TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2023 2:46 P.M.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE HOUSE WILL COME

TO ORDER.

THE REVEREND DONNA ELIA WILL OFFER A PRAYER.

REVEREND ELIA: LET US PRAY. GOD OF HOPE AND

JUSTICE, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, FOR OUR LOVED ONES, AND FOR THE

PRIVILEGE OF SERVING IN PUBLIC OFFICE OR IN WHATEVER WAY YOU CALL US TO

SERVE. THANK YOU FOR PROPHETIC VOICES WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US AND

ESPECIALLY ON THIS DAY WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF

THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. THANK YOU FOR HIS REMINDER

THAT EVERYBODY CAN BE GREAT BECAUSE EVERYONE CAN SERVE. EMPOWER US

THAT WE MIGHT CARRY HIS VISION AND DREAM FORWARD IN REAL AND TANGIBLE

WAYS. AND STRENGTHEN US AS WE SEEK TO DO THE PART OF BRINGING ABOUT

RACIAL JUSTICE AND HEALING THAT IS OURS TO DO. KEEP US FROM APATHY OR

DESPAIR. THIS LEGISLATURE GATHERS TO FURTHER THE GOOD OF OUR STATE AND

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THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE. GIVE THEM COURAGE AND PERSEVERANCE AS THEY

MAKE VITAL DECISIONS. AND HELP THEM TO WORK WITH THE GOVERNOR AS

THEY SEEK FAIR AND JUST SOLUTIONS TO ANY CHALLENGES INCLUDING BUDGETARY

CHALLENGES. REMIND THEM THAT BUDGETS ARE MORAL DOCUMENTS. HELP

THEM TO FIND A WAY THROUGH DISAGREEMENT WITH CIVILITY AND A LARGE

MEASURE OF PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS. AND POUR OUT A GENEROUS MEASURE

OF YOUR SPIRIT AND WISDOM UPON ALL. THANK YOU FOR THE TIRELESS WORK

OF STAFF PEOPLE. BLESS AND KEEP THEM. IF ANY FEEL WELL, GIVE -- IF ANY

ON THIS DAY FEEL UNWELL GIVE THEM HEALING. IF ANY GRIEVE, GIVE THEM

COMFORT. IF ANYONE FEELS WEARY GIVE THEM STRENGTH AND BE A STRONG AND

LOVING PRESENCE IN THE WORLD AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK AND PRAY FOR

PEACE. IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.

MEMBERS: AMEN.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: VISITORS ARE INVITED

TO JOIN THE MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

(WHEREUPON, ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY LED VISITORS AND

MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.)

A QUORUM BEING PRESENT, THE CLERK WILL READ THE

JOURNAL OF MONDAY, JANUARY 16TH.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

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

16TH AND ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO

ORDERED.

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MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, SIR.

COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS THAT ARE IN THE CHAMBERS WE'RE GOING TO START

OUR SESSION TODAY AS USUAL WITH A QUOTE. CLEARLY MANY OF US IN OUR

DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS THE NATION CELEBRATED THE BIRTHDAY

OF DR. -- REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, SO THIS QUOTE TODAY IS FROM

HIM, AND I'M SURE THEY'LL BE MANY QUOTES TO FOLLOW. PEOPLE FAIL TO GET

ALONG BECAUSE THEY FEAR EACH OTHER; THEY FEAR EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY

DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER; AND THEY DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY

HAVE NOT COMMUNICATED WITH EACH OTHER. SIR, WE'RE GETTING MUCH

BETTER AT THAT IN THESE CHAMBERS AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO

SO. COLLEAGUES AND MR. SPEAKER, MEMBERS HAVE ON THEIR DESKS A MAIN

CALENDAR. FOR THE FIRST BUSINESS OF THE DAY WE WILL TAKE UP THE

RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE OF THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION, MR. SPEAKER, WE'RE

GOING TO STAND AT EASE. AT THAT TIME WE WILL BE CALLING FOR THE

FOLLOWING COMMITTEES TO MEET OFF THE FLOOR. THESE COMMITTEES WILL

MEET IN THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:

AGRICULTURE, CORPORATIONS, HEALTH AND RULES. THESE COMMITTEES WILL

PRODUCE AN A-CALENDAR WHICH WE WILL TAKE UP TODAY. WITH THAT AS A

GENERAL OUTLINE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING FOR TODAY, MR. SPEAKER. IF THERE

ARE ANY INTRODUCTIONS AND/OR HOUSEKEEPING NOW WOULD BE AN

APPROPRIATE TIME.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MRS.

PEOPLES-STOKES. WE DO HAVE INTRODUCTIONS.

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MR. KIM FOR THE PURPOSES OF A INTRODUCTION.

MR. KIM: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THANK YOU

MAJORITY LEADER FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTERRUPT THE PROCEDURES FOR AN

INTRODUCTION OF A VERY SPECIAL GUEST THAT HAVE JOINED US ON THE FLOOR

TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE PASSING OF THE KOREAN-AMERICAN RESOLUTION

DAY WHICH WHAT HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY, FRIDAY THE 13TH. BUT WE DON'T

USUALLY DO THIS RESOLUTION ON THE FLOOR, BUT I FELT IT WAS A SPECIAL YEAR

FOR US TO CELEBRATE KOREAN-AMERICAN DAY. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE ALSO

MADE HISTORY AS A BODY. WE HAVE ELECTED AND SEATED THE FIRST

KOREAN-AMERICAN WOMAN IN THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK.

(APPLAUSE)

LOWER MANHATTAN. AND I'M ALSO JOINED BY MR.

CHARLES YOON AND MR. CHAIRMAN KIM AND AMBASSADOR KIM, I'M

GOING TO BE INTRODUCING A COUPLE OF THESE GUESTS FIRST. MR. CHARLES

YOON IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE KOREAN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER

NEW YORK WHICH IS THE LARGEST AND OLDEST ASSOCIATION NON-PROFIT GROUP

OVERSEEING THE INTERESTS OF KOREAN-AMERICANS IN THE TRI-STATE REGION;

CONNECTICUT, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY. HE SERVED HIS SECOND TERM, THIS

IS HIS LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT DURING HIS YEARS IN COVID HE RAISED

CLOSE TO 750,000 TO A MILLION DOLLARS IN MUTUAL AID IN WHICH HE

REDISTRIBUTED FOR PEOPLE -- FOR -- FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES

THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF NEW YORK. BUT MORE STRIKINGLY, WHEN THERE

WAS CONFLICT BETWEEN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY INVOLVING

SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES IN SOUTH QUEENS, HE STEPPED IN TO RESOLVE

SOME OF THE TENSIONS THAT HAVE COME UP BETWEEN THE BLACK, KOREAN,

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AND ASIAN COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR GREATER

CONFLICT BUT WE STEPPED IN, HE STEPPED IN TO RESOLVE IT DIPLOMATICALLY.

NOW WE HAVE -- NOW WE HAVE A MODEL FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK ON

HOW TO DO INTERCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROPERLY TO MAKE SURE AT A

TIME WHEN THERE'S SO MUCH HATRED, SO MUCH TENSION AND VIOLENCE

AGAINST KOREANS AND ASIAN-AMERICANS, HE HAS SET A GREAT MODEL OF

HOW TO DO THINGS PROPERLY IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY GROWTH. SO

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR TERM. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN

THE FUTURE AND WITH THAT, I ASK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, I'M GOING TO HAND IT

OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE TO EXTEND THE CORDIALITIES OF THESE -- OF THESE

INDIVIDUALS AND NEXT I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE GRACE

LEE TO INTRODUCE THE AMBASSADOR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. LEE, WOULD YOU

LIKE TO DO THAT? CERTAINLY.

MS. LEE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THANK YOU,

MAJORITY LEADER. I AM PROUD TO SPEAK TODAY ON THE RESOLUTION, ALSO TO

OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE KOREAN-AMERICAN DAY. AS ASSEMBLYMEMBER

KIM TALKED ABOUT THE RECENT RISE OF ANTI-ASIAN HATE HAS TAUGHT US THAT

WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. AND TAKING THE TIME TO CELEBRATE

KOREAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND TEACHING OTHERS ABOUT OUR CULTURE LIKE

WE ARE DOING TODAY, HELPS BRING MORE UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN OUR

COMMUNITIES AND OTHERS. SO ALONG WITH OUR ESTEEMED GUESTS FROM

KAAGNY, IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE CONSUL GENERAL KIM

YOUNGWAN FROM THE CONSUL GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.

AMBASSADOR KIM BEGAN HIS DUTIES AS A CONSUL GENERAL IN NEW YORK

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ON DECEMBER 23RD, 2022. AS A PROLIFIC AUTHOR AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERT

ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS, HE BROUGHT TO THE OFFICE OVER 30 YEARS OF AN

EXTENSIVE AND MULTIFACETED CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE. HIS TOP PRIORITIES

ARE COMMUNITY, EMPOWERMENT, ENGAGEMENT, AND CO -- COOPERATION AT

ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY. HIS PRIOR POST INCLUDE HIS

SERVICE IN THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-CORRUPTION AND CIVIL RIGHTS

COMMISSION ACRC AS A COMMISSIONER AND DIRECTOR GENERAL OF

VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SPECIALIZING IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AT ACRC. SPEAKER, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE

WELCOME OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND EXTEND TO THEM ALL THE

CORDIALITIES OF THE FLOOR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER KIM, ASSEMBLYMEMBER LEE, THE SPEAKER, AND ALL

THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY.

CONSUL GENERAL, WE WELCOME YOU, ALSO. WE EXTEND TO YOU THE

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE COME TO

JOIN US ON THIS OCCASION WHERE WE BEGIN OUR FIRST DISCUSSION WITH A

WOMAN FROM THE CONTINENT OF KOREA. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR

BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN YOUR

COMMUNITIES AND HAVE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE GREAT STATE OF NEW

YORK. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

MS. ROZIC FOR THE PURPOSES OF A INTRODUCTION.

MS. ROZIC: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND MADAM

MAJORITY LEADER. TODAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING DANIELLE

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ELLMAN WHO SERVES AS THE CEO OF COMMONPOINT QUEENS.

