YOU COME FROM. WE ARE TO EDUCATE

AND EMBRACE, THE WAY I EMBRACE HAITI, EMBRACE OTHER COUNTRIES,

EMBRACE THE CARIBBEAN. YOU SHOULD NEVER EVER DISCOURAGE WHERE YOU

COME FROM. NO ONE SHOULD SHUT YOU DOWN AND NO ONE SHOULD BE

DISCRIMINATING AGAINST YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE FROM A COUNTRY. AND AS A

HAITIAN AMERICAN, I CONSTANTLY EXPERIENCE THAT, MY PEOPLE EXPERIENCE

THAT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE KNOW TOGETHER, WE ARE ONE. SO THANK

YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION ON

CARIBBEAN HERITAGE MONTH. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. WILLIAMS ON THE RESOLUTION.

MS. WILLIAMS: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AS I RISE

TO SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION. I WAS BORN IN THE COUNTRY OF TRINIDAD AND

TOBAGO, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW. THE PROUD COUNTRY OF CARNIVAL AND

STEELPAN, AND TODAY I AM PROUD TO LEND MY SIGNATURE TO THIS RESOLUTION

IN REGARDS TO CARIBBEAN HERITAGE MONTH. IT IS IMPORTANT AND VITAL FOR

US TO PRESERVE OUR CARIBBEAN CULTURE AND AGAIN, WE HAVE SO MANY

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS AND, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I BELIEVE IN THIS ONE

SAYING, ONE PEOPLE, ONE VOICE, ONE CARIBBEAN, AND IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT

WE PRESERVE OUR CARIBBEAN CULTURE AND I THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR

ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING

AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 345, MS.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

RICHARDSON.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM JUNE 2021, AS GUN VIOLENCE

AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. RICHARDSON ON

THE RESOLUTION.

MS. RICHARDSON: MR. SPEAKER, TODAY I STAND

HERE BEFORE YOU PROCLAIMING JUNE 2021 AS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS

MONTH HERE IN THE GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK. I'M RAISING MY VOICE WITH

A SENSE OF URGENCY THAT WE BRING OUR HEARTS AND MINDS TOGETHER TO

BRING REAL RESOURCES TO BARE IN THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS

MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY IN URBAN COMMUNITIES ACROSS

OUR STATE. NATIONALLY AND HERE LOCALLY, GUN VIOLENCE HAS RISEN TO A

STATE OF A NATIONAL, PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. AND IT IS UPON US IN THIS GREAT

LEGISLATURE TO PUT IN MOTION THE NECESSARY STEPS THAT WILL COMBAT THIS

PROBLEM WHILE EMPOWERING COMMUNITY-BASED SOLUTIONS ON THE

GROUND.

MR. SPEAKER, LET US NOT MISS THE GORY INTERSECTIONALITY

THAT GUN VIOLENCE HAS ON OTHER SECTORS, BECAUSE GUN VIOLENCE HAS AN

IMPACT ON HOUSING; GUN VIOLENCE HAS AN IMPACT ON EDUCATION; GUN

VIOLENCE HAS AN IMPACT, OF COURSE, ON PUBLIC SAFETY; GUN VIOLENCE HAS

AN IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE

EXPERIENCING TRAUMA, THE CYCLES OF VIOLENCE IS SENDING NEGATIVE

RIPPLES. JUST LAST NIGHT THERE WAS A MASS SHOOTING IN MY DISTRICT, JUST

LAST NIGHT. ONE HAS TO WONDER HOW MANY MORE LIVES HAVE TO BE LOST

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

BEFORE WE STOP PUTTING PROFIT OVER PEOPLE. I URGE, I URGE THIS BODY, AS

THE SUMMER MONTHS ARE APPROACHING, TO MOVE SWIFTLY AND FOR US TO

MOVE COLLECTIVELY FOR LEGISLATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL KEEP OUR FAMILIES

AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE WHILE HOLDING THE GUN INDUSTRY

ACCOUNTABLE.

I STAND HERE DECLARING MY COMMITMENT ALONGSIDE MY

COLLEAGUES TO WORK TOWARDS MEANINGFUL SOLUTIONS AS WE RECOGNIZE

JUNE AS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. UNFORTUNATELY, IN MANY

COMMUNITIES, WE'RE REMINDED DAILY, BUT I THANK YOU FOR THE

OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE, MR. SPEAKER. WE HONOR THE LIVES THAT ARE

LOST, WE'RE BRINGING AWARENESS, AND ASKING FOR AID. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MR. ANDERSON ON THE RESOLUTION.

MR. ANDERSON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. YOU

KNOW, THIS MONTH WE RECOGNIZE GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS, BUT FOR EVERY

DAY IF YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN FAR ROCKAWAY, IF YOU'RE SOMEONE

WHO LIVES IN THE 31ST ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, ANY PART OF IT, IF YOU'RE

SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN ANY PART OF NEW YORK CITY AND ACROSS NEW

YORK STATE AND ACROSS THIS NATION, YOU'RE REMINDED EVERY SINGLE DAY

THAT GUN VIOLENCE PLAGUES OUR COMMUNITIES. AND THIS IS OUR MOMENT

AS WE HAVE DECLARED AS A STATE THAT GUN VIOLENCE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH

ISSUE. AND WITH THAT PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, THERE NEEDS TO COME

INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN FIGHT GUN VIOLENCE IN A

MORE EFFECTIVE WAY. AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE MOMENT WHERE

WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THAT DONE WHILE INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND

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GET AT THE ROOT CAUSE OF WHY GUN VIOLENCE EXISTS.

AND SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THE LEGISLATION THAT WE PASSED

IN THE BUDGET. I'M ALSO THANKFUL FOR THIS MOMENT TO SPEAK, BUT I'M

HOPEFUL THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO BULLETS, TO

GUN VIOLENCE, FOR THE INABILITY FOR THEM TO RESOLVE CONFLICT WITHOUT

USING WEAPONS THAT WE CAN NOW WORK TOWARDS SOLUTIONS BY DECLARING

GUN VIOLENCE A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND ALLOWING INVESTMENT TO FLOW

INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.

I ALSO WANT TO -- EVERY TIME I SPEAK ABOUT GUN

VIOLENCE, I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PLUMMER BROTHERS WHO WERE SHOT

AND KILLED THREE YEARS APART FROM EACH OTHER ON THE SAME BLOCK IN FAR

ROCKAWAY. THOSE TWO YOUNG MEN HAD THEIR ENTIRE LIVES AHEAD OF THEM

BUT IT WAS CUT SHORT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE CONFLICT

WITHOUT WEAPONS. AND BY DECLARING GUN VIOLENCE A PUBLIC HEALTH

CRISIS, WE WILL BEGIN TO TURN BACK SOME OF THE DISINVESTMENT THAT HAS

HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND INVEST DIRECTLY INTO NEIGHBORHOODS

WHO NEED IT THE MOST. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I WITHDRAW MY TIME

AND MY -- THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

MS. JACKSON.

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

THANK THE SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION. GROWING UP IN HARLEM, IT WAS

PRETTY NORMAL TO HEAR GUNSHOTS AND DURING THIS TIME, MEMORIAL DAY 'TIL

THE 4TH OF JULY, WE HAD TO WONDER IF THAT WAS FIRECRACKERS OR GUNSHOTS

AND SOMETIMES WE ACTUALLY KNEW THE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT. AND TO

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NORMALIZE THAT LETS ME KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM. AS YOU ALL

KNOW, I'M HOPING TO BRING A CHILD FORTH, AND ONE OF THE FEARS I HAVE IN

HAVING A BLACK CHILD IN THIS WORLD IS WONDERING IF MY CHILD WILL LIVE TO

SEE ADULTHOOD. I WOULD LOVE FOR MY CHILD TO BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH

THE SOUTH BRONX WITHOUT BEING GUNNED DOWN, WALK THROUGH HARLEM

WITHOUT BEING GUNNED DOWN. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MOST BLACK

AND LATINO PARENTS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS

AND WE HAVE TO TAKE IT AS SUCH. WE HAVE TO TREAT IT AS SUCH. I

UNDERSTAND THAT NOW A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES ARE EXPERIENCING GUN

VIOLENCE AND TO THEM IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE

BEEN EXPERIENCING SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER, WATCHING FRIENDS AND FAMILY

DISAPPEAR, LEGACIES GONE BECAUSE OF A GUN. AND WE DON'T HAVE GUN

MANUFACTURES IN HARLEM OR IN THE BRONX. SO THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM

AND SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO START ADDRESSING.

THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY NAMES FOR ME TO CALL OUT

FROM MY DISTRICT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOST TO GUN VIOLENCE, BUT

ONE NAME IN PARTICULAR STAYS WITH ME FOREVER AND A DAY, AND THAT'S

BRANDON HENDRICKS, AND HIS MOM, EVE HENDRICKS. THIS YOUNG MAN

RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP TO GO TO ST. JOHN'S. HE WAS OUT PARTYING,

ENJOYING THE SUMMER, HE JUST GOT HIS DIPLOMA ON FRIDAY, LOST HIS LIFE ON

SUNDAY BY A BULLET THAT WAS NOT MEANT FOR HIM. I REMEMBER MY

BROTHER'S FRIEND, NU-NU, WHO TURNED 21; ON HIS 21ST BIRTHDAY, HE WAS

OUTSIDE OF HIS BUILDING AND WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD, KILLED, AND HIS MOTHER

WATCHED HIS BRAINS BEING SPLATTERED ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF THE

BUILDING THAT SHE RAISED HIM IN FRONT OF.

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SO ON THIS DAY I JUST SAY THANK YOU TO OUR CURE

VIOLENCE SITES WHO ARE OUT THERE DOING THE WORK, BUT WE ARE CLEAR THAT

THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WE HAVE TO DO BECAUSE I WANT MY CHILD TO LIVE

AND I WANT EVERYONE ELSE'S CHILDREN TO LIVE. WE MUST, MUST, MUST, START

INVESTING IN OUR SOCIAL SERVICES AND CRISIS -- IN THESE CRISES SO THAT WE

CAN STOP LOSING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GUN VIOLENCE. WE HAVE TO INVEST

IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE TO GIVE OUR CHILDREN SOMETHING TO LIVE

FOR. SO I THANK THE SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION AND THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. FRONTUS.

MS. FRONTUS: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SPEAKER.

I RISE TODAY TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR INTRODUCING THIS VERY IMPORTANT

RESOLUTION. WHENEVER THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING ABOUT GUN

VIOLENCE, I ALWAYS TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE AND REFLECT BECAUSE GUN

VIOLENCE HAS LOOMED OVER MY LIFE SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL. MY MOTHER

AND FATHER MOVED TO CONEY ISLAND, BROOKLYN. I LIVE IN THE MOST

SOUTHERN SECTION OF BROOKLYN RIGHT BY THE BEACH AND BOARDWALK. THEY

MOVED HERE IN '85 TO PURCHASE THEIR FIRST HOME AS A YOUNG IMMIGRANT

COUPLE. I OFTEN TELL THE STORY THAT WHAT I HEARD THROUGH MY WINDOWS

THE VERY FIRST NIGHT WHEN I SLEPT IN MY BEDROOM WAS THE SOUND OF

GUNSHOTS. I WOULD SPEND MY YOUTH, MY ADOLESCENCE, MY YOUNG

ADULTHOOD REALLY JUST GRAPPLING WITH GUN VIOLENCE, WHAT WAS GOING ON

AND WHY WERE PEOPLE SHOOTING. IT JUST REALLY WAS SOMETHING THAT

PLAYED SUCH A LARGE ROLE. EVERY SINGLE DAY, THERE WAS A STORY OF

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SOMEONE GETTING HURT. SO MANY INSTANCES, CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS TWO,

GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO SENIOR CITIZENS. SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT IN MY

20S, I FOUNDED TWO ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE ORGANIZATIONS IN CONEY ISLAND,

WHICH I REMAIN VERY PROUD OF 'TIL THIS DAY.

I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS ISSUE IS SO SERIOUS. IT'S A

MULTI-PRONGED PROBLEM. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE BLACK AND LATINO

ASIAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS HERE IN THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE FOR

PUTTING TOGETHER A PACKAGE OF BILLS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE LEGISLATIVELY,

BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE ON THE GROUND, THOSE

OF US WHO HAVE BULLETS FLYING ON OUR BLOCKS WHERE WE LIVE, IN FRONT OF

OUR HOMES, PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO LOST A NEIGHBOR IN 2000, I LOST MY

NEIGHBOR GARY WONG WHO WAS A 18-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN WHO WAS A

STUDENT AT HUNTER COLLEGE. HE WANTED TO BECOME A DOCTOR AND HAD A

FULL RIDE TO COLLEGE, NEVER GOT TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, NEVER GOT TO

ATTEND COLLEGE BECAUSE HE WAS GUNNED DOWN RIGHT IN FRONT HIS HOME,

AND GARY DIED JUST A COUPLE OF DOORS AWAY FROM ME.

TO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN

CONEY ISLAND, I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT WE CONTINUE TO STAND WITH

THOSE FAMILIES. I WANT TO THANK THE TWO ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE

ORGANIZATIONS ON THE GROUND AS OF TODAY DOING THE WORK. WE HAVE A

CURE VIOLENCE PROVIDER CALLED OPERATION H.O.O.D., HELPING OUR OWN

DEVELOP, WHO'S DOING SOME GOOD WORK, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE CONEY

ISLAND ANTI-VIOLENCE COLLABORATIVE, THE ORGANIZATION I STARTED IN 2013,

WHICH IS UNDER NEW CAPABLE LEADERSHIP AT THIS TIME.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP. WE ARE NOT GOING TO

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

HIDE FROM GUN VIOLENCE. WE HAVE TO PUSH BACK, WE HAVE TO FIGHT BACK.

I'M GOING TO KEEP FIGHTING. I'M MAKING THAT RENEWED COMMITMENT

TODAY, AND I WANT TO ASK EVERYONE TO JOIN ME IN REALLY THINKING OUT OF

THE BOX. WE NEED LEGISLATION, IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, BUT WE ALSO

NEED MORE FUNDING FOR YOUTH PROGRAMS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY,

IT ALL STARTS IN THE MIND WHEN YOU DECIDE TO PICK UP THAT GUN. THANK

YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MS.

FRONTUS.

MR. BARRON.

MR. BARRON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT THE GUN COMES OUT. AND

WHILE WE CAN COMMEND THE SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION AND CERTAINLY

COMMEND MAN UP! INC. IN MY COMMUNITY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF

ANDRE T. MITCHELL, THE GREAT WORK THEY DO WITH CURE VIOLENCE. BUT

YOU KNOW WHAT'S MORE VIOLENT THAN GUNS? POVERTY. YOU KNOW WHAT'S

MORE VIOLENT THAN GUNS WHEN WE IN THE RICHEST NATION IN THE WORLD, ONE

OF THE RICHEST CITIES AND STATES IN THE COUNTRY, AND IF NOT THE WORLD,

UNEMPLOYMENT IS VIOLENT, MORE VIOLENT THAN A GUN. MORE VIOLENT THAN

A GUN IS POVERTY, MORE VIOLENT THAN A GUN IS HOMELESSNESS. MORE

VIOLENT THAN A GUN IS A SYSTEM THAT CREATES THE POVERTY, THAT CREATES THE

UNEMPLOYMENT. AND THE MEAGER ADDRESSING OF THAT IN A $212 BILLION

BUDGET, WE GIVE TO MY COLLEAGUE AND US $10 MILLION FOR CURE VIOLENCE

OUT OF $212 BILLION, YOU WILL CURE NOTHING.

SO EVERY YEAR WE COME AND BLEED OUR HEARTS TO THIS

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

BODY AND GIVE YOU PERSONAL ANECDOTES ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED, BUT

THIS VIOLENCE HAS A DEMAND AND THIS VIOLENCE HAS A SUPPLIER. SUPPLY

AND DEMAND. WHO'S SUPPLYING THE GUNS? IT'S NOT THESE LOW-LEVEL

DEALERS IN THE STREETS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IT'S BIG TIME GUN DEALERS

THAT GET AWAY WITH SUPPLYING IT. AND WHY IS THE DEMAND FOR IT AS HIGH

AS IT IS? PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY DON'T GET UP IN THE MORNING AND SAY,

YOU KNOW, I THINK I'LL BUY ME A GUN AND KILL SOMEBODY. I THINK I'LL

COMMIT SOME CRIMES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PRISONS, OR THE

SENTENCES ARE TOO LENIENT. I THINK I'LL COMMIT SOME CRIMES BECAUSE

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH COPS ON THE STREET. NO. THEY DO IT OUT OF

DESPERATION. AND THEY ARE MENTALLY HURT, MANY OF THEM. SO EVERY

TIME WE RAISE THOSE ISSUES THEY SAID, YEAH, BARRON, BUT THAT'S THE LONG

RANGE, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING IMMEDIATE. LET'S DO A GUN BUYBACK,

LET'S DO THIS, LET'S HAVE SOME LEGISLATION ON A, B, C, D. AND THEN WHEN

IT COMES TIME WHEN YOU CAN REALLY DEAL WITH IT DURING THAT BUDGET

TIME, YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH VIOLENCE, DEAL WITH POVERTY AND I'LL

GUARANTEE YOU, WE'LL CUT VIOLENCE DOWN TREMENDOUSLY IN OUR

COMMUNITIES. PUT SOME BLACK HISTORY IN OUR SCHOOLS SO THAT THEY

KNOW WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY CAME FROM, AND BE SO PROUD OF WHO

AND WHAT THEY ARE, IT WILL BE CUT BACK TREMENDOUSLY. WE HAVE NOT

DONE THAT TO THE LEVEL THAT IT SHOULD BE DONE WHICH IS WHY EVERY YEAR

WE COME TO TELL YOU OUR STORIES OF GUN VIOLENCE.

THERE'S NOTHING MORE VIOLENT THAN A CAPITALIST SYSTEM

THAT'S BASED ON GREED AND WILL NOT ADDRESS THE NEED OF OUR PEOPLE TO

HAVE JOBS, TO HAVE CULTURAL PROGRAMS. I HAVE A $12 MILLION YOUTH

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

CENTER IN MY DISTRICT DOING SOME GREAT STUFF. ANDRE MITCHELL AND MAN

UP!, THEY RUN IT, DOING GREAT WORK. THAT SHOULD BE IN EVERY

COMMUNITY. EVERY COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE A $20 MILLION

STATE-OF-THE-ART -- WE CAN DO THAT OUT OF A CAPITAL BUDGET OF $16 BILLION

IN THE STATE AND BILLIONS IN THE CITY. WE CAN'T EVEN GET THEM TO BUILD A

$12- TO $15-, $20 MILLION YOUTH CENTER, STATE-OF-THE-ART IN EVERY

COMMUNITY THAT HAS VIOLENCE. IT DOES NOT EXIST.

I COMPLIMENT MY COLLEAGUE. EVERY YEAR SHE SPEAKS

HER HEART OUT ON THIS QUESTION, AND SOME THINGS HAVE HAPPENED BUT, NO.

THE ADDRESSING TO VIOLENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IS PATHETIC. IT'S

UNCONSCIONABLE. UNACCEPTABLE. IN ONE OF THE RICHEST STATES IN THE

WORLD AND IT ANGERS ME THAT WE HAVE TO COME EVERY YEAR AND TELL YOU

HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS JUST TO HEAR YOU SAY, HEY,

SORRY TO HEAR THAT, WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, WE NEED MORE

LEGISLATION. LET'S REMEMBER THIS NEXT BUDGET TIME. EVERY ONE OF US

SHOULD STAND UP AND SAY IF WE DON'T HAVE A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR

ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM, WE'RE NOT PASSING ANY BUDGETS. SO I COMMEND

THE SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION. I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HER AND

SUPPORTING HER SUPPORTING US, ALL OF US IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'LL BE

VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE -- OR VOICING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON THIS

RESOLUTION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. EPSTEIN ON THE

RESOLUTION.

MR. EPSTEIN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE IN

SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL THINK ABOUT GUN

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

VIOLENCE AND HOW IT'S PLAGUED OUR CITY, STATE, AND COUNTRY, WE HAVE TO

THINK ABOUT THE ROOTS OF GUN VIOLENCE. AND AS PRIOR SPEAKERS TALKED

ABOUT, POVERTY IS A REAL PROBLEM. WE SEE IT HAPPENING IN MY

COMMUNITY, BUT WHAT WE SEE IS REAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE. AND

THOSE OPPORTUNITIES PLAY OUT IN REAL, CONCRETE WAYS. GETTING TO PEOPLE

EARLY, GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES, WORKING IN COMMUNITIES MAKES A

DIFFERENCE.

SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND

HOW DO WE DO THAT? BY COLLECTIVE EFFORT, BY PUTTING LASER FOCUS ON THE

ISSUES OF GUN VIOLENCE. AND IT PLAYS OUT IN TWO WAYS. THE GUN

VIOLENCE THAT WE SEE IN COMMUNITIES AND THE GUN VIOLENCE WE SEE

ACROSS OUR CITY, STATE, AND COUNTRY BY PERPETRATORS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO

WEAPONS. SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ENSURE

THAT THERE'S TRAINING, THE APPROPRIATE EDUCATION SO THEY CAN DO THE RIGHT

THING. AND IN COMMUNITIES WHERE WE'VE SEEN A LARGE GROWTH IN GUN

VIOLENCE, WE NEED TO ENSURE OPPORTUNITIES EXIST, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS,

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, TRAINING PROGRAMS TO REALLY DEAL WITH THE SYSTEMIC

INEQUALITY AND SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT EXISTS IN OUR SOCIETY TO MAKE A

CHANGE. I'M PROUD TO STAND HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. THANK

YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. SIMON ON THE

RESOLUTION.

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

SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION TO PROCLAIM JUNE AS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS

MONTH. GUNSHOT INJURIES ARE A MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

ADOLESCENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, ACCOUNTING FOR 12 PERCENT OF

PREMATURE DEATHS AND, QUITE FRIGHTENINGLY, FOR EVERY YOUNG PERSON WHO

DIES AS A RESULT OF A GUNSHOT INJURY, FIVE OTHERS ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED BY

A GUNSHOT. A RECENT ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT OF 20 CHILDREN AGED 19 AND

YOUNGER ARE HOSPITALIZED WITH GUN INJURIES EVERY DAY, AND BLACK

CHILDREN ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED OR INJURED THAN THEIR

WHITE PEERS.

GUN VIOLENCE AFFECTS ALL OF OUR LIVES IN MULTITUDE OF

WAYS. GUNS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PLENTIFUL IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT THE LEVEL

OF GUN VIOLENCE HAS INCREASED ASTRONOMICALLY IN RECENT YEARS. WHAT DO

WE KNOW ABOUT THE TRAUMA OF COMMUNITIES? WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT

WHY GUN VIOLENCE OCCURS? WHAT ARE THE PRECIPITATORS, AND WHAT ARE

THE THINGS THAT WILL HELP REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE? WE ALL HAVE MANY

IDEAS, BUT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WITHOUT THE CORRECT RESEARCH, THE SAME

LEVEL OF RESEARCH INTO EVERY OTHER MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS SUCH AS

TOBACCO, AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS. IT IS RESEARCH THAT GIVES US THOSE

ANSWERS. AND SO WHAT WE MUST DO IS INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES, IN

EDUCATION, IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE, IN JOBS, IN HOUSING, AND IN GUN

VIOLENCE RESEARCH. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. REILLY.

