MONDAY, MAY 22, 2023 1:26 P.M.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: The House will come

to order.

In the absence of clergy, let us pause for a moment of

silence.

(Whereupon, a moment of silence was observed.)

Visitors are invited to join the members in the Pledge

of Allegiance.

(Whereupon, Acting Speaker Aubry led visitors and

members in the Pledge of Allegiance.)

A quorum being present, the Clerk will read the

Journal of Sunday, May 21st.

Mrs. Peoples-Stokes.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: Mr. Speaker, I move to

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dispense with the further reading of the Journal of Sunday, May the

21st and that the same stand approved.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Without objection, so

ordered.

Mrs. Peoples-Stokes.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: Thank you, sir. To our

colleagues, as well as our guests that are in the Chambers, I would like

to share a quote today from, this one is from Oliver Goldsmith, he was

an Irish novelist, and a playwright and a poet. His words for us today,

Our greatest story [sic] is not in never falling, but in rising every time

we fall. Again, these words from Oliver Goldsmith.

Mr. Speaker, colleagues have on their desk a main

Calendar. We also have a debate list and after any housekeeping

and/or introductions, we'll be calling for a Rules Committee to meet in

the Speaker Conference Room, that one will produce an A-Calendar

of which we're going to take up today on consent. We're also going to

be calling for the following committees to meet off the floor: Labor

and Tourism. We're going to take up the following bills on debate

today from this list, Calendar No. 154 by Mr. Burdick; Rules Report

No. 162 by Mr. McDonald; Rules Report No. 169 by Mr. Fall; Rules

Report No. 142, Mr. Dinowitz; and Rules Report No. 154 by Mr.

Jacobson. There is probably going to be a need for additional floor

activity and so I will announce it as we proceed. However for sure

there is a need for a Majority Conference immediately following our

conclusion on the floor today. And as we always do, Mr. Speaker,

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we'll check with our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to see

what they have conference needs.

That's a general outline of where we are today, sir. If

you have any housekeeping or introductions, now would be a great

time.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Thank you, Mrs.

Peoples-Stokes, and we do have a introduction.

Ms. Woerner for the purposes of a introduction.

MS. WOERNER: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for

allowing me the privilege of interrupting our proceedings for an

introduction. I am joined in the Chamber today - please stand - by

Ben Nathan. Ben is a rising sophomore at Skidmore College, a

graduate of Saratoga Springs High School, and he has joined us in the

Chamber today to see how his State government works. So I know

we'll all be on our best behavior and give him a really good education.

So if you will offer the cordialities of the House, Mr. Speaker.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Certainly. On behalf

of Ms. Woerner, the Speaker and all the members, Ben, welcome to

the New York State Assembly. We extend to you the privileges of the

floor. We hope that this time with us will be instructive, and you

certainly have a good example sitting next to you on the floor, a great

Assemblywoman. Thank you so very much for being here.

(Applause)

Mrs. Peoples-Stokes for the purposes of a

introduction.

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MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: Thank you, Mr.

Speaker, for allowing me the opportunity to introduce, I think a very

important guest from the great Western New York community. He is

here today, even though we are celebrating today in Albany the Asian

Pacific American Heritage Week, he's actually here to promote the

work that he does so greatly in our community with the Community

Action Organization. He is the President and CEO, Thomas Kim.

The CAO is the largest not-for-profit in all of Erie County. It runs

youth services, adult services, affordable housing, drug treatment

programs and all of Head Starts. It also does a business development

initiative that has young people learning how to be vendors and sales

people, and craft artists at selling things at a very early age. Mr.

Thomas is also an amazing Army Veteran. He has served in three

combat tours. He has two Bronze Stars. He went to the Army

operations and Intel school. He's also a graduate of Wharton with an

MBA and a Master's of Social Work. So as you can see, he's a

well-rounded, intellectual that provides added value to all of the

constituents throughout Erie County, and in particular, those who live

within the 141st Assembly District. So it would be my honor, sir, if

you would welcome him to our Chambers and give him the

cordialities of the floor.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Certainly. On behalf

of Mrs. Peoples-Stokes, the Speaker and all the members, sir, we

welcome you here to the New York State Assembly, extend to you the

privileges of the floor. And congratulations on such a storied career

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that you have already put forward. We hope that you will continue in

all these great endeavors and continue to make this State and your

community better. Thank you so very much.

(Applause)

Mrs. Peoples-Stokes for a announcement.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: Mr. Speaker, if you

could please have the Rules Committee go to the Speaker's

Conference Room.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Absolutely. Rules

Committee, Speaker's --

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: And we will go right to

our debate list.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Rules Committee,

Speaker's Conference Room immediately.

Page 15, Calendar No. 154, the Clerk will read.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A00343-A, Calendar

No. 154, Burdick. An act to amend the Public Service Law, in

relation to requiring vine trimming for the maintenance of utility

poles.

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.)

Mr. Goodell to explain his vote.

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MR. GOODELL: Thank you, sir. This bill requires

utilities to trim vines if the vine growth would likely disrupt the safe

and reliable service. I just wanted to commend the sponsor for

amending this bill to reflect the comments of industry. And that's the

type of process we would hope to have, one that is balanced and fair

to both parties, or all parties. And with that, I'll be supporting it.

Thank you, sir.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Thank you, sir. Mr.

Goodell in the affirmative.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: Are there any

other votes? Announce the results.

(The Clerk announced the results.)

The bill is passed.

Page 6, Rules Report No. 162, the Clerk will read.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A05477-A, Rules

Report No. 162, McDonald, Steck, Stern, Colton, Dickens, Gunther,

Glick, Gibbs, Wallace, Jacobson, Sillitti, Ramos, Bendett, Maher,

Simpson, Reilly, Brabenec, Durso, Norris, Beephan, McGowan, K.

Brown, Angelino, Reyes, Walker, Raga, Bores, Buttenschon. An act

to amend the Real Property Tax Law, in relation to exempting income

earned working at the polls from the definition of income.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: Read the last

section.

THE CLERK: This act shall take effect immediately.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: The Clerk will

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record the vote on Rules Report No. 162.

(The Clerk recorded the vote.)

Mr. McDonald to explain his vote.

MR. MCDONALD: Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Just briefly on this legislation. A classic example of what we always

deal with is at a picnic last fall, a woman came up to me and said, you

know, I've been working the polls for 35 years and I'm going to quit. I

said, why are you going to quit? She goes, because I'm working more

and more and more because of early voting and many other aspects

and the reality is my income is going up to the point where it's crossed

the threshold and it's costing me my STAR exemption. So this

legislation really reflects the fact that we are challenged to find poll

workers. I appreciate the bi-partisan support on this because we all

know the challenges and hopefully, more individuals will continue to

help make sure that our elections are conducted fairly and equitably.

Thank you.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: Thank you, Mr.

McDonald.

Mr. Gallahan to explain his vote.

MR. GALLAHAN: Thank you, Madam Speaker. I'd

like to thank the sponsor for this bill and on the bill, I would also like

to say that I'd like to see this furthered with folks being able to sign up

for shift work during the -- during the process because we have a lot

of older folks and folks that are disabled that can't make it from 6

o'clock in the morning until 9 o'clock, 9:30 in the evening. So I think

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it would open up a lot more opportunity for poll workers if we could --

we could do shift work and cut it from 6 o'clock in the morning to 1, 2

o'clock in the afternoon and have someone come in and relieve them.