COMMONPOINT QUEENS IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO

IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND COMMUNAL LIFE. THEY

HAVE BEEN A LYNCHPIN FOR THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS FOR NEARLY 70 YEARS

AND ARE ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND RESPONSIVE HUMAN SERVICES --

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS IN ALL OF NEW YORK CITY. AS THEY CONTINUE TO

MEET THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF OUR GROWING COMMUNITIES, COMMONPOINT

RESPONDED TO THE PANDEMIC BY IMPLEMENTING A HOTLINE AND ONLINE

PORTAL FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, VIRTUAL COLLEGE COUNSELING AND CAREER

ASSISTANCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE SUCCESS PROGRAMS, EMERGENCY

CHILDCARE CENTERS FOR CHILDREN OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS, AND MORE THAN

QUADRUPLED THEIR FOOD PANTRY SERVICES DELIVERING GROCERIES TO

VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. COMMONPOINT ALSO OPENED UP ITS

OWN HUB DEDICATED TO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES WHERE THEY PROVIDE

LOCATIONAL SKILL TRAINING AND JOB PLACEMENT SERVICES AS WELL AS OTHER

CAREER HELP, BENEFIT ENROLLMENTS, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND OTHER

EMERGENCY SERVICES, THEY REALLY DO IT ALL. AND SIMILAR TO THIS

EMPLOYMENT HUB, THANKS TO FUNDING PROVIDED BY THIS HOUSE AND THE

SPEAKER'S LEADERSHIP, WE CELEBRATED THE OPENING OF A NEW YOUTH

OPPORTUNITY HUB IN MY DISTRICT THIS PAST OCTOBER. THIS NEW HUB WAS

OPENED IN RESPONSE TO THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT OUR YOUTH ARE

FACING. THESE OPPORTUNITIES HELP REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF INVOLVEMENT

IN VIOLENCE AND PROVIDE ONGOING ASSISTANCE AND INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT

SERVICES TO AID YOUNG PEOPLE AND FRANKLY ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN

NEED.

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SO MR. SPEAKER, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE ENTIRE

QUEENS DELEGATION OF MEMBERS, IT IS MY HONOR TODAY TO WELCOME

DANIELLE AND HER TEAM FROM COMMONPOINT QUEENS TO THE PEOPLE'S

HOUSE. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU SO VERY

MUCH. ON BEHALF OF MS. ROZIC, MR. WEPRIN, THE SPEAKER, AND ALL THE

MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY,

EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. MY CONGRATULATIONS ON THE

WORK THAT YOU DO IN MY HOME BOROUGH OF QUEENS. WISH THAT YOU WILL

CONTINUE THAT GREAT WORK AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE

IN THE ASSEMBLY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. DURSO FOR THE PURPOSES OF A INTRODUCTION.

MR. DURSO: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE TODAY

- AND PLEASE EVERYBODY HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE OR BOOING UNTIL THE END -

DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU SIT. I RISE TODAY TO WELCOME BACK WITH GREAT

PRIDE ONE OF OUR FORMER MEMBERS, MIKE LAWLER. MIKE LAWLER IS -- I'LL

GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF A R�SUM� BREAKDOWN JUST REAL QUICK. HE'S THE

FORMER DEPUTY TOWN SUPERVISOR OF ORANGETOWN, FORMER NEW YORK

STATE ASSEMBLYMAN FOR THE 97TH DISTRICT, AND THE CURRENT CONGRESSMAN

FOR THE 17TH DISTRICT. MIKE LAWLER HAS COME BACK TO VISIT US TODAY. I

KNOW YOURSELF, MR. SPEAKER, YOU SAID BEFORE ONCE A MEMBER, ALWAYS A

MEMBER, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY FOR MYSELF, MIKE, I'M VERY PROUD OF

WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED. WE'VE BECOME VERY CLOSE FRIENDS OVER THE

PAST TWO YEARS. I'M GLAD YOU'RE BACK TO VISIT, I'M SURE EVERYBODY ELSE

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IS, ALSO.

SO, MR. SPEAKER, IF YOU COULD OFFER MR. LAWLER THE

CORDIALITIES OF THE FLOOR AND WELCOME HIM TO THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE TODAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MR. DURSO, THE SPEAKER, AND ALL THE MEMBERS, MR. LAWLER HE STOLE

MY LINE. ONCE A MEMBER, ALWAYS A MEMBER NO MATTER WHERE YOU'VE

GONE. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK, GLAD TO SEE YOU, SAW YOU AGAIN

ON SUNDAY, IF YOU FORGET THESE SUNDAY MORNING THINGS THAT WAKE ME

UP, I CAN'T TAKE IT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR

GREAT SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY. THANK YOU.

(APPLAUSE)

PAGE 3, RESOLUTIONS, THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. A00011,

HEASTIE.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE

OBSERVANCE OF THE 38TH ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY IN THE

STATE OF NEW YORK ON JANUARY 16TH, 2023.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. CUNNINGHAM ON

THE RESOLUTION.

MR. CUNNINGHAM: MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY TO

SPEAK ON THE RESOLUTION HONORING THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER

KING, JR. THERE WILL BE MANY WHO CHOOSE TO SANITIZE DR. KING'S

WORDS, BUT LET ME BE CLEAR. DR. KING WAS NO ACCOMMODATIONIST. DR.

KING'S TEACHINGS WERE AS COMPLICATED AS TIMES IN WHICH HE LIVED. DR.

KING DAY IS A TIME NOT ONLY TO SIT DOWN AND PONDER ABOUT HOW

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SUCCESSFUL WE HAVE BECOME AT ACHIEVING SOME OF THESE DREAMS, BUT A

TIME TO MOBILIZE AND FIGHT. THIS SESSION, AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY, WE

HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THAT DREAM BY TACKLING BOLDLY AND

COURAGEOUSLY HOUSING AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICE. LET US SEIZE THIS

OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE EMBODIMENT OF HIS DREAM AND NOT HIS NIGHTMARE.

THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. LAVINE.

MR. LAVINE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. BEING A

LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, I HAVE SOME

RECOLLECTIONS THOUGH THEY ARE SOMEWHAT VAGUE, OF WHAT THE WORLD WAS

LIKE BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT FINALLY STRUCK DOWN SEGREGATION, SCHOOL

SEGREGATION SPECIFICALLY IN 1954. A MEMORY REMAINS WITH ME OF BEING

IN A DEPARTMENT STORE IN CHICAGO WITH MY GRANDMOTHER. AND I MUST

JUST HAVE STARTED TO LEARN HOW TO READ BECAUSE I NOTICED ABOVE THE

WATER FOUNTAINS, THERE WAS ONE WATER FOUNTAIN THAT SAID COLORED AND

ONE THAT SAID WHITE. THERE WAS ONE BATHROOM THAT SAID COLORED AND

ONE BATHROOM THAT SAID WHITE. NOW, THE POSSIBILITY TO ME AS A

SIX-YEAR-OLD OF BEING ABLE TO GET COLORED WATER AT THE FOUNTAIN MARKED

COLORED FASCINATED ME. AFTER ALL, IT WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE

INTERESTING THAN THAT TRANSLUCENT, TASTELESS WATER THAT I WAS CERTAINLY

USED TO. BUT I GUESS EVEN THEN I MUST'VE HAD THE MAKINGS OF A BIT OF A

LIBERAL. BUT IT'S FUNNY HOW THE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF A

CHILD STAYS WITH US THROUGHOUT THE PASSAGE OF TIME. THAT SAME YEAR

1954, THE YEAR OF BROWN VS. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS THE VERY

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SAME YEAR THAT A VERY YOUNG DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ACCEPTED THE

PASTORSHIP OF THE DEXTER AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH IN MONTGOMERY,

ALABAMA. HIS PREDECESSOR IN THAT PULPIT WAS THE REVEREND VERNON

JOHNS. AS IS TRUE OF SO MANY OTHER REAL AMERICAN HEROS, REVEREND

JOHNS IS TODAY LARGELY UNREMEMBERED. CRITICAL OF THE ENTIRE

COMMUNITY WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST CONSIDERATION OF THE SHADE OR TONE OF

THEIR SKIN -- SKIN COLOR, JOHNS AGITATED FOR THE FAIRNESS THAT LOATHES

FROM RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS. HE CONTINUALLY PUT

HIS OWN LIFE IN DANGER. HIS COURAGE AND DEDICATION CERTAINLY HELPED

PAVED THE WAY FOR A YOUNG DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BUT EVEN

JOHNS STOOD ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE GIANTS WHO HAD GONE BEFORE.

INCLUDING BUT IN NO WAY LIMITED TO PEOPLE SUCH AS RICHARD ALLEN AND

ABSALOM JONES, THE FOUNDERS OF THE FREE AFRICAN SOCIETY THAT WOULD

GROW INTO THE EARLY AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. MEDGAR

EVERS, VIOLA LIUZZO, MICKEY SCHWERNER, JAMES CHANEY AND ANDREW

GOODMAN ARE JUST A FEW, A VERY FEW OF THE NAMES OF THE BRAVE

AMERICANS WHOSE LIVES WERE SACRIFICED IN THE BATTLE FOR JUSTICE AND

WHOSE MEMORIES OUGHT AS WELL TO BE REMEMBERED TODAY. SHOULD WE

FAIL TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS HISTORIC AND

UNIQUELY AMERICAN MOVEMENT AND BATTLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND LET US

NOT FORGET HUMAN RIGHTS ARE CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS ARE HUMAN

RIGHTS NO MATTER WHICH SIDE OF THE AISLE WE CHOOSE TO SIT ON OR ARE

PRIVILEGED TO SIT ON. BUT IF WE DON'T HONOR EVERYONE WHO FOUGHT AND

SACRIFICED, THEN WE'RE MISSING PART OF THE TRUE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS

HALLOWED DAY. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WOULD NOT HAVE WANTED IT

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ANY OTHER WAY. ON A PERSONAL NOTE I WAS PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO SEE

AND HEAR DR. KING WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

WISCONSIN IN THE AUTUMN OF 1965 AND EACH OF US HAS EVENTS IN THEIR

LIVES THAT HELP SHAPE THEM. AND I CERTAINLY HOPE AND I KNOW THAT MY

EXPERIENCE THAT DAY HELP SHAPED MY VIEW OF THE WORLD. SO IT'S HIGHLY

APPROPRIATE THAT WE GATHER TODAY IN THIS CEREMONY TO HONOR DR. KING

WHOSE LEGACY DEMANDS NOTHING LESS THAN THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US

DEDICATE OURSELVES FULLY TO THE CONTINUATION OF THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN

RIGHTS HERE IN OUR OWN NATION AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. AND LET US

EACH RESOLVE TO DO OUR UTMOST TO HELP BEND THE LONG ARC OF HUMAN

DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. HYNDMAN.