MR. REILLY: MR. SPEAKER, I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS

RESOLUTION AND I THANK THE SPONSOR. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE SAID

HERE TODAY ACTUALLY RING TRUE. WE NEED MORE COLLABORATION,

COLLABORATION AMONGST THE COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. I BRING

MYSELF BACK TO DECEMBER 31ST, THE YEAR 2000. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THAT I WAS WORKING NEW YEAR'S EVE IN THE 67TH PRECINCT IN EAST

FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN. I WORKED IN MIDTOWN BEFORE THAT. I GREW UP IN

BROOKLYN ON 59TH STREET AND 9TH AVENUE. I WAS AMAZED, AND IT WAS A

LITTLE BIT OF CULTURE SHOCK BECAUSE AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT, THE RATTLE

OF GUNFIRE WAS OUTRAGEOUS. IT WAS SHEER TERROR BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU

TURNED TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT, YOU HEARD GUNSHOTS AND YOU SAW THE

MUZZLE FLASH. IF I COULD TELL YOU HOW MANY GUNS WERE RECOVERED THAT

NIGHT, YOU'D BE ASTONISHED. THERE WERE NO LESS THAN 25 ILLEGAL FIREARMS

RECOVERED ON THAT NIGHT IN THE 6-7 PRECINCT ALONE.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CURES FOR GUN VIOLENCE, IT

IS ABSOLUTELY A COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, AND THAT EFFORTS STARTS

WITH HAVING A GREAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS,

LEADERS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE CAN REALLY SET

THE PARTNERSHIP TO TRULY PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER; THANK YOU, SPONSOR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. MEEKS.

MR. MEEKS: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE IN

SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION, IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. AND I ALSO RISE IN

SUPPORT OF THE LEGISLATION THAT THE CAUCUS WILL INTRODUCE REGARDING GUN

VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. I'M FROM THE CITY OF ROCHESTER,

REPRESENTING THE 137TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT

PLAGUES OUR COMMUNITY. JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A SHOOTING RIGHT

OUTSIDE OF A CLASSROOM AND THE TEACHER MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE MOST

DISTURBING THINGS TO HER WAS THE FACT THAT IT SEEMS AS IF THE STUDENTS ARE

DESENSITIZED TO GUN VIOLENCE. AND THEN JUST LAST WEEK, WE HAD A

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

SHOOTING IN WHICH BULLETS TORE THROUGH A CHURCH AND WE HAD TWO

VICTIMS. LUCKILY THEY SURVIVED.

SO I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND IT'S TIME

THAT WE, AS LEGISLATORS, DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO EFFECT NEEDED CHANGE

REGARDING GUN VIOLENCE IN NEW YORK STATE. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

MS. BUTTENSCHON.

MS. BUTTENSCHON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I

RISE TO COMMEND THE SPONSOR ON THIS RESOLUTION AS IT IS SO IMPORTANT.

THE DISTRICT THAT I REPRESENT TODAY IS DEALING WITH A VERY SIGNIFICANT

ISSUE AS YESTERDAY, A 16-YEAR-OLD, AS SHE RODE HER BICYCLE WAS SHOT.

AND SHE'S IN THE HOSPITAL TODAY. AS WE TALK ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE, IT IS A

STATE ISSUE. IT'S AN ISSUE WE SEE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE MUST WORK

TOGETHER. WE MUST IDENTIFY THE ISSUES AND COME TOGETHER IN EVERY

ASPECT TO ENSURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE, AS WELL AS OUR RESIDENTS OF

THE STATE OF NEW YORK. AGAIN, I SUPPORT AND THANK THE SPONSOR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. ZINERMAN.

MS. ZINERMAN: GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. SPEAKER. I

RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND IN -- AND I'D LIKE TO COMMEND THE

SPONSOR FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THIS TO THE FLOOR. AND I ALSO

WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BLACK, LATINO AND

ASIAN -- PUERTO RICAN, HISPANIC AND ASIAN CAUCUS FOR THE HARD WORK

THAT THEY HAVE PUT IN THIS YEAR TO PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE OF LEGISLATION

AND IN SUPPORT OF FUNDING THAT WILL HELP TO CURE VIOLENCE IN OUR

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

COMMUNITY.

WE'VE ALL DEALT WITH A YEAR WORTH OF A -- THE

CORONAVIRUS, BUT BEFORE THE CORONAVIRUS, MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES

WERE DEALING WITH A VIRUS OF VIOLENCE, WHICH IS THE HISTORY -- A

TROUBLING HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY. AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTIONS

ARE. WE NEED TO PASS COMMONSENSE GUN LEGISLATION. WE NEED TO

PROVIDE EDUCATION. WE NEED TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CONFLICT

RESOLUTION TRAINING SO THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO RESOLVE ISSUES IN THEIR

COMMUNITY AND IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES WITHOUT PICKING UP A GUN.

WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE LAST YEAR, I HAD TO

ATTEND A FUNERAL IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, AND IT WAS THE FUNERAL OF

A ONE-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS MURDERED ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIS HOUSE IN

THE PRESENCE OF HIS PARENTS. LAST WEEK, UNFORTUNATELY, WE LOST A

40-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS STANDING AT A BUS STOP AND LITERALLY, DURING THE

DAY TIME, SOMEBODY JUST RODE PAST ON A BIKE AND SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD.

SO WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE THAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS

COUNTRY AND COMMUNITIES, AND IT IS TIME FOR US ALL TOGETHER -- TO STAND

TOGETHER AND NOT ONLY DEMAND PEACE, BUT PUT TOGETHER ALL OF OUR

RESOURCES SO THAT WE CAN SHIFT THE CULTURE, PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES SO

THAT PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THEIR PAIN AND THE TRAUMA THAT

THEY'VE EXPERIENCED IN THIS COUNTRY SO THAT THEY'RE NOT MURDERING EACH

OTHER.

SO I ASK US ALL TODAY NOT JUST TO WEAR ORANGE, AS SOME

OF US ARE WEARING TODAY, NOT JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT'S GUN

VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, BUT FOR EACH OF US TO DO EVERYTHING THAT

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WE CAN TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS AS WE SEE THEM, TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES TO

VIOLENCE, TO BE THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT PEACE AND PROSPERITY LOOKS LIKE IN

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MR. JACOBSON.

MR. JACOBSON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

UNFORTUNATELY EVERY MONTH IS GUN AWARENESS MONTH BECAUSE WE ALL ARE

AFFECTED BY IT. IN MY DISTRICT ALONE, THE WEEKEND BEFORE LAST, A

14-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS SHOT. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN

WAS SHOT WHO LATER DIED THAT FRIDAY. AND JUST YESTERDAY, ANOTHER

PERSON WAS SHOT IN POUGHKEEPSIE. SO I REPRESENT POUGHKEEPSIE AND

NEWBURGH AND WE'VE BEEN SUFFERING THROUGH GUN VIOLENCE. I WANT TO

SAY -- COMMEND THE SPONSOR NOT JUST FOR THE RESOLUTION, BUT FOR THE

DIFFERENT BILLS THAT WE'RE ALL ON. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT

THESE GUNS ARE NOT MANUFACTURED IN NEWBURGH OR POUGHKEEPSIE, OR

ANY PLACE IN NEW YORK STATE, AND SO WE HAVE TO REALLY COMMIT

OURSELVES TO A MULTI-STATE ANTI-GUN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE BECAUSE WE

NEED TO GET RID OF THE GUNS, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. THEY'RE

COMING UP ROUTE 95, SO LET'S -- LET'S WORK WITH THE OTHER STATES AND NOT

ALLOW THESE GUNS IN.

AND SO I THINK THAT PERHAPS THE RESOLUTION SHOULD BE

RENAMED AS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS THAT WE HAVE TO ACT. AND SO

WITH THAT, I COMMEND THE SPONSOR AND HOPE THAT WE WILL ACT SO THAT WE

JUST DO NOT TALK ABOUT RESOLUTIONS IN THE FUTURE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING

AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 346, MS.

ROSENTHAL.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM JUNE 2021, AS CYTOMEGALOVIRUS

AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

ADOPTED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 347, MS.

SOLAGES.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM JUNE 5, 2021, AS BELMONT STAKES DAY

IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND COMMENDING THE NEW YORK RACING

ASSOCIATION UPON THE OCCASION OF THE 152ND RUNNING OF THE BELMONT

STAKES.

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. 348, MS.

GRIFFIN.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 17-11, 2021, AS SUICIDE

PREVENTION WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. GRIFFIN ON THE

RESOLUTION.

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

PERMITTING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION. I'M PROUD TO INTRODUCE

SEPTEMBER 5-11, 2021 AS SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK IN THE STATE OF

NEW YORK. TRAGICALLY, THERE'S NO AREA OF THE STATE THAT HAS NOT BEEN

IMPACTED BY SUICIDE. SADLY IN MY DISTRICT, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS

YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST TO SUICIDE. IN

RECENT YEARS IN THE TOWN I LIVE IN, ROCKVILLE CENTER, MANY OF MY KID'S

FRIENDS HAVE TAKEN THEIR LIVES, AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO THESE FAMILIES.

THE AGE RANGE FROM TEENAGERS TO 30 SEEMS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE. IN

ADDITION, SUICIDE IS VERY PREVALENT AMONG MANY VETERANS, POLICE

OFFICERS AND MORE. LAST SEPTEMBER, MY COUSIN AND HIS WIFE LOST THEIR

SON TO SUICIDE, WHICH DEVASTATED THE ENTIRE FAMILY.

THIS CRISIS IS ONLY GROWING AND MY DEEPEST

CONDOLENCES TO ALL THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUFFERED THIS TRAGIC LOSS OF A

LOVED ONE. WE HAVE MUCH WORK TO DO IN REGARDS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND

HAVING NEW YORK STATE FOCUS ON SUICIDE PREVENTION IS ONE WAY TO

GARNER ATTENTION TO THIS SEVERE CRISIS THAT WE ARE ALL FACING. THANK YOU

TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION, AND I JUST HOPE WE

REALLY BEGIN TO REALLY PUT ACTION -- WORDS TO ACTION AND SOLVE THIS MAJOR

ISSUE AND CRISIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

ADOPTED.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 349, MR.

BRABENEC.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 17-23, 2021, AS

CONSTITUTION WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN CONJUNCTION WITH

NATIONAL CONSTITUTION WEEK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

ADOPTED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER. I REALLY WANT TO HONOR ALL OF THE TOPICS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED

THIS AFTERNOON AS IT RELATES TO RESOLUTIONS, BUT WE DO HAVE 125 BILLS ON

OUR AGENDA IN FRONT OF US AND MULTIPLE DEBATE BILLS. AND SO IF I COULD,

YOU KNOW, JUST ASK COLLEAGUES TO REMEMBER THAT WHAT WE DO IN TERMS

OF LEGISLATION IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE HERE. THE OTHER REASON

CLEARLY IS TO RAISE THE ISSUES, WHICH PROCLAMATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS DO,

BUT THE WORK BEFORE US NOW IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. AND SO AGAIN, MR.

SPEAKER, IF WE CAN GO TO PAGE 3 ON THE A-CALENDAR AND BEGIN WITH

RULES REPORT NO. 54, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH 125 PIECES OF LEGISLATION

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR DEBATE LIST, OF WHICH THAT IS

EXTENSIVE, AS WELL. SO I WANT TO THANK COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PATIENCE. I

WOULD ASK FOLKS TO STAY IN AND AROUND THE CHAMBERS SO THAT WE CAN

KEEP THIS MOVING WITH SOME EXPEDIENCY, AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR

YOUR COOPERATION.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. PAGE 3,

RULES REPORT NO. 154, THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00181-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 154, GUNTHER, COLTON, PERRY, ENGLEBRIGHT, STECK, COOK,

ABINANTI, BARRON, JACOBSON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE LABOR LAW AND THE

EDUCATION LAW, IN RELATION TO THE HOURS WORKED BY NURSES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00354-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 155, MAGNARELLI, SEAWRIGHT, ABINANTI, EPSTEIN, ANDERSON,

ENGLEBRIGHT, SIMON, GALEF, KELLES, BRONSON, CRUZ. AN ACT TO AMEND

THE REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW, IN RELATION TO SPECIAL

PROCEEDINGS BY TENANTS FOR JUDGMENT DIRECTING REPAIRS OF CONDITIONS

AND OTHER RELIEF IN RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY; AND TO AMEND THE UNIFORM

CITY COURT ACT, THE UNIFORM DISTRICT COURT ACT, AND THE UNIFORM

JUSTICE ACT, IN RELATION TO SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS RELATING THERETO.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00372, RULES REPORT

NO. 156, L. ROSENTHAL, JACOBSON, CARROLL, WEPRIN, RICHARDSON,

GOTTFRIED, GRIFFIN, EPSTEIN, BRAUNSTEIN, STIRPE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO PROHIBITING CO-PAYMENTS FOR TREATMENT AT

AN OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAM.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00665, RULES REPORT

NO. 157, PAULIN, GALEF, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

CIVIL RIGHTS LAW, IN RELATION TO CREATING A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR

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UNCONSENTED REMOVAL OR TAMPERING WITH A SEXUALLY PROTECTIVE DEVICE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00770-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 158, L. ROSENTHAL, PERRY, RODRIGUEZ, OTIS. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW, IN RELATION TO PRIVACY OF ELECTRONIC FARE

AND TOLL RECORDS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00795, RULES REPORT

NO. 159, WALLACE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, IN

RELATION TO FEES CHARGED BY MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES.

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 795. 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.

FIRST VOTE OF THE DAY, MEMBERS.

(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. A00894-C, RULES

REPORT NO. 160, ZEBROWSKI, WOERNER, GALEF, BRABENEC. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING ASSESSORS

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

USING THE COMPARABLE SALES METHOD FOR ASSESSMENTS TO CONSIDER CERTAIN

COMPARABLE PROPERTIES IN FORMULATING THE ASSESSMENT.

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 89 -- 894-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. A01442-B, RULES

REPORT NO. 161, CARROLL, ANDERSON, JACKSON, EPSTEIN. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, IN RELATION TO ENACTING THE

METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OPEN DATA ACT.

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 1442-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.)

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01464, RULES REPORT

NO. 162, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, STIRPE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL

PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, IN RELATION TO ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01677-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 163, GOTTFRIED. AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN

RELATION TO REQUIRING SPECIFICATION BETWEEN PARTIAL APPROVAL OF MEDICAL

CLAIMS AND A DENIAL OF MEDICAL CLAIMS ON WRITTEN NOTICES TO AN INSURER.

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. A02202, RULES REPORT

NO. 164, BARNWELL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN

RELATION TO REQUIRING CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS TO DISCLOSE THE

EXISTENCE OF PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE.

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 2202. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY MEMBER

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

MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02396-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 165, WOERNER, DESTEFANO, MONTESANO, STIRPE, BARRON. AN

ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIREMENTS FOR

CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR ATTACHMENTS TO UTILITY POLES AND THE USE OF UTILITY

DUCTS, TRENCHES AND CONDUITS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02528-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 166, CYMBROWITZ, GRIFFIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE MENTAL

HYGIENE LAW AND THE RACING, PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING AND BREEDING

LAW, IN RELATION TO COMPULSIVE GAMBLING ASSISTANCE.

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 2528-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.)

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02530, RULES REPORT

NO. 167, BARRON, VANEL, CAHILL, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, HYNDMAN, TAYLOR,

COLTON, DE LA ROSA, WILLIAMS, WEPRIN, JACKSON, DARLING, FORREST,

KELLES, PERRY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CORRECTION LAW, IN RELATION TO

ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION ON IMPROVING EDUCATION IN STATE PRISONS.

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 2530. 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. BARRON TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

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

EXPLAIN MY VOTE. YOU KNOW, THE 13TH AMENDMENT TRANSFERRED REALLY

-- WE WENT FROM THE PLANTATION TO THE PENITENTIARY AND STARTED TO

POPULATE THE PRISON SYSTEM TREMENDOUSLY, AND A LOT OF US ARE CALLING

FOR ABOLISHING OF THAT TYPE OF SYSTEM. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I BELIEVE

THAT A STRONG EDUCATION PROGRAM WITHIN INSTEAD OF JUST PUNISHMENT AND

KEEPING PEOPLE IN AND WAREHOUSING OUR PEOPLE AND HAVING THEM COME

OUT WITH NO EDUCATION AND NO BENEFITS OF THE TIME IN THERE ONLY

INCREASES RECIDIVISM. SO THIS BILL WILL SAY THAT WE NEED TO TURN OR

INCREASE THE EDUCATION PROGRAM WITHIN THE PRISON SYSTEM AS WE WORK

TO ABOLISH AS IT EXISTS AND REIMAGINE HOW WE DEAL WITH CRIME. BUT IN

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THE MEANTIME, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE REPEAT OFFENDERS SO

THAT WHEN THEY COME OUT, THAT THEY'LL HAVE SOME TOOLS IN ORDER TO ADJUST

TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND CHANGE THE SYSTEM THAT CAUSED THEM TO BE PUT

IN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS

BILL AND I'LL BE CERTAINLY VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. BARRON IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

MR. GOODELL.

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

BRABENEC AND MR. WALCZYK IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03202-C, RULES

REPORT NO. 168, MCDONALD, O'DONNELL, STECK, PALMESANO, JENSEN,

GOTTFRIED, MEEKS, FORREST, JACOBSON, ASHBY, FAHY, GRIFFIN. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE EDUCATION LAW, IN RELATION TO ALLOWING PATIENTS TO RECEIVE

CERTAIN TREATMENT BY AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST WITHOUT A REFERRAL FROM

A PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER; AND TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN

RELATION TO ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR REFERRALS FOR CERTAIN TREATMENT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 120TH

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 3202-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. A03227, CALENDAR --

RULES REPORT NO. 169, HUNTER, REYES, CLARK, BRONSON. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN RELATION TO CONCILIATION AND

NON-COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC ASSISTANCE EMPLOYMENT; AND TO REPEAL

CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SUCH LAW RELATING THERETO.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03930, RULES REPORT

NO. 170, ENGLEBRIGHT, OTIS, COLTON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO INCREASING CERTAIN

PENALTIES RELATING TO ENDANGERED AND SPECIAL SPECIES, SPECIES OF SPECIAL

CONCERN AND ILLEGAL IVORY ARTICLES AND RHINOCEROS HORNS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

ENGLEBRIGHT, 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 4866. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY MEMBER

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

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

MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?

(PAUSE)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?

MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: SIR, PLEASE RECORD MS. BYRNES IN

THE NEGATIVE ON THIS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED. THANK

YOU.

ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03965, RULES REPORT

NO. 172, ABINANTI. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO THE

WITHDRAWAL OF TAX LIENS UPON PAYMENT OF TAXES DUE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03967, RULES REPORT

NO. 173, PRETLOW. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, IN

RELATION TO REQUIRING A NEW YORK STATE LEGEND ON ALL BELL JAR TICKETS

SOLD IN NEW YORK STATE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

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

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 3967. 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. RA TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. RA: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, JUST QUICKLY.

THIS WAS SUBJECT TO A VETO A FEW YEARS AGO, AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS

REALLY WAS THAT THIS BILL BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME, CERTAINLY ANY EFFORT TO

MAKE SURE THESE TICKETS, WHICH IF ANYBODY'S FAMILIAR, YOU GO TO LIKE A

LOCAL ORGANIZATION, MAYBE THEY'RE HAVING A FESTIVAL OR WHATEVER AND THE

LITTLE PULL TAB TICKETS THAT YOU CAN WIN MONEY ON. CHARITIES CERTAINLY

RELY ON THEM AND UTILIZE THEM FOR FUNDRAISING AND ESPECIALLY AFTER THE

PAST YEAR I THINK WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. SO THERE'S ONE GOOD THING IN

THIS VERSION OF THIS BILL IN THAT IT WILL ALLOW TICKETS THAT THOSE

ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY HAVE IN HAND TO CONTINUE TO BE USED DESPITE NOT

HAVING THIS NEW YORK STATE LEGEND ON THEM.

I DO STILL, HOWEVER, HAVE THE FOLLOWING CONCERN: IT'S

2021. WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT MEASURES NOW TO AUTHENTICATE THINGS

WHETHER IT'S BAR CODES, WE'VE ALL GOTTEN USED TO USING THE QR CODES

AGAIN OVER THE LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, FOR MENUS AT RESTAURANTS TO NOT GIVE

OUT PAPER. SO I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS IS THROUGH A

WRITTEN LEGEND THAT'S GOING TO HAVE BE PRINTED ON THESE TICKETS WHICH,

AGAIN, IS GOING TO MEAN THAT THOSE TICKETS THAT ARE PRINTED BY THESE

MANUFACTURERS HAVE TO BE PRINTED SPECIFICALLY FOR NEW YORK STATE AND

AS SUCH, IT MAY LIMIT THE NUMBER OF MANUFACTURES WHO WILL DO BUSINESS

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IN NEW YORK STATE. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE

THAT OUR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO --

TO UTILIZE THIS -- THIS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FUNDRAISING MECHANISMS AT

THEIR -- AT THEIR DISPOSAL.

SO FOR THAT REASON, I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTING IT. I

THINK THAT WE CAN UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER TRACK AND AUTHENTICATE

THESE TICKETS FOR OUR ORGANIZATIONS. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. RA IN THE

NEGATIVE.

MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. IN ADDITION TO THE

NEGATIVE VOTES ON THE FLOOR, PLEASE RECORD MR. FITZPATRICK IN THE

NEGATIVE. 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. A04136, RULES REPORT

NO. 174, AUBRY, GALEF. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELECTION LAW, IN RELATION

TO DIRECTING THAT THE USE OF A CANDIDATE'S ALTERNATE, FAMILIAR OR

ANGLICIZED NAME IS PERMISSIBLE ON ELECTORAL NOMINATING PETITIONS AND

BALLOTS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

ADVANCED AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04257-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 175, EPSTEIN, ZINERMAN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELECTION

LAW, IN RELATION TO PROVIDING FOR ONLINE AND IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND

EXAMINATION OF ELECTION INSPECTORS, POLL CLERKS, AND ELECTION

COORDINATORS.

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 4257-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. EPSTEIN TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

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

EXPLAIN MY VOTE. I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE SPEAKER TO

ALLOW THIS BILL TO COME TO THE FLOOR. THIS IS A REALLY SIMPLE THING THAT

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE --

OUR ELECTIONS WORK PROPERLY. THIS CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE

ONLINE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE ELECTION INSPECTORS. IT'S A REALLY SIMPLE

CHANGE. WE KNOW OVER THE LAST YEAR WE'VE MOVED A LOT TO ONLINE. IT

JUST -- THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE CLASSES AND OTHER THINGS AVAILABLE ONLINE

FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE MONITORING OUR CRITICAL ELECTIONS IN NEW YORK

STATE. I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION. THANK

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

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.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04403, RULES REPORT

NO. 176, THIELE, GRIFFIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW AND

THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING A COMPENSATION

STATEMENT TO BE FILED BY CERTAIN GAS CORPORATIONS, ELECTRIC CORPORATIONS,

WATER-WORKS CORPORATIONS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

ADVANCED AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04629-B, RULES

REPORT NO. 177, SAYEGH, ENGLEBRIGHT, EPSTEIN, GRIFFIN, MAGNARELLI,

DICKENS, ABINANTI, JACKSON, DESTEFANO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL

BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO FEES FOR GIFT CARDS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04635, RULES REPORT

NO. 178, THIELE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, IN

RELATION TO REQUIRING THE LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY TO PREPARE A

SEMI-ANNUAL EXPENDITURE AND LOBBYING REPORT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

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 1311-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. A04662-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 179, BURDICK, FERNANDEZ, OTIS, CLARK, JACKSON,

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

COMPETENCY EXAMS OFFERED TO QUALIFIED HOME CARE SERVICES WORKERS

RESIDING OUTSIDE THIS STATE.