So I just wanted to make that clear, I think that's a great plan and

thank the sponsor for the bill. Thank you.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: Thank you, Mr.

Gallahan.

Are there any other votes? Announce the results.

(The Clerk announced the results.)

The bill is passed.

Mrs. Peoples-Stokes.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: Thank you, Madam

Speaker. If I could have colleagues' attention, I would like to interrupt

our proceedings for the purposes of introducing a guest in the

Chamber. She is a guest of our colleague, Ms. Grace Lee. And she is

here in celebration of Asian American Heritage Month. Her name --

I'm introducing Mrs. Ellen Yang. She is the wife of Andrew Yang,

former Presidential candidate. She's a mother of two, she's an

advocate for children with special needs, she's a survivor/advocate of

victims of sexual abuse, and she's an amazing voice, Madam Speaker,

for Asian Americans not just in the State of New York, but nationwide

as well as worldwide. Would you please welcome Ms. Yang to our

Chambers and offer her the cordialities of the floor. Thank you,

ma'am.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: Ms. Yang, on

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behalf of Assemblymember Lee and the Speaker and all of the

members, we welcome -- we welcome you to our Chamber. Thank

you so much for the good work that you do on behalf of Asian

Americans across the State, as well as for children of special needs

and for the victims of sexual abuse. It's very important work and it's

wonderful to have a woman as distinguished as yourself leading that

effort. We extend to you the privileges of the floor and hope that you

enjoy the proceedings, and thank you so much for joining us.

(Applause)

Mr. Goodell for an introduction.

MR. GOODELL: Thank you very much, Madam

Speaker. Everyone in this room appreciates the challenges that are

facing our youth, especially as it relates to our addiction and substance

abuse. And we are honored today to have with us the Youth Alliance

of Jefferson County. Their overall mission is to improve health and

wellness in communities by decreasing or reducing substance use in

youth. The Coalition is youth-led and uses evidence-based model for

community change. Today we have 11 remarkable youth supported

by eight community stakeholders. And they've been here meeting

with Assemblymember Blankenbush and Assemblymember Gray. So

on behalf of those two Assemblymen, let me introduce in the 8th

grade: Aubri Souza, Perry Durgan, Faith Jones; in the 9th grade,

Kaplan Schenk, Eva Horbacz, Thatcher Fairchild; in the 10th grade,

Kaelynd Brouillette, and Peyton Britton; in the 11th grade, Nathalie

Lassiter; in the 12th grade, Lily Sourwine and Lilly Kimball. And

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with them we have District Attorney Kristyna Mills; Cody Horbacz

who is a parent, business owner and (inaudible) of Watertown

Councilman; Heidi Williams; Lonny Snyder and Celia Cook with the

Youth Alliance; Anita Seefried Brown and Caitlin Lawler with the

Alliance for Better Communities; and Tammie Nabywaniec, Project

Director of the Youth Alliance.

If you would welcome these distinguished guests who

are engaged in such an important project in Jefferson County, I would

appreciate it. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: Thank you, Mr.

Goodell. On behalf of Assemblymembers Blankenbush and

Assemblymember Gray, it is -- and the Speaker and all of our

members, it is a privilege to welcome you young people and the adults

who are -- who are with you to the Chamber today. The work that

you're engaged in to -- to improve health and wellness by reducing

substance use, particularly among youth, is so very, very important

and it is a -- it's a challenge in every community across the State.

Thank you for taking up that mantle and doing what I'm sure is an

outstanding job. I hope that your time here in the -- in the Capitol has

been a productive one. So today, we extend to you the privileges of

the floor and we hope that you enjoy our proceedings. Thank you so

much for joining us.

(Applause)

Page 7, Rules Report No. 169, the Clerk will read.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A06569, Rules Report

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No. 169, Fall. An act to amend Chapter 395 of the Laws on 1978,

relating to moratoriums on the issuance of certificates of

environmental safety for the siting of facilities and certification of

routes for the transportation of liquefied natural or petroleum gas, in

relation to extending the effectiveness of the provisions of such

chapter.

(Pause)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Read the last section.

THE CLERK: This act shall take effect immediately.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: A Party vote has

been requested.

Mr. Goodell.

MR. GOODELL: Thank you very much, sir. The

Republican Conference will be generally opposed to this legislation

for the reasons I hope to explain in a moment, but we definitely have

members who also support it. They should make sure they vote yes

here on the floor of the Assembly. Thank you sir.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Thank you, sir.

And Mr. Vanel.

MR. VANEL: This is a Party vote. The Majority

members are generally in favor of this legislation. Those who are in

an opposition of this legislation must come into the Chamber and vote

affirmatively.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Thank you, sir.

The Clerk will record the vote.

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(The Clerk recorded the vote.)

Mr. Goodell to explain his vote.

MR. GOODELL: Thank you. This bill continues a

moratorium on licensing any liquid natural gas or petroleum gas

facilities in New York City. And the bill originally arose as a result of

a -- a liquid natural gas tank explosion 50 years ago, 50 years ago in

1973. In 1978, New York State composed a temporary moratorium

while they studied the safety of this issue. And they required the

Energy Planning Board to issue a report. Well, that report came back

and said that liquid natural gas is as safe as any other currently

available fuels and that the liquid natural gas industry has addressed

and responded to and has an excellent safety record. Currently, New

York State is the only state in the nation with a moratorium on

constructing any liquid natural gas facilities. So my colleagues in

Staten Island who still remember the explosion 50 years ago because

they have a much better memory than I do, will likely be opposed.

Those of us who are ready to move forward and look at this in a

different light will likely be opposed to this bill. Thank you, sir.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Mr. Goodell in the

negative.

Mr. Reilly to explain his vote.

MR. REILLY: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So I rise to

just give a little brief history and explain my vote that on

February 10th, 1973, there was an explosion that killed 40 workers at

a tank in Staten Island. The reason why I'm supporting this legislation

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is it halted the construction of two tanks that exist in my district today.

And right now the proximity they are to residential communities is

really something that's concerning to us, and that is why I am in

support of this legislation and I hope that my colleagues will

understand and appreciate the concern that the Staten Island

community has with the two tanks that exist and we don't want to see

them in operation again. So thank you, Mr. Speaker.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Mr. Reilly in the

affirmative.

Are there any other votes? Announce the results.

(The Clerk announced the results.)

The bill is passed.

Mr. Fall.

MR. FALL: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On behalf of

our colleagues, Member David Weprin and Member Daniel

Rosenthal, I'm pleased to introduce Stuart Verstandig. His son was a

former intern and also worked for both of our colleagues. So if you

could please welcome them to the People's House. Thank you.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Certainly, thank you.

On behalf of Assemblymembers Weprin and Rosenthal, the Speaker

and all the members, we welcome you here to the New York State

Assembly. We welcome you back to the New York State Assembly,

extend to you the privileges of the floor. So happy that this great

family can attend and enjoy this day. Thank you so very much.

(Applause)

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Page 5, Rules Report No. 142, the Clerk will read.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A02134-A, Rules

Report No. 142, Dinowitz. An act to amend the Multiple Residence

Law and the Multiple Dwelling Law, in relation to requiring owners

and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide

names and contact information of residents to emergency personnel.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: An explanation is

requested, Mr. Jacobson -- oh, Mr. Dinowitz, I'm sorry.