MS. HYNDMAN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I, TOO,

RISE TO COMMEMORATE THE LIFE OF THE LATE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER

KING, JR. I THINK ABOUT THE HUSBAND, THE SON, THE FATHER, THE BROTHER,

THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM US BY A HAND OF HATE. I THINK ABOUT HOW

MUCH IT TOOK SUSTAINING A MAN, AN INDIVIDUAL, TO FIGHT DAILY AGAINST

THREATS ON HIS LIFE, AGAINST THREATS ON HIS FAMILY'S LIFE, AGAINST THREATS

ABOUT BOMBINGS AND LYNCHING IN THE '60S. OF SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE

HATRED TOWARDS THIS MAN AND A NON-VIOLENT MOVEMENT TO CHANGE THIS

COUNTRY. I THINK ABOUT AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WHAT IT TOOK TO SUSTAIN

THE MOVEMENT OF NON-VIOLENCE NO MATTER WHAT WAS GOING ON AROUND

THEM. TO SIT AT THE -- IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH A FORMER PRESIDENT,

LYNDON B. JOHNSON, TO SAY THAT THE RIGHTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO

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VOTE WERE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS OTHER RIGHTS OF THAT EVERY AMERICAN

COULD HAVE. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HIS I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH, BUT WE

MUST REMEMBER THE TOTALITY OF HIS CAREER, THE TOTALITY OF HIS ACTIONS, AND

THE TOTALITY OF WORKING EVEN AFTER 1965 TO MAKE SURE THAT AFRICAN-

AMERICANS COULD LIVE OUT THIS AMERICAN DREAM. I'M SURE HE WOULD

LOOK AT THIS HOUSE AND THE DIVERSITY IN THIS ROOM AND SAY THAT WE HAVE

DONE A LOT OF WORK, BUT POVERTY IS STILL AN ISSUE IN THIS COUNTRY. RACISM

IS STILL AN ISSUE IN THIS COUNTRY. SEXISM IS STILL AN ISSUE IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND SO LET US REMEMBER THE TOTALITY OF HIS WORK, HIS WRITINGS, THE REACH

OF THIS MAN, THE PULITZER PRIZE THAT HE GAINED, AND THE FAMILY HE LEFT

BEHIND FAR TOO EARLY IN ORDER TO PURSUE WHAT EVERY AMERICAN HAS THE

RIGHT TO PURSUE, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN DREAM. I THINK ABOUT WHEN HE

WENT TO THE JAMAICA WEST INDIES AND WROTE -- AND FINALIZED HIS LAST

BOOK HOW HE MARVELED AT THE GOVERNMENT IN THAT COUNTRY AND THAT

EVERYONE LOOKED LIKE HIM. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE RULES AND LAWS

THAT BENEFITTED A TOTALITY OF A NATION. HIS REACH IS LONG AND STILL TODAY

WE COMMEMORATE HIS LIFE AND A LOT OF TIMES AS I SAID BEFORE WE

REMEMBER THE I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH, BUT THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE

SPEECHES THAT THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING MADE IN HIS

LIFETIME. I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO LOOK AT THE OTHER SPEECHES HE

MADE WHILE HE WAS A PIONEER FOR JUSTICE IN THIS NATION. SO WE HAVE THE

RIGHT TO VOTE AS AFRICAN-AMERICANS BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT HE DID,

EVEN THOUGH WE WERE CONSIDERED EQUAL IN THE EYES OF THE LAW BUT NOT

IN THE COMMON PRACTICE. I ALSO THINK ABOUT THE WORK HE DID FOR UNIONS

TO MAKE SURE THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAD THE SAME RIGHTS AS THEIR OTHER

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UNION BROTHERS AND SISTERS. SO AS I GO TO MY SEAT, THERE IS STILL TO MORE

TO LEARN ABOUT A MAN WHO SUSTAINED SO MUCH BUT STILL SHOWED HIS BEST

FACE TO THIS COUNTRY. AND IT WAS A PLEASURE TO ME TO DRIVE INTO THIS

CAPITOL LAST NIGHT AND SEE THE STATE BUILDINGS LIT UP IN RED, BLACK AND

GREEN TO COMMEMORATE A LIFE OF A MAN THAT WE ONLY REMEMBER ONCE A

YEAR BUT WE MUST REMEMBER HIS LEGACY ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS,

ESPECIALLY IN THIS HOUSE. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MR. VANEL.

MR. VANEL: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR

RECOGNIZING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION ON DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING.

SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING. ONE

OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT -- DIRECTLY ABOUT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING IN

ALBANY -- IN NEW YORK IS ACTUALLY 1961, ON JUNE 16TH, 1961 DR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING CAME TO ALBANY TO ADDRESS A -- TO ADDRESS A SCHOOL

IN ALBANY. AND HE WAS INVITED BACK ON OCTOBER 9TH, 1961 BY THE

GOVERNOR -- THE THEN GOVERNOR ROCKEFELLER TO ADDRESS -- TO ADDRESS THE

STATE. THAT WAS ALMOST 62 YEARS AGO. ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL TALK ABOUT

WHEN IT COMES TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING IS ONE OF HIS MAIN SPEECHES

THEY TALK ABOUT THE DRUM MAJOR INSTINCT. EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE THE

BEST. EVERYBODY HAS THE INSTINCT TO BE THE DRUM MAJOR. THE DRUM

MAJOR INSTINCT. AND HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO BE KNOWN AND HE

WANTED TO BE THE BEST IN SERVICE. HE WANTED TO BE THE BEST SERVANT.

TODAY WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE IN NEW YORK STATE, IN THE NEW YORK

STATE ASSEMBLY? WHAT SHOULD WE BE THE BEST IN? AND WE TALK ABOUT

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BEING THE BEST STATE, THE EMPIRE STATE. WE, TOO, HAVE THE DRUM MAJOR

INSTINCT, BUT WHAT SHOULD WE BE BEST IN? I POSIT THAT IN LIGHT OF -- IN

SPIRIT OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, WE SHOULD BE THE BEST IN AN EMPIRE IN

JUSTICE. WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST JUSTICE FOR NEW

YORKERS IN NEW YORK STATE.

WE SHOULD HAVE THE DRUM MAJOR INSTINCT FOR EQUALITY

TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE BEST EQUALITY IN NEW YORK STATE.

WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PROVIDE EQUITY. WE SHOULD MAKE

SURE THAT WE -- WE CLOSE THE WEALTH GAP AND THE WEALTH DIVIDE TO BE THE

DRUM MAJORS AND TO BE LEADING IN THAT. WE SHOULD ALSO MAKE SURE THAT

WE LEAD IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. SO TODAY ON MY HEART I'M THINKING

ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE THE BEST AND WE LEAD IN BEING THE BEST

SERVANTS IN THIS STATE. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

MS. DICKENS.

MS. DICKENS: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

YESTERDAY WE HONORED AN ICON OF CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS BUT ALSO

ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE, BUT PARTICULARLY

BLACK PEOPLE WHO HAD AND CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE FOR FREE AND RIGHTFUL

JUSTICE. IN ONE OF HIS SPEECHES MARTIN SAID, GIVE US THE BALLOT AND WE

WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO WORRY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT OUR BASIC

RIGHTS. GIVE US THE BALLOT AND WE WILL NO LONGER PLEAD TO THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT FOR PASSAGE OF RACIST LAWS. AS HE HAS SAID OVER THE YEARS,

HE FOUGHT HARD FOR HIS DREAM. BUT HIS DREAM HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS

SLEEPING. WHAT HE DID WAS AWAKEN FROM THAT DREAM AND MADE THAT

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DREAM BECOME A REALITY BY FIGHTING, BY WORKING HARD, BY NOT ALLOWING

ANYONE TO BULLY HIM INCLUDING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA. YES, HE WAS JAILED AND YES, HE WAS BEATEN, YET HE STOOD TALL

TO FIGHT. HE WAS NOT AFRAID OF THAT FIGHT. YET HE KNEW HE WOULD DIE

EARLY, BUT HE FEARED NOT. HE CONTINUED THAT FIGHT AND HE TAUGHT THE REST

OF US. HE LED THE PATHWAY THAT WE MUST FOLLOW FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, HUMAN

RIGHTS, BUT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT FOR ALL

PEOPLE, INCLUDING PEOPLE OF COLOR. WE STAND TODAY IN THE STATE OF NEW

YORK IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE WHERE WE VOTE AND ARGUE ON LAWS. BUT OUR

LAWS THAT WE ENACT AND PASS MUST BE FAIR TO THE PEOPLE, THE RESIDENTS OF

THE STATE OF NEW YORK. WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT. AND I'M

GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH ONE OTHER QUOTE FROM THE GREAT REVEREND DR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING. "WE ARE NOW FACED WITH THE FACT THAT TOMORROW

IS TODAY. WE ARE CONFRONTED WITH THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW. IN THIS

UNFOLDING CONUNDRUM OF LIFE AND HISTORY, THERE IS SUCH A THING AS BEING

TOO LATE. THIS IS NO TIME FOR APATHY NOR COMPLACENCY. THIS IS A TIME

FOR VIGOROUS AND POSITIVE ACTION." WE HEAR YOU, DR. KING. WE STAND

UP AND SALUTE YOU. NOT JUST ON STEVIE WONDERS' WORDS OF HAPPY

BIRTHDAY, THAT'S THE REFRAIN, BUT I CHALLENGE ALL OF US TO READ THE ACTUAL

SONG AND DIGEST THE MEANING. THANK YOU.

(APPLAUSE)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. FORREST.

