WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2023                               10:05 A.M.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE HOUSE WILL COME

                    TO ORDER.

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

                    SILENCE.

                                 (WHEREUPON, A MOMENT OF SILENCE WAS OBSERVED.)

                                 VISITORS ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE

                    OF ALLEGIANCE.

                                 (WHEREUPON, ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY LED VISITORS AND

                    MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.)

                                 A QUORUM BEING PRESENT, THE CLERK WILL READ THE

                    JOURNAL OF TUESDAY, JANUARY 31ST.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

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

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                   FEBRUARY 1, 2023

                    31ST AND ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO

                    ORDERED.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  THANK YOU, SIR.  IT WOULD

                    BE MY HONOR AND PLEASURE TO SHARE WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS THAT

                    ARE IN THE CHAMBERS A QUOTE TODAY.  THIS ONE COMES FROM THURGOOD

                    MARSHALL WHO AS YOU KNOW WAS AN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY AND

                    SERVED IN THE US SUPREME COURT FROM 1967 UNTIL 1991.  HE WAS

                    AMERICA'S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN JURIST JUSTICE.  HIS WORDS FOR US

                    TODAY MR. SPEAKER:  "THE PROCESS OF DEMOCRACY IS ONE OF CHANGE.  OUR

                    LAWS ARE NOT FROZEN INTO IMMUTABLE FORM, THEY ARE CONSTANTLY IN THE

                    PROCESS OF REVISION IN RESPONSES TO THE NEEDS OF A CHANGING SOCIETY."

                    AGAIN, MR. SPEAKER, THESE WORDS FROM THURGOOD MARSHALL.  AND BY

                    THE WAY, TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF HOW AMERICA AND CANADA RECOGNIZES

                    AFRICAN-AMERICANS' HISTORY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD AND SO IT'S

                    AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.  I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT BECAUSE

                    CANADA AND UNITED STATES RECOGNIZE THAT THE PEACE BRIDGE WILL BE LIT

                    FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH IN THE COLORS OF RED, BLACK AND GREEN, WHICH AS

                    YOU KNOW, MR. SPEAKER, ARE THE LIBERATION COLORS.  SO THANK YOU ALL SO

                    MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.  I WOULD SAY HAPPY WEDNESDAY BUT I WON'T

                    SAY HAPPY WEDNESDAY BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T HAPPY ON MONDAY BUT

                    I'M HAPPY ON WEDNESDAY.  AND I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE ON

                    YOUR DESK A MAIN CALENDAR.  AND AFTER MR. SPEAKER TAKES CARE OF ANY

                    INTRODUCTIONS OR HOUSEKEEPING WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONSENT THESE BILLS

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                   FEBRUARY 1, 2023

                    WHERE WE LEFT OFF ON YESTERDAY.  THEY'RE GOING TO BEGIN ON PAGE 4 WITH

                    RULES REPORT NO. 64 BY MR. O'DONNELL.  IF THERE IS A NEED FOR

                    ADDITIONAL FLOOR ACTIVITY I'LL BE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE IT LATER, MR.

                    SPEAKER.  WITH THAT GENERAL OUTLINE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING, IF THERE'S ANY

                    INTRODUCTIONS OR HOUSEKEEPING, NOW WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  WE HAVE NO

                    HOUSEKEEPING AND NO INTRODUCTIONS IN CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST OF

                    FEBRUARY.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 ON PAGE 4, CALENDAR -- RULES REPORT NO. 64, THE

                    CLERK WILL READ.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A01326, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 64, O'DONNELL.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO

                    APPLYING COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS AND

                    POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS TO PREVENT HIV IN MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL,

                    OR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE, AND REPEALING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF

                    SUCH LAW RELATING THERETO; AND TO AMEND A CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF 2022

                    AMENDING THE INSURANCE LAW RELATING TO REQUIRING INSURANCE COVERAGE

                    FOR PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS AND POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS TO

                    PREVENT HIV INFECTION, AS PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS NUMBERS S. 688

                    AND A. 807, IN RELATION TO EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

                    ADVANCED.