MR. DINOWITZ: Where's Mr. Fitzpatrick? I miss

him already.

Okay. This bill amends the Multiple Dwelling and

Multiple Residence Laws to require building owners to maintain a list

with the names and contact information for all residents. The owners

are to provide this list to emergency services personnel upon request

during an emergency. So if you are in -- if you are in favor of people

not dying from a fire or an explosion, you'll want to vote for this bill.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Ms. Walsh.

MS. WALSH: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the

sponsor yield for just a couple questions?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Mr. Dinowitz, will

you yield?

MR. DINOWITZ: I would love to yield in this very

noisy place.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Well, I believe we

can quiet the noise down. Ladies and gentlemen, we are on debate. If

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you'll break up those conversations in the back, take your seats or take

it outside the Chamber, please. A little respect for your members,

both sides of the aisle.

MS. WALSH: Thank you very much. So this bill, as

you said, in cases of emergency if there's a request made of the owner

or agent of a building, and I'm thinking of like high-rise building,

maybe many hundreds of people living in there, for a list with contact

information for each person. If the fire for example, let's say a fire, or

it could be a gas leak or it could be something like that they want to

get that list, the owner or agent of that owner needs to provide that list

to emergency services; is that correct?

MR. DINOWITZ: Yes.

MS. WALSH: Okay. So there were a few concerns

raised by the bill and I just want to clear those up because I think that

the bill is very specific and limited as far as what is required and when

it's required. So, first of all, it's only upon request by EMS, correct?

MR. DINOWITZ: Yes.

MS. WALSH: Okay. It's the -- the list is maintained

only for EMS's use, it's not for general dissemination, correct?

MR. DINOWITZ: Well, it's not just EMS but yes, it's

various emergency services, police, fire and so on. The list cannot be

disseminated. It's just there in case they need it because if they're in a

building and there's an emergency, a gas leak, they want to make sure

they're getting everybody out and they don't want to leave anybody

behind. And this is a direct result of something which took place in

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Yonkers that my colleague State Senator Mayer, brought to our

attention.

MS. WALSH: And the information would be not

only the name of the individual whose name is on the lease, but also

the cell phone number I would presume or a way to contact that

individual, right?

MR. DINOWITZ: Yes.

MS. WALSH: Okay. And but that information

cannot be provided, according to this bill, unless there is specific and

informed written consent from each occupant or resident. So if the

occupant or resident says no, I don't want you giving this lifesaving

information to fire, police or EMS, they can say that they don't want it

and then it would not be provided, right?

MR. DINOWITZ: They could opt out and then

unfortunately it's possible that it would be less likely that their lives

would be saved if they're there but no one knows they're there, what if

somebody is unconscious, for example. So it would certainly be in

people's interest to give the information, but it wouldn't be required,

there'd be an opt out.

MS. WALSH: So yeah, so the -- who specifically

will be on this list then? It will be people who agreed to be put on the

list, but from the point of view of the owner or agent that's compiling

the list, isn't it true that you're going to be going off of the lease that

was signed by the individual? Would that lease also include names of

other people that were also residing with them who were not on the

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lease maybe but were residing with them?

MR. DINOWITZ: Well, the list -- the names on the

lease are the leaseholders, but there could be additional names on the

list that the landlord or agent would have.

MS. WALSH: And once those people agreed to have

their name included in this, let's just call it an emergency list or

something -- emergency list, then those names would also be

provided, right?

MR. DINOWITZ: Yes.

MS. WALSH: And then any time the lease was

amended or there was a new lease for that particular unit, then the list

would get updated.

MR. DINOWITZ: Correct.

MS. WALSH: Okay. Now if -- if -- I mean what if

the list was not 100 percent accurate. I mean you might miss a person

here or there, or they won't agree to have their name included. So is

there any liability for the owner or agent for not providing a 100

percent accurate list of individuals in that building?

MR. DINOWITZ: No. The owner would be able to

provide a list as accurate as the people who allow him or her to put the

names on the list.

MS. WALSH: Okay. And that's -- I mean that's

about it. The one -- the one piece of opposition really to the bill, what

they said was that compiling the list will entail a lot of work. Do you

have anything to say about that? I mean, wouldn't there already be a

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list of people who had a lease in that building, you'd have a roll, right,

a rent roll?

MR. DINOWITZ: Well, the landlord would already

have a list of the -- the leaseholders for each apartment. So anybody

who thinks this will be a lot of work are people who don't work a lot.

MS. WALSH: Okay. So it's doable, it's doable to do

it --

MR. DINOWITZ: It's like nothing.

MS. WALSH: Yep. And again, it's not -- it's not as

though the owner of the building is going to have to go around

knocking on every unit and taking some kind of a head count and

coming up with a comprehensive list, you're working off of the lease

document.

MR. DINOWITZ: Right. It's really not a burden, at

least as I can see it. It's really not a burden.

MS. WALSH: Okay. Thank you very much for your

answers.

Mr. Speaker, on the bill.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: On the bill, Ms.

Walsh.

MS. WALSH: Yeah, I really appreciate the sponsor

bringing this bill forward and I think, you know, based on the answers

of the questions that I asked, I think that this bill is narrowly-tailored

for the purpose that it's trying to accomplish which is the safety and

safety of the individuals that live in a building in case of, you know,

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God forbid an emergency like a fire or a gas leak or some other

problem that where you really need to know the whereabouts of the

people who are in the building. So I think that it's a good reason

behind the bill and I think that the way it's constructed doesn't violate

anybody's privacy. They have to give specific and informed written

consent before their name and contact information goes on this

emergency list. And if it's not 100 percent accurate, if it's only 90

percent accurate, it's better than 0 percent, it's better than not being

able to provide it at all. So I will be supporting this bill. I would

encourage my colleagues to do the same. I do think that there may be

some who feel that it would be burden, but for myself, I think that any

burden is overcome by the -- the really good purpose that it seeks to

achieve. So thank you, Mr. Speaker.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Thank you, Ms.

Walsh.

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.

Mrs. Peoples-Stokes for the purposes of a

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announcement.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: Thank you, Mr.

Speaker. Could you call the Labor Committee to the Speaker's

Conference Room?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Certainly. Labor

Committee, Speaker's Conference Room immediately, please.

Mrs. Peoples-Stokes.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: Yes, sir. I'm going to

ask guests and colleagues that are in the Chambers to please have a

seat for a moment, because the people who are going to be standing

momentarily I want to be recognized easily. So if everyone could

have their seat. Colleagues, colleagues, please. Mr. Lavine, please.

Jodi, please. Thank you, Judge, for having a seat. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, on behalf of myself as well as Mr.

Goodell and all of our colleagues that are in the Chambers, we would

like for you to welcome the young people who are here from high

schools across the State for Students Inside Albany. So would all the

Students who are Inside Albany please stand.

So Mr. Speaker, this is organized by the League of

Women Voters and, as you know, they're always particularly

interested in making sure that constituencies are voting, and what a

better place to start than to start with our young people and bring them

right to the spot that shows the results of what happens when people

vote. So if you would please welcome these young people to our

Chambers on behalf myself and Mr. Goodell and all the colleagues in

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the Chambers, it would be greatly appreciated.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Certainly. On behalf

of Mrs. Peoples-Stokes, Mr. Goodell, the Speaker and all the

members, we welcome those extraordinary students here to shadow

our members to the New York State Assembly. We extend to you the

privileges of the floor. We hope that this has been a day that has been

beneficial to you. I hope that you will ultimately see yourself back to

a Chamber like this, or the other one across the aisle to serve in a

capacity in making the laws of the State. If that be true, we wish you

well and we hope that we will see you in leadership soon. Thank you

so very much.