MS. SOUFFRANT FORREST: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER. IT'S REALLY TRULY A PLEASURE TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY AS WE

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REFLECT ON THE LIFE OF DR. REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING. AND AS A

BLACK WOMAN REPRESENTING HISTORIC BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE

BEAUTIFUL AD 57 I AM TRULY BLESSED. BUT I ALSO FEEL A HEAVY

RESPONSIBILITY. DR. KING DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO FIGHTING FOR TRUE SOCIAL,

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY IN WHICH BLACK PEOPLE WERE FULL

PARTICIPANTS. HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS SPEECH I HAVE A DREAM AND BEING A

MAN ALWAYS IN SERVICE. BUT FOR ME, I KNOW HIM BEYOND THE SPEECH AS

A GREAT FIGHTER FOR THE REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH WITHIN OUR SOCIETY. IN

HIS LAST BOOK BEFORE HE DIED DR. KING WROTE, THE CONTEMPORARY

TENDENCY IN OUR SOCIETY IS TO BASE OUR DISTRIBUTION ON SCARCITY, AND TO

COMPRESS OUR ABUNDANCE INTO THE OVERFED MOUTHS OF THE MIDDLE AND

UPPER CLASS UNTIL THEY GAG WITH SUP-- SUPPLA-- SUPERFLUITY. IF

DEMOCRACY IS TO HAVE FULL BREADTH OF MEANING, IT IS NECESSARY TO ADJUST

THIS INEQUITY. IT IS NOT ONLY MORAL, BUT IT IS ALSO INTELLIGENCE [SIC]. WE

ARE WASTING AND DEGRADING HUMAN LIFE BY CLINGING TO ARCHAIC THINKING.

I'M SURE DR. KING WOULD BE SADDENED TO KNOW THAT THESE INEQUITIES

STILL EXIST IN YEAR 2023. DR. KING KNEW IN ORDER TO HAVE A DEEP AND

FLOURISHING DEMOCRACY WE MUST REDISTRIBUTE THE ABUNDANCE IN OUR

MODERN SOCIETY. BECAUSE MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES

FOR EVERYONE, BUT IN ORDER TO HAVE TRUE DEMOCRACY THE RESOURCES HAVE

TO REACH EVERYONE. EVERYONE MUST HAVE ACCESS TO HOUSING, HEALTHCARE,

EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND THEY MUST HAVE ACCESS TO ART, BEAUTY, AND

DARE I SAY JOY. DR. KING KNEW THAT SPENDING MONEY ON WAR INSTEAD OF

HUMAN WELFARE IS AN AFFRONT TO DEMOCRACY. AND HE KNEW THAT JUST

BECAUSE BLACK PEOPLE AND OTHER MINORITIES MIGHT HAVE LEGAL RIGHTS, IT

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DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE WORK FOR FIGHTING FOR THOSE RIGHTS IS COMPLETE.

I'M SO PROUD TO STAND IN DR. KING'S TRADITION AS A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST

AND THAT'S WHY I FIGHT TO REDISTRIBUTE THE RESOURCES SO THAT PEOPLE CAN

LIVE THE FULL REALITY OF THE DEMOCRACY INSTEAD OF THE UNFULFILLED PROMISE

OF IT. THAT'S WHY I FIGHT HERE WITH YOU ALL EVERYDAY AND WORK IN

COLLABORATION WITH ALL OF YOU ALL EVERYDAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

INCREASE THE TAXES ON THE RICH SO THAT INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT THE

THREATS TO DEMOCRACY WE CAN APPRECIATE ITS (INAUDIBLE). IF BLACK

WOMEN ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE EVICTED THAN THEIR WHITE WOMEN --

THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS, THAT IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. IF BLACK

ENROLLMENT IN CUNY AND SUNY ARE DECLINING, THAT IS A THREAT TO

DEMOCRACY. IF CEOS CAN SIT AND MAKE 400,000 -- $400 -- 400 TIMES

MORE THAN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING TO MAKE NEW YORK STATE WORK,

THAT IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. SO THIS YEAR, WITH THIS YEAR'S RESOLUTION,

LET US COMMIT TO ENACTING DR. KING'S VISION OF A TRUE DEMOCRACY AND

FOLLOWING -- VIEWING THESE THREATS AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSFORMATIVE

CHANGE. FOR AS DR. KING WROTE: THERE IS NOTHING BUT A LACK OF SOCIAL

VISION TO PREVENT US FROM PAYING AN ADEQUATE WAGE TO EVERY AMERICAN

WHETHER HE BE, OR SHE BE, A HOSPITAL WORKER, LAUNDRY WORKER, MAID OR

DAY LABORER. THERE IS NOTHING EXCEPT SHORT SIGHTEDNESS THAT PREVENTS US

FROM GUARANTEEING AN ANNUAL MINIMUM AND LIVABLE INCOME FOR EVERY

AMERICAN FAMILY. AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT KEEPS US FROM REMOLDING A

RECALCITRANT STATUS QUO WITH BRUISED HANDS UNTIL WE HAVE FASHIONED IT

INTO BROTHERHOOD. THANK YOU BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

(APPLAUSE)

MR. OTIS.

MR. OTIS: OVER THE WEEKEND MANY OF US ATTENDED

EVENTS TO HONOR DR. KING AND HEARD OFTEN QUOTES FROM HIS GREAT

SERMONS, SPEECHES AND WRITINGS. AND IN PIECES THOSE ARE MOVING

WORDS BUT ONE THEME THAT I THINK WE SHOULD REMEMBER TODAY IS THE TOOL

THAT HE USED TO CHANGE THIS COUNTRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD. AND THE

TOOL WAS TO SAY THAT DISCRIMINATION, SEGREGATION, POVERTY, INJUSTICE IS

IMMORAL. HE USED IMMORTALITY, THE MESSAGE OF IMMORALITY TO SHAME

THE COUNTRY, OUR COUNTRY, AND THE WORLD TO CHANGE ITS WAYS. AND YOU

HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION TODAY, WHAT WOULD DR. KING MAKE OF THE

WORLD -- WHAT -- MAKE OF AMERICA THAT WE LIVE IN TODAY? AND WE SEE A

RISE IN HATE CRIMES, WE SEE A RISE IN AN INDIFFERENCE TO SOME OF THE

VALUES THAT SHAME PUSH AWAY. AND SO I THINK THAT AS WE THINK ABOUT

HOW WE CAN LIVE UP TO DR. KING'S LEGACY GOING FORWARD, WE SHOULD BE

THERE TO CALL OUT IMMORALITY WHEN WE SEE IT, WE SHOULD REMIND PEOPLE

THAT DISCRIMINATION AND HATE IS WRONG, AND WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT

THOSE VIEWS AND THAT SENSIBILITY PREVAILS IN THIS COUNTRY LIKE IT DID

WHEN HE WAS AT HIS BEST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MR. KEITH BROWN -- KEITH BROWN.

MR. K. BROWN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. TODAY

WE PAUSE OUR DELIBERATIONS TO HONOR THE GREAT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,

JR. WHO BATTLED INJUSTICE PEACEFULLY WITH LOVE AND KINDNESS. DR. KING

SHOWED THE WORLD WHAT IT MEANT TO TRULY LOVE THY NEIGHBOR REGARDLESS

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OF THEIR IDENTIFY OR BELIEFS. AND STILL TODAY HIS FIGHT FOR A MORE

COMPASSIONATE, MORE JUST WORLD CONTINUES. I WAS NOT YET BORN ON

APRIL 4TH, 1968 WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS TAKEN FROM US, BUT I

WAS BLESSED WITH A FATHER WHO TAUGHT ME AND MY SIBLINGS THAT RESPECT

IS EARNED AND TO TREAT EVERYONE THE SAME. ONE OF MY FATHER'S GOOD

FRIENDS WAS AN EX-BOXER FROM HUNTINGTON WHO WAS LARGER THAN LIFE AND

HE HAD SUCH A WAY ABOUT HIM. I CAN REMEMBER PLACING MY SMALL HAND

AS A CHILD IN HIS SEEMINGLY ENORMOUS HAND TO SHAKE. WHEN HE WOULD

COME TO MY HOUSE HE WOULD FILL UP THE ROOM WITH LAUGHTER. AND I

REMEMBER VISITING HIS FAMILY AT THEIR HOME IN THE CARIBBEAN, THEY

WERE INCREDIBLY SWEET AND WELCOMING, AND I NEVER THOUGHT OF HIM AS

ANYTHING BUT MY FATHER'S FRIEND. I TRY TO TEACH MY CHILDREN WHAT IT

MEANS TO TRY TO OVERCOME ADVERSITY AND EXPOSE THEM TO THE INCREDIBLE

STORIES OF THE GREAT JACKIE ROBINSON AND RACIAL INJUSTICE. ONE OF MY

PROUDEST MOMENTS AS A FATHER WAS WHEN ONE OF MY SONS CAME HOME

PROUDLY SHOWING ME THE NUMBER ON THE BACK OF HIS JERSEY. THE

NUMBER WAS 42. AND I'VE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED MY BOYS TO APPRECIATE

THE GREAT MUSICIANS FROM BOB MARLEY TO RAY CHARLES TO THE GREAT

MILES DAVIS TO JIMI HENDRIX. MY CHILDREN HAVE COME TO APPRECIATE

NOT ONLY THEIR MUSICAL TALENTS BUT THEIR ABILITY TO UNITE US THROUGH

MUSIC REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE OR ETHNICITY. THE GREAT AMERICAN POET

ELI SIEGEL SAID QUOTE, "CONTEMPT IS THE DISPOSITION IN EVERY PERSON TO

THINK HE WILL BE MORE FOR HIMSELF BY MAKING LESS OF THE OUTSIDE

WORLD," END QUOTE. RACISM IS THE EMBODIMENT OF CONTEMPT BETWEEN

DIFFERENT PEOPLES AND AS PRESIDENT LINCOLN ONCE SAID, IT WILL ONLY SERVE

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TO TEAR OUR GREAT NATION APART. SO AS I REFLECT ON THE MEMORY OF DR.