                                 READ THE LAST SECTION.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                   FEBRUARY 1, 2023

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 MR. O'DONNELL TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

                                 MR. O'DONNELL:  GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU

                    VERY MUCH.  THIS IS A CHAPTER AMENDMENT WHICH I WAS NOT SURE WAS

                    REQUIRED.  THERE WAS SOME CONCERN FROM THE SECOND FLOOR THAT SMALLER

                    INSURANCE PROGRAMS MAY HAVE A DIFFICULTY COMPLYING WITH IT.  I WANT TO

                    MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS DOES NOT CHANGE THE RULES REGARDING WHAT

                    KIND OF DRUGS A DOCTOR CAN ORDER.  AND SO IT HAS TURNED OUT THAT PREP

                    AND PEP ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN THE VERY AFFORDABLE MANNER, $40 A

                    MONTH I BELIEVE IS WHAT THE COST ESTIMATE IS.  AND I WILL BEGIN LOOKING

                    INTO WHETHER OR NOT THIS CHAPTER AMENDMENT IS REQUIRED AT ALL BECAUSE

                    SO FEW PEOPLE ARE COVERED BY THE INSURANCE PROGRAM THAT WERE NOT

                    COVERED BY THE BILL-IN-CHIEF.  SO I'LL BE VOTING IN THE FAVOR AND I THANK

                    YOU VERY MUCH.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. O'DONNELL IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 MR. GOODELL TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

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

                    YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR CLARIFYING THAT.  LAST YEAR THERE WERE 17 NO

                    VOTES OVER OUR CONCERN ON THE PRICE AND THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON

                    INSURANCE RATES.  AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THE BRAND NAME DRUGS THAT ARE

                    MOST COMMONLY USED CAN RUN $2,000 A MONTH PLUS ALL THAT ASSOCIATED

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                   FEBRUARY 1, 2023

                    MEDICAL COST.  BUT AS MY COLLEAGUE POINTED OUT, THERE'S NON-GENERIC

                    VERSIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT JUST $40 A MONTH AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT

                    THE LOW COST OF A GENERIC BRAND COMPARED TO THE HIGH BENEFIT THAT --

                    THAT DRUG CAN PROVIDE IN AVOIDING EVEN HIGHER TREATMENT COSTS IT MAKES

                    A LOT OF SENSE TO SUPPORT IT.  SO ALTHOUGH I VOTED LAST YEAR AGAINST THIS

                    BILL BASED ON THE CONCERNS OF THE COST, I SUPPORT IT THIS YEAR BASED ON

                    MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS.  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MR. GOODELL IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A01706, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 65, SIMON.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO

                    SPECIFYING PROCEDURES FOR THE CLOSURE AND/OR DECERTIFICATION OF ASSISTED

                    LIVING RESIDENCES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

                    ADVANCED.  AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A01708, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 66, CRUZ.  AN ACT TO AMEND A CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF 2022 ENACTING

                    THE LORENA BORJAS TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NON-BINARY (TGNB)

                    WELLNESS AND EQUITY FUND ACT, AS PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS

                    NUMBERS S. 8884-A AND A. 9418-A, THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND THE

                    STATE FINANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS THERETO.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                   FEBRUARY 1, 2023

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

                    AND THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A01975, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 67, BRONSON.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO

                    MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES REQUIRED TO BE COVERED BY CERTAIN INSURANCE

                    POLICIES.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

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

                                 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. A02198, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 68, DINOWITZ.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW AND THE CHAPTER

                    OF THE LAWS OF 2022 RELATING TO PROVIDING INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR

                    COLORECTAL CANCER EARLY DETECTION, AS PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS

                    NUMBERS S. 906-B AND A. 2085-A, IN RELATION TO COVERAGE FOR

                    PREVENTIVE SCREENINGS AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS; AND TO REPEAL CERTAIN

                    PROVISIONS OF THE INSURANCE LAW AND OF SUCH CHAPTER RELATING THERETO.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

                    ADVANCED.  READ THE LAST SECTION.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                   FEBRUARY 1, 2023

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 ACTING SPEAKER LEE:  ARE THERE ANY OTHER

                    VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A02199, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 69, STERN.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO

                    ANNUITY BENEFITS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER LEE:  ON A MOTION BY MR.