(Applause)

Page 6, Rules Report No. 154, the Clerk will read.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A04847-A, Rules

Report No. 154, Jacobson, Santabarbara, Eachus, Colton,

Buttenschon. An act to amend the General Municipal Law, in relation

to prohibiting individuals in certain positions from taking any position

with a business or entity doing business with an industrial

development authority.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: An explanation is

requested, Mr. Jacobson.

MR. JACOBSON: Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: One minute, Mr.

Jacobson. Let our members settle down, everybody have a seat. Act

like you have some respect.

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Proceed.

MR. JACOBSON: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The

purpose of this bill is prohibit and deter conflicts of interests at

industrial developmental agencies known as IDAs. By prohibiting all

those on the boards or who work for the IDA from taking a position

with an entity that is applying or receiving benefits from the IDA.

This also includes independent contractors. The version this year is

slightly different, that the prohibition does not apply to those workers

that are performing maintenance services, the premises that the IDA

owns or rents such as landscapers, snow removers, plumbers,

electricians and those people. Also, if there is a -- it would not be

considered a conflict if a member of a union is on the IDA Board and

it comes to pass that members of that person's union would be

receiving employment.

There is a penalty involved that if somebody violates

this law and takes a position that pays them money, the penalty is five

times the amount of the money they received. So that's restitution

plus four times the amount. Because, Mr. Speaker, it's very important

because a prohibition without a penalty is not a deterrent and that's

why we need this bill. Thank you.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Thank you, sir.

Mr. Goodell.

MR. GOODELL: Thank you, sir. Would the sponsor

yield?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Mr. Jacobson, will

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you yield, sir?

MR. JACOBSON: Yes, I will.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: The sponsor yields.

MR. GOODELL: Thank you, Mr. Jacobson. Of

course, those of us who are here on the floor of the Assembly

periodically find ourselves in a conflict of interest situation, and right

on our desk we have the opportunity to abstain, it's one of the three

options we have whenever we vote. Why is it not sufficient for an

IDA member to simply abstain whenever there's a conflict of interest?

(Pause)

MR. JACOBSON: They can abstain from voting, but

that has nothing to do with them taking a position with an entity while

they're working for the board or afterwards. This bill also says that for

two years after a person stops serving on the board or rendering

services, that person cannot -- also has that prohibition from working

for an entity that has applied or receiving benefits. That's the same

kind of restriction that we have for most State employees.

MR. GOODELL: So it's your intent with this

language that it only applied to taking a position or new employment

after a vote? I mean so as an example, if I'm already a board member

MR. JACOBSON: If you're a board member, you

cannot take a job or get paid by somebody that's applying or receiving

benefits, or once you stop working for the board, there's a two-year

prohibition.

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MR. GOODELL: All right, so I understand you're

aiming this at preventing a situation where a board member votes to

approve a large grant and then, if you will, as a reward by a lucrative

employment contract with the grant recipient. That's what you're

aiming at; is that correct?

MR. JACOBSON: Yeah, that's one -- that's one of

the reasons because I think that it's wrong to be being paid by

somebody who is getting the benefit.

MR. GOODELL: Okay, so now let me give you a

different scenario.

MR. JACOBSON: Go ahead.

MR. GOODELL: Let's say you are a -- already an

employee of a major corporation and in my IDA we try to select

people who have business experience to serve. Maybe you're a banker

or maybe you're a CEO of a corporation. And two years after you

were appointed as a board member, so you've been there for a couple

years, your corporation wants to seek a benefit. Is the corporation

barred from seeking any benefit from anybody who is on the IDA

board because, if so, we're not going to have anyone on the IDA board

that has that type of business experience. Or does it only apply to a

person who takes a position after a vote?

MR. JACOBSON: No, it would apply to that board

member while that member's on the board. And if the person then --

if then that company applies, you either have to get off the board or --

or discontinue the job. I think that when somebody takes a position,

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they -- they know the rules, or they should know the rules going into

that position. I mean, for example, when you have attorneys that are

town justices, they have a restriction that they cannot appear before

other town justices who are attorneys. They can go to another county,

but they can't do it in their own county. So the whole idea is, in this

situation, is that you should know what's going on and we want to

avoid conflicts, we want to avoid self-dealing as happened in Orange

County when the former County Executive who was on the IDA

Board was getting a salary by somebody that was applying and the

former Executive Director quit his job with some other employees and

then turned around and set up their own company dealing with the

board. So we're trying to prevent that. We want to help restore

confidence. There's a lot of money going on here so I think it's

important that we avoid conflicts as much as possible.

MR. GOODELL: Thank you very much, Mr.

Jacobson.

On the bill, sir.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: On the bill, Mr.

Goodell.

MR. GOODELL: Thank you. First, I think everyone

in this room is in agreement with the object of eliminating the

situation where a board member or a board employee of an IDA

approves or supports a project and then subsequently in short order

takes a highly remunerative job from the grant recipient, because it

creates an impression that their vote may have been influenced by a

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potential new employment where they put money in their own pocket;

100 percent on board with the sponsor in eliminating that situation.

But I think it should be really clear that there's a

different situation that's entirely different, and that is where you have a

board member who's an officer or employee of a corporation and has

been for years, and that corporation applies to the IDA for financial

assistance, and the board member makes a full disclosure and abstains

where there's no real implication that that board member is pocketing

money because the board member clearly disclosed it and abstains

from the vote. That should be allowed. And the problem is if you ban

both situations, you will not be able to recruit the very best board

members that you want on your IDA Board.

So in my county, we try to recruit members on the

IDA Board that thoroughly understand business, that are actively

involved in manufacturing or retail or other aspects, or maybe are

bankers who clearly understand the application, the wisdom and the

ability to be helpful. We don't want to ban anyone who might have

any knowledge or ability and disqualify their company for two years

simply because an existing board member sits on the board.

And so while I fully support that perspective going

forward, banning anyone from getting a new employment after voting,

it's just like we apply to lobbyists where there's a two year ban or us

who are banned for two years, that's all forward-looking. I support

that fully. But this bill, as explained by the sponsor, also looks

retroactively and would mean that if you had volunteered as a board

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member and gave your knowledge and expertise - and my client's on a

voluntary basis - that would prohibit your company from ever

applying for the next two years until two years after you resign. And

unfortunately that is too broad and so I can't support it. But again,

thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to my colleague. And I would

note, in a positive way, there has been an amendment on this bill

which addressed an issue we raised last year and solved it, and I hope

we can get an amendment to clarify this issue and solve that as well.

So thank you to the bill sponsor for his thoughtfulness.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Read the last section.

THE CLERK: This act shall take effect immediately.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: A Party vote has

been requested.

Mr. Goodell.

MR. GOODELL: Thank you, sir. The Republican

Conference is generally opposed, but we certainly understand and

appreciate the object of the sponsor. Some of my colleagues will be

voting yes here on the floor, and hopefully at some point we'll get all

these issues clarified. Thank you, sir.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Thank you.

Mrs. Peoples-Stokes.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: Thank you, Mr.