KING, IT IS MY FONDEST HOPE THAT THIS GENERATION AND FUTURE GENERATIONS

WILL WORK TIRELESSLY TO ERASE THE INJUSTICE OF RACISM. BUT UNTIL THEN WE

MUST NEVER FORGET DR. KING'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE CAUSE OF AMERICA'S

FREEDOM AND HIS COMMITMENT TO HUMAN DIGNITY. ON THIS DAY I'M

REMINDED OF THE INTENSE RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMITMENT THAT I OWE TO

HIS LEGACY TO ENHANCE AND PRESERVE HUMAN DIGNITY. DR. KING WHO

LOVED AND SERVED HUMANITY TAUGHT US THAT NON-VIOLENCE PEACEFUL

PROTEST MUST BE EXERCISED BEFORE VIOLENCE, COURAGE BEFORE FEAR, AND

THAT LOVE WILL TRIUMPH OVER HATE BECAUSE AMERICA IS NOT JUST AN IDEAL,

IT'S A NATION OF PEOPLE WHO MUST STAND FOR THE IDEAL OF MAKING MORE,

NOT LESS OF PEOPLE. MAY GOD BLESS AND GUIDE THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

MS. WALKER.

MS. WALKER: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I HAVE

PREPARED REMARKS, OF COURSE, TO SPEAK ABOUT THE GREAT WORK OF DR.

KING AS IT RELATES TO VOTING RIGHTS, PEACEFUL PROTEST, AND NON-VIOLENCE.

INCLUDED ALSO IN THESE REMARKS ARE PORTIONS OF HIS 1957 SPEECH, "GIVE

US THE BALLOT" WHICH HE GAVE AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. BUT SOMETHING

TOLD ME TO GO TO THE LETTERS FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL. AND ONE OF THE

THINGS THAT, OF COURSE, MY TEACHER TELLS ME ALL THE TIME IS THAT REPETITION

IS THE BEST FORM OF TEACHING. SO I'D LIKE TO, OF COURSE, USE THIS AGAIN

ALWAYS AS A TEACHABLE MOMENT. WE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE

DOCUMENT THAT ALLOWED THE CONSTITUTION THAT CREATED THE ABOLITION OF

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SLAVERY SAYS THAT SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF CRIMINAL

PUNISHMENT. AND SO WHEN SOMEONE IS SUBJECTED TO THE CRIMINAL

JUSTICE SYSTEM THEY ARE RETURNED BACK TO SLAVERY IN THE TRUEST SENSE

BECAUSE THE VERY DOCUMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR THE FREEDOM OF BLACK

PEOPLE WHO WERE BROUGHT HERE TO THIS COUNTRY AS -- FOR CHILD SLAVERY,

THAT VERY SAME DOCUMENT SAYS THAT ONCE YOU ARE SUBJECTED TO THE

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM YOU'RE RIGHT BACK 400 SOME ODD YEARS AGO.

AFTER THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY THERE WERE THE BLACK CODES THAT SAID IF

YOU DON'T HAVE ANYPLACE TO LIVE THAT'S A CRIME. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB

VAGRANCY THAT'S A CRIME. AND THOSE THINGS WERE UTILIZED, THE BLACK

CODE, ET CETERA TO RETURN PEOPLE BACK TO SLAVERY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY

BECAUSE ONCE MASTER SAID IT'S TIME TO GO, YOU HAD NO JOB AND YOU HAD

NO PLACE TO LIVE, YOU WERE ARRESTED, LOCKED UP, AND PUT RIGHT BACK ONTO

THE VERY SAME PLANTATIONS THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD ESCAPED FROM.

FOLLOWING THE BLACK CODE, OF COURSE, WERE SEGREGATION LAWS THAT WERE

CREATED. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW DR. KING FOUGHT AGAINST

WAS SEGREGATION. AND IN THIS LETTER TO A BIRMINGHAM JAIL IS WHERE HE

CAME UP WITH A PROFOUND STATEMENT THAT WHILE HE LIVED IN ATLANTA AND

THIS WAS HAPPENING IN ALABAMA, THAT A THREAT THAT INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS

A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT, WE ARE CAUGHT

IN AN INESCAPABLE NETWORK OF MUTUALITY, TIED IN A SINGLE GARMENT OF

DESTINY. WHATEVER AFFECTS ONE DIRECTLY AFFECTS ALL INDIRECTLY. AND

NEVER AGAIN CAN WE AFFORD TO LIVE WITH THE NARROW TERMINOLOGY AS

OUTSIDE AGITATORS. AND SO IT TELLS US THAT WE ALL HAVE A CALL TO ACTION TO

STAND UP WHEN INJUSTICE IS CREATED EVEN IF IT'S IN OTHER COMMUNITIES

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AND/OR OTHER DISTRICTS. HE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY AND HE SAYS

THAT IN ALABAMA AT THAT TIME, ITS UGLY RECORD OF POLICE BRUTALITY IS

KNOWN IN EVERY SECTION OF THIS COUNTRY. IT'S UNJUST TREATMENT OF

NEGROES IN THE COURTS IS A NOTORIOUS REALITY. THESE ARE THE HARD, BRUTAL

AND UNBELIEVABLE FACTS. AND ALTHOUGH HE WENT AND SPOKE TO POLITICAL

LEADERS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS HIM, HE WENT ON TO STATE THAT POLITICAL

LEADERS CONSISTENTLY REFUSE TO ENGAGE IN GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS. HE

ALSO STATED THAT JUSTICE TOO LONG DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED AND THAT WE

HAVE WAITED MORE THAN 340 YEARS, NOW OVER 400 SOME ODD YEARS FOR

OUR GOD GIVEN AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN A

PERSON IS SUBJECTED TO A CRIME, A CRIMINAL, THEY ARE NO LONGER

CONSIDERED HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THE CONSTITUTION.

QUITE FRANKLY THE CONSTITUTION DIDN'T SPEAK TO BLACK PEOPLE ARGUABLY

UNTIL 1965. AND JUST LIKE WHEN YOU WERE A SLAVE THE CONSTITUTION

DIDN'T SPEAK TO YOU WHEN YOU WERE INCARCERATED, IT DOES NOT. WHICH IS

WHY IT'S SO EASY FOR PEOPLE TO SAY THAT JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS ACCUSED

OF A CRIME, NOT THAT THEY HAVE EVER BEEN CONVICTED, THEY ARE NOT

ALLOWED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF DUE PROCESS.

THAT EVEN IF THEY ARE ACCUSED OF A CRIME ALL OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

LAWS THAT WE HAVE ARGUED, AND FOUGHT FOR, AND RECEIVED, WE ARE

CONSTANTLY SEEING THE BEAT-BACK BASED ON THE MEDIA, BASED ON PUBLIC

AND POLITICAL SENTIMENT, BUT WE ARE SAYING THAT WE ARE STANDING UP

TOGETHER IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OBJECT THAT PEOPLE ARE INNOCENT

UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY ACTUALLY SEES ITS DAY HERE IN AMERICA. THANK YOU.

(APPLAUSE)

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MR. BURKE.

MR. BURKE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I WASN'T

GOING TO -- TO SAY ANYTHING BUT I HAD -- I HAD AN ENGAGEMENT WITH

SOMEONE ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHICH I THINK IS RELEVANT FOR THIS

RESOLUTION. SO I WAS -- I WAS CHECKING OUT AT A STORE. THERE WERE TWO

TELLERS, TWO CLERKS WHO WERE OLDER WOMEN, THEY WERE TAKING A WHILE

AND THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN IN FRONT OF ME. HE LOOKS BACK AT ME WITH

FRUSTRATION. HE LOOKS TO HIS LEFT, HE SEES VALENTINE'S DAY STUFF ALREADY

OUT, AND HE LOOKS AT ME AND HE SAYS VALENTINE'S DAY STUFF ALREADY,

HUH? AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. SO I SAY, YEAH. SOON ENOUGH IT

WILL BE ST. PATRICK'S DAY STUFF. AND HE SAYS, YEAH. I WASN'T THAT

QUICK, WAS I?

(LAUGHTER)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: EXCUSE US, MR.

BURKE. GO AHEAD.

MR. BURKE: HE SAID, YEAH. AND THEN IT WILL BE

MARTIN LUTHER KING STUFF. AND I HAD THAT THING LIKE, OH, I KNOW WHERE

THIS IS GOING AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD. SO I KIND OF GIVE HIM AN

UNCOMFORTABLE LOOK. HE TURNS AROUND AND HE TURNS BACK AND HE SAYS,

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? AND I SAID, WHAT? AND HE SAID HE GETS A WHOLE

DAY AND HE GETS EVERYTHING NAMED AFTER HIM. AND MY -- MY BLOOD

STARTED TO BOIL AND I JUST LOOKED DOWN AT HIS FEET AND THIS IS THE MIDDLE

OF THE DAY -- MIDDLE OF THE WORKDAY AND I NOTICED HE WAS WEARING

CROCS. SO INSTEAD OF SAYING ANYTHING I SAY, SIR, YOU'RE WEARING CROCS

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IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. AND BECAUSE -- OH, SEE. I SCREWED THE STORY

UP. WHAT HE SAID WAS WAS THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE NAMED -- OR HE

SHOULD HAVE JUST AS MANY THINGS NAMED AFTER HIM. I SAID, SIR, YOU'RE

WEARING CROCS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, WHY SHOULD ANYTHING BE

NAMED AFTER YOU? AND HE -- HE LOOKED BACK AT ME NATURALLY ANGRY AND

HE SAID, WELL, WHAT DID HE EVER DO? AND THEN I KIND OF -- I KIND OF LOST

IT A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW. AND I SCREAMED BACK, HE LED THE CIVIL RIGHTS

MOVEMENT AND HE WAS MURDERED FOR IT. AND EVERYONE KIND OF, YOU

KNOW -- EVERYONE KIND OF STOOD BACK AND EVERYONE LOOKED AND SAW

THAT SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING. BUT I THINK THE POINT IS THAT I'M

MAKING IN A SORT OF ROUNDABOUT LONG WAY, I APOLOGIZE, IS THAT THERE IS

BLATANT RACISM THAT WE SEE, BUT THERE IS A SUBTLE RACISM THAT WE SEE ALL

THE TIME THAT WE CAN INTERACT WITH OR WE CAN CHOOSE TO LOOK THE OTHER

WAY. SOMEONE SAYS A BLACK JOKE, SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING AND YOU

CAN CHOOSE TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT AND NOT SAY SOMETHING BUT I

THINK IF -- IF WE'RE ALL THE PEOPLE I THINK WE CLAIM TO BE YOU HAVE TO SAY

SOMETHING. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO HONOR MARTIN LUTHER KING'S LEGACY

AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO

WERE MARTYRS TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND TO EQUALITY YOU HAVE TO

SAY SOMETHING. SO THAT WAS MY LITTLE STORY OF -- OF FEELING LIKE I HAD TO

SAY SOMETHING THAT I FEEL APPLIED SO MUCH AND I -- I KNOW EVERYONE

HERE WOULD BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MS. GLICK.