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 4662-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.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. 4677-A, RULES REPORT

NO. 180, PAULIN, GALLAGHER, SEAWRIGHT, JACKSON, GALEF. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, IN RELATION TO PROHIBITING AGENCIES

FROM CHARGING A FEE FOR RECORDS WHERE AN ELECTRONIC COPY IS ALREADY

AVAILABLE FROM A PREVIOUS REQUEST MADE WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS.

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 4677-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. A04801-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 181, ABINANTI, SIMON, GOTTFRIED, L. ROSENTHAL, PAULIN,

AUBRY, FAHY, GUNTHER, SAYEGH, MIKULIN, STIRPE, DAVILA, DESTEFANO,

DICKENS, BRABENEC, WEPRIN, LAVINE, ZEBROWSKI, ASHBY, FRONTUS,

SEAWRIGHT, MCDONALD, GRIFFIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH

LAW, IN RELATION TO THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO

CHILDREN'S CAMPS AND CAMPS FOR CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

DISABILITIES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JUNE 1, 2021.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 4345-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. A04938, RULES REPORT

NO. 182, EPSTEIN, GALLAGHER, STECK, JACKSON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, IN RELATION TO LIMITED SCOPE

APPEARANCES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A04979, RULES REPORT

NO. 183, GRIFFIN, SIMPSON, SILLITTI. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TOWN LAW, IN

RELATION TO THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THE CONTENTS OF THE

PROPOSED BUDGET OF FIRE, FIRE ALARM, AND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MRS.

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

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 1209. 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. A05029-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 184, PAULIN, ENGLEBRIGHT, THIELE, L. ROSENTHAL, GLICK,

GALEF, EPSTEIN, STECK, PERRY, OTIS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL

CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO PROHIBITING THE USE OF CERTAIN GRADES

OF FUEL OIL.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05393-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 185, EPSTEIN, CYMBROWITZ, BURDICK, MAGNARELLI. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO INCLUDING

LANDLORD TRAINING CLASSES IN THE DEFINITIONS OF NEIGHBORHOOD

PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES AND HOUSING PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY

RENEWAL ACTIVITIES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 4485-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. A05423-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 186, CRUZ, DICKENS, FERNANDEZ, ABBATE, SIMON, DAVILA,

OTIS. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A PRIVATE STUDENT LOAN REFINANCE TASK FORCE;

AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF SUCH PROVISIONS UPON EXPIRATION

THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 2767-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.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05438, RULES REPORT

NO. 187, ZEBROWSKI, OTIS, RODRIGUEZ. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC

SERVICE LAW, IN RELATION TO RESPONSIBILITY FOR CABLE BILLS AFTER A

DISCONNECTION OR DOWNGRADE IN SERVICE.

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 5438. 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. A05458, RULES REPORT

NO. 188, SOLAGES, GRIFFIN, SILLITTI, TAYLOR, EPSTEIN, DICKENS,

GONZ�LEZ-ROJAS, KELLES, ZINERMAN, JACKSON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW AND THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS LAW, IN RELATION TO

PROHIBITING MUNICIPAL OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES FROM DISPLAYING POLITICAL

ADVERTISEMENTS ON OR WITHIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05531, RULES REPORT

NO. 189, BICHOTTE HERMELYN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELECTION LAW, IN

RELATION TO VOTING BY PROXY AT A JUDICIAL DISTRICT CONVENTION DUE TO

NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19; AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF SUCH

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

PROVISIONS UPON EXPIRATION THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05618, RULES REPORT

NO. 190, HYNDMAN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, IN

RELATION TO THE PROVISIONS OF CONSUMER AND EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05707, RULES REPORT

NO. 191, JOYNER, BURDICK, SIMON, D. ROSENTHAL, ZINERMAN, REYES, DE

LA ROSA. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, THE

CORRECTION LAW, AND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO BONA FIDE WORK

NOT BEING CONSIDERED A PAROLE VIOLATION.

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 5707. 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. WHEN A PERSON IS

RELEASED EARLY FROM PRISON ON PAROLE, THEIR RELEASE TYPICALLY HAS A

NUMBER OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS. AND ONE OF THE MOST COMMON TERM

AND CONDITION IS CURFEW. THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THAT CURFEW,

BOTH TO KEEP THE PAROLEE FROM ASSOCIATING WITH ACTIVITY THAT MIGHT

OCCUR LATE AT NIGHT OR EARLY IN THE MORNING. ANOTHER OBJECTIVE OF THE

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

CURFEW MAY BE TO ENSURE THAT THE PAROLEE IS MORE READILY AVAILABLE TO

THE PAROLE OFFICER SO THAT THEY CAN MEET AND COMMUNICATE AND --

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ONE MINUTE, MR.

GOODELL. MEMBERS, WE'RE -- WE'RE NOT HERE FOR YOUR MUTUAL

CONVERSATIONS. WE'D LIKE YOU TO BE A LITTLE QUIET SO WE CAN HEAR PEOPLE

EXPLAIN THEIR VOTES.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

MR. GOODELL: AND SO AS I MENTIONED, ANOTHER

REASON IS TO MAKE IT EASY AND REASONABLY CONVENIENT FOR A PAROLE

OFFICER WHO MAY HAVE A LARGE CASELOAD TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH

PAROLEES TO REVIEW THEIR PROGRESS AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE

AS NECESSARY. THIS BILL SAYS THAT A PAROLEE HAS THE FREEDOM TO TAKE ANY

JOB ANY TIME ANYWHERE, EVEN THOUGH THAT JOB WOULD BE OUTSIDE THE

SCOPE OF THAT CURFEW. AND SO RATHER THAN GET PERMISSION FROM THE

PAROLE OFFICER OR AN ADJUSTMENT OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THIS PUTS

THE PAROLEE IN CHARGE IN DECIDING WHEN THEY WANT TO WORK. AND SO IF

YOU HAVE A NORMAL CURFEW THAT SAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, MIDNIGHTS, A PAROLEE

CAN LINE UP A SECOND OR THIRD SHIFT JOB AND BE OUT ALL NIGHT, AND DO SO

WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT ANY PAROL VIOLATIONS AND WITHOUT EVEN GETTING

THE CONSENT OF HIS PAROLE OFFICER.

I THINK THAT'S TOO MUCH FLEXIBILITY AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE

SEEING DRAMATIC INCREASES IN CRIME, AND WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THAT

DURING A TRANSITION PERIOD A PAROLEE SHOULD OPERATE WITHIN TERMS AND

CONDITIONS THAT HELP THE PAROLEE AVOID GETTING INTO TROUBLE AND ASSIST

THE PAROLE SYSTEM WORKING SMOOTHLY. THAT'S WHY I'M VOTING NO.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL IN THE

NEGATIVE.

MR. TAGUE TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

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

MY VOTE. FOR THE SAME REASONS THAT MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE

MENTIONED, I WILL ALSO BE VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE ON THIS BILL. THANK

YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. TAGUE IN THE

NEGATIVE.

MR. GOODELL.

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

FOLLOWING COLLEAGUES OF OURS IN THE NEGATIVE: MR. BYRNE, MR. DIPIETRO,

MR. FITZPATRICK, AND MR. SALKA. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED.

MR. GOODELL: ALSO MR. FRIEND.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED.

MR. GOODELL: 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. A05773, RULES REPORT

NO. 192, GLICK, SIMON, DE LA ROSA, ENGLEBRIGHT, ROZIC, CRUZ,

WILLIAMS, EPSTEIN, REYES, GOTTFRIED, JOYNER, RAMOS, FALL, FERNANDEZ,

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

WEPRIN, GRIFFIN, MEEKS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN

RELATION TO EQUAL PAY DISCLOSURE WITH RESPECT TO STATE CONTRACTS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05854-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 193, JOYNER, COOK, AUBRY, LAVINE, RODRIGUEZ, SIMON,

STECK, GALEF. AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO THE

PURCHASE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05915-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 194, ZINERMAN, PICHARDO, ABINANTI, LAVINE, DURSO, SILLITTI,

TAYLOR, NOLAN, DICKENS, JACKSON, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, FERNANDEZ. AN ACT

TO AMEND THE BANKING LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING BANKS TO PROVIDE

WRITTEN NOTIFICATION THAT ACCEPTING AN ALTERNATIVE LOAN PAYMENT

SCHEDULE MAY HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON CREDIT SCORES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

ADVANCED AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05923-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 195, ZINERMAN, SILLITTI, NOLAN, DICKENS, TAYLOR, JACKSON,

GOTTFRIED. AN ACT TO AMEND THE REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS AND

PROCEEDINGS LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING A PLAINTIFF IN A MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE ACTION TO MAINTAIN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

ADVANCED AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06031-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 196, TAYLOR, DARLING. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ARTS AND

CULTURAL AFFAIRS LAW, IN RELATION TO THE AMISTAD COMMISSION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06098-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 197, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, HYNDMAN, EPSTEIN, SIMON,

GLICK, ABINANTI, DICKENS, FALL, DARLING, RODRIGUEZ, CRUZ, RICHARDSON,

STECK, NIOU, FERNANDEZ, JACOBSON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE WORKERS'

COMPENSATION LAW, IN RELATION TO PAID FAMILY LEAVE AND SIBLINGS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MRS.

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

ADVANCED. THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06126, RULES REPORT

NO. 198, SIMON, FAHY, STERN, SILLITTI, BARRON, RICHARDSON, GALEF, CRUZ,

DAVILA, GRIFFIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES

AND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, IN RELATION TO NOTIFYING CERTAIN

INDIVIDUALS OF THEIR ABILITY TO APPLY FOR AN EXTREME RISK PROTECTION

ORDER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06166-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 199, L. ROSENTHAL, GALEF, BARRON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO REPORTING OF ALCOHOL OVERDOSE DATA;

AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 66 OF THE LAWS OF 2016, AMENDING THE PUBLIC

HEALTH LAW, RELATING TO REPORTING OF OPIOID OVERDOSE DATA, IN RELATION

TO MAKING SUCH PROVISIONS PERMANENT.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

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 6166. 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. A06170, RULES REPORT

NO. 200, HYNDMAN. AN ACT TO DIRECT THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO CONDUCT

AN ANALYSIS OF STORMWATER AND GROUNDWATER ISSUES IN SOUTHEAST

QUEENS.

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 6170. 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. A06248, RULES REPORT

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

NO. 201, HUNTER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

LAW, IN RELATION TO HUNTING OR SALE OF FISH AND WILDLIFE PURSUANT TO

INDIAN TREATY RIGHTS.

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 5266. 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. A06249-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 202, BUTTENSCHON, OTIS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EDUCATION

LAW, IN RELATION TO IN-STATE TUITION CONTINUITY FOR CERTAIN SPOUSES AND

DEPENDENTS OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS.

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 6249-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

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

PROVIDED.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MS. BUTTENSCHON TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

MS. BUTTENSCHON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I

RISE TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. THIS LEGISLATION CLASSIFIES SPOUSES OR

DEPENDENTS OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS STATIONED OUT-OF-STATE

FOLLOWING AN ASSIGNMENT, AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS IN-STATE

RESIDENTS FOR TUITION MATTERS AT SUNY SCHOOLS. IT IS IMPERATIVE AS WE

SPENT OUR WEEKEND MEMORIALIZING OUR VETERANS THAT WE ENSURE THAT

THEY COMPLETE THEIR EDUCATION IN OUR STATE SUNY SYSTEMS IN A MANNER

THAT IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE TO THEM. I SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND I

WOULD REQUEST THAT MY COLLEAGUES DO THE SAME. THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. BUTTENSCHON IN

THE AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06254, RULES REPORT

NO. 203, WEINSTEIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN

RELATION TO ALLOWING A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR IMPROPER DEBT

COLLECTION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06265, RULES REPORT

NO. 204, FRONTUS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, IN

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

RELATION TO MANDATING THE NYC TRANSIT AUTHORITY TO CREATE ANNUAL

REPORTS CONCERNING ACTIONS TO REDUCE NOISE.

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 6265. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY MEMBER

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

MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MS. WALSH TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

MS. WALSH: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WHILE I WILL

BE SUPPORTING THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION, I WOULD NOTE THAT THE NEW YORK

CITY TRANSIT HAS NOT COMPLIED WITH THE EXISTING LAW FOR 20 YEARS AND I

WOULD ALSO SAY THAT IT'S NOT CLARIFICATION THAT'S NEEDED HERE, IT'S

COMPLIANCE. AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF REPORTS ARE NOT TIMELY

RECEIVED NOW, THAT PERHAPS WE SHOULD BE TYING FUNDING AUTHORIZATION

TO COMPLIANCE IN THE FUTURE. THANKS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. WALSH IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06296, RULES REPORT

NO. 205, GRIFFIN, DARLING, SILLITTI. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TOWN LAW, IN

RELATION TO COMPENSATION OF CHAIRMAN, ELECTION INSPECTORS AND BALLOT

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

CLERKS FOR FIRE DISTRICT ELECTIONS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MRS.

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

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 4064. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY MEMBER

WHO WISES 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. A06333, RULES REPORT

NO. 206, ENGLEBRIGHT, GRIFFIN, COLTON, OTIS. AN ACT TO DIRECT THE

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO STUDY ALTERNATIVE

MUNICIPAL USES FOR RECYCLED GLASS.

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 6333. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY MEMBER

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

MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06360-B, RULES

REPORT NO. 207, GRIFFIN, DARLING. AN ACT RELATING TO LEGALIZING,

VALIDATING, RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS FOR THE

WEST HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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 6360-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.)

ACTING SPEAKER J.D. RIVERA: ARE THERE ANY

OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06449-B, RULES

REPORT NO. 208, BUTTENSCHON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES

LAW, IN RELATION TO AUTHORIZING THE DORMITORY AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE

FINANCING TO THE MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY.

ACTING SPEAKER J.D. RIVERA: ON A MOTION BY

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

IS ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER J.D. RIVERA: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY BILL 6449-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. A06458, RULES REPORT

NO. 209, GALEF, L. ROSENTHAL, ENGLEBRIGHT, WEPRIN, SEAWRIGHT, COLTON,

OTIS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO

AVAILABILITY FOR SALE OF ADVERTISED MERCHANDISE.

ACTING SPEAKER J.D. RIVERA: THE BILL IS LAID

ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06476-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 210, HYNDMAN, TAYLOR, MCDONALD, THIELE, DICKENS,

JONES, PAULIN, STIRPE, WALLACE, LAWLER, BRAUNSTEIN, DAVILA, PICHARDO,

SIMON, SILLITTI, SCHMITT, BUTTENSCHON, ENGLEBRIGHT, MIKULIN, GALEF.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE EDUCATION LAW, IN RELATION TO AUTHORIZING THE

ADMINISTRATION OF VACCINES FOR HEPATITIS A, HEPATITIS B, HUMAN

PAPILLOMAVIRUS, MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA, VARICELLA AND COVID-19

BY A LICENSED PHARMACIST AND REQUIRING PHARMACISTS WHO ADMINISTER

IMMUNIZATIONS TO REPORT THE IMMUNIZATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

HEALTH; AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 563 OF THE LAWS OF 2008, AMENDING THE

EDUCATION LAW AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW RELATING TO IMMUNIZING

AGENTS TO BE ADMINISTERED TO ADULTS BY PHARMACISTS, CHAPTER 116 OF THE

LAWS OF 2012, AMENDING THE EDUCATION LAW RELATING TO AUTHORIZING A

LICENSED PHARMACIST AND CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER TO ADMINISTER

CERTAIN IMMUNIZING AGENTS, CHAPTER 274 OF THE LAWS OF 2013,

AMENDING THE EDUCATION LAW RELATING TO AUTHORIZING A LICENSED

PHARMACIST AND CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER TO ADMINISTER

MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE IMMUNIZING AGENTS, AND CHAPTER 110 OF THE

LAWS OF 2020, AMENDING THE EDUCATION LAW RELATING TO AUTHORIZING

LICENSED PHARMACISTS TO ADMINISTER AN APPROVED VACCINE FOR

COVID-19, IN RELATION TO MAKING SUCH PROVISIONS PERMANENT.

ACTING SPEAKER J.D. RIVERA: ON A MOTION BY

MS. HYNDMAN, 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 J.D. RIVERA: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY BILL 6476. 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.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06489-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 211, STIRPE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW,

IN RELATION TO PROVIDING FOR A CHARGE-BACK OF REFUNDS OF TAXES LEVIED BY

A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MUNICIPAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND SPECIAL DISTRICT

PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

ACTING SPEAKER J.D. RIVERA: READ THE LAST

SECTION.

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

ACTING SPEAKER J.D. RIVERA: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY BILL 6489-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. A06496, RULES REPORT

NO. 212, GUNTHER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, IN

RELATION TO THE SOLICITATION OF DONATIONS ON STATE HIGHWAYS.

ACTING SPEAKER J.D. RIVERA: READ THE LAST

SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER J.D. RIVERA: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY BILL A-6496. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

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. A06501, RULES REPORT

NO. 213, SOLAGES. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES,

IN RELATION TO CERTIFICATION OF CLASS ACTIONS IN CASES INVOLVING

GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

ACTING SPEAKER J.D. RIVERA: THE BILL IS LAID

ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06508-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 214, STIRPE, BUTTENSCHON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE BUSINESS

CORPORATION LAW AND THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW, IN RELATION

TO DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO CERTAIN

NEW BUSINESSES.

ACTING SPEAKER J.D. RIVERA: 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 ON THE 60TH

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER J.D. RIVERA: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY BILL 6508-A. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

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.)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ARE THERE ANY OTHER

VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06527-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 215, KELLES, DINOWITZ, CRUZ, SEPTIMO, LAVINE, SEAWRIGHT,

GONZ�LEZ-ROJAS, MITAYNES, SILLITTI, JACKSON, OTIS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

EDUCATION LAW, IN RELATION TO PROHIBITING SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS

FROM FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST A STUDENT'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN FOR UNPAID

MEAL FEES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06564-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 216, GUNTHER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION

LAW, THE BANKING LAW, THE CORRECTION LAW, THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW

AND RULES, THE DEBTOR AND CREDITOR LAW, THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW,

THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, THE REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS

LAW, THE NEW YORK CITY CIVIL COURT ACT, THE UNIFORM CITY COURT ACT,

THE UNIFORM DISTRICT COURT ACT, AND THE UNIFORM JUSTICE COURT ACT, IN

RELATION TO REPLACING CERTAIN INSTANCES OF THE WORD "MENTALLY ILL

PERSON" WITH "PERSON WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS" OR "PERSON WITH A MENTAL

DISABILITY" OR A VARIATION THEREOF; AND TO REPEAL CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW RELATING THERETO.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MRS.

GUNTHER, 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 40 -- 4777-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. A06700, RULES REPORT

NO. 217, JOYNER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE FAMILY COURT ACT AND THE

SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN RELATION TO ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES REGARDING

ORDERS OF POST-TERMINATION VISITATION AND/OR CONTACT BETWEEN A CHILD

AND SUCH CHILD'S PARENT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06706, RULES REPORT

NO. 218, PAULIN, OTIS, GALEF. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW,

IN RELATION TO TRANSFERS OF CABLE SYSTEMS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06775, RULES REPORT

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

NO. 219, PICHARDO, DICKENS, DE LA ROSA, SIMON, REYES, DESTEFANO,

DURSO, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, BARRON, NIOU, JACOBSON, PERRY. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, IN RELATION TO DISCRIMINATION

AND RETALIATION AGAINST EMPLOYEES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06841, RULES REPORT

NO. 220, OTIS, MCDONALD. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 602 OF THE LAWS

OF 1993 AMENDING THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW RELATING TO THE

ENFORCEMENT OF THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND TO

THE COLLECTION OF TAXES BY BANKS, IN RELATION TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE

COLLECTION OF TAXES IN CERTAIN VILLAGES.

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 6841. 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. A06906, RULES REPORT

NO. 221, OTIS, ABINANTI, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, STIRPE. AN ACT TO AMEND

THE REAL PROPERTY LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING LANDLORDS TO MITIGATE

DAMAGES WHEN COMMERCIAL TENANTS VACATE PREMISES IN VIOLATION OF THE

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

TERMS OF THE LEASE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07045, RULES REPORT

NO. 222, BUTTENSCHON, CLARK, MCDONALD, GALEF, STIRPE, WOERNER,

LUNSFORD, MANKTELOW, NORRIS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CANAL LAW, IN

RELATION TO MAKING MANDATORY QUARTERLY MEETINGS OF THE CANAL

RECREATIONWAY COMMISSION NOT SUBJECT TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIRPERSON.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 5959. 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 NOTE THAT THE

CANAL RECREATION [SIC] COMMISSION LAST MET IN 2017. THIS BILL CALLS

ON THEM TO MAKE QUARTERLY; I ASSUME THEY MEAN LIKE FOUR TIMES A YEAR

NOT FOUR TIMES A CENTURY. I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT, BUT MAYBE WE OUGHT

TO START PUTTING SOME TEETH IN THESE THINGS TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WHEN

WE SAY QUARTERLY, WE REALLY MEAN LIKE FOUR TIMES A YEAR. THANK YOU,

SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL IN THE

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07176-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 223, JEAN-PIERRE, HEVESI. AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL

SERVICES LAW, IN RELATION TO EXCLUDING CERTAIN KINDERGARTEN AND

PRE-KINDERGARTENS FROM THE DEFINITION OF CHILD DAY CARE.

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 [SIC] PRINT 7176-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 NUMBER PREVIOUSLY

PROVIDED.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MS. WALSH TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

WAIT A MINUTE.

MS. WALSH, PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR VOTE.

MS. WALSH: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I'M HAPPY

TO SUPPORT THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION WHICH WILL CREATE MORE

OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE KINDERGARTEN AND PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS

BECAUSE IT WILL EXEMPT OFF-CAMPUS KINDERGARTEN AND PRE-KINDERGARTEN

FROM OCFS CHILD DAY REGULATIONS. MY -- MY ONLY COMMENT ON THIS IS

TO SAY THAT THIS BILL DOES NOT SIMILARLY EXEMPT 4410 PROGRAMS, WHICH

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

ARE APPROVED PRESCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, FROM THIS

EXEMPTION. SO THEY -- THEY STILL NEED OCFS LICENSURE, AND I THINK THAT

PARTICULARLY AS WE'RE HAVING A GREATER AND GREATER NEED FOR EARLY

INTERVENTION PRESCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, IT WOULD BE A GOOD

IDEA TO SIMILARLY EXEMPT THEM FROM THIS LICENSURE REQUIREMENT. SO I

THANK THE SPONSOR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I THINK THAT WHETHER IT'S

BY, YOU KNOW, CHAPTER AMENDMENT OR BY SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATION, I

THINK THAT THE BILL COULD BE IMPROVED OR WE COULD IMPROVE THE

SITUATION BY ALSO WORKING WITH THE 4410 SCHOOLS. THANKS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. WALSH IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07179, RULES REPORT

NO. 224, WEINSTEIN. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 20 OF THE LAWS OF 2015,

APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS AND SCHOOL

DISTRICTS, 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 7179. 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.)

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07192-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 225, LUPARDO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC

LAW, IN RELATION TO THE OPERATION OF A THREE-WHEELED VEHICLE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 120TH

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 7192-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. A07205, RULES REPORT

NO. 226, BUTTENSCHON, PALMESANO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE RURAL ELECTRIC

COOPERATIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO ALLOWING MEETINGS OF MEMBERS TO BE

HELD PARTIALLY OR SOLELY BY MEANS OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 6190. 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. A07207-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 227, JACKSON, BUTTENSCHON. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT

THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON

URBAN AGRICULTURE.