Speaker. The Majority Conference is generally going to be in favor of

this piece of legislation. There may be a few that would desire to be

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an exception. They are welcome to do so at their desk. Thank you,

sir.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Thank you, ma'am.

The Clerk will record the vote.

(The Clerk recorded the vote.)

Mr. Jacobson to explain his vote.

MR. JACOBSON: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has said, an industrial

development agency's core mission is to economically benefit their

communities, not the officials running them. The IDA throughout the

State has tremendous power. They grant tax breaks, they are able to

control development. So it's so important that the public trusts what

they do. So this bill will very simply prohibit individuals that either

are on the board or work for the board from taking positions with an

entity that is applied or receiving benefits, and this restriction would

continue for two years after they leave service.

This is the same kind of restriction we have for State

employees, and the reason this is necessary is that a prohibition

without penalty is not a return. In the situation that I mentioned that

happened in Orange County, there was restitution, there was no jail

time, there was no penalty. So here there'll be a penalty of five times

the amount so that hopefully -- five times the amount received, so

hopefully it will serve as an adequate deterrent. I proudly vote in the

affirmative.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Mr. Jacobson in the

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affirmative.

Mr. Maher to explain his vote.

MR. MAHER: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do want

to explain my vote here today. The Orange County IDA, which is

specifically mentioned in justification, they did have an incident over

the last several years specifically in 2021 when it came out where you

had folks that were part of the board that really did some things that

were not appropriate. And for that reason and the aforementioned edit

that was made for those that are part of a union involved in local labor

that are on these boards, those exemptions I think are a great addition.

I do hope that we are able to make another amendment as Member

Goodell had mentioned, and if we are able to do that I think it'll be

great, but even without that amendment, I am going to vote in the

affirmative because there are folks that have taken advantage

unfortunately in these positions and we want to make sure that we're

leading by example to ensure those things do not happen again. And I

just want to say when it comes to the Orange County IDA and the new

leadership they have and the new board members they have, they have

done a very good job with the public's trust and recruiting businesses

that need tax incentives to come here. So I do just want to make sure

that folks know that this current board and administration in the IDA

in Orange County is doing a good job. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I

will vote in the affirmative.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Mr. Maher in the

affirmative.

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Are there any other votes? Announce the results.

(The Clerk announced the results.)

The bill is passed.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Mrs. Peoples-Stokes

for the purpose of a introduction or two introductions.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: Thank you, sir. Two

introductions to interrupt our proceedings. First I would like to

welcome our former colleague Michael DenDekker back to our

Chambers. Mr. DenDekker served with us here for a number of years.

He is now the Director of Special Projects for New York City

Emergency Management Department. I believe he's over there.

There he is.

(Applause)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Certainly. On behalf

of Mrs. Peoples-Stokes, the Speaker and all the members, Michael

welcome back. Once a member, always a member. You will always

have privileges of the floor. Thank you for returning and sharing this

day with us. I think I know the event you're here for. Thank you so

very much.

(Applause)

Mrs. Peoples-Stokes.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: Mr. Speaker, on behalf

of our colleague Donna Lupardo, would you please welcome to our

Chambers Italian-American scholarship winner Caden DellaPenta

who is joined by his mother Elizabeth DellaPenta and his sister Devyn

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DellaPenta. Caden currently attends Vestal High School and will be

attending Lehigh University in the fall. If you would please welcome

this scholarship winner to our Chamber, sir.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Certainly. On behalf

of Mrs. Peoples-Stokes, the Speaker and all the members, we

welcome you here to the New York State Assembly. Congratulate

you on the award of the scholarship that you're receiving. Hope that it

is going to be beneficial, which I'm sure on part of the family it will be

very beneficial and that you will use it well and come back and visit

us often. Thank you so very much and congratulations.

(Applause)

Mr. Goodell for the purposes of a introduction.

MR. GOODELL: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm very,

very pleased to introduce to the Chamber and all of our members on

behalf of Assemblyman Ra special guest Kailey Simons. She is the

recipient of the Senator John J. Marchi Memorial Scholarship Award

by the Italian-American State Legislators of which we have several

proud members. Kailey is a senior at Herricks High School. She is

Co-captain of the Varsity Swim Team and a US Swimming Scholastic

All-American. She is an AP Scholar, National Merit Commended

Scholar, and a member of the Tri-M Honor Society. Obviously a very

talented and athletic young woman. If you would welcome her to our

Chamber on the special day where she is being honored as the

recipient of the Senator John J. Marchi Memorial Scholarship. Thank

you, sir.

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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Thank you. On

behalf of Mr. Goodell, Mr. Ra, the Speaker and all the members, we

welcome you here to the New York State Assembly. Young lady, we

are proud to have you with us and commend you on your

achievements that you've had so far, but I'm sure they're just minor

compared to the ones that you have future in your life and we hope

that you will do well and know that you always have friends here in

Albany. Thank you so very much.

(Applause)

And again Mr. Goodell.

MR. GOODELL: Thank you, sir. This is a great day

for us here in the Chamber recognizing a lot of very talented athletes,

and today we have with us the Finger Lakes Community College

Men's Volleyball Championship Team. They captured the NJCAA

National Invitational Men's Volleyball Championship. It's a great

team and this community college, the Finger Lakes Community

College has hosted now two championship teams, this one being the

latest. If you would welcome these distinguished members on behalf

of Assemblywoman Marge Byrnes and Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan, it

would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, sir. Oh, and if I may

mention their names, unless you would like to do it, sir.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Please.

MR. GOODELL: For just a moment I thought I was

going to have you struggle with all these names. We have with us

Jonah Grbic, AJ DeBalso, Bruce Ceravolo, Ian Meeks, Adrian Marin,

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 22, 2023

Samuel Guardado, Daniel Seymour, Nehemiah Williams, Mitchell

Schiller, Alex Sindone, Nick Ferris, Garyson Gaud, Jarett Campbell

and their coaches Andrew Solomon, Kyle Salisbury, Meghan Johnson,

Olivia Sheehan and Samantha Boccacino. What a great team. I hope

I got most of their names pronounced right and if you'll extend our

privileges to them. Thank you so much, sir.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Certainly. On behalf

of Mr. Goodell, Mr. Gallahan, Ms. Byrnes, the Speaker and all the

members, to both the team and your coaches and those who traveled

with you, congratulations. We're very proud of you. Know that that

victory that you had this year is just the beginning of victories in your

life. Please apply the same skills and talents to the life as you did to

the volleyball game that you played. Congratulations. You're always

welcome here. Thank you.

(Applause)

Mrs. Peoples-Stokes.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: Mr. Speaker, members

have on their desks an A-Calendar. I now move to advance that

A-Calendar.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: On a motion by Mrs.

Peoples-Stokes the A-Calendar is advanced.

Mrs. Peoples-Stokes.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: And if you could now

call the Tourism Committee to the Speaker's Conference Room.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Tourism in the

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Speaker's Conference Room immediately, please.

On the A-Calendar, page 4, Rules Report No. 180,

the Clerk will read.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A00061, Rules Report

No. 180, Sayegh, Seawright, Gallagher, Sillitti, Lemondes, Stirpe. An

act to amend the General Business Law, in relation to requiring

businesses which provide for someone to spoof a telephone number to

keep certain records.

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.)

Mr. Sayegh to explain his vote.

MR. SAYEGH: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To

explain my vote.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: It's very hard -- one

minute, Mr. Sayegh. We cannot hear the member explain his vote if

you all are talking. At your loudest voice, Mr. Sayegh, so that we can

hear you.