MS. GLICK: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. LIKE MR.

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BURKE I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING TODAY EXCEPT LAST NIGHT TCM

REPLAYED FREEDOM ON MY MIND WHICH IS A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE

FIGHT FOR THE VOTING RIGHTS IN MISSISSIPPI. AND AS PAINFUL AS IT WAS TO

WATCH YOU CANNOT TURN AWAY. MARTIN LUTHER KING TALKED ABOUT THE

NEED TO USE NON-VIOLENCE AND TO SHAME PEOPLE, AND I THINK THAT TODAY

WE STILL THINK ABOUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO SHAME. THAT YOU

CAN'T SHAME SOME PEOPLE. I WAS -- I -- I SAW WHAT PEOPLE HAD TO DO TO

FIGHT FOR THE BASIC RIGHT TO VOTE. MANY OF WHOM GOT KILLED FOR IT.

MEDGAR EVERS. AND I THOUGHT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WHICH WAS IN A

NICE, YOU KNOW, WHITE COMMUNITY WHERE WHEN I TURNED 18 I JUST WENT

AND REGISTERED AND THAT WAS THAT AND THEN I HAD THE RIGHT TO VOTE. AND

THE HOSTILITY, THE ANGER, THE VITRIOL THAT PEOPLE FACED AND THAT WE STILL

HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO RESTRICT THE RIGHT TO VOTE. I THINK IT'S

IMPORTANT FOR US TO COMMEMORATE ON THIS DAY THE WORK OF DR. MARTIN

LUTHER KING. BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE MORE OF A REMINDER TO US THAT WE

HAVE IN NO WAY FULFILLED A VISION THAT HE HAD OF PEOPLE COMING

TOGETHER AND PEACEFULLY ENGAGING IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

NOW, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT I SPEND SOME TIME IN

THE -- HOPEFULLY THIS SUMMER -- IN THE COUNTRY AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT

EVERY SMALL TOWN HAS COMMEMORATIVE STATUE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE

SACRIFICED FROM THAT COMMUNITY FOR WHETHER IT WAS WORLD WAR II OR

KOREAN WAR BUT ALSO THE CIVIL WAR. AND TO SEE PEOPLE IN OUR STATE

FLYING CONFEDERATE FLAGS AND SAYING IT'S ABOUT THEIR HERITAGE WHICH, OF

COURSE, IF THEY ARE FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK THAT IS NOT ABOUT THEIR

HERITAGE. AND WE HAVE SO MUCH FURTHER TO GO TO REACH ACROSS WHATEVER

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IS THE BARRIER BETWEEN US TO ENSURE THAT THE NEXT GENERATION DOES NOT GO

THROUGH WHAT WE ARE SEEING TODAY. A REVIVAL OF INTENSE RACIAL

DIVISIONS. I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE IN THIS CHAMBER ARE PEOPLE OF GOOD

WILL. AND IT'S OUR OBLIGATION TO REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE

THAT WE SEND A MESSAGE EVERYDAY TO OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT WE STILL

HAVEN'T REACHED THE PROMISE OF AMERICA AND THAT THERE IS STILL SO MUCH

MORE TO DO. I'M GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES HERE WHO RAISE OUR

AWARENESS FROM THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE. AND I KNOW AS A WOMAN, AS A

JEW, AS A LESBIAN, THAT I FACE DISCRIMINATION. BUT IN SOME WAYS IT HAS

NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE WHAT PEOPLE OF COLOR, BLACK PEOPLE IN OUR

COUNTRY HAVE FACED. AND WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: THANK YOU, MS.

GLICK.

MS. LEE.

MS. LEE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AS THE CO-CHAIR

OF THE APA TASK FORCE AND THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM MANHATTAN'S

CHINATOWN I WANTED TO SHARE WHY I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE

ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO REFLECT ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DAY.

TIME AND AGAIN THROUGHOUT HISTORY WE CAN SEE HOW ASIANS HAVE

BENEFITTED FROM THE VOICES OF BLACK LEADERS AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS

MOVEMENT. WHETHER IT WAS FREDERICK DOUGLASS STANDING WITH THE

CHINESE AGAINST THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT OR A CENTURY LATER WHEN

JESSE JACKSON USED HIS NATIONAL PROFILE TO HELP AMPLIFY THE STORY OF THE

HATE-DRIVEN MURDER OF VINCENT CHIN. OR MORE RECENTLY IN TODAY'S TIME

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DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN BLACK LEADERS WERE AMONG THE VERY FIRST TO

CALL OUT ANTI-ASIAN HATE. WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT SOLIDARITY.

MY NAMESAKE THE RENOWNED, SOCIAL ACTIVE -- SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVIST,

GRACE LEE BOGGS AND HER HUSBAND JAMES WERE AN INTERRACIAL COUPLE

WHO FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF BOTH ASIAN AND BLACK AMERICANS. GRACE

WAS THE FIRST TO POINT OUT THAT THE TERM "ASIAN-AMERICAN" CAME OUT OF

THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT. THIS TERM WAS REVOLUTIONARY FOR OUR

COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF OURSELVES AS BOTH ASIAN

AND AMERICAN. THIS WAS A GIFT BESTOWED UPON OUR COMMUNITY BY

BLACK LEADERS AND IS SOMETHING THAT HAS HELPED TO SHAPE OUR STORY EVER

SINCE. SO AS I GO FORWARD IN THIS NEW ROLE, I WANTED TO SHARE THESE

STORIES, I WANTED TO PICK UP THE MANTLE OF WHERE MY NAMESAKE --

WHERE MY NAMESAKE HAD LEFT OFF. AND CONTINUE TO TEACH AND TELL THESE

STORIES SO THAT WE CAN REMEMBER THE SOLIDARY OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY

WITH THE ASIAN COMMUNITY AND THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO COME TOGETHER

AND FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. THANK

YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: THANK YOU, MS.

LEE.

MR. AUBRY.

MR. AUBRY: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. IT IS A -- A

DAY IN WHICH I THINK MARTIN LUTHER KING WOULD LOOK DOWN UPON US

AND BE PROUD OF WHO WE ARE. I THINK THE GROWING DIVERSITY THAT WE

REPRESENT IN THIS BODY WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT HE WOULD BE PLEASED

WITH. TODAY I WANT TO SPEAK NOT FOR MYSELF TODAY ONLY IN PART, BUT FOR

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THE GENERATION, THAT SURROUNDED PART. BECAUSE WHILE MARTIN IS THE

FIGURE AND MARTIN WAS THE LEADER, IT WAS THAT GENERATION COMING OUT OF

WORLD WAR II. BLACK SOLDIERS, WORKERS, WHO DECIDED THAT THE WORLD

HAD TO CHANGE. AND DID THEY CHANGE IT JUST FOR THEMSELVES? NO. THEY

FREED ALL OF US. THEY FREED YOUR RELATIVES, YOUR ANCESTORS, BECAUSE THE

SIN OF SLAVERY, THE SIN OF SEGREGATION, THE SIN OF BLACK CODES THAT MY

COLLEAGUE TALKED ABOUT SLOWED AMERICA DOWN FROM BEING WHAT IT

COULD BE. IT DEFEATED THE MARVELOUS WORDS THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION. IT SAID THAT THOSE

WORDS WERE A LIE BECAUSE WE CHOSE TO LOOK AT PEOPLE AS NOT BEING

EQUAL. AS NOT BEING HUMAN IN MANY CASES. AND WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO

DEVOTE HATRED AND FEAR AND VIOLENCE AGAINST SOMEONE BECAUSE OF THE

COLOR OF THEIR SKIN OR ANY OF THOSE ATTRIBUTES THAT GOD GAVE THEM, YOU

CANNOT CLAIM THE HIGH MORAL GROUND. I THINK OF MY PARENTS (INAUDIBLE)

WHO WERE RAISED IN THE SEGREGATED SOUTH. I WAS BORN IN THE SEGREGATED

SOUTH WHO HAD TO WALK IN THE SHADOW OF THAT HORRIBLE SYSTEM WHERE

THEY COULD NOT CONSIDER THEMSELVES THE EQUAL TO ANY OTHER MAN

BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN. I THINK OF MY GRANDMOTHER DEEPER

IN THE SOUTH, AGAIN RAISED IN THE SAME STULTIFYING DENYING YOUR

HUMANITY PLACE. THAT THEY SURVIVED THAT. THAT THEY HAD A VISION FOR A

BETTER FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES ALL OF WHICH LED TO THE SENTIENCY OF DR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BECAUSE IT WAS THOSE FOLKS WHO STOOD UP WITH

HIM. HE DIDN'T WALK ACROSS THE PETTUS BRIDGE BY HIMSELF. HE DIDN'T

INTEGRATE CAFETERIAS BY HIMSELF. HE DIDN'T PASS THE MANY LAWS -- THE

LAWS FOR BOTH EDUCATION AND VOTING BY HIMSELF. HE DID THAT BECAUSE

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HIS PEOPLE STOOD WITH HIM. AND I'M SURE IT WAS OF GREAT COMFORT TO

HIM EVEN AS HE SHOULDERED THE BURDEN OF HIS FIGHT THAT HIS PEOPLE STOOD

WITH HIM.

I THINK OF THE TIME THAT I WAS IN A CHURCH IN MOBILE,

ALABAMA AS A YOUNG MAN. I HAD GONE THERE BECAUSE MY GRANDMOTHER

INSISTED THAT I GO WITH MY BROTHER AND SO RAISED IN THE NORTH, WE WOULD

GO AND SIT IN THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH BECAUSE THEY WANTED ALL THE KIDS TO

BE IN THE FRONT SO YOU WOULDN'T CARRY ON, WHICH WE WOULD. AND SO MY

BROTHER AND I UNBEKNOWNST WENT AND SAT IN THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH.