                    STERN, 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 LEE:  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. A02200, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 70, MCDONALD.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW AND THE

                    PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO PATIENT PRESCRIPTION PRICING

                    TRANSPARENCY; AND TO REPEAL CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE INSURANCE LAW

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                   FEBRUARY 1, 2023

                    THERETO.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER LEE:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

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

                    DAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER LEE:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD THE

                    VOTE.

                                 (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. A02201, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 71, CRUZ.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW AND THE PUBLIC

                    HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO DIRECTING THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH TO

                    PROMULGATE A LIST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR WHICH AN EMERGENCY

                    THIRTY-DAY SUPPLY CANNOT BE OBTAINED.

                                 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. A02202, RULES REPORT

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                   FEBRUARY 1, 2023

                    NO. 72, HUNTER.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO

                    CLARIFYING THE EXCESS LINE INSURANCE PLACEMENT AFFIDAVIT REQUIREMENTS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

                    ADVANCED.  READ THE LAST SECTION.

                                 THE CLERK:  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE.

                                 (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. A02205, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 73, CRUZ.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW AND THE PUBLIC

                    HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS;

                    AND TO AMEND A CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF 2022 AMENDING THE INSURANCE

                    LAW RELATING TO CERTAIN PROHIBITED CONTRACT PROVISIONS, AS PROPOSED IN

                    LEGISLATIVE BILLS NUMBERS S. 7199-A AND A. 8169-A, IN RELATION TO THE

                    EFFECTIVENESS 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.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                   FEBRUARY 1, 2023

                                 (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. A02207, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 74, EICHENSTEIN.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION

                    TO INSURANCE FOR VICTIMS OF A HATE CRIME; AND TO REPEAL CERTAIN

                    PROVISIONS OF SUCH LAW RELATING THERETO.

                                 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.

                                 (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. A02208, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 75, WILLIAMS.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF 2022

                    AUTHORIZING THE BAIS TORAH U'TEFILLAH TO RECEIVE REAL PROPERTY TAX

                    EXEMPT STATUS, AS PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS NUMBERS S. 9196 AND A.

                    10419, IN RELATION TO MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS THERETO.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MS.

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

                    ADVANCED.  READ THE LAST SECTION.

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                   FEBRUARY 1, 2023

                                 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. A02209, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 76, CHANDLER-WATERMAN.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS

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

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MS.

                    CHANDLER-WATERMAN, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE.  THE SENATE

                    BILL IS ADVANCED.  READ THE LAST SECTION.

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

                    DAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 MS. CHANDLER-WATERMAN TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

                                 MS. CHANDLER-WATERMAN:  THANK YOU, MR.

                    SPEAKER.  I'VE SPENT 20 YEARS ADVOCATING FOR ANTI-VIOLENCE AND GUN

                    REFORM LEGISLATIONS AND POLICY.  I ATTENDED FUNERALS AND MEMORIALS AND

                    COMFORTED THE MOTHERS, FATHERS, WIVES, HUSBANDS AND CHILDREN OF

                    PEOPLE KILLED DUE TO GUNS.  SO WHEN I CAMPAIGNED TO BECOME THE

                    ASSEMBLYWOMAN REPRESENTING 58 ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, I PROMISED

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                   FEBRUARY 1, 2023

                    130,000 PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY I WOULD DO EVERYTHING I COULD TO

                    ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF GUNS IN OUR CITY AND STATE.  THIS AMENDMENT CAN

                    MAKE TO CONVENE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CHILD GOING HOME OR LOSING