MR. SAYEGH: Thank you very much. Many of us

have been very much concerned over the recent disturbing trend of

individuals used in phone ads and other websites to make harassing

calls to elected officials and other private citizens in New York.

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When these fake numbers are brought to the local police, the

investigative departments cannot do much given there is only the fake

number to go on. This allows individuals to bypass the law by using

untraceable phone numbers to remain anonymous with little way of

being caught. This bill allows for transparency and allows those

companies that are providing these numbers to have backup

information so that they can be traced in the event that there's

harassment, there's criminal activity. This has been a major complaint

that people have been utilizing these untraceable numbers in many

ways to harass intentionally, intimidate, bully and cause harm to

individuals. So this is really clearly not only important but really

safeguards us and allows us an avenue to truly investigate and bring

people to justice when their conduct and action is unwarranted.

Thank you.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Mr. Sayegh in the

affirmative.

Mr. Novakhov to explain his vote.

MR. NOVAKHOV: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I

would like to thank the sponsor of this bill because my organization

was harassed at the very same way that the sponsor just described so

I'm in the affirmative and thank you so very much for taking care of

this. Thank you.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Mr. Novakhov in the

affirmative.

Are there any other votes? Announce the results.

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(The Clerk announced the results.)

The bill is passed.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A00742, Calendar No.

1 -- Rules Report No. 181, Joyner, Kelles, Shimsky, Alvarez, Epstein,

Aubry, Reyes, Forrest, Taylor, Walker. An act to amend the Criminal

Procedure Law, in relation to youthful offender determinations.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: The bill is laid aside.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A00783, Rules Report

No. 182, Hunter. An act to amend the Environmental Conservation

Law, in relation to an urban deer management pilot program; and

providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Read the last section.

THE CLERK: This act shall take effect 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. A00837, Rules --

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Mr. Goodell for an

introduction, I'm sorry.

MR. GOODELL: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is my

great honor to introduce some special guests that we have with us

today. On behalf of Assemblyman Ra, Assemblyman Brown and the

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members of the conference of Italian-American State Legislators, it is

our great privilege to have with us members of the Lieutenant

Declative -- Detective Joseph Petrosino Association in America. And

this association was formed over 100 years ago in honor of the first

Italian-American detective who was killed in the line of duty. And the

organization supports and encourages individuals to make a difference

in their community, particularly in the area of law enforcement, and

their hope is to inspire more young Italian-Americans to make that

commitment of service and dedication to their community. With us

today are Bob Fonti who is the President; Joseph Scelsa who is the

Honorary Chairman; Carol D'Auria, the Honorary Chairwoman, as

well as Anthony Bonomo, Ronnie Stern and John Schneidawin. If

you would introduce or welcome these distinguished guests to our

Chamber I would appreciate it. Thank you, sir.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Certainly. On behalf

of Mr. Goodell, Mr. Ra, and it seems a plethora of Assembly people,

we welcome you here to the New York State Assembly. We extend to

you the privileges of the floor. Our congratulations on keeping this

storied organization alive and well in this State. We hope that you

continue to work at that mission, continue to ensure that young people

are taking a great interest in their communities. Thank you so very

much for being here.

(Applause)

Page 4, Rules Report No. 183, the Clerk will read.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A00837, Rules Report

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No. 183, Dinowitz, Reyes. An act to amend the Public Health Law, in

relation to the publication of immunization information.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: The bill is laid aside.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A01633, Rules Report

No. 184, Simon, Cruz, Reyes, Glick, Weprin, Burdick, Jacobson, Otis,

Cunningham, Seawright, Santabarbara, Mitaynes, Gonz�lez-Rojas,

Colton, Forrest. An act to amend the Public Health Law, in relation to

the closure of hospitals or emergency or maternity departments.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: The bill is laid aside.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A01686-A, Rules

Report No. 185, Hunter, Simon, Burdick, Jean-Pierre. An act to

amend the Private Housing Finance Law, in relation to requiring the

division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual

report on the New York access to home programs.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Read the last section.

THE CLERK: This act shall take effect on the 180th

day.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: The Clerk will record

the vote.

(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. A01753-A, Rules

Report No. 186, Dinowitz, Hyndman, Simon, Weprin. An act to

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amend the General Obligations Law and the State Technology Law, in

relation to electronic signatures and salvage title.

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.

Ms. Wallace for the purposes of a introduction.

MS. WALLACE: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On

behalf of Assemblymember Santabarbara, I would like to introduce

some visitors to the Capitol today for Italian-American Day from the

great City of Amsterdam. We have with us Robert Spagnola,

Michelle Pollock and her husband Dan Pollock. Please welcome

them to the Chamber and extend all the cordialities of the House.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Certainly. On behalf

of Ms. Wallace, Mr. Santabarbara, the Speaker and all the members,

we welcome you here to the New York State Assembly, extend to you

the privileges of the floor, extend also our best wishes on

Italian-American Day. We hope you enjoy the festivities that are

provided and that you will always know you're welcome here and you

have a great representative here in the New York State Assembly.

Thank you very much.

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(Applause)

Page 5, Rules Report No. 187, the Clerk will read.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A01967, Rules Report

No. 187, Carroll, Dinowitz, Hyndman, Hevesi, Burdick, Kelles,

Simon, De Los Santos, Seawright. An act to amend the Real Property

Law, in relation to requiring disclosure of information concerning

flood insurance on property condition disclosure statements; and to

repeal Section 467 of the Real Property Law relating to liability with

respect to property disclosures.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: The bill is laid aside.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A02137, Rules Report

No. 188, Peoples-Stokes. An act to amend the Public Authorities

Law, in relation to increasing the total amount of bonds the Buffalo

sewer authority may issue.

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. A02151, Calendar

No -- Rules Report No. 189, Peoples-Stokes, Meeks. An act to amend

the Executive Law, in relation to the Office of Special Investigation

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inspecting serious physical injuries that may have resulted in death.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: The bill is laid aside.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A02235, Rules Report

No. 190, Hyndman. An act to amend the Education Law, in relation

to the transfer of certain funds from the licensed private career schools

tuition reimbursement account to the proprietary vocational school

supervision account.

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. A02258-B, Rules

Report No. 191, Simon, Glick, Taylor, Colton, Gibbs, McDonough,

Cook, Dickens. An act to amend the General Business Law, in

relation to the prohibiting the unauthorized installation of certain

security devices on residential buildings.

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.)

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ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: Are there any other

votes? Announce the results.

(The Clerk announced the results.)

The bill is passed.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A02400, Rules Report

No. 192, Paulin, Sayegh, Kelles. An act to amend the Public Health

Law, in relation to municipal limited health care service facilities.

ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: Read the last

section.

THE CLERK: This act shall take effect immediately.

ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: 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. A02677-A, Rules

Report No. 193, Rozic, Barrett, Bronson, Fahy, Hunter, Joyner,

Lupardo, Magnarelli, Otis, Santabarbara, Seawright, Simon, Steck,

Stirpe, Zebrowski, Wallace, Dickens, Vanel, Pheffer Amato, Lavine,

Jean-Pierre, Kim, Bichotte Hermelyn, Davila, Colton, L. Rosenthal,

Williams, Carroll, D. Rosenthal, Epstein, Dinowitz, Paulin, Jones,

Weprin, Peoples-Stokes, McMahon, Brabenec, Palmesano, Ra, Walsh,

Jacobson. An act to amend the Transportation Law, in relation to a

state transportation plan.