THIS WAS A CHURCH THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY SEGREGATED, THAT IS IT DID

HAVE BOTH PLACE -- BOTH HAD BLACK AND WHITE CONGREGATION. BUT AS A

YOUNG BLACK PERSON OR ANY BLACK PERSON WE WERE FORCED TO MOVE

FROM THE SEAT -- THE PLACE WE SAT TO BEHIND THE CHAIN THAT WAS MARKED

FOR COLORED ONLY. THINGS LIKE THAT YOU NEVER FORGET. THINGS LIKE THAT

MARK YOUR SOUL. DID THEY INTEND THAT? THERE WERE -- AS I -- WHEN I

CAME BACK NORTH AND ASKED THE MINISTERS AND THE BROTHERS THAT I WAS

ASSOCIATED WITH IN THE CHURCH THAT I WENT TO, WHY WOULD THAT BE

ALLOWED? AND THE ANSWER TO ME EVEN HERE IN THE NORTH WAS THAT IT WAS

THE SOCIAL NORMS OF THE TIME. I NEVER GOT OVER THAT. I NEVER COULD

AGAIN LOOK AT THOSE WHO PRACTICE THE FAITH I PRACTICED IN THE SAME WAY.

BUT YOU FIND YOURSELF AS AN ADULT LISTENING TO DR. KING TALK ABOUT

FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION AND THAT THE WORLD MUST FIND

FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION. WE'RE STILL SEARCHING FOR THAT. I HOPE

THAT HERE IN THIS REPRESENTATIVE BODY THAT THOSE THINGS ARE FOUND.

THANK YOU, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

(APPLAUSE)

ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: MANY, MANY THANKS,

MR. AUBRY.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER. WHAT AN HONOR IT IS FOR ME TO STAND HERE ON TODAY AND HONOR

THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING IN MY MOTHER'S ATTIRE. I HAVE

LISTED INTENTLY AT THE COMMENTS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SHARED AND I

REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS, IT WAS A GREAT LEARNING

EXPERIENCE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET THAT WE HAVE

THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN. EVERY DAY IS A LEARNING DAY, AND SO WE

LEARNED SOME NEW THINGS.

I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING THAT MOST PEOPLE

ARE NOT AWARE OF. IN FACT, IT WAS A WEEK AGO OR SO BEFORE I WAS EVEN

AWARE OF IT. DR. KING WAS A JAZZ LOVER. SO IN 1964, HE WAS INVITED TO

BERLIN FOR THE JAZZ FESTIVAL. AND EVEN THOUGH HE COULD NOT MAKE IT THAT

FESTIVAL BECAUSE OF THE DATES AND THE WORK THAT HE WAS ALREADY ENGAGED

IN IN AMERICA, HE WAS ABLE TO SEND COMMENTS. AND THOSE COMMENTS

WERE FEATURED VERY WIDELY IN BERLIN DURING THE WEEKS -- DURING THE

DAYS OF SEPTEMBER THE 24TH THROUGH THE 27TH AT THAT 1964 FESTIVAL. THE

WORDS THAT DR. KING SHARED WITH THOSE FOLKS ABOUT JAZZ IN 1964 I THINK

SPEAKS VOLUMES TO WHERE WE ARE IN 2023. THE WORDS ARE "GOD HAS

BROUGHT MANY THINGS OUT OF OPPRESSION. HE HAS ENDOWED HIS CREATURES

WITH THE CAPACITY TO CREATE AND FROM THIS CAPACITY HAS FLOWED THE SWEET

SOUNDS, SONGS OF SORROW, AND THE JOY THAT HAVE ALLOWED MAN TO COPE

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

WITH THIS ENVIRONMENT AND MANY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. JAZZ SPEAKS FOR

LIFE. THE BLUES TELLS A STORY OF LIFE'S DIFFICULTIES AND IF YOU THINK FOR A

MOMENT YOU WILL REALIZE THAT THEY TAKE THE HARDEST REALITIES OF LIFE AND

PUT THEM IN TO MUSIC WITH A NEW SENSE OF HOPE AND A SENSE OF TRIUMPH.

THIS IS TRIUMPHANT MUSIC. MODERN JAZZ HAS CONTINUED IN THIS TRADITION

SINGING THE SONGS OF MORE COMPLICATED URBAN -- OF A MORE COMPLICATED

URBAN EXISTENCE WHEN LIFE ITSELF OFFERS NO ORDER AND MEANING, THE

MUSICIAN CREATES AN ORDER AND MEANING FROM THE SOUNDS OF THE EARTH

WHICH FLOW THROUGH HIS INSTRUMENTS. IT'S NO WONDER THAT SO MUCH OF

THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY AMONG AMERICAN BLACKS WAS CHAMPIONED BY

JAZZ MUSICIANS. LONG BEFORE THE MODERN ESSAYS OR SCHOLARS WROTE OF

RACIAL IDENTITY AS A PROBLEM FOR -- FOR A MULTI-RACIONAL [SIC] WORLD,

MUSICIANS WERE RETURNING TO THEIR ROOTS TO AFFIRM THAT WHICH WAS

STRINGING, STIRRING IN THEIR SOULS. MUCH OF THE POWER OF OUR FREEDOM

MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES HAS COME FROM MUSIC. IT HAS

STRENGTHENED US WITH SWEET RHYTHMS WHEN COURAGE BEGAN TO FAIL. IT HAS

CALMED US WITH THESE RICH HARMONIES WHEN SPIRITS WERE DOWN, AND FOR

NOW JAZZ IS EXPORTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. FOR THE PARTICULAR STRUGGLE

OF BLACKS IN AMERICA THERE IS SOMETHING AKIN TO THE UNIVERSAL STRUGGLE

OF THE MODERN MAN. EVERYBODY HAS THE BLUES, EVERYBODY LONGS FOR

MEANING, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO LOVE AND BE LOVED, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO

CLAP HANDS AND BE HAPPY, EVERYBODY LONGS FOR FAITH IN MUSIC,

ESPECIALLY IN THE BROAD CATEGORY CALLED JAZZ. THERE IS A STEPPING STONE

TOWARDS ALL OF THESE." AGAIN, MR. SPEAKER, THE WORDS OF THE REVEREND

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING IN 1964. I WANT TO THANK COLLEAGUES FOR

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

BRINGING COMMENTS AND REGARDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR HIM AND

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING

AYE; OPPOSED NO, THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

NOW STAND AT EASE WHILE THE AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE MEETS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HOUSE WILL STAND AT

EASE. AGRICULTURE IN THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.

(WHEREUPON, AT 4:52 P.M. THE HOUSE STOOD AT EASE)

***************************

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE HOUSE WILL COME

TO ORDER.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, SIR.

MEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES, YOU HAVE ON YOUR DESK A A-CALENDAR. MR.

SPEAKER, I WOULD NOW LIKE TO MOVE -- ADVANCE THAT A-CALENDAR SO THAT

WE MAY TAKE IT UP IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON MRS.

PEOPLES-STOKES' MOTION THE A-CALENDAR IS ADVANCED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: A-CALENDAR, PAGE 3,

THE CLERK WILL READ.

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00012, KIM.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL TO

PROCLAIM JANUARY 13TH, 2023, AS KOREAN-AMERICAN DAY IN THE STATE OF

NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

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

ADOPTED.

PAGE 4, RULES REPORT NO. 1.

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY -- ASSEMBLY NO. A00607,

RULES REPORT NO. 1, BARRETT. AN ACT TO AMEND A CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF

2022, DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS, IN

COOPERATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, TO DEVELOP AND PRODUCE GUIDANCE AND

EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON THE USE OF AGRIVOLTAICS IN FARMING, RELATING TO

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OFFICES AND NEW YORK STATE SOIL AND WATER

CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

FIRST VOTE OF THE DAY REQUIRES THAT YOU PRESS YOUR

BUTTON. IF YOU'VE FORGOTTEN HOW WE'LL HAVE A TUTORIAL AFTER CLASS.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER.

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MRS.

PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A TAD

BIT DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS THE LAST TIME WE WERE IN THIS ROOM, AT THIS

POINT. BUT THE SPEAKER IS EXACTLY RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO PRESS YOUR BUTTON

YOURSELF. PLEASE DO THAT WITH SOME EXPEDIENCY SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO

THE NEXT BILL. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, MRS.

PEOPLES-STOKES.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00612, RULES REPORT

NO. 2, DINOWITZ. AN ACT RELATING TO THE AVAILABILITY OF TRAINING FOR

STATE APPROVED EDUCATION OR TRAINING PROGRAMS REQUIRED FOR

CERTIFICATION OF HOME HEALTH AIDES, PERSONAL CARE AIDES, AND CERTIFIED

NURSE AIDES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00614, RULES REPORT

NO. 3, PEOPLES-STOKES. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN

RELATION TO REQUIRING WRITTEN IN-PERSON OR ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATIONS TO BE

UTILIZED FOR REGISTRATION IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MR. PALMESANO TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. PALMESANO: YES, THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER,

AND MY COLLEAGUES. I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE SPONSOR OF THIS

LEGISLATION FOR HER CONTINUED LEADERSHIP ON THE ISSUE OF ORGAN DONATION.

FOR THE NEWER MEMBERS IN THIS CHAMBER, OUR MAJORITY LEADER --

THERE'S NO MORE STRONGER ADVOCATE FOR THIS ISSUE THAN OUR MAJORITY

LEADER SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU. I KNOW THIS ISSUE IS

VERY PERSONAL TO HER, THIS ISSUE IS VERY PERSONAL TO ME. I KNOW THIS

ISSUE IF VERY PERSONAL TO A NUMBER OF MEMBERS INSIDE THIS CHAMBER

AND I KNOW THIS ISSUE IS VERY PERSONAL TO A NUMBER OF MEMBERS WHO

USED TO SERVE INSIDE THIS CHAMBER INCLUDING OUR FORMER FLOOR LEADER

WHO USED TO SIT RIGHT HERE WHERE ANDY GOODELL SITS JIM CONTE WHO

SERVED IN THIS CHAMBER FROM 1988 UNTIL HE DIED IN 2012. HE WAS A

TWO-TIME ORGAN TRANSPLANT -- KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT HIMSELF, BUT

PASSED AWAY IN 2012. SO THERE WAS NO FIERCER ADVOCATE.