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 7207-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. A07236-A, RULES

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

REPORT NO. 228, THIELE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW,

IN RELATION TO THE RESULTS OF AN ANNUAL STRESS TEST OF ALL SYSTEMS THAT

SUPPORT OUTAGE AND RESTORATION MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS OF

THE LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

ADVANCED. THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07240, RULES REPORT

NO. 229, GOTTFRIED, ENGLEBRIGHT, STERN, RAMOS, JEAN-PIERRE, GRIFFIN,

SILLITTI, THIELE, BARRON, DARLING. AN ACT RELATING TO A REVIEW OF

REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR AMBULETTE TRANSPORTATION.

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 7240. 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. A07248, RULES REPORT

NO. 230, PRETLOW. AN ACT TO AMEND THE RACING, PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING

AND BREEDING LAW, IN RELATION TO HORSEMAN'S HEALTH, WELFARE, PENSION

AND ADMINISTRATIVE BENEFITS FOR HARNESS RACING LICENSEES IN THE ABSENCE

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.

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 7248. 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. A07250, RULES REPORT

NO. 231, ZEBROWSKI. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, IN

RELATION TO QUALIFICATION TO HOLD THE POSITION OF ASSESSOR OF THE VILLAGE

IN THE VILLAGE OF UPPER NYACK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

ZEBROWSKI, 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 6280. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY MEMBER

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

MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07272, RULES REPORT

NO. 232, L. ROSENTHAL, PHEFFER AMATO, RICHARDSON, DE LA ROSA,

DAVILA, CYMBROWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, BARNWELL, EPSTEIN, BURDICK, COOK,

REYES, BARRON, JACKSON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE

LAW, IN RELATION TO VOTING, ELECTION AND REFERENDUM PROCEDURES; TO

REQUIREMENTS REGARDING MUTUAL HOUSING COMPANIES CONSIDERING

DISSOLUTION AND/OR RECONSTITUTION; TO CERTAIN DUTIES OF A BOARD OF

DIRECTORS OF A LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING COMPANY; AND TO PROHIBITING

CERTAIN LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING COMPANIES FROM VOLUNTARILY DISSOLVING

DURING THE STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY DECLARED IN RESPONSE TO THE

OUTBREAK OF COVID-19.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07301, RULES REPORT

NO. 233, OTIS, MCDONALD. AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATE TECHNOLOGY

LAW, THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW,

IN RELATION TO AUTHORIZING THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES ON FUNERAL

AND CEMETERY SERVICES DOCUMENTS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON SENATE PRINT 6521. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY MEMBER

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

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. OTIS TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. OTIS: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THIS BILL

AMENDS OUR STATE TECHNOLOGY LAW TO ALLOW FUNERAL HOMES TO USE

ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN THEIR TRANSACTIONS. WHEN WE UPGRADED OUR

LAWS MANY YEARS AGO, THEY WERE LEFT OUT OF THIS PROVISION. AND

ESPECIALLY DURING COVID, THIS IS OF GREAT ASSISTANCE NOT ONLY TO THE

CONDUCT OF THEIR BUSINESS, BUT TO FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE MAYBE IN

OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND NEED TO DO THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND THE

-- THE TRAGIC LOSS OF A LOVED ONE, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO IT THROUGH AN

ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION THE WAY OTHER KINDS OF BUSINESSES DO. SO THANK

YOU FOR THE SUPPORT FOR THIS MEASURE AND I THINK WE'RE ALL HELPING ALL

NEW YORKERS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS BILL.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. --

MR. OTIS: I VOTE AYE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: -- OTIS IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07306, RULES REPORT

NO. 234, PRETLOW. AN ACT TO AMEND THE RACING, PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING

AND BREEDING LAW, IN RELATION TO THE DISPOSITION OF PARI-MUTUEL POOLS

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

OF THE FRANCHISED CORPORATION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

PRETLOW, 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 6352. 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. A07327, RULES REPORT

NO. 235, ZEBROWSKI. AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATE FINANCE LAW, IN

RELATION TO PROVIDING FOR DISCRETIONARY BUYING THRESHOLDS.

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 7327. 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 BILL IS PASSED.)

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

WE WILL NOW GO BACK AND PICK UP RULES REPORT NO.

171 ON PAGE 6. THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03942, RULES REPORT

NO. 171, CUSICK, THIELE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN

RELATION TO REMOVING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR INDEPENDENT INSURANCE

ADJUSTER LICENSES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ -- THIS IS A SUB.

ON A MOTION BY MR. CUSICK, 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 5762. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY MEMBER

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

MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

VERY MUCH. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE COLLEAGUES TO -- TO HANG IN HERE WITH

US, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR DEBATE LIST NOW. THERE ARE THREE BILLS ON

THE DEBATE LIST THAT WILL BE STRAIGHT VOTES, SO WE WILL START WITH THOSE:

CALENDAR NO. 78, CALENDAR NO. 351, AND CALENDAR NO. 372.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THOSE THREE STRAIGHT VOTES, WE'LL BE GOING TO FULL

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

DEBATE ON CALENDAR NO. 308 -- 303 BY MS. SOLAGES; FOLLOWED BY RULES

REPORT NO. 14, THAT ONE IS BY MS. JOYNER; THEN RULES REPORT NO. 84 BY

MR. FALL; RULES REPORT NO. 139 BY MR. CONRAD; RULES REPORT NO. 141

BY MS. JACKSON; AND RULES REPORT NO. 151 BY MS. ROSENTHAL. IN THAT

ORDER, MR. SPEAKER. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PAGE 9, CALENDAR NO. 78, THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00268-A, CALENDAR

NO. 2 -- 78, PAULIN, BUTTENSCHON, LAVINE, ENGLEBRIGHT, CYMBROWITZ,

GRIFFIN, GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, STERN, CRUZ, ZEBROWSKI, COLTON, J.

RIVERA, LUPARDO, JEAN-PIERRE, THIELE, BRABENEC, MONTESANO, SCHMITT,

BYRNE, REILLY, SMULLEN, MCDONOUGH, COOK, GALEF, SAYEGH, REYES,

WALCZYK, HYNDMAN, ABINANTI, NIOU, OTIS, ZINERMAN, DESTEFANO,

BARRON. AN ACT TO AMEND GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO

TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES BLOCKING CERTAIN NUMBERS.

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 268-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. I WILL BE

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION AS AMENDED. THE ORIGINAL BILL, AS WITH THE

AMENDED BILL, DIRECTS TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDERS TO BLOCK CERTAIN

VOICE CALLS, THE ONES WE FONDLY CALL ROBOCALLS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE

ORIGINAL DRAFT LANGUAGE WAS TOO BROAD AND WOULD HAVE INADVERTENTLY

FLAGGED A LOT OF CALLS THAT WE COME TO EXPECT, LIKE CALLS FROM OUR

PHARMACY ADVISING US THAT OUR PRESCRIPTION IS READY. TO THE SPONSOR,

TO HER CREDIT, AMENDED THE BILL AND, AS AMENDED, PROVIDES THAT

CERTIFICATION WITH THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION THAT THE

PROVIDERS TRAFFIC COMPLIES WITH THEIR STIR/SHAKEN AND IS SUBJECT TO

COMPLIANT ROBOCALL MITIGATION PROGRAM, ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND

ENSURES THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS CONSISTENT WITH REGULATIONS THAT APPLY ON

THE NATIONAL LEVEL. AND SINCE ALMOST ALL OF OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS

INVOLVE INTERSTATE COMMERCE, IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR NEW YORK STATE TO

HAVE LEGISLATION THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE NATION, AND THE

AMENDMENT ACCOMPLISHES THAT AND, THEREFORE, I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: PAGE 26, CALENDAR NO. 351, THE CLERK

WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02388-B, CALENDAR

NO. 351, AUBRY, HYNDMAN, NIOU, CAHILL, L. ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT,

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THIELE, BARNWELL, BUTTENSCHON, CRUZ, GONZ�LEZ-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-B. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY

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

CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY

PROVIDED.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

PAGE 26, CALENDAR NO. 372, THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06429-B, CALENDAR

NO. 372, HYNDMAN, GALEF, DICKENS, PERRY, OTIS. 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.

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 6429-B. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY

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

CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY

PROVIDED.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

PAGE 22, CALENDAR NO. 303, THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03412-A, CALENDAR

NO. 303, SOLAGES, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SEAWRIGHT, STECK, COOK,

LAVINE, COLTON, PERRY, SIMON, BARRON, HYNDMAN, NIOU, PICHARDO, DE

LA ROSA, DAVILA, DICKENS, WILLIAMS, JEAN-PIERRE, WEPRIN, VANEL,

ZEBROWSKI, RAMOS, ROZIC, GOTTFRIED, ABINANTI, EPSTEIN, CRUZ, HEVESI,

AUBRY, GLICK, L. ROSENTHAL, FERNANDEZ, FAHY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE

PENAL LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTORTION OR COERCION RELATED TO IMMIGRATION

STATUS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AN EXPLANATION IS

REQUESTED, MS. SOLAGES.

MS. SOLAGES: YES, MR. SPEAKER. THIS BILL WOULD

AMEND THE PENAL LAW TO ADD A THREAT TO CAUSE DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS

TO THE TYPE OF COURSE OF ACTION THAT CAN BE PROSECUTED AS COERCION IN

THE THIRD DEGREE, A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR, AS WELL AS CERTAIN LARCENIES

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

BY EXTORSION -- EXTORSION CRIMES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. WOULD THE SPONSOR

YIELD?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. SOLAGES --

MS. SOLAGES: YES, MR. --

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: -- WILL YOU YIELD?

MS. SOLAGES: YES, MR. SPEAKER.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MS SOLAGES. AM I

CORRECT THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NONCRIMINAL THREATS THAT FALL WITHIN

THE BLACKMAIL -- EXISTING BLACKMAIL OR EXTORTION PROVISIONS?

MS. SOLAGES: YES, YOU ARE CORRECT.

MR. GOODELL: AND WOULDN'T THIS ALSO ALREADY BE

COVERED BY THOSE?

MS. SOLAGES: SO YOU KNOW, JUST TO CIRCLE BACK,

YOU KNOW -- YOU KNOW, JUNE IS ALSO IMMIGRATION HERITAGE MONTH AND,

YOU KNOW, WE ARE CELEBRATING IMMIGRANTS' HERITAGE AND CONTRIBUTIONS

IN THE STATE. SO IT'S -- IT'S JUST TIMELY THAT WE'RE -- WE'RE TAKING UP THIS

BILL TO CONDEMN ANYONE THAT USES THAT AS A VULNERABILITY. SO THIS BILL

WOULD GUARD IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AGAINST THE THREAT OF

DEPORTATION FROM EMPLOYERS, LANDLORDS, ABUSIVE PARTNERS WHO ATTEMPT

TO COERCE THEM OR EXTORT THEM. SO CURRENT -- CURRENT LAW DOES, YOU

KNOW, IT -- YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT ALLUDE TO IT BUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO

CLARIFY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT LAW

ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER PROSECUTORS HAVE THE TOOLS, THE MEANS TO GO

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

AFTER THESE -- THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE PURPOSELY USING A VULNERABILITY TO

ATTACK A VITAL SEGMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE'VE SEEN THAT, YOU

KNOW, ALONE, THERE'S BEEN JUST AN INCREASED AMOUNT OF -- OF THESE

THREATS HAPPENING AND WE WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW,

INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE TOOLS TO GO AFTER THESE -- THESE, YOU KNOW, THESE

MALICIOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE PURPOSELY USING -- USING THIS VULNERABILITY.

MR. GOODELL: WOULD THIS APPLY IF, FOR EXAMPLE, A

LANDLORD THREATENED TO REPORT SOMEONE'S IMMIGRATION STATUS IF THEY

DIDN'T PAY THE RENT UP TO DATE? OR DOES IT ONLY APPLY WHEN YOU'RE

TRYING TO EXTORT MONEY THAT IS NOT OWED TO YOU?

MS. SOLAGES: SO YOU KNOW, EXTORSION AND

COERCION INVOLVE COMPELLING A PERSON TO TURN OVER PROPERTY OR TO

ENGAGE OR REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING IN AN ACTIVITY BY USING INTIMIDATION,

INVOLVING THREAT TO CAUSE CRIMINAL CHARGES TO BE PUT AGAINST THAT

PERSON. SO IF THAT PERSON IS USING THAT LANGUAGE IN A THREATENED WAY

SAYING, OH, IF YOU DON'T PAY ME UP TO -- TO, YOU KNOW, THE -- THE CURRENT

DATE, I'M GOING TO REPORT YOU TO ICE OR IMMIGRATION STATUS. THAT'S

WHAT WE'RE GOING OVER. THAT'S A -- THAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER AND CLARIFY

THAT BEING A CRIME.

MR. GOODELL: SO THIS WOULD BE A CRIME EVEN IF

THE DEMAND FOR PAYMENT IS A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT OF WHAT IS LAWFULLY

DUE AND OWING, OR MAYBE PAST DUE AND OWING?

MS. SOLAGES: NO. WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT SO THAT,

YOU KNOW, IF -- IF THE PERSON IS SAYING, OKAY, I NEED -- I'M EXTORTING

YOU OR COERCING YOU TO DO SOMETHING IF YOU DON'T DO THIS. AND SO

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THOSE TWO THINGS PUT TOGETHER, WE WANT TO DEEM AND CLARIFY THAT IT IS A

CRIME. IF SOMEONE'S JUST ASKING FOR RENT, THAT'S JUST ONE ASKING FOR RENT.

BUT IF THE LANDLORD IS SAYING, HEY, IF YOU DON'T PAY ME, I'M GOING TO

CALL IMMIGRATION OR I'M GOING TO TELL THEM THAT YOU ARE NOT HERE

LEGALLY, THAT TO ME IS -- IS A THREAT, EXTORSION, BLACKMAIL, WHATEVER YOU

WANT TO CALL IT, THAT SHOULD BE DEEMED AS A CRIME.

MR. GOODELL: I SEE. SO IF A LANDLORD, FOR

EXAMPLE, SAYS, YOU HAVEN'T PAID ME RENT FOR A YEAR-AND-A-HALF, WHEN

ARE YOU GOING TO PAY IT, THAT'S OKAY. BUT IF THE LANDLORD --

MS. SOLAGES: CORRECT.

MR. GOODELL: -- COMES AND SAYS, YOU OWE ME A

YEAR-AND-A-HALF OF RENT AND HAVEN'T PAID ANY. IF YOU DON'T BRING IT UP

TO DATE, THEN I'M GOING TO REPORT YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS. AND THAT

WOULD FALL WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS BILL, CORRECT?

MS. SOLAGES: YES, THE SECOND PART OF WHAT YOU

SAID IS -- IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO AFTER. AND SIMILAR LEGISLATION HAS

BEEN PASSED IN CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, MARYLAND, AND VIRGINIA. AND,

YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING -- AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN NEW YORK

CITY, WITHIN THE CONFINES OF NEW YORK CITY, THE NEW YORK CITY

COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS SAW THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASED AMOUNT

OF THESE CLAIMS, ESPECIALLY WITH DISCRIMINATION WITH HOUSING, AND THEY

ACTUALLY HAVE INCREASED FINES TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GET AFTER AND TRY TO

PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING.

MR. GOODELL: IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD

PREVENT A -- A LANDLORD FROM ASKING AS PART OF THE RENTAL APPLICATION

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

WHETHER OR NOT THE INDIVIDUAL IS HERE LAWFULLY?

MS. SOLAGES: I -- I THINK THAT YOU'RE NOT -- SO THE

POINT OF THIS BILL IS -- IS COERCION AND EXTORSION, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE

GOING OVER AFTER. THIS -- THIS IS NOT THAT BILL. EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A

GREAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT I WOULD SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THIS BILL IS --

IS TRYING TO GO AFTER THE FACT OF SOMEONE USING IMMIGRATION STATUS AS A

MEANS TO COHORT [SIC] OR TO EXTORT AN INDIVIDUAL.

MR. GOODELL: I SEE. YOU ALSO SPECIFICALLY

MENTIONED EMPLOYERS. BUT UNDER CURRENT LAW, FEDERAL LAW, ISN'T IT A

FEDERAL CRIME FOR AN EMPLOYER TO HIRE SOMEONE THAT THEY KNOW OR

BELIEVE MAY BE ILLEGALLY HERE?

MS. SOLAGES: SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO

MAKE SURE THAT WE ADD LANGUAGE TO ENSURE THE THREAT OF DEPORTATION

PROCEEDINGS QUALIFIES AS AN ELEMENT IN THE PROSECUTION OF CRIMES,

WHERE DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS ARE NOT CRIMINAL TRIALS, BUT THEIR NATURE

HAS SIMILAR CONSEQUENCES. YOU KNOW, CALLING ICE AND GETTING

SOMEONE DEPORTED, EVEN NOWADAYS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ENTERED THIS

BILL, WE WERE UNDER A FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION THAT WAS ATTACKING

IMMIGRANTS AND -- AND CHARGING INDIVIDUALS TO GO AFTER IMMIGRANTS.

AND EVEN NOW, YOU KNOW, THAT HASN'T SETTLED. SO THIS LEGISLATION REALLY

IS JUST PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, AN ELEMENT OF PROTECTION FOR FELLOW NEW

YORKERS. REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS, PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL

COMFORTABLE IN THEIR HOMES, THEY SHOULDN'T BE COERCED OR EXTORTED

AGAINST.

MR. GOODELL: I SEE. AND WOULD YOU ENVISION

NYS ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2021

THEN THAT THE POTENTIALLY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT THEN WOULD BE THE ONE FILING

CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE EMPLOYER OR AGAINST THE LANDLORD?

MS. SOLAGES: WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS

BEHAVIOR IS NOT, YOU KNOW -- ACCEPTABLE AND I THINK WE BELIEVE THAT WE

NEED TO PUT THIS IN STATUTE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE

THAT NEW YORKERS SHOULD NOT BE EXTORTED OR COERCED INTO DOING

SOMETHING THROUGH INTIMIDATION OR HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS.

SOLAGES.

ON THE BILL, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, SIR.

MR. GOODELL: UNDER CURRENT LAW, YOU CANNOT USE

EXTORTION OR HARASSMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT RELATES TO YOUR

IMMIGRATION STATUS OR NOT. AND SO I'M NOT SURE WHY EXACTLY WE NEED

THIS. IF YOU'RE TRYING TO EXTORT MONEY FROM ANYBODY, MONEY THAT YOU'RE

NOT ENTITLED TO, OR FORCE SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE

TO DO AND YOU'RE THREATENING TO EXPOSE THAT THEY'RE HAVING AN AFFAIR, FOR

EXAMPLE, OR THAT THERE'S A VERY EMBARRASSING DETAIL IN THEIR PAST, FOR

EXAMPLE, OR ANY NUMBER OF NONCRIMINAL THREATS, THAT'S ALREADY BANNED

IN NEW YORK STATE. SO WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS TAKE ALL THOSE -- ALL OF

THOSE POTENTIAL CIVIL ISSUES WHETHER IT'S YOU'RE DIVORCED, WHETHER YOU

HAVE SINGLE KIDS, WHETHER YOU WERE IN A DRUG REHAB PROGRAM OR ANY OF

THOSE OTHER ISSUES, AND OUT OF ALL OF THOSE WE SINGLE OUT ONE, YOUR

IMMIGRATION STATUS. AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH

EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYERS HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO ASK ABOUT YOUR

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IMMIGRATION STATUS UNDER FEDERAL LAW. AND THEY HAVE A LEGAL

OBLIGATION TO REPORT IT IF THEY BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE NOT A LEGAL IMMIGRANT.

AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE CREATE A SITUATION WHERE

LAWFUL NEW YORKERS WILL ACTUALLY CALL UP THE IMMIGRATION SERVICE AND

COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS IN ENFORCING OUR IMMIGRATION LAW, RUN

THE RISK THAT THEY MIGHT THEN BECOME THE DEFENDANT IN A CASE BROUGHT

BY A DISGRUNTLED FORMER EMPLOYEE OR POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE WHO'S

CLAIMING THAT THE EMPLOYER'S COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW IS A BASIS

FOR THE EMPLOYER TO BE ARRESTED. AND THAT'S A VERY DANGEROUS PRECEDENT

THAT WE SHOULDN'T GO DOWN.

SO WHILE I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH THE SPONSOR THAT USING

ANYTHING THAT'S EMBARRASSING OR HAS POTENTIAL LIABILITY IN ORDER TO EXTORT

MONEY OR FORCE SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE NO

OBLIGATION TO DO, THAT'S WRONG. BUT SAYING THAT IF AN EMPLOYER

COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL LAW AND REPORTS SUSPECTED IMMIGRATION

VIOLATIONS TO FEDERAL LEGAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, THAT EMPLOYER COULD BE

FACING A CRIMINAL ARREST, THAT IS ALSO WRONG. AND SO I THINK THE EXISTING

LAW STRIKES THE RIGHT BALANCE, PROTECTS ALL OF US AGAINST ILLEGAL

BLACKMAIL AND EXTORSION, BUT DOESN'T CROSS THE LINE BY CREATING AND

HIGHLIGHTING A POTENTIAL CRIMINAL ACTION AGAINST EMPLOYERS OR LANDLORDS

WHO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW. THANK YOU, SIR.

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 3412-A. THIS IS A PARTY VOTE. ANY

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MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE CONFERENCE

POSITION IS REMINDED TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE

NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. THE REPUBLICAN

CONFERENCE WILL BE GENERALLY OPPOSED TO THIS LEGISLATION, BUT THOSE

WHO WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT IT ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL 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. MAJORITY MEMBERS WILL BE

RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. IF THERE ARE ANY EXCEPTIONS, I ASK MAJORITY

MEMBERS TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY LEADER'S OFFICE AT THE NUMBER

PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED AND YOUR NAMES WILL BE ANNOUNCED ACCORDINGLY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU VERY

MUCH.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MS. WALSH.

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

PLEASE RECORD MR. JENSEN IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON THIS BILL, AND THAT'S ALL

WE'VE GOT. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED. THANK

YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

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(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

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THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03350, RULES REPORT

NO. 14, JOYNER, BRONSON, OTIS, SIMON, GONZ�LEZ-ROJAS, KELLES, L.

ROSENTHAL, BRABENEC. AN ACT TO AMEND THE LABOR LAW AND THE

GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO ACTIONS FOR NON-PAYMENT OF

WAGES.

MS. WALSH: EXPLANATION, PLEASE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AN EXPLANATION HAS

BEEN REQUESTED, MS. JOYNER.

MS. JOYNER: YES. SO WAGE THEFT REMAINS RAMPANT

IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DUE TO THE FACT THAT MANY CONSTRUCTION

WORKERS ARE HIRED THROUGH INFORMAL AGREEMENTS, PARTICULARLY BY

SUBCONTRACTORS, THUS MAKING THEM MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO WAGE THEFT AND

OTHER LABOR VIOLATIONS. THIS BILL WOULD LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR

WORKERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY BY ENSURING THAT CONTRACTORS ARE

HELD LIABLE FOR WAGE CLAIMS MADE AGAINST THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS IN

ENSURING THAT WORKERS ARE PAID THE WAGES OWED TO THEM.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. WALSH.

MS. WALSH: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WILL THE

SPONSOR YIELD?

MS. JOYNER: YES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. JOYNER, WILL YOU

YIELD? MS. JOYNER YIELDS.

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MS. WALSH: THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I HAVE A

COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WE VOTED ON A

VERSION OF THIS BILL BACK IN JANUARY AND THEN THE BILL WAS AMENDED.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE -- THE AMENDMENT, PLEASE?