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ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: Read the last

section.

THE CLERK: This act shall take effect immediately.

ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: 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. A02825, Rules Report

No. 194, Pheffer Amato, Williams, Otis. An act to amend the

Environmental Conservation Law, in relation to the filling of borrow

pits in Jamaica Bay; in relation to directing the Department of

Environmental Conservation to conduct a study on ecological

restoration needs in Jamaica Bay; and providing for the repeal of

certain provisions upon expiration thereof.

ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: Read the last

section.

THE CLERK: This act shall take effect immediately.

ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: 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.

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THE CLERK: Assembly No. A04100, Rules Report

No. 195, Sillitti. An act to amend Chapter 280 of the Laws of 2016

authorizing the Village of Plandome Manor to enter into a contract to

sell or pledge as collateral for a loan some or all of the delinquent

liens held by such village to a private party or engage a private party

to collect some or all of delinquent tax liens held by it, in relation to

the effectiveness there of.

ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: Home Rule message

is at the desk. The Clerk will record -- read the last section.

THE CLERK: This act shall take effect immediately.

ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: 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. A04601-A, Rules

Report No. 196, Glick, Kelles, L. Rosenthal, Simone, Steck, Reyes.

An act to amend the Environmental Conservation Law, in relation to

the protection of certain streams.

ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: On a motion by Ms.

Glick, the Senate bill is before the House. The Senate bill is

advanced. And the bill is laid aside.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A04915-A, Rules

Report No. 197, Palmesano. An act to amend Chapter 366 of the

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Laws of 2005, amending the Tax Law relating to authorizing the

County of Yates to impose a county recording tax on obligations

secured by a mortgage on real property, in relation to extending the

provisions of such Chapter.

ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: Home Rule message

is at the desk. Read the last section.

THE CLERK: This act shall take effect immediately.

ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: 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. A05008-A, Rules

Report No. 198, Gallahan, Palmesano. An act to amend the Tax Law,

in relation to extending the expiration of the authorization for the

county of Seneca to impose an additional one percent sales and

compensating use tax.

ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: Home Rule message

is at the desk. Read the last section.

THE CLERK: This act shall take effect immediately.

ACTING SPEAKER LAVINE: The Clerk will

record the vote.

(The Clerk recorded the vote.)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Are there any other

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votes? Announce the results.

(The Clerk announced the results.)

The bill is passed.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. A05279-A, Rules

Report No. 199, Tague. An act to amend the Tax Law, in relation to

extending the authorization for imposition of additional sales tax in

the county of Schoharie.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Home Rule message

is at the desk. Read the last section.

THE CLERK: This act shall take effect immediately.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: The Clerk will record

the vote.

(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. A05298, Rules Report

No. 200, Lavine. An act authorizing the World Restoration Center,

Incorporated to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Home Rule message

is at the desk -- no, I'm sorry. A motion by -- on a motion by Mr.

Lavine, the Senate bill is before the House. The Senate bill is

advanced. Read the last section.

THE CLERK: This act shall take effect immediately.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: The Clerk will record

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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. A06140-A, Rules

Report No. 201, Cook, De Los Santos. An act to amend the New

York State Urban Development Corporation Act, in relation to

requiring the small business revolving loan fund to target and market

to veteran-owned enterprises and service-disabled veteran-owned

enterprises.

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. A06435, Rules Report

No. 202, Lupardo, Gunther. An act to amend the Agriculture and

Markets Law, in relation to allowing certain commercial feed to

include hemp seed.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Read the last section.

THE CLERK: This act shall take effect immediately.

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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. A06565, Rules Report

No. 203, Thiele. An act to amend Chapter 643 of the Laws of 2019

amending the Local Finance Law, relating to establishing an

electronic open auction bond sale pilot program, 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. A07171, Rules Report

No. 204, Gibbs. An act to amend Chapter 384 of the Laws of 1998

amending the Public Authorities Law relating to the powers of

Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, in relation to extending

the effectiveness thereof.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Read the last section.

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THE CLERK: This act shall take effect immediately.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: The Clerk will record

the vote.

(The Clerk recorded the vote.)

Are there any other votes? Announce the results.

(The Clerk announced the results.)

The bill is passed.

And Mr. Goodell for the purposes of a introduction.

MR. GOODELL: Thank you very much, Mr.

Speaker. On behalf of Assemblyman Ra and the entire

Italian-American Conference, it is my great pleasure and honor to

introduce Lidia Bastianich. She is a world famous Italian-American

chef, TV host, author and restauranteur. Definitely the person you

want to have dinner with if she's cooking. Ms. Bastianich is this year's

honoree for the Italian-American Day at the Capitol. If you would

welcome this famous guest on behalf of all of our colleagues in the

Italian-American Conference I would appreciate it. Thank you, sir.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Certainly. On behalf

of Mr. Goodell, Mr. Ra, the entire American legislators of the New

York State Assembly, the Speaker and all the members, we welcome

you here to the New York State Assembly, extend to you the

privileges of the floor. Thank you for coming and sharing this day

with us. It's a very special day in Albany and we hope you are going

to enjoy the festivities as they conclude this evening. Thank you so

very much. We're so pleased to have you.

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(Applause)

Mrs. Peoples-Stokes for the purposes of a

announcement.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: Thank you, Mr.

Speaker. If we could now turn our attention back to our original

Calendar on page 3 so that we might take up our resolutions.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Page 3, resolutions,

Assembly No. 512, the Clerk will read.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. 512, Ms. Buttenschon.

Legislative Resolution memorializing Governor

Kathy Hochul to proclaim September 2023, as Brain Aneurysm

Awareness Month in the State of New York.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: On the resolution, all

those in favor signify by saying aye; opposed, no. The resolution is

adopted.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. 513, Mr. Epstein.

Legislative Resolution memorializing Governor

Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2023, as Lower East Side History

Month in the State of New York.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Mr. Epstein on the

resolution.

MR. EPSTEIN: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to

support this resolution. The Lower East Side in New York has had a

long history of welcoming immigrants from all over the world. They

come to the Lower East Side. Its rich history has really taken in May

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when we have Lower East Side History Month. I want to applaud the

Governor to talk to about this Lower East Side Month in the State of

New York and I encourage folks to come to the Lower East Side,

learn about our rich tradition and our commitment to the community,

thank you.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: On the resolution, all

those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, no. The resolution is

adopted.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. 514, Mr. Brabenec.

Legislative Resolution memorializing Governor

Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 21-27, 2023, as Emergency Medical

Services Week in the State of New York.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: On the resolution, all

those in favor signify by saying aye; opposed, no. The resolution is

adopted.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. 515, Ms. Lee.

Legislative Resolution memorializing Governor

Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2023, as Asian Pacific American

Heritage Month in the State of New York.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Miss Lee on the

resolution.

MS. LEE: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the first

Korean-American woman in the Assembly, the representative of a

plurality Asian district and the co-chair of the Assembly's AAPI Task

Force, I am proud to introduce this resolution to recognize May as

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AAPI Heritage Month in New York. This is an important opportunity

to bring recognition to a community that has a long history of

underrepresentation. Although it might seem like a gesture, this

resolution is important because it shows people that in New York

AAPI voices matter and AAPI stories matter. This means so much for

our community that has suffered from stereotypes portraying them as

foreigners and outsiders, stereotypes that help fuel the hate and the

rise in the anti-Asian hate suffered by the AAPI communities since the

pandemic. This resolution sends a message to the AAPI community

that their story is a part of the American story and we belong here.