                    THEIR LIFE LIKE 12-YEAR-OLD TAMIR RICE.  TAMIR WAS DOING WHAT CHILDREN

                    DO.  HE WAS PLAYING WITH A TOY.  SINCE 1994 THERE'S BEEN 63 SHOOTINGS

                    IN NEW YORK STATE BECAUSE FAKE OR TOY GUNS WERE MISTAKEN FOR REAL

                    FIREARMS.  AND YES, TOY GUNS HAVE BEEN USED TO COMMIT CRIMES

                    INCLUDING ROBBERY AND INTIMIDATION.  THIS AMENDMENT MAKES THE

                    NECESSARY TECHNICAL CHANGES TO ENSURE TOYS LOOK LIKE TOYS, NOT REAL

                    GUNS.  IT ALSO BRINGS STATE LAW IN ALIGN WITH NEW YORK CITY LAW THAT

                    MAKES TOY GUNS EVEN MORE IDENTIFIABLE.  IF WE CAN'T GET LITTLE TOY GUNS,

                    WE LEGISLATORS HAVE TO ENSURE TOYS ARE NOT MISTAKEN FOR REAL FIREARMS.  I

                    FORMED THE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 58 PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE WHEN I TOOK

                    OFFICE.  I WAS INTENTIONAL ABOUT GATHERING RESIDENTS FROM MY DISTRICT

                    WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE (INAUDIBLE) JUSTICE INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS, MOTHERS

                    WHO LOST THEIR CHILDREN AND INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE VICTIMS THEMSELVES.

                    THIS ENSURES THAT THEIR VITAL VOICE IS HEARD THROUGH RESOURCES AND

                    LEGISLATION.  I WILL BE VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MS.

                    CHANDLER-WATERMAN IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THANK YOU.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                               (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A02353, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 77, FALL.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, IN RELATION

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                   FEBRUARY 1, 2023

                    TO EXEMPTING REAL PROPERTY OF AN APPLICABLE BATTERY PARK CITY PROPERTY

                    FROM PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES; TO AMEND A CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF

                    2022 RELATING TO DIRECTING THE BATTERY PARK CITY AUTHORITY TO EXTEND ITS

                    LEASE WITH THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AS PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS

                    NUMBERS S. 9032-B AND A.10414-A, IN RELATION TO DIRECTING THE BATTERY

                    PARK CITY AUTHORITY TO EXTEND ITS RESTATED AND AMENDED MASTER LEASE BY

                    AT LEAST FIFTY YEARS; AND TO REPEAL CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE REAL

                    PROPERTY TAX LAW RELATING THERETO.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  ON A MOTION BY MR.

                    FALL, 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.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR THIS VOTE TO COME IN WE -- A

                    CLERICAL ERROR WAS MADE.  THAT WAS MS. CHANDLER-WATERMAN'S FIRST BILL.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 WHILE THE APPLAUSE WAS DELAYED IT IS AS HEARTFELT AS IF

                    IT HAPPENED ON TIME AND IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.


                                 THE CLERK:  ASSEMBLY NO. A02377, RULES REPORT

                    NO. 78, EACHUS.  AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND THE

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                   FEBRUARY 1, 2023

                    SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN RELATION TO SUPPORT OF LIVING ORGAN DONATION.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  READ THE LAST SECTION.

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

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE CLERK WILL RECORD

                    THE VOTE.

                                 (THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

                                 MR. EACHUS TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

                                 MR. EACHUS:  THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.  I'D LIKE TO

                    THANK THE CONFERENCE FOR SELECTING ME TO CARRY THIS CHAPTER

                    AMENDMENT BILL FOR THIS VERY CRUCIAL LEGISLATION.  AS MANY OF YOU

                    ALREADY KNOW, NEW YORK RANKS LAST IN THE NATION IN REGARD TO THE

                    PERCENT OF RESIDENTS REGISTERED AS ORGAN DONORS.  AND WHEN IT'S NOT LAST

                    OVER THE LAST DECADE IT'S BEEN SECOND TO LAST.  HERE IN NEW YORK IN

                    PURE NUMBERS WE HAVE 35 PERCENT OF THE NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS ARE

                    REGISTERED AS ORGAN DONORS AS COMPARED TO 56 PERCENT ACROSS THE REST OF

                    THE UNITED STATES.  THERE ARE CURRENTLY 8,161 PEOPLE ON THE TRANSPLANT

                    WAIT LISTS HERE IN NEW YORK.  OF THAT 7,125 ARE AWAITING A KIDNEY

                    TRANSPLANT.  THOSE ON THESE LISTS WILL EXPECT TO WAIT BETWEEN THREE TO

                    FIVE YEARS BEFORE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT COMPARED TO