MS. JOYNER: SURE. SO THE AMENDMENTS -- THERE'S

FIVE MAIN COMPONENTS TO THE AMENDMENTS. FIRST IS THAT THAT BILL MAKES

IT CLEAR THAT A CONTRACTOR CAN RECOUP COSTS FOR UNPAID WAGES BY

ESTABLISHING A CONTRACT. WE SPELLED OUT THAT THERE'S A THREE YEAR STATUTE

OF LIMITATIONS AGAINST THE CONTRACTOR. WE EXCLUDE HOME IMPROVEMENT

CONTRACTS. WE ALLOW THE -- THE BILL ALLOWS -- WE ALLOW -- OKAY. THE

PROVISIONS OF THE BILL ALLOWS WAIVERS PURSUANT TO A COLLECTIVE

BARGAINING AGREEMENT, AND WE ADD A NEW SECTION TO THE GENERAL

BUSINESS LAW TO ALLOW A CONTRACTOR TO REQUEST THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS'

PAYROLL RECORDS AND OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS,

SUCH AS THE NAMES, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS ON THE WORKSITE, THE

ANTICIPATED CONTRACT START DATE AND THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT.

MS. WALSH: VERY GOOD. WHO -- WHO'S THE CURRENT

ENFORCEMENT ARM, WHO INVESTIGATES AND ENFORCES WAGE THEFT CURRENTLY?

MS. JOYNER: RIGHT NOW, A CLAIMANT CAN MAKE A

CLAIM WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

MS. WALSH: OKAY. COULD A CLAIMANT ALSO MAKE A

CLAIM WITH A LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE?

MS. JOYNER: YES.

MS. WALSH: OR COULD A -- COULD THEY MAKE A CLAIM

-- A SMALL CLAIM IF IT'S FOR NOT VERY MUCH MONEY IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT?

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OH, DID YOU SAY YES? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WE NEED TO HAVE MS.

JOYNER UNMUTED --

MS. JOYNER: OH, I'M SORRY.

MS. WALSH: OH.

MS. JOYNER: I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. YES, THEY CAN

BRING A PRIVATE CLAIM UNDER SECTION 198 OF THE LABOR LAW.

MS. WALSH: OKAY. VERY GOOD. SO I GUESS ONE

QUESTION IS, WHY NOT JUST ALLOW THE CURRENT MECHANISMS THAT ARE

ALREADY THERE, FILING A CLAIM WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, GOING TO

THE -- FILE A -- SOMETHING WITH THE DA'S OFFICE OR GOING TO A SMALL

CLAIM PROCESS, WHY NOT JUST ALLOW IT TO GO ON LIKE THAT? AND PROVIDE,

MAYBE, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IF -- IF THEY'RE OVERWHELMED OR IF THEY --

THEY AREN'T ABLE TO HANDLE THE -- THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE

THE NUMBER OF CLAIMS.

MS. JOYNER: RIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW, EMPLOYEES CAN,

YOU KNOW, PURSUE THE METHODS THAT YOU JUST STATED, BUT ONLY AGAINST

THE SUBCONTRACTORS. THIS IS GOING TO -- THIS NEW LAW WILL ALLOW

CONTRACTORS TO BE LIABLE, AS WELL. SO IT'S EXTENDING LIABILITY TO THE

CONTRACTORS.

MS. WALSH: OKAY. SO -- BUT -- BUT THE -- THE

EMPLOYEE OF THE SUBCONTRACTOR CAN STILL ELECT TO BRING ONE OF THESE

OTHER FORMS OF SUIT, IS THAT CORRECT? THEY CAN -- THEY COULD JUST --

MS. JOYNER: YES.

MS. WALSH: -- GO AGAINST -- AGAINST THE SUB IF THEY

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WANT, BUT THE IDEA OF THE BILL THEN IS TO KICK IT UP TO THE GENERAL

CONTRACTOR AND MAKE THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE

UNPAID WAGES THAT THE SUBCONTRACTOR OWES ITS EMPLOYEES.

MS. JOYNER: THAT'S CORRECT.

MS. WALSH: OKAY. SO IN THE -- IN YOUR

MEMORANDUM OF SUPPORT, IT SUGGESTS THAT IF THIS LEGISLATION IS PASSED

THAT THERE MIGHT BE A LESSER BURDEN ON THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE,

THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, THE COMPTROLLER, AND DAS BY SHIFTING THIS

OVER TO THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS. BUT WON'T THIS LEGISLATION ACTUALLY JUST

SHIFT THE BURDEN AND CLOG UP THE COURT SYSTEM WITH CLAIMS BY

CONTRACTORS AGAINST SUBCONTRACTORS?

MS. JOYNER: WELL, YOU KNOW, OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO

MAKE SURE THAT EMPLOYEES ARE ABLE TO RECOUP, YOU KNOW, THE WAGES

THAT THEY RIGHTFULLY EARNED. SO I DON'T SEE IT AS SHIFTING BLAME, BUT

CREATING A REMEDY FOR EMPLOYEES TO RECOUP THESE UNPAID WAGES.

MS. WALSH: AND I APOLOGIZE, WITH THIS MASK ON,

YOU PROBABLY -- I DIDN'T SAY BLAME, I SAID BURDEN. I SAID THE BURDEN

ONTO THE CONTRACTORS. BUT YES, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT. SO YOU

MENTIONED A THREE YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS THAT WAS CREATED THROUGH

YOUR AMENDMENT WHERE THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR WOULD HAVE THREE YEARS

TO THEN GO AFTER THE SUBCONTRACTOR TO GET PAID BACK FOR THE MONEY THAT

THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR HAD TO LAY OUT TO THE -- TO THE EMPLOYEE FOR THE

WAGE CLAIM. BUT MY QUESTION IS, IF A PROJECT, SAY, FINISHES UP THIS YEAR

IN 2021, HOW LONG DOES AN EMPLOYEE OF A SUBCONTRACTOR HAVE TO BRING

A WAGE CLAIM?

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MS. JOYNER: I'M SORRY. SO IT -- IT'S A THREE YEAR

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS AGAINST THE CONTRACTOR AND THEN IT'S A SIX YEAR

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS AGAINST THE SUBCONTRACTOR.

MS. WALSH: SO THE -- THE EMPLOYEE OF THE

SUBCONTRACTOR HAS SIX YEARS TO BRING A WAGE CLAIM AGAINST THE

SUBCONTRACTOR, THEIR -- THEIR DIRECT EMPLOYER?

MS. JOYNER: YES.

MS. WALSH: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN -- SO

DOESN'T THAT MEAN THEN THAT THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR BASICALLY, EVEN

THOUGH THE PROJECT IS DONE, HAS TO LEAVE THINGS OPEN FOR A NUMBER OF

YEARS WAITING FOR A POTENTIAL WAGE CLAIM FROM THE EMPLOYEE OF THE

SUBCONTRACTOR TO BE -- TO BE ALLEGED OR BROUGHT?

MS. JOYNER: I MEAN, THE BILL LIMITS IT FOR SIX YEARS

AGAINST THE -- THE CONTRACTOR. SO YES, I MEAN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO KEEP

ALL OF THE RECORDS, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE PROJECTS DURING THAT LENGTH OF

TIME.

MS. WALSH: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK

YOU SO MUCH.

MR. SPEAKER, ON THE BILL.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: ON THE BILL.

MS. WALSH: THANK YOU. SO THERE ARE -- THERE ARE A

NUMBER OF CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS BILL. I THINK, YOU KNOW,

FIRST OF ALL, I MEAN EVERYBODY WANTS TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE GET PAID FOR

THE WORK THAT THEY DO. AND THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THERE ARE SOME

UNSCRUPULOUS CONTRACTOR -- SUBCONTRACTORS WHO ARE OUT THERE WHO

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MAYBE AREN'T PAYING PEOPLE WHAT THEY'RE OWED. AND WE WANT TO -- WE

WANT TO CERTAINLY CRACK DOWN ON THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE HELD

ACCOUNTABLE, AND THEY NEED TO BE ROOTED OUT. BUT I MEAN, I WOULD SAY

THAT THE AGENCIES THAT ARE ALREADY CHARGED WITH THE INVESTIGATION AND

ENFORCEMENT OF OUR CURRENT WAGE LAWS ARE SUFFICIENT UNDER THE

CIRCUMSTANCES AND THAT WE DON'T NEED THIS LEGISLATION.

GENERAL CONTRACTORS UNDER THIS LEGISLATION WOULD BE --

BECOME RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING CERTIFIED PAYROLLS FROM ALL

SUBCONTRACTOR TIERS, WHICH IS VERY UNWIELDY AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.

SO THE WAY THAT THE AMENDMENT WORKS IS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR HAS THE

ABILITY TO SAY TO THE SUBCONTRACTOR, I NEED YOUR CERTIFIED PAYROLL, AND

THEN THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDED WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF

TIME. THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR THEN HAS TO VERIFY THE CERTIFIED PAYROLL,

AND THERE COULD BE A NUMBER OF SUBCONTRACTORS USED ON A PARTICULAR

JOB. SO THIS IS GOING TO OBVIOUSLY REALLY BE A COSTLY AND TIME

CONSUMING PROCESS FOR A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. AND ALSO, THERE ARE VERY

FEW WAYS TO VERIFY THOSE PAYROLLS, ESPECIALLY WHILE -- WHILE A PROJECT IS

GOING ON.

THERE'S -- SO SINCE -- PART OF THE LEGISLATION SAYS THAT

THERE'S NO WAY THAT A GENERAL CONTRACTOR OR A SUBCONTRACTOR CAN AGREE TO

WAIVE ANY PORTION OF THIS LAW, AND -- AND THE WAIVER OF ANY LIEN ON A

CERTIFIED PAYROLL CAN'T BE USED AS A DEFENSE TO PROTECT A GENERAL

CONTRACTOR. WHAT THAT ALL MEANS IS THAT ALL SUBS OF EVERY TIER ARE GOING

TO NEED TO BE BONDED, I.E., INSURANCE AGAINST WAGE THEFT CLAIMS. SO THE

NEED FOR BONDING IS GOING TO INCREASE THE COST OF PROJECTS. AND THE

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RESULT OF THAT IS THAT IF ALL TIERS OF SUBS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CARRY -- ARE

GOING TO HAVE TO BE BONDED AND HAVE THIS INSURANCE AGAINST -- AGAINST

WAGE THEFT CLAIMS, THEN THAT'S GOING TO ADVERSELY IMPACT THE MOST THOSE

WHO ARE LESS CAPITALIZED SUBCONTRACTORS WHO WON'T BE ABLE TO GET

BONDED. THAT COULD INCLUDE MWBES OR CONTRACT -- SUBS THAT ARE JUST

STARTING OUT OR ARE NEWER IN BUSINESS. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS

SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD REALLY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN. BUT I THINK IT'S

GOING TO HURT THE ENTRY OF NEW BUSINESSES INTO THE MARKET AND IT COULD

CURTAIL THE SUPPLY OF SUBCONTRACTORS WHO ARE OUT THERE.

SO FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS, WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS

WITH THIS BILL. I THINK THAT INSTEAD OF DOING THIS, IT WOULD BE MORE

SENSIBLE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE FUNDING AND SUPPORTS TO THE ENFORCEMENT

AND INVESTIGATION ARMS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE UNDER THE LAW RATHER THAN

EXPANDING IT IN THIS WAY. SO BEFORE WHEN WE VOTED ON THIS BILL BEFORE,

WE HAD QUITE A NUMBER OF NO VOTES, THERE IS SOME CONCERN FROM

DIFFERENT GROUPS, AND I WILL BE VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: MR. TAGUE.

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

SPONSOR YIELD FOR A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, PLEASE?

MS. JOYNER: YES.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: WILL THE

SPONSOR YIELD?

MR. TAGUE: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. JOYNER.

FIRST, DON'T YOU THINK THAT THIS BILL WILL BRING SOME VERY ERRONEOUS

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CLAIMS NOW THAT WE'RE BROADENING A -- A LAW THAT'S ALREADY THERE?

MS. JOYNER: WELL, I MEAN, THE PREVIOUS ARGUMENT

OF WHY ARE WE, YOU KNOW, FIRST -- YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEES HAVE THE

ABILITY NOW TO GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WITH ANY CLAIMS OF -- OF

WAGE THEFT, BUT THIS IS CREATING ANOTHER REMEDY OF GOING TO OUR COURT

SYSTEM IF THAT FIRST MECHANISM DOES NOT WORK. AND WE ALREADY --

EVERYBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BEING

UNDERSTAFFED AND UNDERRESOURCED, WHICH I ALSO AGREE THAT WE SHOULD

PUT MORE FUNDING IN. SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE

THAT EMPLOYEES CAN RECOUP THE WAGES THAT THEY'RE OWED. AND IT'S OUR

POSITION THAT THE EMPLOYERS, THE CONTRACTORS ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO

MANAGE THESE PROJECTS AND TO DO -- DO RESPONSIBLE WORK WITH

SUBCONTRACTORS. SO YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THAT THIS WAS GOING -- THIS BILL

WILL ENCOURAGE CONTRACTORS TO ADEQUATELY VET THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS.

MR. TAGUE: BUT LET -- LET ME JUST ASK YOU THIS:

HAVE YOU EVER WORKED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY BEFORE? HAVE YOU

EVER BEEN AN EXECUTIVE IN A CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY?

MS. JOYNER: NO, I HAVE NOT, BUT WE HAVE

CONSULTED WITH BOTH -- BOTH SIDES ON THIS ISSUE SO WE'RE WELL-VERSED ON

IT.

MR. TAGUE: WELL, I -- I HAVE WORKED -- I WORKED IN

THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AS AN EXECUTIVE FOR CLOSE TO 30 YEARS AND TO

HOLD A GENERAL CONTRACTOR OR A PRIME CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE AND TO

HAVE TO BABYSIT A SUBCONTRACTOR REALLY ISN'T FAIR, ESPECIALLY ON THE SIZE

OF CERTAIN JOBS. AND LET -- AND LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION: ISN'T A

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CERTIFIED PAYROLL ALREADY INSPECTED ON -- ON MUNICIPAL JOBS?

MS. JOYNER: UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS, YES.

MR. TAGUE: OKAY. WELL, A MAJORITY OF THE WORK

THAT IS DONE AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CASES IN THE LABOR DEPARTMENT

WHERE CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED, WHERE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN HELD

RESPONSIBLE FOR WAGE THEFT, THOSE HAVE COME FROM THOSE CERTIFIED

PAYROLL INVESTIGATIONS. YOU KNOW, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY WAGE THEFT

CASES ARE IN THE COURT SYSTEM RIGHT NOW?

MS. JOYNER: THE ESTIMATES THAT WE HAVE IS THAT THE

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HAS ALREADY RECOVERED $6 MILLION IN WAGE -- IN

WAGE THEFTS.

MR. TAGUE: OKAY.

MS. JOYNER: RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY.

MR. TAGUE: AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY ARE IN

HEARING RIGHT NOW WITHIN THE LABOR DEPARTMENT?

MS. JOYNER: I DON'T -- I DON'T HAVE THAT

INFORMATION, NO.

MR. TAGUE: OKAY. WELL AGAIN, THIS -- THIS PUTS

CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES IN NEW YORK STATE, ESPECIALLY PRIME AND

GENERAL CONTRACTORS, ON AN UNLEVEL PLAYING FIELD.

SO WITH THAT, MR. SPEAKER, ON THE BILL.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: ON THE BILL, MR.

TAGUE.

MR. TAGUE: LISTEN, THIS IS JUST, AGAIN, MORE

REGULATIONS, MORE HURDLES JUST TO DO BUSINESS IN NEW YORK STATE. WE

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ALREADY HAVE LAWS IN EFFECT THAT PROTECT THE WORKER, THAT GO AFTER BAD

ACTORS. YOU KNOW, THIS AGAIN IS JUST MORE ANTI-BUSINESS AND WE

WONDER WHY NOBODY WANTS TO OWN A BUSINESS IN NEW YORK STATE.

WHY CONSTRUCTION PRICES ARE SO EXPENSIVE IS BECAUSE OF THE ADDED

REGULATIONS. AND THIS, AGAIN, WILL FORCE CERTAIN GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND

PRIME CONTRACTORS TO HAVE TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE JUST TO MANAGE WAGE

THEFT.

SO I WILL BE VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE ON THIS BILL. YOU

KNOW, I -- I DO COMMEND THE SPONSOR FOR HER, YOU KNOW, FOR HER BELIEFS

AND FOR THE BILL BUT, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST, TO ME, ANOTHER ANTI-BUSINESS BILL

IN NEW YORK STATE AND I'LL BE VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER, AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSOR FOR HER TIME AND RESPECT. THANK

YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: READ THE LAST

SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 120TH

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE ON ASSEMBLY BILL 3350. THIS IS A PARTY VOTE. ANY MEMBER

WHO WISHES TO BE RECORD AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE CONFERENCE POSITION IS

REMINDED TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS

PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. THE REPUBLICAN

CONFERENCE WILL GENERALLY BE OPPOSED TO THIS LEGISLATION. THOSE WHO

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SUPPORT IT ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE MINORITY LEADER'S OFFICE SO WE

CAN PROPERLY RECORD THEIR VOTE. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: MRS.

PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER. THE MAJORITY CONFERENCE WILL GENERALLY BE IN FAVOR OF THIS

ONE; HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE COLLEAGUES WHO WISH TO BE AN EXCEPTION.

THEY SHOULD FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY LEADER'S OFFICE AND WE

WILL BE PLEASED TO REPORT TO THEIR VOTE PROPERLY.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: MR. LAWLER TO

EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. LAWLER: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. BACK IN

JANUARY WHEN THIS BILL WAS FIRST BEFORE US, I VOTED AGAINST IT NOT

BECAUSE I WAS AGAINST WHAT THE SPONSOR WAS TRYING TO DO, QUITE THE

CONTRARY. I THINK ANYBODY WHO ENGAGES IN WAGE THEFT SHOULD BE HELD

FULLY ACCOUNTABLE. MY CONCERN WITH THE BILL AT THE TIME WAS THAT THERE

WAS NO GOOD FAITH, SAFE HARBOR PROVISION FOR THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR

WHO WAS, IN FACT, TRYING TO GET THE SUBCONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE

DOCUMENTATION OR HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. I THINK AT THE TIME I SAID

THAT IF AN AMENDMENT CAME FORWARD, I WOULD SUPPORT IT. AND SO TODAY,

I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE SPONSOR HAS COME FORTH WITH THIS AMENDMENT.

I DO THINK IT GOES TOWARDS ACCOMPLISHING WHAT I BELIEVED WAS

NECESSARY. AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS BILL AS AMENDED, AND I

THANK THE SPONSOR FOR DOING SO. THANK YOU.

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ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: MR. LAWLER IN

THE AFFIRMATIVE.

MR. STECK TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. STECK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER. I

HAVE NOT SEEN IN MY TIME IN THIS BODY THAT THERE'S ANY SHORTAGE OF

CONSTRUCTION IN THIS STATE, AND THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS BILL THAT IS GOING

TO CHANGE THAT. SECONDLY, LEAVING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT

OF LABOR IS SIMPLY A RECIPE FOR MINIMAL ENFORCEMENT. THE DEPARTMENT

OF LABOR HAS MANY, MANY, MANY THINGS TO DO. IT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH

RESOURCES TO DO IT ALL BY ITSELF AND SO ALLOWING FOR OTHER ENFORCEMENT

MECHANISMS IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT WORKERS AND MAKE SURE THE LAW IS

ENFORCED; THEREFORE, I WILL BE VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: MR. STECK IN

THE AFFIRMATIVE.

MR. GOODELL TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. IF YOU'RE A GENERAL

CONTRACTOR AND YOU REQUIRE CERTIFIED PAYROLL FROM A SUB AND YOU HAVE

NO REASON IN THE WORLD TO -- TO QUESTION THAT CERTIFICATION, BUT YOU TAKE

IT ONE MORE STEP AND YOU SAY, I WANT TO SIGN OFF FROM EVERY EMPLOYEE

FROM THE SUB SAYING 'I HAVE BEEN PAID, I WAIVE ANY FURTHER RIGHTS TO

CLAIM'. ARE YOU OKAY? NOT UNDER THIS LANGUAGE. THINK ABOUT THAT FOR

A MINUTE. YOU'RE THE GENERAL, YOU GET CERTIFIED PAYROLL, YOU GET AN

AFFIDAVIT FROM THE SUB, YOU GET SIGN-OFFS FROM EVERY EMPLOYEE OF A SUB

AND SIX YEARS LATER -- EXCUSE ME - GREAT DINNER, COMPLIMENTS TO THE

MAJORITY - BUT LET ME GET BACK, SIX YEARS LATER YOU CAN BE SUED FROM AN

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EMPLOYEE YOU MAY NOT HAVE EVEN KNOWN WAS ON THE JOB CLAIMING THEY

WEREN'T PAID IN FULL. THAT'S WHAT THIS BILL DOES. THAT IS NOT FAIR AND

EQUITABLE.

NO DOUBT IF A GENERAL CONTRACTOR KNOWS OR HAS REASON

TO KNOW THAT THE SUB'S EMPLOYEES ARE NOT BEING PAID, THE GENERAL OUGHT

TO BE LIABLE. NO DOUBT WE EXPECT THE GENERAL TO DO FAIR AND REASONABLE

DUE DILIGENCE. BUT THIS BILL IMPOSES STRICT LIABILITY ON A GENERAL

CONTRACTOR EVEN IF THEY DO DUE DILIGENCE, GET A SIGN-OFF FROM EVERY

EMPLOYEE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT WORKS WITH A SUB, GETS A SIGN-OFF

FROM THE SUB, GETS CERTIFIED PAYROLL, DOESN'T MATTER. STRICT LIABILITY HAS

NO PLACE AND FAIRNESS WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH OUR CONTRACTORS

AND SUBCONTRACTORS AND, UNFORTUNATELY, IT WILL RESULT IN HIGHER PRICES FOR

ALL OF US IF THIS GOES THROUGH. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: MR. GOODELL IN

THE NEGATIVE.

MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: NOTWITHSTANDING MY IMPASSIONED

COMMENTS AND PERHAPS BECAUSE OF THAT GREAT DINNER PROVIDED BY THE

MAJORITY, PLEASE RECORD THE FOLLOWING COLLEAGUES OF MINE IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE: MR. ASHBY, MR. BRABENEC, MR. MIKULIN, MR. MILLER, MS.

MILLER, MR. RA, MR. SCHMITT, MR. SMITH, MR. WALCZYK, AND THOSE WHO

VOTED DIRECTLY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, SIR.

ALSO, PLEASE ADD MR. BYRNE. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: THANK YOU, MR.

GOODELL.

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ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

PAGE 4, RULES REPORT NO. 84.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02573-A, RULES

REPORT NO. 84, FALL, DICKENS, WILLIAMS, SAYEGH, GOTTFRIED, O'DONNELL,

EPSTEIN, BARRON, PICHARDO, PERRY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE SURROGATE'S

COURT PROCEDURE ACT, IN RELATION TO REMOVING THE PROHIBITION ON

INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF A FELONY THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM BEING

APPOINTED FIDUCIARY OF AN ESTATE.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: AN EXPLANATION

IS REQUESTED.

MR. FALL: THIS BILL WOULD REMOVE THE PROHIBITION

ON ANYONE THAT HAS EVER HAD A FELONY CONVICTION FROM SERVING AS A

FIDUCIARY OF AN ESTATE. THIS BILL WILL PRESERVE THE POWER OF THE COURT TO

DECLARE INELIGIBLE ANY PERSON CONVICTED OF A FELONY WHOSE CRIME MAY

HAVE BEEN ADVERSE TO THE WELFARE OF THE STATE.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: READ THE LAST

SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY BILL 2723. THIS IS A FAST ROLL CALL. ANY

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

CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY

PROVIDED.