Thank you.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Thank you. On the

resolution, all those in favor signify by saying aye; opposed, no. The

resolution is adopted.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. 516, Mr. Maher.

Legislative Resolution memorializing Governor

Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2023, as Stop the Bleed Month in the

State of New York.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Mr. Maher on the

resolution.

MR. MAHER: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is

something that's very important to so many of us and for just a few of

the statistics. National Stop the Bleed Campaign is a call to action for

those that can die from blood loss within five minutes. Trauma is the

leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 48. The top

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cause of preventable death in trauma is bleeding. Twenty percent of

people who have died from traumatic injuries could have survived

with quick bleeding control. Thirty-five percent of pre-hospital deaths

are due to blood loss. And I have with us actually Maeve Robinson

who is a junior at Edmeston Central School District, and a couple

areas she's going to go back to her school today to promote Stop the

Bleed is going through word of mouth, social media. And she's

actually going to be doing some issues for her school so that the TVs

in each of the schools will be able to show some information and help

educate more folks on this important issue. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Thank you, sir.

On the resolution, all those in favor signify by saying

aye; opposed, no. The resolution is adopted.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. 517, Ms. Lunsford,.

Legislative Resolution memorializing Governor

Kathy Hochul to proclaim September 2023, as Early Intervention

Awareness Month in the State of New York.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Ms. Lunsford on the

resolution.

MS. LUNSFORD: Thank you very much, Mr.

Speaker, for letting me speak on this important resolution. Early

intervention services provide critical care to children who have

developmental and cognitive delays. This sort of service can give kids

gains over the course of their entire lives. Nearly 75 percent of

children who receive early intervention services make greater gains

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than they are otherwise expected to, but unfortunately there's been a

27 percent decline in children getting timely access to these services

since 2017. Right now in Monroe County there's 1,100 children on

the wait list. We need to make sure that we're providing this

important and critical service that's not only morally the right thing to

do but is statutorily required. Our early intervention providers are

working day and night to do more with less. And today I hope very

much that we can give some appreciation to this incredible work that's

performed by speech pathologists, occupational therapists and

physical therapists to our kids in need. So thank you very much for

giving me this opportunity and I see the floor.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Thank you very

much.

On the resolution, all those in favor signify by saying

aye; opposed, no. The resolution is adopted.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. 518, Ms. Sillitti.

Legislative Resolution memorializing Governor

Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 22, 2023, as Italian-American Day in

the State of New York.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Ms. Silitti on the

resolution.

MS. SILITTI: All right. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It

is my honor to be this year's sponsor of Italian-American Day in the

State of New York. On this day we celebrate Festa della Repubblica

Italiana, which is it celebrates the birth of the Italian Republic in the

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aftermath of World War II in which the Italian people voted in

referendum to form a republic. And as Italians, I mean you saw the --

the Well today, there's a lot happening and we have a celebration this

evening. But, you know, as Italians we're so much more than our

food, which is, you know, of course delicious, our famous designers,

our renaissance painters and scientists, da Vinci, Michaelangelo,

Botticelli, Raphael, Galileo, (inaudible). For Italians in America,

we're also part of the immigrants story of America and each one of our

stories is unique. My story began two generations ago when my

grandparents came to this country from Sorrento and Sicily, they

sought a better life for them -- themselves, but, you know, they faced

the same discrimination that every generation, new generation of

immigrants has faced. And just like the immigrants of today, this

country brought them hope, and that hope pushed them to work hard,

persevere and live their American Dream. In time, the Sillittis,

Scotellaros, the Politis, they thrived. Their children, my parents

Salvatore and Rosalie both raised in Brooklyn, where I feel like every

Italian goes would eventually meet on Long Island, another place

where Italians go, and they fell in love. Two generations since my

grandparents arrived here from Italy, their granddaughter now sits in

the New York State Assembly, which is pretty cool. It's the American

Dream that they sacrificed for, it's a dream I hope I can make them

proud of. So, Mr. Speaker, on behalf of myself, and the rest of the

New York Conference of Italian-American Legislators, I am proud to

offer this resolution proclaiming May 22, 2023, as Italian-American

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Day in the State of New York.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Thank you very

much.

Mr. Ra on the resolution.

MR. RA: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you

to my colleague and friend for putting this resolution forward. It's

been a great day already here. We got to have our activities in the

Well in the LOB for the first time in four years, recognized four really

impressive young people with our scholarships which is at the heart of

what we -- we do in promoting that next generation. Obviously we

just had the celebrity chef Lidia in the Chamber so it's been a great

day but it's not over yet. Anybody who hasn't yet -- it's not too late to

join us at Festa tonight at 6:30 over at the Italian-American Center in

Troy. Mr. Palmesano is eagerly awaiting his chance to defend his

bocce championship. So I know there are plenty of people coming to

try to take that trophy from him, but it's just been a great day of

celebrating the heritage that so many of us share and the contributions

of Italian-Americans that have made to this State and this nation in so

many different places. So I'm happy to vote in the affirmative and

cosponsor this resolution and I hope everybody can join us this

evening over in Troy. Thanks.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Thank you, Mr. Ra.

On the resolutions, all those in favor signify by saying

aye; nay. The resolutions are adopted.

THE CLERK: Assembly No. 519, Mr. J.M. Giglio.

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Legislative Resolution memorializing Governor

Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2023 as Spondyloarthritis Awareness

Month in the State of New York.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: On the resolution, all

those in favor signify by saying aye; opposed, no. The resolution is

adopted.

Mrs. Peoples-Stokes.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: Mr. Speaker, could you

call on Mr. Jacobson for the purpose of an announcement?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: We do have a bit of

housekeeping.

Mr. Jacobson.

MR. JACOBSON: Well, as you can tell by the

ground swell of support when I rise to speak at the end of the Session

because people are so happy that we will be having -- the Majority

will be having conference at the end of Session in Hearing Room B.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Majority Conference

immediately following Session.

Mrs. Peoples-Stokes.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: Thank you, Mr.

Speaker. I now move that the Assembly stand -- do you have any

further housekeeping?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: We do have a bit of

housekeeping, trying to get it in.

On behalf of Ms. Kelles, Bill No. A2873-A,

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Assembly Bill recalled from the Senate. The Clerk will read the title

of the bill.

THE CLERK: An act to amend the Public Officers

Law.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: Motion to reconsider

the vote by which the bill passed the House. The clerk will record the

vote.

(The Clerk recorded the vote.)

The Clerk will announce the results.

(The Clerk announced the results.)

The bill is before the House and the amendments are

received and adopted. We do have a few other fine resolutions. We

will take them up with one vote, Mrs. Peoples-Stokes.

On the resolutions, all those in favor signify by saying

aye; opposed, no. The resolutions are adopted.

(Whereupon, Assembly Resolution Nos. 521-523

were unanimously approved.)

Mrs. Peoples-Stokes.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: I now move that the

Assembly stand adjourned and that we reconvene at 1:00 p.m., May

the 23rd, tomorrow being a Session day.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: The Assembly stands

adjourned.

(Whereupon, at 4:25 p.m., the Assembly stood

adjourned until Tuesday, May 23rd at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday being a

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Session day.)