                    ONE TO TWO YEARS NATIONALLY.  SOMETIMES THE GRIM REALITY OF SITUATIONS

                    CAN BE LOST IN THESE STATISTICS.  TO TRANSLATE, WHAT IT MEANS IS EVERY 18

                    HOURS A RESIDENT IN NEW YORK STATE DIES WAITING FOR AN ORGAN.  LET THAT

                    SINK IN. EVERY 18 HOURS.  ALMOST ONCE A DAY A FAMILY IN THIS STATE FACES

                    A TRAGIC LOSS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF MORE DONORS WERE

                    SIMPLY AVAILABLE.  IN A STATE THAT IS KNOWN FOR ITS EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY

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                    NYS ASSEMBLY                                                   FEBRUARY 1, 2023

                    TO WORK TOGETHER IN THE FACE OF TRAGEDIES IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES THIS

                    IS A DAUNTING AND UNACCEPTABLE STATISTIC FOR US.  THIS BILL WILL REMOVE

                    MANY OF THE FINANCIAL BARRIERS AND WORK TOWARDS EDUCATING THE PUBLIC

                    ABOUT LIVING DONATIONS.  IT WOULD PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT FOR LIVING

                    DONORS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF NEW YORK AND WHO MAKE A LIVING

                    DONATION IN WHICH THE ULTIMATE RECIPIENT IS ALSO A NEW YORK RESIDENT.

                    THIS WILL ONLY WORK TOWARDS INCREASING AVAILABILITY IN DONORS AND IN

                    TURN SAVE LIVES.  I AM BEYOND PROUD TO HAVE THIS BE MY FIRST OF

                    HOPEFULLY MANY BILLS I WILL BE PASSING IN THIS CHAMBER.  IT IS AN HONOR

                    TO BE PASSED THE BATON OF THIS LEGISLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL BILL SPONSOR

                    FORMER ASSEMBLYMEMBER GOTTFRIED WHO I KNOW WAS A MODEL

                    STATESMAN AND RELENTLESS CHAMPION ON THIS ISSUE AND MANY OTHERS TO

                    MAKE SURE THAT THIS BILL GOT SIGNED INTO LAW.  I LOOK FORWARD TO

                    CONTINUING TO MAKE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS ISSUE AND MANY

                    OTHERS THAT FACE THE STATE.  I WILL BE VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK

                    YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU, MR.

                    EACHUS.  MR. EACHUS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  JIM CONTE IS LISTENING TO US

                    TODAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

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

                    FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.  I CERTAINLY DO RISE TO COMMEND

                    THE SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION.  THE DATA THAT HE HAS LAID OUT FOR US

                    TODAY IS CRITICALLY TRUE AND UNFORTUNATELY AS THE EMPIRE STATE THAT WE

                    PROFESS TO BE WE DON'T SHOW UP THAT WAY IN TERMS OF BEING WILLING TO BE

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                    A DONOR -- LIVING OR CADAVER.  AND SO I ACTUALLY WANT TO COMMEND HIM

                    FOR THIS AND HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE LISTEN TO THE FACTS THAT HE GAVE

                    US, ACTUALLY MY COLLEAGUE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE IF HE WERE HERE

                    TODAY WOULD GIVE US THOSE SAME FACTS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR

                    A WHILE.  IT'S ACTUALLY TRUE.  AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US CAN BEGIN

                    DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.  GOD FORBID WE EVER GET IN A POSITION

                    WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO SOMEONE ELSE'S ORGAN IN ORDER TO

                    CONTINUE LIVING, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT ONLY TO BE

                    SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION BUT TO TAKE ACTION AND TRY TO SEE

                    SOME RESULTS FOR THE GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK.  THANK YOU, SIR.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THANK YOU.  MRS.

                    PEOPLES-STOKES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 MS. FORREST.