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(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MR. GOODELL TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. UNDER CURRENT LAW,

EVERY FELON IS EXCLUDED FROM BEING ABLE TO SERVE AS AN EXECUTOR FOR AN

ESTATE, AND THIS BILL LIFTS THE AUTOMATIC EXCLUSION WHILE STILL GIVING THE

SURROGATE COURT FULL AUTHORITY TO EVALUATE WHETHER THE FELONY

CONVICTION IN ANY WAY WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE ESTATE. AND WITH

THAT DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY REMAINING INTACT WITH THE SURROGATE COURT,

I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT AN AUTOMATIC BAN IS INAPPROPRIATE. AND

SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT AND RECOMMEND THE SAME TO MY COLLEAGUES.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: MR. GOODELL IN

THE AFFIRMATIVE.

MR. GOODELL.

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

COLLEAGUE, MR. DIPIETRO, IN THE NEGATIVE ON THIS BILL. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: DULY NOTED.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

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THE CLERK: SENATE NO. S06610, RULES REPORT NO.

141, SENATOR KRUEGER (JACKSON--A07398). AN ACT TO AMEND THE LOCAL

FINANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO THE SALE OF BONDS AND NOTES OF THE CITY OF

NEW YORK, THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OR NOTES WITH VARIABLE RATES OR

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INTEREST, INTEREST RATE EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,

AND THE REFUNDING OF BONDS; TO AMEND CHAPTER 868 OF THE LAWS OF

1975 CONSTITUTING THE NEW YORK STATE FINANCIAL EMERGENCY ACT FOR

THE CITY OF NEW YORK, IN RELATION TO A PLEDGE AND AGREEMENT OF THE

STATE; AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 142 OF THE LAWS OF 2004, AMENDING THE

LOCAL FINANCE LAW RELATING TO INTEREST RATE EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS OF

THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND REFUNDING BONDS OF SUCH CITY, IN RELATION TO

THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: AN EXPLANATION

IS REQUESTED, MS. JACKSON.

MS. JACKSON: SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL IS TO

EXTEND CERTAIN FINANCIAL AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RELATED TO INTEREST RATES, EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS, THE SALE OF BONDS AND

NOTES, AND OTHER SIMILAR AGREEMENTS UNTIL JUNE 30TH, 2022.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU. WOULD THE SPONSOR

YIELD?

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: WILL THE

SPONSOR YIELD?

MS. JACKSON: I YIELD.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: THE SPONSOR

YIELDS.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN YOU

GIVE US AN IDEA APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY BILLION DOLLARS DOES NEW

YORK CITY BORROW ANNUALLY?

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MS. JACKSON: I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT.

MR. GOODELL: BUT WE ARE TALKING SEVERAL BILLION,

RIGHT?

MS. JACKSON: I WOULD ASSUME SO.

MR. GOODELL: YEAH. AND I NOTE THAT THE

AUTHORIZATION TO DO EMERGENCY, TO DO BORROWING WITHOUT GOING THROUGH

A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS STARTED IN 1975, THE FINANCIAL EMERGENCY

ACT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TEMPORARY

BECAUSE NEW YORK CITY WAS IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS. IS NEW YORK CITY

STILL IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS?

MS. JACKSON: YEAH, SO THE -- THE BILL EXTENDS THE

ABILITY TO MORE EASILY MARKET ITS BONDS AND NOTES, AND UTILIZE MODERN

FINANCING TECHNIQUES BECAUSE OF THAT -- THAT REASON. SO YES.

MR. GOODELL: SO IT'S BEEN NOW 45 YEARS SINCE

NEW YORK CITY HAS BEEN IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS. DO THEY HAVE ANY PLANS

TO ADDRESS THAT FINANCIAL CRISIS ANY TIME WITHIN OUR LIFETIME?

MS. JACKSON: I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER

THAT QUESTION BUT I DON'T -- I WOULD -- I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY ARE

WORKING TOWARDS THAT. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON

EXTENDING THE BILL AS IS.

MR. GOODELL: I SEE. AS YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER

MUNICIPALITY ACROSS NEW YORK STATE THAT IS NOT IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS

SELLS THEIR BONDS IN A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS. THEY DO SO BECAUSE

THEY KNOW THAT BY DOING A COMPETITIVE BID THEY'LL GET THE BEST PRICE,

THE BEST INTEREST RATE, THE BEST TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IS THERE A REASON

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WHY NEW YORK CITY CANNOT OR SHOULD NOT USE A COMPETITIVE BID

PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT IT GETS THE BEST INTEREST RATE, TERMS, AND

CONDITIONS ON ITS BONDS?

MS. JACKSON: I MEAN, WITHOUT THIS LEGISLATION,

THOUGH, NEW YORK CITY WOULD NOT HAVE AS MUCH ACCESS TO CREDIT

MARKETS. THESE PROVISIONS HELP ENSURE NEW YORK CITY CAN CONTAIN ITS

(INAUDIBLE/MIC CUT OUT) OBLIGATIONS DURING BOTH STABLE AND DIFFICULT

TIMES TO UNDERTAKE THE NECESSARY CAPITAL PROJECTS.

MR. GOODELL: WELL, I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF NEW

YORK, BACK IN 1975 WHEN IT WAS FACING BANKRUPTCY, WAS VERY

CONCERNED THAT ANYONE WOULD BID ON THEIR BONDS. HAVE THEY HAD ANY

BOND SALES IN THE LAST, SAY, 40 YEARS WHERE THEY'VE HAD TO POSTPONE THE

BOND SALE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO BUY THEIR BONDS?

MS. JACKSON: ONE SECOND.

(PAUSE)

SO THEY HAVE NOT, BUT IT GIVES THEM THE OPTION AND THE

FLEXIBILITY.

MR. GOODELL: I'M SORRY, I -- THEY HAVE NOT HAD A

PROBLEM, BUT WHAT WAS YOUR COMMENT? I -- I JUST DIDN'T CATCH IT.

MS. JACKSON: RIGHT. SO THEY HAVE NOT HAD THAT

ISSUE, BUT IT GIVES THEM THE FLEXIBILITY.

MR. GOODELL: I SEE. NOW, ONE OF THE PRIMARY

REASONS WHY WE REQUIRE COMPETITIVE BIDDING ALL ACROSS NEW YORK

STATE NOT JUST FOR BONDS, BUT FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING, IS TO ALSO AVOID

FRAUD OR COLLUSION OR FAVORITISM. IS THERE A REASON WHY WE WOULDN'T

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WANT TO PREVENT FRAUD OR COLLUSION OR FAVORITISM IN THE SALE OF NEW

YORK CITY BONDS?

MS. JACKSON: WELL, WE -- THE COMPTROLLER IS STILL

INVOLVED, SO I DON'T -- WE DON'T SEE THAT AS NECESSARILY AN ISSUE BECAUSE

WE STILL HAVE OVERSIGHT.

MR. GOODELL: WELL, THE STATE COMPTROLLER HAS TO

SIGN OFF ON EVERY CONTRACT INVOLVING THE EXPENDITURE OF STATE MONEY

RIGHT, EVEN THOSE THAT ARE COMPETITIVELY BID?

MS. JACKSON: IT'S -- IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS,

THOUGH.

MR. GOODELL: AND HAS THE STATE COMPTROLLER

RENDERED AN OPINION RECOMMENDING THAT WE ELIMINATE COMPETITIVE

BIDDING IN THE NEW YORK CITY BOND MARKET?

(PAUSE)

MS. JACKSON: OKAY. SO THIS IS STANDARD IN

SITUATIONS AND IT PROVIDES ANOTHER OPTION. IT'S A PRETTY STANDARD

PROCEDURE.

MR. GOODELL: I SEE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS.

JACKSON.

ON THE BILL, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: ON THE BILL, MR.

GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: NEW YORK CITY ISSUES BILLIONS OF

DOLLARS IN BONDS EVERY YEAR. AND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH BILLIONS OF

DOLLARS IN BONDS, A VERY SMALL DIFFERENCE IN INTEREST RATE CAN MAKE

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SOMEBODY AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY. AND THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO

REPAY THE FAVOR OF BEING ABLE TO BUY THOSE BONDS WITHOUT HAVING FACING

ANY COMPETITION THROUGH A -- TO A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS. WE HAVE

COMPETITIVE BIDDING -- THINK ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING

FOR CONTRACTS THAT ARE LESS -- THAT INVOLVE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A

MILLION; YET, WE'RE WAIVING COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR THESE CONTRACTS THAT

INVOLVE NOT A QUARTER OF A MILLION, BUT BILLIONS WITH A B, WHERE THE

OPPORTUNITY FOR FRAUD AND COLLUSION AND ABUSE IS UNCHECKED, AND

WHERE THE PREMARKET PRESSURES FOR COMPETITION ARE NOT IN PLAY

ANYMORE, AND WHERE WE DON'T HAVE COMPETITION TO KEEP THE INTEREST

RATES AS LOW AS POSSIBLE AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS BEST AS

POSSIBLE.

AND THESE PROVISIONS CAME INTO EFFECT IN 1975 ON A

TEMPORARY BASIS. WELL MY FRIENDS, MAYBE AFTER 47 YEARS IT'S TIME TO

REQUIRE NEW YORK CITY TO ENGAGE IN AN OPEN, PUBLIC COMPETITIVE BID

REQUIREMENT FOR ITS BONDS TO ENSURE THAT NEW YORK CITY IS GETTING THE

BEST INTEREST RATE AND THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY FRAUD OR COLLUSION OR

FAVORITISM, AND THAT THESE BILLION DOLLAR TRANSACTIONS AREN'T NEGOTIATED

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS OUTSIDE OF THE VIEW OF THE PUBLIC.

SO IT IS TIME TO END THIS PROCESS AND RETURN NEW YORK

CITY INTO THE FOLD OF THE REST OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WHEN IT COMES

TO MEETING BASIC RESTRICTIONS THAT ENSURE FAIRNESS, EQUITY, AND THE BEST

PRICE FOR THE TAXPAYERS. FOR THAT REASON, I'LL OPPOSE IT AND RECOMMEND

THE SAME TO MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: THANK YOU, MR.

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GOODELL.

READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY BILL 7398. THIS IS A PARTY VOTE. ANY

MEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE CONFERENCE

POSITION IS REMINDED TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE

NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. THE REPUBLICAN

CONFERENCE IS GENERALLY OPPOSED TO THIS LEGISLATION, BUT THOSE WHO

SUPPORT IT ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE MINORITY LEADER'S OFFICE SO WE

CAN PROPERLY RECORD YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: THANK YOU, MR.

GOODELL.

MS. HYNDMAN.

MS. HYNDMAN: I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND MY

COLLEAGUES THAT THIS IS A PARTY VOTE. MAJORITY MEMBERS WILL BE

RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE -- AFFIRMATIVE. IF THERE ARE ANY EXCEPTIONS,

I ASK MAJORITY MEMBERS TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY LEADER'S OFFICE WHERE

YOUR -- AT THE PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED NUMBER AND YOUR NAME WILL BE

ANNOUNCED ACCORDINGLY.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: THANK YOU, MS.

HYNDMAN.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

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MR. RODRIGUEZ TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR THE

OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. I'D JUST LIKE TO LET THE RECORD SHOW

THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONNOTATION THAT THE CITY OF NEW

YORK BOND TRANSACTIONS ARE POTENTIALLY RIPE FOR FRAUD AND FOR LACK OF

COMPETITION. AND I IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I KNOW THAT TO NOT -- TO

BE FURTHER THAN -- FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. THE NEGOTIATED PROCESS FOR

THE CITY OF NEW YORK ALLOWS THEM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE AHEAD WITH

MULTI-DAY RETAIL ORDER PERIODS THAT ALLOW FOR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF

DOLLARS WORTH OF BONDS TO BE PLACED WITH RETAIL INVESTORS AND -- AND

THAT PROVIDES MORE TRANSPARENCY AND MORE EFFECTIVE PRICING THAN JUST

THE COMPETITIVE PURCHASE THAT WAS DONE STRICTLY BY AN UNDERWRITER.

SO WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DO NOT NECESSARILY

GET A BETTER PRICE. AND THIS NOTION THAT THERE'S A LACK OF COMPETITION

WHEN YOU HAVE A SYNDICATE WHERE EVERY TRANSACTION, A LEAD

UNDERWRITER IS COMPETING, YOU KNOW, COMPETING AS PART OF THE

SYNDICATE TO BE THE LEAD MANAGER ALLOWS FOR THAT COMPETITION AMONGST

THE -- THE LARGE SYNDICATE THAT THE CITY HAS TO BE ABLE TO GET FAIR PRICING,

GOOD PRICING, CONSISTENT PRICING, AND BE ABLE TO ALLOW A VARIETY OF

INVESTORS TO PARTICIPATE IN A WAY THAT IS -- OCCURS BEYOND JUST A

COMPETITIVE SALE.

SO I SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND THE FLEXIBILITY THAT IT

ALLOWS THE CITY TO DO KNOWING THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO TRANSACTIONS

IN DIFFICULT MARKET CONDITIONS, CERTAINLY DURING THIS PANDEMIC, DURING

THE LAST FINANCIAL CRISIS, AND HAVE MANAGED THAT FLEXIBILITY WELL. SO AS

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A RESULT, I'LL BE VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES

TO DO THE SAME. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: MR. RODRIGUEZ

IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

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. A07656, RULES REPORT

NO. 151, L. ROSENTHAL. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 436 OF THE LAWS OF

1997, CONSTITUTING THE WELFARE REFORM ACT OF 1997, IN RELATION TO

EXTENDING THE CURRENT EXEMPTIONS OF INCOME AND RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC

ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: AN EXPLANATION

IS REQUESTED.

MS. ROSENTHAL: THIS BILL WOULD EXTEND FOR TWO

YEARS THE CURRENT INCOME AND RESOURCE EXEMPTIONS TO ENSURE THAT

FAMILIES WILL NOT HAVE TO DIVEST THEMSELVES OF CERTAIN RESOURCES IN

ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: MR. SIMPSON.

MR. SIMPSON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WOULD

THE SPONSOR YIELD FOR A FEW QUESTIONS?

ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: WILL THE

SPONSOR YIELD?

MS. ROSENTHAL: YES.

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ACTING SPEAKER MCDONALD: THE SPONSOR

YIELDS.

MR. SIMPSON: THANK YOU. I -- I'D LIKE TO START OUT

WITH ASKING, JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE HAVE TO DO THIS EXTENSION

EVERY TWO YEARS; IS -- IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT?

MS. ROSENTHAL: WELL, WE HAVE TO DO IT THIS YEAR

BECAUSE WE EXTENDED IT FOR TWO YEARS AND IT'S NOW EXPIRING, WHICH IS

WHY WE HAVE TO EXTEND IT NOW.

MR. SIMPSON: SO I REALIZE THAT, BUT IT'S BEEN

EXTENDED EVERY TWO YEARS FOR QUITE AWHILE, I THINK NOW GOING BACK TO

2001, AND I JUST WONDERED WHAT THE REASONING BEHIND THAT IS.

MS. ROSENTHAL: WELL, THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR

CARRYING THE BILL. I MIGHT IMAGINE THAT THE NUMBER CHANGED SO THAT'S

WHY WE GIVE IT IN TWO YEAR INCREMENTS BECAUSE SOME OF THE NUMBERS

INVOLVED MIGHT CHANGE.

MR. SIMPSON: OKAY. SO I'D LIKE TO START OUT AND --

AND KIND OF GO OVER WHAT ACTUALLY -- WHAT RESOURCES PEOPLE ARE

ACTUALLY ENTITLED TO HAVE UNDER THIS EXTENSION. YOU KNOW, SO IT STARTS

OUT WITH $2,000 IN CASH, $3,000 IF THERE'S A FAMILY MEMBER OVER 60

YEARS OF AGE, AND THERE'S A SEPARATE ACCOUNT UP TO $4,650 USED TO

PURCHASE A VEHICLE OR REPLACE A VEHICLE FOR WORK OR EDUCATION; AM I

CORRECT ON THAT?

MS. ROSENTHAL: I BELIEVE IT'S $4,600 TO BUY OR

REPLACE A CAR.

MR. SIMPSON: WELL, IT SAYS $4,650 HERE IN THE --

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MS. ROSENTHAL: OKAY.

MR. SIMPSON: (INAUDIBLE)

MS. ROSENTHAL: OKAY. WELL -- OKAY.

MR. SIMPSON: THEN THERE'S AN AMOUNT UP TO

$1,400 IN ANOTHER SEPARATE BANK ACCOUNT EXCLUSIVELY FOR TUITION.

MS. ROSENTHAL: CORRECT.

MR. SIMPSON: THEY COULD HAVE A PRIMARY

RESIDENCE.

MS. ROSENTHAL: MM-HMM. WE HOPE SO.

MR. SIMPSON: CAN THEY HAVE A SECONDARY

RESIDENCE?

MS. ROSENTHAL: WELL, IF THEY DO, THEY HAVE TO

SELL IT.

MR. SIMPSON: OKAY. I WANT TO COME BACK TO THAT

IN A MINUTE. AND THEN AUTOMOBILES, WHICH IS SOMETHING NEW THAT I -- I

JUST NOTICED HERE, UP TO $10,000 FAIR MARKET VALUE AND THEN, YOU KNOW,

THAT'S FOR A PERIOD THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 AND IT GOES UP TO $11-, BUT

THEN AT THE END AFTER APRIL 1ST, 2018 IT WAS CHANGED TO ALLOW THE LOCAL

SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT TO INCREASE IT TO ANY AMOUNT THEY WANT; AM I

CORRECT ON THAT, OR...

MS. ROSENTHAL: I THINK THE SOCIAL SERVICE

DISTRICT WOULD INCREASE IT DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH CARS COST IN THAT

AREA. SO IT'S -- BUT IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT TRUE THAT THEY CAN DO IT. I BELIEVE

IT'S ONLY UP TO $12,000.

MR. SIMPSON: OKAY. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER

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ACCOUNT THAT CAN BE SET UP, IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT

TOWARDS A PURCHASE OF A HOME. SO I'M WONDERING, IF YOU OWN A HOME,

ARE YOU STILL ALLOWED TO HAVE ANOTHER ACCOUNT WITH CASH IN IT TO MAYBE

WORK TOWARDS A SECOND HOME AND STILL FALL UNDER THIS EXTENSION AND

RECEIVE BENEFITS?

MS. ROSENTHAL: I'M CHECKING THAT. NO.

MR. SIMPSON: SO HOW -- WITH ALL THESE ACCOUNTS

THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT OR THAT I'M BRINGING UP THAT'S SPELLED OUT IN THIS

LEGISLATION, HOW DO WE KEEP TRACK OF ALL THIS? I MEAN, THIS SOUNDS LIKE

IT'S -- I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT.

MS. ROSENTHAL: ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE

PERSON WHO HAS THE ACCOUNTS?

MR. SIMPSON: YES. I MEAN, YOU COULD -- YOU

COULD ACTUALLY ACCUMULATE QUITE A BIT OF CASH BY FOLLOWING ALL THESE

INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS IF YOU WERE -- YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE A 529 FOR

YOUR COLLEGE EDUCATION, WHICH IS A GREAT THING. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU

TOTAL ALL THESE UP THAT'S -- I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD MANAGE...

MS. ROSENTHAL: WELL, THAT'S -- THAT'S WHERE THE

SOCIAL SERVICE DISTRICT COMES IN. AND WHEN YOU RECERTIFY, ALL OF THAT IS

EXAMINED.

MR. SIMPSON: OKAY. SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT

SECOND HOME. IF -- I -- I BELIEVE THEY HAVE SIX MONTHS TO SELL IT.

MS. ROSENTHAL: RIGHT.

MR. SIMPSON: SO IF THEY DO SELL IT, IN FACT, AND IT

COULD BE A HOUSE IN, YOU KNOW, PICK A PLACE, MAYBE DOWN ON LONG

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ISLAND OR SOMEWHERE, I THINK I SAW A REFERENCE TO SOMEBODY WHO WAS

CAUGHT DOING THAT AT ONE POINT. HOW DO YOU -- WOULD THEY OWE THOSE

BENEFITS BACK, OR WOULD THEY PAY THOSE BENEFITS BACK OUT OF THE SALE OF

THAT HOME?

MS. ROSENTHAL: THEY HAVE SIX MONTHS TO SELL THE

HOME, AND I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE.

MR. SIMPSON: WELL, I -- I'M NOT SURE. I -- I DON'T

THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW --

MS. ROSENTHAL: I MEAN, YOU HAVE -- YOU HAVE

ONE -- ONE ANECDOTE, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY ARE VERY POOR.

MR. SIMPSON: SO WHY WOULD WE EVEN HAVE THAT IN

THERE THEN IF IT'S NOT EVEN -- I MEAN, IF IT'S SO FEW, WHY WOULD WE

INCLUDE THAT OPTION IN THERE? BECAUSE I THINK THERE -- THERE ARE, YOU

KNOW, REPORTS, THERE'S EXAMPLES OF, IN THE PAST, ABUSE THAT HAS

HAPPENED.

MS. ROSENTHAL: WELL, THERE'S ABUSE IN EVERY

PROGRAM, FIRST OF ALL; HOWEVER, IF SOMEONE REALLY HAS ALL THAT MONEY,

THEY WON'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE

WORKED THEIR ENTIRE LIVES TO SAVE UP SOME MONEY. AND, YOU KNOW, IF

THEY CAN'T SELL IT WITHIN THE SIX MONTHS THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN THEY WON'T

BE ELIGIBLE. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS HAPPENS WITH FARMERS, IT HAPPENS

WITH ALL MANNER OF PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

MR. SIMPSON: RIGHT. SO IF A PURCHASE -- IF A

PERSON -- WE'LL JUST HYPOTHETICALLY SAY A PERSON IS RECEIVING BENEFITS,

THEY HAVE THESE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE SPELLED OUT IN THIS LEGISLATION,

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THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STAYING WITHIN THE -- THE BENEFITS GUIDELINE

HERE AND THEY HAVE A SECOND HOME. DOES THAT PERSON RECEIVE THE SAME

AMOUNT OF BENEFITS AS THE PERSON THAT IS RENTING, STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT,

MAYBE END UP ON -- I MEAN, IS THERE A RATIO, IS THERE SOME KIND OF TABLE

THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAKES SURE -- ENSURES THAT THOSE PEOPLE AT THE

BOTTOM WERE RECEIVING THE PROPER AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE SO THAT, YOU

KNOW, WE CAN KEEP THEM OUT OF -- YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE A BETTER

PLACE FOR THEM? GET THEM ON THEIR FEET.

MS. ROSENTHAL: WELL, THAT'S WHY WE ALLOW THEM

TO HAVE CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE A -- LIKE A HOME AND A CAR IF --

BUT IF THEY HAVE A SECOND HOME AND THEY DON'T SELL IT, THEN THEY WILL BE

KICKED OFF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

MR. SIMPSON: WELL, I THINK THE QUESTION I HAD WAS

DO THEY RECEIVE -- DO THE PEOPLE AT THE TOP --

MS. ROSENTHAL: YES, I'M SORRY -- I'M SORRY, I

WENT OVER THAT. IF THEY SELL IT AND THEY MAKE ANYTHING FROM THAT SALE,

THEN THEIR BENEFIT IS REDUCED.

MR. SIMPSON: NO. AGAIN, WHAT I'M SAYING IS DOES

THAT PERSON THAT HAS THESE ACCOUNTS ESTABLISHED, HAS, I DON'T KNOW,

MAYBE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN THE BANK UNDER THESE DIFFERENT,

YOU KNOW, CHECKING ACCOUNTS THAT ARE ALLOWED AND THEY HAVE A SECOND

HOME AND THEY'VE GOT IT UP FOR SALE, ARE THEY RECEIVING THE SAME BENEFIT

LEVEL AS THE PERSON THAT DOESN'T HAVE ALL THIS, DOESN'T HAVE ANY CASH IN

THE BANK, THAT HAS A FAMILY?