JUST TO THROW SOME STATISTICS FOR OUR MEMBERS HERE TO

THINK ABOUT. RIGHT NOW IN NEW YORK WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

THERE ARE 8,500 NEW YORKERS WAITING FOR AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT. TWELVE

-- MORE THAN 1,200 HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. THERE

ARE 52 REGISTRIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY BUT WE ARE NUMBER 50 OUT OF 52.

WE'RE ONLY AHEAD OF PUERTO RICO AND NEW JERSEY. WE HAVE THE THIRD

HIGHEST NEED FOR ORGAN -- ORGANS BUT THE THIRD WORST REGISTRY RATE. THE

NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR ORGAN DONATION IS 62 PERCENT, NEW YORK IS

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

NUMBER 50 AT 44 PERCENT. IN 2021 WE LOST NEARLY 500 NEW YORKERS

WAITING FOR A LIFE-SAVING ORGAN TRANSPLANT. THESE ARE PRETTY STAGGERING

STATISTICS BUT PROBABLY THE MOST POWERFUL STATISTIC, MY COLLEAGUES, IS

ONE PERSON, JUST ONE PERSON WHO DONATES AT THE TIME OF THEIR DEATH CAN

SAVE UP TO EIGHT LIVES AND IMPROVE THE LIVES OF 75 OTHERS. SO WE NEED

TO FOCUS ON THIS ISSUE, USE OUR OFFICES TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE AND

EDUCATE. WE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS.

AND WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THIS ISSUE BACK -- YEARS AGO

INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT 44 PERCENT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 23 PERCENT.

INSTEAD OF TALKING -- WE WERE 51 OUT OF 52. INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT

NEARLY 8,500 OF NEW YORKERS ON THE WAITLIST, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE

THAN 10,000 NEW YORKERS ON THE WAITLIST. WE MADE SOME SUCCESS IN

THIS CHAMBER. LAUREN'S LAW, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY MR. CONTE WHICH

BASICALLY WHEN YOU GET ASKED ON YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE DO YOU WANT TO

BE AN ORGAN DONOR, YOU HAVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. WE ALLOWED 16-

TO 17-YEAR-OLDS TO REGISTER IF YOU INTEND TO BE AN ORGAN DONOR. WE

CREATED AN ONLINE ORGAN DONATION REGISTRY. IF YOU ANSWER A FEW

QUESTIONS YOU CAN BECOME AN ORGAN DONOR. AND JUST LAST MONTH

GOVERNOR HOCHUL SIGNED INTO LAW THE LIVING DONOR SUPPORT ACT

WHICH WILL HELP IMPROVE ORGAN DONATION REGISTRATION AS WELL TO SAVE

LIVES WHEN WE HAVE NEARLY 7,000 NEW YORKERS WAITING FOR KIDNEY

TRANSPLANTS RIGHT NOW. SO LIVING DONORS WILL HELP THAT. BUT WE HAVE

MORE WE CAN DO IN THIS CHAMBER. WE SHOULD LEAD. WE TALK ABOUT

BEING THE EMPIRE STATE, LET'S DO MORE. THE MORE WE GET THIS QUESTION

IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE WILL SAY YES. WE SHOULD ASK THE QUESTION ON

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

YOUR TAXES, ON YOUR FINANCIAL AID COLLEGE APPLICATIONS, EVERYTHING. ASK

PEOPLE THE QUESTION, NEW YORKERS WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND SAY YES.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION, I DO VOTE YES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. PALMESANO IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, SIR.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00615, RULES REPORT

NO. 4, THIELE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, IN

RELATION TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PRIORITIES OF THE NEW YORK STATE

COUNCIL ON HUNGER AND FOOD POLICY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(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. A00617, RULES REPORT

NO. 5, WOERNER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW,

IN RELATION TO NATURAL FIBER TEXTILE DEVELOPMENT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(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. A00627, RULES REPORT

NO. 6, LUNSFORD. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION

TO INFECTION CONTROL PLANNING IN RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(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. A00971, RULES REPORT

NO. 7, SANTABARBARA. AN ACT TO AMEND THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS

LAW, IN RELATION TO AUTHORIZING THE DELIVERY OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS

IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MR. GOODELL TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WHEN

THIS BILL CAME UP LAST YEAR THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF CONCERN, TWO OR

THREE NO VOTES. I WANTED TO COMMEND THE SPONSOR. HE HAS AMENDED

THE BILL. AND THE AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT IN THE EVENT A EMERGENCY

NATURAL GAS SUPPLIER FILLS SOME OTHER COMPANY'S TANK ON AN EMERGENCY

BASIS, THAT THE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SUPPLIER SHALL ASSUME ALL LIABILITY

THAT MIGHT RESULT FROM THE IMPROPER FILLING INSPECTION OR TESTING OF THE

TANK. AND THAT IS A REAL CONCERN WITHIN THE INDUSTRY BECAUSE THESE

TANKS, OF COURSE, HAVE A HIGH POTENTIAL LIABILITY SO THEY WANT TO MAKE IT

VERY CLEAR THAT IF THERE'S EMERGENCY SUPPLIER AND IT WAS NOT THE OWNER

OF THE TANK, THE NEW SUPPLIER -- THE EMERGENCY TEMPORARY SUPPLIER

ASSUME LIABILITY. AND FOR THAT REASON I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT AND WOULD

RECOMMEND IT TO MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00973, RULES REPORT

NO. 8, GUNTHER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND THE

INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING SPACE FOR DONATE LIFE

REGISTRATION IN THE INITIAL PROCESS OF SETTING UP AN ONLINE MEMBER

SERVICE PORTAL WITH AN INSURER; AND TO AMEND A CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF

2022 AMENDING THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND THE INSURANCE LAW RELATING

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

TO REQUIRING SPACE FOR DONATE LIFE REGISTRATION ON CERTAIN INSURANCE

FORMS, AS PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS NUMBERS S. 8805 AND A.

10186, 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.

(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. A02978, RULES REPORT

NO. 9, PAULIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW, IN RELATION TO

REQUIRING GAS CORPORATIONS TO FILE GAS SAFETY REPORTS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(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. A00979, RULES REPORT

NO. 10, PAULIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW

AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO CLARIFYING PROVISIONS RELATED

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

TO THE CREATION, OPERATION, AND DUTIES OF NATURAL ORGANIC REDUCTION

FACILITIES AS CEMETERY CORPORATIONS; AND TO AMEND A CHAPTER OF THE

LAWS OF 2022 AMENDING THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW, RELATING

TO THE CREATION, OPERATION, AND DUTIES OF NATURAL ORGANIC REDUCTION

FACILITIES AS CEMETERY CORPORATIONS, AS PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS

NUMBERS S. 5535 AND A. 382, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00981, RULES REPORT

NO. 11, ROSENTHAL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN

RELATION TO SHOWCASING PETS FOR ADOPTION; AND TO AMEND A CHAPTER OF

THE LAWS OF 2022 AMENDING THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW AND THE

GENERAL BUSINESS LAW RELATING TO THE SALE OF DOGS, CATS AND RABBITS, AS

PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS NUMBER S. 1130 AND A. 4283, 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.

(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. A00986, RULES REPORT

NO. 12, SAYEGH. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW, THE PUBLIC

AUTHORITIES LAW AND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO THE RESTORATION

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

OF ELECTRIC POWER SERVICES DURING A WIDESPREAD OUTAGE; TO AMEND A

CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF 2022 AMENDING THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW, THE

PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW AND THE EXECUTIVE LAW RELATING TO REQUIRING

ELECTRIC CORPORATIONS AND THE LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY SERVICE

PROVIDER TO PRIORITIZE RESTORING SERVICES TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS, FIRE

DEPARTMENTS AND AMBULANCE SERVICES, WHEN ELECTRIC SERVICES ARE

INTERRUPTED, AS PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS NUMBERS S. 926-C AND A.

3318-C, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF; AND TO REPEAL CERTAIN

PROVISIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW RELATING THERETO.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(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. A00987, RULES REPORT

NO. 13, SAYEGH. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW AND THE

PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, IN RELATION TO DEFINING MEDICAL NEEDS FOR

ESSENTIAL ELECTRICITY AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN SERVICE PROVIDERS'

EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS TO INCLUDE OUTREACH PLANS FOR CUSTOMERS

WHO HAVE DOCUMENTED THEIR NEED FOR ESSENTIAL ELECTRICITY FOR MEDICAL

NEEDS; AND TO AMEND A CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF 2022, AMENDING THE

PUBLIC SERVICE LAW AND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, RELATING TO

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

DEFINING MEDICAL NEEDS FOR ESSENTIAL ELECTRICITY AND REQUIRING CERTAIN

SERVICE PROVIDERS' EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS TO INCLUDE OUTREACH PLANS

FOR CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE DOCUMENTED THEIR NEED FOR ESSENTIAL ELECTRICITY

FOR MEDICAL NEEDS, AS PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS NUMBERS S. 931-A

AND A. 3217-A, 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.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

HAVE ANY RESOLUTIONS OR FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WE HAVE NO OTHER

HOUSEKEEPING BUT WE DO HAVE MANY FINE RESOLUTIONS WHICH WE WILL

TAKE UP WITH ONE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTIONS I HOLD

SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.

(WHEREUPON ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NOS. 13-37 WERE

UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I NOW

MOVE THAT THE ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED AND THAT WE RECONVENE AT

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 17, 2023

11:30 A.M., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18TH, TOMORROW BEING A SESSION DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: HAPPY WEDNESDAY.

THE ASSEMBLY IS ADJOURNED.

(WHEREUPON, AT 6:06 P.M., THE ASSEMBLY STOOD

ADJOURNED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18TH AT 11:30 A.M., WEDNESDAY

BEING A SESSION DAY.)