                                 MS. SOUFFRANT FORREST:  I RISE TO AGAIN THANK

                    THE SPONSOR.  THIS IS YOUR FIRST BILL, CONGRATULATIONS.  BUT THIS IS A VERY

                    IMPORTANT FIRST BILL BECAUSE I WILL SAY AS A MOTHER IT IS THE GREATEST

                    ACHIEVEMENT OF MY LIFE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE LIFE TO MY SON DAVID, BUT

                    IMAGINE AN ORGAN DONOR CAN GIVE UP -- CAN GIVE LIFE UP TO SEVEN

                    PEOPLE.  THAT'S A NEW CHANCE, THAT'S A START FOR OTHERS, AND SO I

                    ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES IN THIS ROOM BUT ALSO ALL NEW YORKERS TO

                    TAKE THE CHANCE, GIVE LIFE TO SOMEONE ELSE, AND -- AND BRING FORTH SOME

                    GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER FAMILY, ANOTHER -- AND THE COMMUNITY.

                    AND SO SIGN UP, YOU KNOW, BE AN ORGAN DONOR AND REALLY, REALLY GIVE

                    SOMETHING GREAT TO SOMEONE ELSE.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, SPONSOR, FOR

                    THIS ACHIEVEMENT.

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                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  MS. FORREST IN THE

                    AFFIRMATIVE.

                                 ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES?  ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

                                 (THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

                                 THE BILL IS PASSED.  AND AS MR. EACHUS HAS INFORMED

                    US IT IS HIS FIRST BILL.  CONGRATULATIONS, WONDERFUL BILL TO CARRY, SIR.

                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  THANK YOU.  MR.

                    SPEAKER, I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO INTERRUPT OUR PROCEEDINGS FOR THE

                    PURPOSES OF INTRODUCING SOMEONE WHO HAS JOINED OUR CHAMBERS.  ON

                    BEHALF OF OUR COLLEAGUES MR. BORES AS WELL AS MS. SEAWRIGHT WE HAVE

                    MR. ANDREW FINE.  MR. FINE IS AN ENTREPRENEUR, INNOVATOR AND A

                    COMMUNITY ACTIVIST.  HE WRITES ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAS BEEN

                    DESCRIBED AS THE VOICE OF THE EAST SIDE.  AS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE EAST

                    86TH ST. ASSOCIATION, HE ORGANIZES TRASH CLEANUPS AND OTHER

                    BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS.  MR. SPEAKER, WOULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME THIS

                    GENTLEMAN TO OUR CHAMBERS.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  CERTAINLY.  ON BEHALF

                    OF MR. BORES, MS. SEAWRIGHT, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, SIR, WE

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

                    YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.  WE'RE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE COME AND

                    JOINED US TODAY AND THAT YOU HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR THE

                    IMPROVEMENT OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE CITY AND STATE OF NEW

                    YORK.  THANK YOU AGAIN.  YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE, SIR.

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                                 (APPLAUSE)

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES:  THANK YOU, MR.

                    SPEAKER.  I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR WHAT I THINK WAS

                    A VERY PRODUCTIVE DAY AND WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN WE START EARLY, WE CAN

                    ACTUALLY END EARLY.  SO, MR. SPEAKER, DO YOU HAVE ANY RESOLUTIONS

                    AND/OR FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING?

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  I AM INFORMED THAT

                    WE HAVE ONE SIGNIFICANT RESOLUTION.  WE WILL TAKE IT UP WITH ONE VOTE.

                    ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED,

                    NO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.


                                 (WHEREUPON, ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 82 WAS

                    UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.)

                                 MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

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

                    MOVE THAT THE ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY THE

                    2ND, TOMORROW BEING A LEGISLATIVE DAY AND THAT WE WILL RECONVENE AT

                    2:00 P.M., ON FEBRUARY THE 6TH, MONDAY BEING A SESSION DAY.

                                 ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY:  THE ASSEMBLY STANDS

                    ADJOURNED.  HAPPY FEBRUARY.

                                 (WHEREUPON, AT 11:21 A.M. THE HOUSE STOOD

                    ADJOURNED UNTIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, THAT BEING A LEGISLATIVE DAY,

                    AND TO RECONVENE AT 2:00 P.M. ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH, THAT BEING A

                    SESSION DAY.)



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