MS. ROSENTHAL: THE BENEFIT IS BASED ON INCOME,

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BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT PEOPLE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE DO NOT HAVE TENS

OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO

ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, THEY ARE FAR BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL

SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OF -- THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE

REFERRING TO DON'T REALLY EXIST.

MR. SIMPSON: OKAY. SO WELL, I'M -- I'M JUST USING

THE INFORMATION THAT'S CONTAINED IN THIS LEGISLATION AND IF YOU TOTAL IT UP

WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS, IT CERTAINLY COULD BE.

MS. ROSENTHAL: BUT IT'S NOT. NO, IT COULDN'T BE

BECAUSE THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. AND, YOU

KNOW, YOU DO WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE -- TO BE ABLE TO BUILD UP SOME

ASSETS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOREVER, AND

NEITHER DO WE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE -- WE STRIKE A BALANCE HERE.

MR. SIMPSON: I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. AND THANK

YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, I DO WANT TO

SEE THOSE PEOPLE THAT -- THAT REALLY TRULY NEED THESE BENEFITS RECEIVE

THEM AND -- AND NOT NEED THEM IN THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU.

MS. ROSENTHAL: THANK YOU.

MR. SIMPSON: MR. SPEAKER, ON THE BILL.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, SIR.

MR. SIMPSON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. YOU

KNOW, WE JUST HEARD WHAT THE CURRENT -- WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO

IS EXTEND THIS CURRENT BENEFIT EXEMPTION -- OR THE RESOURCE EXEMPTIONS

FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. AND WE JUST HEARD WHERE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING

IS INCOME BASED. WELL, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PART OF OUR POPULATION

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CALLED THE WORKING POOR. IT'S MAYBE A MOTHER WITH SEVERAL CHILDREN

AND, YOU KNOW, HER HUSBAND OR HER SIGNIFICANT OTHER THAT ARE WORKING

MULTIPLE JOBS, TWO AND THREE JOBS. I SEE IT A LOT IN THE NORTH COUNTRY.

AND -- AND THEY'RE JUST ONE CAR BREAKDOWN AWAY FROM BEING ABLE TO

MAKE THEIR ENDS MEET. WELL, THEY'RE WORKING. THEY'RE WORKING

MULTIPLE JOBS. BUT THIS ALLOWS FOR SOMEONE TO POTENTIALLY HAVE

NUMEROUS BANK ACCOUNTS AND ALSO HAVE A SECOND HOME.

MS. ROSENTHAL: NO.

MR. SIMPSON: EVEN IF THEY HAVE A REQUIREMENT OF

SELLING IT WITHIN THE SIX MONTHS, AND I REALLY THINK THE BALANCE IS -- IS

NOT THERE IN THIS. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS FOCUS THOSE RESOURCES TOWARDS

THOSE PEOPLE THAT TRULY NEED IT. I WOULD HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME

COMING TO MY SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE IF

I HAD A SECOND HOME AND HAD A LOT OF CASH. I WOULD HOPEFULLY SOLVE

THAT PROBLEM LONG BEFORE I GOT TO THAT POINT.

SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I CAN'T SUPPORT THE EXTENSION OF

THIS. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A PROGRAM THAT WORKS. JUST BY

THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO EXTEND THIS EVERY TWO YEARS AND ADJUST THE

NUMBERS SHOWS THAT MAYBE IT'S NOT WORKING OR IT'S -- IT'S INCREASING, IT'S

NOT DECREASING. SO I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO EVALUATE IT AND ENSURE THAT

THE TAXPAYERS ARE FAIRLY REPRESENTED IN THIS AND ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE

RECEIVING THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TRULY RECEIVE THAT BENEFIT, GET THEIR FEET

ON AND MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MR. GOODELL.

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MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. WOULD THE SPONSOR

YIELD?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. ROSENTHAL, WILL

YOU YIELD?

MS. ROSENTHAL: YES, I WILL.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. ROSENTHAL YIELDS.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MS. ROSENTHAL. MY

COLLEAGUE AND YOU WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT YOU COULD BE

ELIGIBLE IF THIS BILL PASSES AND STILL BE ABLE TO COLLECT WELFARE. WHAT'S

THE TOTAL VALUE OF WHAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO OWN AND STILL BE ABLE TO

COLLECT WELFARE?

MS. ROSENTHAL: SAY IT AGAIN, I'M SORRY.

MR. GOODELL: CERTAINLY. WHAT IS THE TOTAL VALUE

OF MONEY AND ASSETS THAT YOU COULD OWN IF WE ADOPT THIS LEGISLATION

AND STILL BE ABLE TO COLLECT WELFARE BENEFITS?

MS. ROSENTHAL: YOU DON'T, I DON'T REALLY THINK

WE CALL IT WELFARE ANYMORE, BUT THE TOTAL NUMBER IS $20,500.

MR. GOODELL: AND THAT'S IN TERMS OF CASH, RIGHT,

OR VEHICLES COMBINED?

MS. ROSENTHAL: IT'S TOTAL ASSETS EQUAL TO THAT

NUMBER.

MR. GOODELL: BUT YOU CAN HAVE A HOUSE OF

UNLIMITED VALUE AND STILL BE ELIGIBLE, CORRECT?

MS. ROSENTHAL: WELL, WOULD YOU RATHER

SOMEONE NOT HAVE A HOUSE?

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MR. GOODELL: NO, I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION.

AM I CORRECT YOU COULD HAVE A HOUSE OF UNLIMITED VALUE?

MS. ROSENTHAL: YES.

MR. GOODELL: AND YOU COULD HAVE A SECOND

HOME ALSO WITHOUT ANY LIMITATION ON VALUE, CORRECT?

MS. ROSENTHAL: YOU CANNOT HAVE A SECOND

HOME. YOU MUST SELL IT WITHIN SIX MONTHS OR YOUR BENEFITS ARE TAKEN

AWAY OR REDUCED.

MR. GOODELL: BUT DURING THAT SIX MONTHS, YOU

COULD OWN A SECOND HOME OF UNLIMITED VALUE, CORRECT?

MS. ROSENTHAL: YOU HAVE TO SELL THAT HOME.

MR. GOODELL: AND DURING THE SIX MONTHS THAT

YOU LIST IT FOR SALE, YOU'RE STILL ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS, CORRECT?

MS. ROSENTHAL: YOU ARE, BUT YOU HAVE TO -- YOU

HAVE TO GET RID OF IT OR ELSE YOU WON'T COLLECT BENEFITS.

MR. GOODELL: AND DURING THAT SIX MONTHS, THERE'S

NO LIMIT ON THE VALUE OF YOUR SECOND HOME, CORRECT?

MS. ROSENTHAL: YOU KNOW, DISTRICTS WILL HAVE TO

PAY SHELTER ALLOWANCE, SO --

MR. GOODELL: I UNDERSTAND. I'M JUST ASKING --

THIS IS REALLY A YES OR NO QUESTION. IS THERE A LIMIT ON THE VALUE OF THE

SECOND HOUSE?

MS. ROSENTHAL: I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE GETTING

AT. IF YOU HAVE A SECOND HOUSE, YOU HAVE TO SELL IT SO IT DOES NO GOOD

FOR YOU.

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MR. GOODELL: I SEE. BUT THE STATUTE DOES NOT SAY

YOU CAN OWN A SECOND HOUSE FOR SIX MONTHS IF THE VALUE OF THE HOUSE IS

LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILLION OR ANY DOLLAR AMOUNT, CORRECT? THAT'S

NOT IN THE LANGUAGE OF THIS BILL.

MS. ROSENTHAL: IT'S NOT NECESSARY.

MR. GOODELL: I SEE. NOW, THIS PROVIDES THAT YOU

CAN HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, A VEHICLE THAT'S WORTH $12,000, PLUS AN

ADDITIONAL $4,600 IN A VEHICLE FUND. WHAT HAPPENS IF A PUBLIC

ASSISTANT RECIPIENT TAKES THAT $4,600 AND DRIVES THEIR THOUSAND --

$12,000 VEHICLE ON VACATION? WHAT IS THE SANCTION? DO THEY THEN

HAVE TO REPAY ALL THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS THEY GOT IN THE

MEANTIME IF THEY USED THAT CASH FOR AN INAPPROPRIATE OR UNAPPROVED

PURPOSE?

MS. ROSENTHAL: AS YOU MAY KNOW, IF THEY TAKE

THAT MONEY THEN THEIR BENEFIT IS REDUCED. AND I MIGHT ADD THAT PEOPLE

WITH DISABILITIES SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON THEIR VEHICLE, BUT BECAUSE

THIS PROGRAM IS TIGHTLY REGULATED, BENEFIT IS REDUCED IF THEY

INAPPROPRIATELY SPEND THE MONEY.

MR. GOODELL: SO MY QUESTION THEN IS IF THEY TAKE

THE $4,600 CASH THAT THEY PUT ASIDE TO BUY A NEW VEHICLE AND INSTEAD

USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE LIKE A VACATION, DOES THAT MEAN THEN THEY LOSE

THEIR ELIGIBILITY, OR ARE THEY FINED?

MS. ROSENTHAL: THEIR BENEFIT WOULD BE REDUCED

IF THEY INAPPROPRIATELY SPEND THE MONEY.

MR. GOODELL: WOULD IT BE ELIMINATED?

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MS. ROSENTHAL: THE BENEFIT WOULD BE REDUCED.

IT COULD BE ELIMINATED BASED ON THE NUMBERS, BUT IT DEFINITELY WOULD BE

REDUCED; HOWEVER, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TAKE VACATION IN THE WAY YOU SEEM TO DESCRIBE IT.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A MOTHER WITH TWO CHILDREN WORKING FULL-TIME AT

MINIMUM WAGE MAKES TOO MUCH MONEY TO QUALIFY FOR PUBLIC

ASSISTANCE. YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE VERY POOR TO QUALIFY.

MR. GOODELL: RIGHT. BUT I MEAN, UNDER THIS BILL

YOU COULD HAVE, AS YOU POINT OUT, $20,000 IN CASH AND A VEHICLE AND

TWO HOMES WITHOUT ANY STATUTORY LIMIT IN VALUE. THAT'S NOT THE PERSON

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHO IS REALLY WORKING HARD AND BARELY MAKING IT,

RIGHT?

MS. ROSENTHAL: WELL, YOU'RE MISCONSTRUING OR

MISCOMMUNICATING ABOUT THE SECOND HOME. IF THEY HAVE A SECOND

HOME, THEY HAVE TO SELL IT WITHIN SIX MONTHS AND THEN THEIR BENEFIT

MIGHT BE REDUCED, AS WELL.

MR. GOODELL: AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY SELL

IT? DO THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE MONEY FROM THE SALE AND PAY BACK THE

TAXPAYERS FOR THE ASSISTANCE THEY RECEIVED IN THE PRIOR SIX MONTHS, OR

CAN THEY JUST POCKET IT?

MS. ROSENTHAL: YOU KNOW, I THINK -- JUST TO

REFRAIN THIS, THE PERSON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SOMEONE WHO HAS

WORKED THEIR ENTIRE LIFE, THEY'VE SAVED FOR RETIREMENT AND MAYBE

THEY'VE HAD AN INJURY. THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE MONEY FROM THE SALE AND

THEY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT THEN.

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MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS.

ROSENTHAL. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

MS. ROSENTHAL: YOU'RE WELCOME.

MR. GOODELL: MR. SPEAKER, ON THE BILL.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, MR.

GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: EVERY ONE OF US IN THIS CHAMBER

WANT TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE DOWN ON THEIR LUCK GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.

WE ALL WANT TO DO THAT. WE'RE ALSO AWARE THAT FOR MANY OF OUR LOCAL

GOVERNMENTS, THE COST OF THESE PROGRAMS ACCOUNTS FOR A SUBSTANTIAL

PORTION OF THEIR TAX LEVY. AND SO WE TRY TO BALANCE OUR DESIRE TO HELP

PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE DOWN AND OUT, WITH THE COST TO

EVERYONE WHO ACTUALLY IS WORKING A SECOND JOB AND STRUGGLING TO PAY

THEIR PROPERTY TAXES AND KEEP THEIR HOUSE FROM GOING INTO FORECLOSURE.

SO THAT'S THE BALANCING ACT. AND I JOIN WITH MY COLLEAGUE QUESTIONING

WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS THE RIGHT BALANCING ACT.

IF VERY, VERY FEW PEOPLE OWN A SECOND HOME, MAYBE

WE SHOULDN'T ALLOW THEM TO AND STILL QUALIFY FOR TAX-FUNDED BENEFITS.

LET'S JUST TAKE THAT OUT, LET'S CLEAN THIS UP. RATHER THAN HAVING ALL THESE

SEPARATE BANK ACCOUNTS AND IF YOU WANT TO MAXIMIZE YOUR ABILITY TO

KEEP CASH, YOU'D HAVE A HALF DOZEN BANK ACCOUNTS. YOU'D HAVE MORE

BANK ACCOUNTS THAN MOST ACCOUNTANTS. AND LET'S JUST STREAMLINE IT, PUT

IN WHAT'S REASONABLE AND FOCUS ON HOW WE CAN HELP PEOPLE MAKE THAT

TRANSITION. AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE SPONSOR, OUR CHALLENGE IS TO

HELP PEOPLE GET ON THEIR FEET AND MOVE FORWARD SO THAT THEY CAN

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MAXIMIZE THEIR POTENTIAL AND DO SO IN A WAY THAT'S FAIR TO BOTH THEM

AND THE TAXPAYERS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK THIS LEGISLATION

STRIKES THE RIGHT BALANCE AND SO I'LL JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN OPPOSING IT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. ROSENTHAL ON THE

BILL.

MS. ROSENTHAL: ON THE BILL. I'D JUST LIKE TO CLEAR

UP SOME MISCONCEPTIONS. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY

POOR. MOST PEOPLE WOULD RATHER NOT BE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND

WOULD RATHER HAVE ENOUGH MONEY SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN

SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY. THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL FOR A FAMILY

OF THREE IS $21,960. IF A PERSON HAS WORKED THEIR ENTIRE LIFE AND THEN

FALLS ON HARD TIMES AND NEEDS TO GO ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, DO WE WANT TO

WIPE OUT EVERYTHING THEY'VE SAVED DURING THEIR LIFETIME? IF RECIPIENTS

ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ACCUMULATE SOME SAVINGS AND RESOURCES SO THAT THEY

CAN BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THEY'D BE ELIGIBLE AND

WOULD NEED PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOREVER. THIS BILL STRIKES A VERY

IMPORTANT BALANCE. IT LETS PEOPLE ACCUMULATE FUNDING FOR THINGS LIKE

FUNERALS, TUITION, CARS SO THEY CAN GET TO THEIR JOB. THE SAVINGS DO NOT

ENRICH THEM. THEY ARE LIMITED AND IF THEY GO ABOVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT,

THEIR BENEFITS WILL BE REDUCED.

I THINK THE REASON THAT WE EXTEND THIS PROGRAM EVERY

TWO YEARS, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD AND FAIR PROGRAM AND THAT IS WHY I'LL

BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF IT. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE HOMELESS. THE

LAW IS ALREADY CONSTRUCTED IN A WAY WHERE PEOPLE ARE OFTEN TRAPPED IN

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POVERTY. THEY CAN NEVER EARN ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY GET OFF PUBLIC

ASSISTANCE, AND WE'RE WORKING ON CHANGING THAT, BUT IN THE MEANTIME,

THIS BILL IS NECESSARY AND I'LL BE VOTING FOR IT. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE ON ASSEMBLY PRINT 7656. THIS IS A PARTY VOTE. ANY MEMBER

WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE CONFERENCE POSITION

IS REMINDED TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS

PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. THE REPUBLICAN

CONFERENCE IS GENERALLY OPPOSED TO THIS LEGISLATION. THOSE WHO

SUPPORT IT ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE MINORITY LEADER'S OFFICE SO WE

CAN PROPERLY RECORD YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. HYNDMAN.

MS. HYNDMAN: I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND MY

COLLEAGUES THAT THIS IS A PARTY VOTE. MAJORITY MEMBERS WILL BE

RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. IF THERE ARE ANY EXCEPTIONS, MAJORITY

MEMBERS PLEASE CONTACT THE MAJORITY LEADER'S OFFICE AT THE PREVIOUSLY

-- AT THE NUMBER PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED AND YOUR NAMES WILL THEN -- WILL

BE ANNOUNCED ACCORDINGLY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: SO NOTED.

(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.

MS. HYNDMAN.

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

THANK YOU TO OUR COLLEAGUES. THE NEXT BILL NUMBER WILL BE CALENDAR

NO. 88 BY MR. GOTTFRIED.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. PAGE 10,

CALENDAR NO. 88, THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00191-A, CALENDAR

NO. 88, GOTTFRIED, REYES, PAULIN, SIMON, BARRON, STECK, EPSTEIN,

ENGLEBRIGHT, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, GALEF, ABINANTI, NOLAN, JACKSON,

MITAYNES, HEVESI, SOLAGES, L. ROSENTHAL, SAYEGH, GONZ�LEZ-ROJAS,

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

HEALTH EQUITY ASSESSMENTS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OR CONSTRUCTION OF A

HOSPITAL.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

ADVANCED. AN EXPLANATION IS REQUESTED, MR. GOTTFRIED.

MR. GOTTFRIED: CERTAINLY. MR. SPEAKER, THIS BILL

DEALS WITH A PROBLEM THAT I THINK THE VAST MAJORITY OF US HAVE FACED IN

OUR DISTRICTS AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, YOU'RE

PROBABLY GOING TO, WHICH IS HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

THAT EITHER PICK UP AND MOVE OR ARE ACQUIRED BY ANOTHER FACILITY AND

ARE DRAMATICALLY DOWNSIZED OR RESTRUCTURED OR REORGANIZED IN ONE WAY

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OR ANOTHER IN WAYS THAT VERY OFTEN ARE DETRIMENTAL TO THE COMMUNITY,

PARTICULARLY MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.

AND WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS IT'S -- IN SOME WAYS YOU

COULD ANALOGIZE IT TO -- TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. IT

REQUIRES THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE GETTING WHAT IN OUR LAW WE CALL A

CERTIFICATE OF NEED, WHICH IS WHAT YOU GET IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A

HOSPITAL, MOVE A HOSPITAL, CHANGE THE SIZE OF A HOSPITAL, HAVE YOUR

HOSPITAL MERGED WITH ANOTHER ONE OR BE TAKEN OVER BY ANOTHER ONE, ET

CETERA, THAT IF YOU'RE APPLYING FOR A CERTIFICATE OF NEED, YOU HAVE TO

FILE A HEALTH EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN THE BILL, THAT

WOULD ASSESS WHAT THE IMPACT OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT WILL BE ON THE

COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THE PARTS OF A COMMUNITY THAT ARE SPELLED OUT

IN THE BILL AS BEING ESSENTIALLY MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED, AT-RISK

POPULATIONS. AND THE BILL DOES NOT SAY -- DOES NOT SET A SUBSTANTIVE

STANDARD. IT DOESN'T SAY IF YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY HIGH

AND DRY OR A GOOD PART OF THE COMMUNITY HIGH AND DRY, YOU CAN'T DO

THAT. IT -- WHAT IT ONLY SAYS IS IF YOU'RE -- IS THAT WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING

TO BE DOING, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE AND PUT

THAT IN WRITING AND MAKE THAT PART OF YOUR APPLICATION, AND THAT THE --

THE HOSPITAL -- THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PLANNING COUNCIL AND THE

HEALTH COMMISSIONER, WHEN THEY ARE CONSIDERING YOUR APPLICATION

THEY SHOULD CONSIDER WHAT YOU HAVE PUT IN YOUR HEALTH IMPACT -- HEALTH

EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. BYRNE.

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

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SPONSOR YIELD FOR SOME QUESTIONS?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOTTFRIED, WILL

YOU YIELD?

MR. GOTTFRIED: CERTAINLY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOTTFRIED YIELDS,

SIR.

MR. BYRNE: THANK YOU. SO YOU MENTIONED I THINK

SOME OF THE JUSTIFICATIONS IN YOUR EXPLANATION FOR THIS LEGISLATION. AND

I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS, MERGERS,

CLOSURES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT YOU ALSO DIDN'T MENTION

CONSTRUCTION, AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT

JUST TALKING ABOUT A HOSPITAL -- HOSPITALS OR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES THAT

MAY BE MOVING, BUT ALSO THAT MAY BE LOOKING TO ADD AND CREATE NEW

FACILITIES AND PROJECTS. WOULD YOU -- WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, YES IT COVERS CONSTRUCTION,

IT SAYS THAT IN BLACK AND WHITE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE REALLY BUILDING

SOMETHING NEW, IF YOU'RE ADDING A WING, WHATEVER, CHANCES ARE YOUR

HEALTH EQUITY ASSESSMENT WILL BE A VERY GLOWING AND POSITIVE

DOCUMENT AND YOU'LL BE -- YOU'LL BE -- YOU'LL BE THANKFUL FOR THE

OPPORTUNITY TO FILE THAT PAPER. BUT SOMETIMES CONSTRUCTION, WHILE YOU

MIGHT THINK, WELL, YOU'RE BUILDING SOMETHING NEW, WHAT COULD BE

WRONG, SOMETIMES THAT CONSTRUCTION CAN BE PART OF A COMPLEX PROCESS

OR SOMETIMES AN ALL TOO SIMPLE PROCESS THAT IS ACTUALLY WITHDRAWING

RESOURCES FROM THE COMMUNITY. I THINK, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE AREA JUST

EAST OF MY DISTRICT, BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL BECAME PART OF THE MOUNT

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SINAI CHAIN, AND MOUNT SINAI DECIDED THAT IT MADE SENSE TO WITHDRAW

-- TO REMOVE A LOT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES FROM BETH ISRAEL AND MOVE

THEM TO THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, WHAT IN MANHATTAN WOULD BE REGARDED AS

A LONG DISTANCE, TWO OR THREE COMMUNITIES AWAY AND MOVE THOSE

SERVICES TO MOUNT SINAI'S MAIN BUILDING ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE. AND

AS PART OF THAT OPERATION, THEY ARE TEARING DOWN THE OLD BETH ISRAEL

BUILDING AND BUILDING A SMALLER -- A MUCH SMALLER BETH ISRAEL BUILDING

ABOUT A BLOCK OR TWO AWAY. NOW, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY THAT

IS A CONSTRUCTION. WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS IS PART OF MOVING SUBSTANTIAL

HEALTH CARE RESOURCES FROM THE COMMUNITY DOWN NEAR UNION SQUARE

AND MOVING IT WAY UPTOWN TO WHERE MOUNT SINAI IS UP -- WAY UP ON

THE UPPER EAST SIDE. NOW --

MR. BYRNE: THANK YOU. CHAIR, I'M NOT TRYING TO

INTERRUPT, I'M LOOKING AT THE TIME --

MR. GOTTFRIED: OKAY.

MR. BYRNE: -- AND I'M GOING TO BE DONE WITH MY

15 MINUTES BEFORE I GET TO MY SECOND QUESTION, SO THANK YOU. YOU DID

ANSWER IT, I UNDERSTAND CONSTRUCTION CAN MEAN MULTIPLE THINGS, BUT YOU

ALSO HIGHLIGHTED OBVIOUSLY THE GOOD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT COULD

HELP INCREASE HEALTH CARE CAPACITY AND INCREASE ACCESS, WHICH IS ALSO

ALREADY COVERED THROUGH OUR EXISTING CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROCESS; IS

THAT -- WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, YES AND NO. ACTUALLY,

ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON IN THE MOUNT SINAI/BETH ISRAEL

BUSINESS NEVER WENT THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PLANNING

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COUNCIL BECAUSE OF WHAT, IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORLD, IS CALLED

SEGMENTATION. THEY DIVIDED -- LIKE SLICING SALAMI, THEY DIVIDED THE

PROJECT INTO A WHOLE SERIES OF LITTLE THINGS, NONE OF WHICH WAS A BIG

ENOUGH THING TO REQUIRE FULL PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PLANNING

COUNCIL REVIEW, SO THERE NEVER REALLY WAS A -- A-- A FULL-BLOWN PUBLIC

ANALYSIS OF IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE HOW DO YOU BOIL A FROG, YOU

KNOW, YOU RAISE THE TEMPERATURE A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME AND BEFORE YOU

KNOW IT, OH MY GOODNESS, THE BETH ISRAEL WE KNEW IS GONE.

MR. BYRNE: BUT THAT WOULD -- THAT PROJECT NOW

WOULD, UNDER THIS BILL IF IT WERE TO BECOME LAW, WOULD BE SUBJECT TO

THIS HEALTH EQUITY ASSESSMENT.

MR. GOTTFRIED: YES, IT WOULD. IT WOULD NOT

CHANGE THE PROCESS THAT IT GOES THROUGH. IT -- IT WOULD PROBABLY STILL

NOT GO THROUGH THE FULL PHHPC REVIEW, BUT THE VARIOUS PIECES OF IT

WOULD EACH -- BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MOUNT SINAI DID IT, THEY WOULD EACH

BE AN APPLICATION AND EACH APPLICATION WOULD HAVE TO SAY WHAT IT'S

HEALTH EQUITY IMPACT WAS.

MR. BYRNE: OKAY. I DO WANT TO MOVE ON TO A

COUPLE -- I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE, CHAIRMAN. I NOTICED THAT THE BILL

WAS AMENDED FROM WHEN WE FIRST, I BELIEVE, REVIEWED IT IN THE HEALTH

COMMITTEE.

MR. GOTTFRIED: YES.

MR. BYRNE: CAN YOU HELP EXPLAIN THE JUSTIFICATION

FOR THE AMENDMENT? IT SEEMS THAT THERE WAS AN EXCEPTION INCLUDED?

MR. GOTTFRIED: YES, YES. WHAT THE AMENDMENT

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DOES IS IT EXEMPTS FROM THE HEALTH EQUITY ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENT ANY

APPLICATION BY WHAT THE LAW CALLS A DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTER,

WOULD COMMONLY BE CALLED A COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, AS LONG AS IT

DOES NOT INVOLVE A CHANGE IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THAT FACILITY. AND THE

REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THESE FACILITIES TEND TO BE VERY SMALL -- OH, AND

BY THE WAY, IT SAYS IT NOT ONLY HAS TO BE A DTC, BUT AT LEAST HALF OF ITS

PATIENT VOLUME HAS TO BE MEDICAID. SO THESE ARE ALMOST ALWAYS FAIRLY

SMALL FACILITIES. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM SERVE VERY POOR PEOPLE AND

EXCEPT WHEN A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP MIGHT BE INVOLVED, LIKE IF THEY'RE

BEING TAKEN OVER BY ONE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, BIGGER, WEALTHIER HOSPITALS,

THERE IS, YOU KNOW, ROUTINELY NO REAL HEALTH EQUITY ISSUE INVOLVED IN

THIS KIND OF FACILITY.

MR. BYRNE: OKAY. AND ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS

REGARDING THE NATURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS HEALTH EQUITY IMPACT

ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS IN ADDITION TO THE CON PROCESS. IT SAYS IN THE

BILL THAT IT SHALL BE PREPARED FOR THE APPLICANT BY AN INDEPENDENT

ENTITY AND INCLUDE THE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

EXPERTS, ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING EMPLOYEES OF THE APPLICANT,

STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AND RESIDENTS OF THE APPLICANT

SERVICE AREA. INDEPENDENT ENTITY. SO WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION THAT THE

HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE FACILITY IS NOW GOING TO HAVE TO CONTRACT OUT

WITH A CONSULTANT WHO IS GOING TO ENGAGE WITH ALL THESE OTHER FOLKS.

DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT COST --

MR. GOTTFRIED: YES.

MR. BYRNE: -- WILL BE TO THOSE FACILITIES AND WHAT

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THAT TYPE OF TIME FRAME WILL BE?

MR. GOTTFRIED: WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS FOR THE

HOSPITAL CEO TO TURN TO A MEMBER OF HIS OR HER STAFF AND SAY, YOU

KNOW, BOB OR JANE, WRITE ME A REPORT, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT THAT

WILL PRODUCE. WE WANT THEM AT LEAST TO GO TO AN OUTSIDE ENTITY AND

YES, I UNDERSTAND, I'M A GROWN-UP, I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU HIRE A

CONSULTANT, YOU ALMOST ALWAYS GET A REPORT THAT TELLS YOU WHAT YOU

WANT, BUT AT LEAST IT WOULD BE DONE BY SOMEBODY IN THE BUSINESS OF

DOING THAT AND HAVE A MODICUM OF SEPARATION FROM YOUR OWN

OPERATION. AND, BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU'RE DOING -- IF -- IF YOU'RE EVER

DOING A CERTIFICATE OF NEED, ALMOST ALL OF THE PAPERWORK AND STUFF THAT

YOU ACCUMULATE IS ROUTINELY DONE BY -- BY AN OUTSIDE ENTITY IN ANY

EVENT, AND THE -- THE ENGAGEMENT WITH EXPERTS AND THE COMMUNITY, ET

CETERA, SIMPLY MEANS DON'T JUST SIT IN YOUR OFFICE AND DREAM THIS ALL UP,

ACTUALLY TALK TO SOME PEOPLE IN THE REAL WORLD. NOT AN ELABORATE

PROCESS, NOT AN EXPENSIVE PROCESS, JUST HAVE SOME CONTACT WITH THE REAL

WORLD, WHICH I THINK WE ALL WANT IF IT WAS OUR HOSPITAL AT STAKE.

MR. BYRNE: WELL, REGARDLESS IF IT'S DONE THROUGH

THE TRADITIONAL CON PROCESS OR THEY'RE DOING THIS THROUGH THIS NEW

ASSESSMENT, IT DOES -- IT IS REVIEWED AND RECEIVED BY THE HEALTH

COMMISSIONER, CORRECT? SO I'D HAVE TO THINK, IS THAT ANOTHER LAYER OF

THIS APPROVAL PROCESS, CORRECT?

MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, THAT'S --

MR. BYRNE: IT'S NOT JUST BEING DONE BY, YOU KNOW,

THE HOSPITAL.

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MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, RIGHT. THE CERTIFICATE OF

NEED ULTIMATELY GETS APPROVED DEPENDING ON HOW INVOLVED A PROJECT IT

IS EITHER BY THE COUNCIL AND COMMISSION, OR IT CAN DIRECTLY TO THE

COMMISSIONER. WHAT WE ARE SAYING HERE IS THERE HAS TO BE PRESENTED

BOTH ON THE PUBLIC RECORD AND TO THE DECISION-MAKERS AN ANALYSIS OF

WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO TO THE COMMUNITY OR PERHAPS FOR THE

COMMUNITY. NOT A -- NOT A BIG DEAL IN MY OPINION, BUT SOMETHING

THAT'S PRETTY ESSENTIAL AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF

THE ASSEMBLY WHO HAS HAD THIS KIND OF THING HAPPEN TO A HOSPITAL NEAR

YOU, I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. AND LET ME TELL YOU,

IF THIS HASN'T HAPPENED TO A HOSPITAL NEAR YOU, JUST WAIT; IT'S COMING.

MR. BYRNE: NOW, I KNOW IN THE BILL YOU LISTED OUT

AND SPELLED OUT SOME SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TO BE

INCLUDED IN THIS ASSESSMENT. CAN I ASK, WOULD IT NOT JUST BE EASIER JUST

TO INCLUDE THAT CRITERIA IN THE EXISTING LAW FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED

PROCESS RATHER THAN PUTTING IN A NEW ASSESSMENT? WAS THERE ANY

THOUGHT TO DOING THAT? WAS IT PRIMARILY BECAUSE YOU WANTED THIS

ADDITIONAL INDEPENDENT ENTITY? WOULD IT NOT MAKE MORE SENSE AND

MAYBE MEET --

MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL --

MR. BYRNE: -- SOME OF THEIR GOALS BY PUTTING THAT

CRITERIA IN THE EXISTING LAW?

MR. GOTTFRIED: WELL, THE CRITERIA ARE PUT IN AS

SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL OR THE COMMISSIONER HAVE TO CONSIDER. I

MEAN, IT'S NOT A CRITERION IN THE SENSE THAT IF YOU -- IF IT TURNS OUT YOU'RE

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REDUCING SERVICES TO THE POOR THAT THAT MEANS YOUR PROJECT CAN'T BE

APPROVED, SO IT'S NOT A CRITERION IN THAT SENSE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS

TO BE SPELLED OUT ON THE RECORD AND THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COUNCIL

HAVE TO AT LEAST CONSIDER IT. THEY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE

DOING. IN ORDER FOR THEM TO THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES, SOMEBODY

HAS TO PRESENT EVIDENCE TO THEM AS TO WHAT THOSE CONSEQUENCES ARE.

YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONER DOESN'T WAKE UP EVERY MORNING

KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE OF REDUCING, YOU

KNOW, COMMUNITY GENERAL HOSPITAL IN, YOU KNOW, IN A SMALL TOWN IN

UPSTATE NEW YORK STATE. YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONER, IF HE'S GOING

TO KNOW THAT, NEEDS TO HAVE EVIDENCE PRESENTED. AND THE IMPACT

STATEMENT WILL DO THAT AND BECAUSE IT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC, PEOPLE IN

THE COMMUNITY WHO SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, THAT'S BUNK, WILL KNOW WHAT'S

BEING SAID AND WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND.

MR. BYRNE: THANK YOU, CHAIR.

MR. GOTTFRIED: YOU'RE WELCOME.

MR. BYRNE: ON THE BILL, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, MR.

BYRNES [SIC].

MR. BYRNE: I WANT TO THANK THE FORMER SPEAKER,

THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL, FOR HIS EXPLANATION AND TAKING MY QUESTIONS. I

STILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS BILL. YOU KNOW, LIVING THROUGH --

ALL OF US, THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC, THERE WERE SOME TERMS AND PHRASES

THAT WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IT WAS DRILLED IN MY MIND;

ONE OF THEN WAS FLATTEN THE CURVE, FLATTEN THE CURVE. WE ALSO HEARD A

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LOT ABOUT INCREASING HOSPITAL CAPACITY AND HEALTH CARE CAPACITY. THIS IS

ONE OF MY CONCERNS. WE DO HAVE A CON, A CERTIFICATE OF NEED

PROCESS. I DON'T -- I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT COULD PROLONG AN

ALREADY BURDENSOME PROCESS WHEN WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE MAKING

SURE PEOPLE CAN BUILD OUT AND ADD NEW HOSPITAL CAPACITY. I UNDERSTAND

THE SPONSOR'S CONCERNS THAT HE EXPRESSED ABOUT ACQUISITIONS AND

REDUCING OR ELIMINATING CERTAIN ACCESS TO CARE IN AREAS, BUT THIS WOULD

ALSO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FACILITIES AND I DON'T WANT TO BE DOING

ANYTHING THAT COULD ADD TO THAT BURDEN.

I ALSO WOULD JUST MAKE A NOTE FROM SOME OF THE

STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT, THE CON APPLICATION PROCESS

APPLIES TO A BROAD ARRAY OF HEALTH CARE FACILITY ESTABLISHMENT AND

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, MANY OF WHICH HAVE ONLY, IN CONNECTION TO

HEALTH EQUITY, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE

SPONSOR HAS, YOU KNOW, MADE NOTE OF IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL, I THINK

THERE'S A SIMPLER WAY TO DO THIS. I THINK WE CAN TRY TO TAKE THOSE

CRITERIA AND PUT IT IN THE EXISTING LAW, PUTTING IN ANOTHER INDEPENDENT

ENTITY TO DO ANOTHER REVIEW PROCESS I THINK ADDS ON MORE BUREAUCRACY,

MORE RED TAPE AND, YES, MAYBE NOT A WHOLE LOT OF COST, BUT THERE'S

GOING TO BE A PRICE TAG TO IT, AS WELL. AND WHEN WE'RE AT A TIME TRYING

TO INCREASE HEALTH CARE CAPACITY, I'M NOT SURE THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY. SO I

WILL BE VOTING NO, BUT, AGAIN, I THANK THE SPONSOR FOR HIS TIME IN

ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MR.

BYRNE.

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MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. WOULD THE SPONSOR

YIELD?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOTTFRIED, WILL

YOU YIELD?

MR. GOTTFRIED: CERTAINLY.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MR. GOTTFRIED. I NOTED

THAT THIS ADDITIONAL PROCESS WITH AN APPLICATION APPLIED ON ANY

CONSTRUCTION, WAS THERE A THRESHOLD ON CONSTRUCTION IN DOLLAR AMOUNT

THAT WOULD TRIGGER THIS ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS, OR WOULD IT APPLY TO FIRST

DOLLAR CONSTRUCTION?

MR. GOTTFRIED: I BELIEVE THAT IN THE -- IN THE

REGULATIONS AND IN THE STATUTE, THERE IS A THRESHOLD AS TO WHAT AMOUNT OF

WORK CONSTITUTES CONSTRUCTION. I MEAN, IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, RENOVATING

SOME PATIENT ROOMS, I DON'T THINK THAT TRIGGERS THE DEFINITION OF

CONSTRUCTION. I DON'T HAVE THE PRECISE LANGUAGE OR THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OR

WHATEVER AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT.

MR. GOODELL: I SEE. BUT THE THRESHOLD WOULD BE

THE SAME AS THE CURRENT CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROCESS?

MR. GOTTFRIED: THIS BILL MAKES NO CHANGE IN

WHAT APPLICATIONS REQUIRE WHAT LEVEL OF REVIEW, NO.

MR. GOODELL: THIS ALSO APPLIES, THOUGH, IF THERE'S

A REDUCTION OF A HOSPITAL SERVICE OR A HEALTH-RELATED SERVICE TO THE

HOSPITAL, CORRECT?

MR. GOTTFRIED: IF THE REDUCTION IN SERVICE IS ONE

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THAT WOULD TODAY TRIGGER CON REVIEW, THEN IT WILL CONTINUE TO UNDER

THIS BILL. IF NOT, THEN IT WOULD NOT. THIS BILL DOES NOT CHANGE AT ALL

WHAT THE CRITERIA ARE THAT TRIGGER WHAT LEVEL OF CON REVIEW, IF ANY.

MR. GOODELL: AS YOU KNOW, THE CATHOLIC HEALTH

SYSTEM IS VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT ABORTION, THEY OPPOSE IT FOR RELIGIOUS

REASONS. FROM TIME TO TIME, THE CATHOLIC HEALTH SERVICES WILL ACQUIRE

ANOTHER HOSPITAL FROM AN EXISTING PROVIDER. WOULD THIS BE THEN

TRIGGERED -- THEIR REFUSAL TO PROVIDE ABORTION SERVICES BE TRIGGERED BY

THIS TYPE OF PROCESS?

MR. GOTTFRIED: IF ONE HOSPITAL IS ACQUIRING

ANOTHER UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD BRING IT UNDER CON REVIEW

AND THERE ARE SOME WAYS OF ACQUIRING ANOTHER THAT BRING IT UNDER

REVIEW AND SOME THAT DON'T, THEN THIS BILL WOULD REQUIRE THAT THAT

APPLICATION RECITE THE IMPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO SERVICE FOR

VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF PATIENT; ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES HAPPENS TO BE

WOMEN. AND SO I WOULD ASSUME IF -- IF A WAS TAKING OVER HOSPITAL B

AND PLANNED ON ELIMINATING MATERNITY CARE, THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSED IN

THE -- IN THE -- IN THE IMPACT STATEMENT.

MR. GOODELL: AND, LIKEWISE, IF THEY WERE

ELIMINATING ABORTION SERVICES?

MR. GOTTFRIED: THAT IS CORRECT.

MR. GOODELL: OKAY.

MR. GOTTFRIED: BUT NOTE, THIS DOES NOT SAY AT ALL

THAT IF YOU ARE ELIMINATING ONE SERVICE OR ALL SERVICES, THAT THAT IS

GROUNDS FOR DENYING, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S A -- THAT THAT MAKES YOU

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INELIGIBLE FOR YOUR CON, IT JUST SAYS THAT THE COUNCIL OR THE

COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER WHAT IS IN YOUR STATEMENT. AND I WOULD,

I THINK, YOU WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER ALL THE RELEVANT FACTS

BEFORE MAKING A DECISION.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.

GOTTFRIED.

ON THE BILL, SIR.

MR. GOTTFRIED: YOU'RE WELCOME.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, MR.

GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU. WE -- FOR THOSE OF US

WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A FEW YEARS CAN RECALL THAT WHEN THE

MEDICAID SYSTEM WAS FIRST SET UP, I SUSPECT BEFORE SEVERAL OF MY

COLLEAGUES WERE EVEN BORN, IT WAS ON A FEE-FOR-SERVICE BASIS. AND SO

THE HOSPITALS WOULD PREPARE A COST REPORT AND THEY WOULD SEND IT IN TO

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND AS LONG AS THEIR COSTS WERE JUSTIFIED, THE

HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD APPROVE THE FEE FOR SERVICE PLAN. AND THAT

ALSO INCLUDED REIMBURSEMENT AS PART OF THE MEDICAID RATE FOR CAPITAL

INVESTMENTS.

WELL, IT DIDN'T TAKE THE STATE LONG TO REALIZE THAT WE

HAD GIVEN A BLANK CHECKBOOK, IF YOU WILL, TO THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE LARGEST AND NEWEST FACILITIES

REGARDLESS OF NEED ANYWHERE IN THE NATION. AND SO THEY PUT IN THE

CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROCESS AND IT WAS DESIGNED AS A CHECKS AND

BALANCE TO THE COST-BASED MEDICAID SYSTEM. WELL, WE HAVEN'T HAD A

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COST-BASED MEDICAID SYSTEM NOW IN DECADES; WE'VE SWITCHED OVER FIRST

TO DRGS AND THEN SOME MODIFICATION. AND SO WE PAY BASED ON

SERVICE RATHER THAN BASED ON THE COST OF PROVIDING THAT SERVICE; YET, THAT

HISTORIC CON PROCESS REMAINS IN FULL COURSE AND EFFECT, EVEN THOUGH

THERE'S REALLY NOT THE SAME JUSTIFICATION BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT PAYING

BASED ON WHAT YOU SPEND, YOU MIGHT QUESTION WHY ARE WE WORRIED

ABOUT WHAT THE HOSPITALS ARE SPENDING, LET'S FOCUS ON THE OUTCOMES AND

THE PATIENT CARE.

AND IN THAT PROCESS, THERE HAVE BEEN A WHOLE CATEGORY

OF GREAT PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERTS AT ANALYZING COST REPORTS AD NAUSEAM.

AND SO SOMETIMES THE SIMPLEST CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN A HOSPITAL TAKE

WEEKS, MONTHS, AND SOMETIMES EVEN MORE THAN A YEAR TO GET APPROVAL

FOR THE CON. AND I'VE HAD HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS COME TO ME AND

POINT OUT THAT THEIR PRIVATE PHYSICIAN GROUPS WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY BUY

THE LATEST IMAGING TECHNOLOGY OR THE LABORATORY EQUIPMENT OR SET UP A

SATELLITE OFFICE ALL DONE, DESIGNED, BUILD, ORDERED, PAID FOR, CONSTRUCTED

BEFORE THE HOSPITAL COULD GET TO FIRST BASE ON THE CON PROCESS.

AND SO WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS IT TAKES A HORRIFICALLY

CUMBERSOME, SLOW, BURDENSOME CON PROCESS AND ADDS ANOTHER

COUPLE LAYERS TO IT. I GUARANTEE THAT NO HOSPITAL CAN BE NIMBLE, QUICK,

AND EFFICIENT IN RESPONDING TO THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF -- OF OUR GREAT

STATE. AND I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE AND NOW THAT WE'VE MOVED AWAY

FROM A COST-BASED SYSTEM AND WE NO LONGER HAVE AN OPEN CHECKBOOK,

WE OUGHT TO TRUST THE ADMINISTRATION IN OUR HOSPITALS TO MOVE FORWARD

TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF CARE THAT THEY CAN IN A FLEXIBLE

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MANNER WITHOUT SPENDING MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS, DEBATING OVER THE WIDTH

OF A DOORWAY OR THE LENGTH OF A HALLWAY, OR ANY OF THE MYRIAD OF MINOR

DETAILS THAT TIE UP VALUABLE PROJECTS. FOR THAT REASON, I WILL JOIN MY

COLLEAGUE, MR. BYRNE, IN OPPOSING THIS BILL. THANK YOU.

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 SENATE PRINT 1451-A. THIS IS A PARTY VOTE. ANY MEMBER

WHO WISHES TO BE RECORDED AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE CONFERENCE POSITION

IS REMINDED TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY OR MINORITY LEADER AT THE NUMBERS

PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, SIR. THE REPUBLICAN

CONFERENCE WILL BE GENERALLY OPPOSED TO THIS LEGISLATION. OF COURSE, IF

A REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR SUPPORTS IT, THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE

MINORITY LEADER'S OFFICE SO WE CAN RECORD THEIR VOTE PROPERLY. THANK

YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. HYNDMAN.

MS. HYNDMAN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

MAJORITY MEMBERS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON THIS. IF THERE

ARE ANY EXCEPTIONS, I ASK MAJORITY MEMBERS TO CONTACT THE MAJORITY

LEADER'S OFFICE AT THE NUMBER PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED AND THEIR NAMES

WILL BE ANNOUNCED ACCORDINGLY.

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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MS. HYNDMAN.

MS. HYNDMAN: MR. SPEAKER, DO WE HAVE ANY

FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING OR RESOLUTIONS?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: OH, WE DO HAVE A

FEW.

ON A MOTION BY MR. SAYEGH, PAGE 7, RULES REPORT

NO. 177, BILL NO. 4629-B, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

ON BEHALF OF MEMBER CYMBROWITZ, ASSEMBLY BILL

RECALLED FROM THE SENATE, BILL NO. 3807, THE CLERK WILL READ THE TITLE OF

THE BILL.

THE CLERK: AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HOUSING

LAW.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THERE IS A MOTION TO

RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE BILL HAS 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.

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ON BEHALF OF MR. MAGNARELLI FOR BILL NO. 6014,

ASSEMBLY BILL RECALLED FROM THE SENATE. THE CLERK WILL READ THE TITLE

OF THE BILL.

THE CLERK: AN ACT TO AMEND THE VEHICLE AND

TRAFFIC LAW.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THERE IS A 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.

ON BEHALF OF MRS. GUNTHER, BILL NO. A267, ASSEMBLY

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

THE CLERK: AN ACT TO AMEND THE ARTS AND CULTURAL

AFFAIRS LAW.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THERE IS A 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.

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AND WE HAVE A -- NUMEROUS FINE RESOLUTIONS, WE WILL

TAKE THEM UP WITH ONE VOTE, MS. HYNDMAN. ON THE RESOLUTIONS, ALL

THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTIONS ARE

ADOPTED.

(WHEREUPON, ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NOS. 350-358

WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.)

MS. HYNDMAN.

MS. HYNDMAN: I NOW MOVE THAT THE ASSEMBLY

STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 11:30 A.M., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2ND, TOMORROW

BEING A SESSION DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE ASSEMBLY STANDS

ADJOURNED.

(WHEREUPON, AT 8:23 P.M., THE ASSEMBLY STOOD

ADJOURNED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2ND AT 11:30 A.M., WEDNESDAY BEING

A SESSION DAY.)

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