TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2025 10:58 A.M.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THE HOUSE WILL

COME TO ORDER.

GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES, GOOD MORNING, NEW

YORK.

MEMBERS: GOOD MORNING.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: 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 MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE OF

ALLEGIANCE.

(WHEREUPON, ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER LED VISITORS AND

MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.)

A QUORUM BEING PRESENT, THE CLERK WILL READ THE

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 14, 2025

JOURNAL OF MONDAY, JANUARY 13TH.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MADAM SPEAKER, I MOVE

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

THE 13TH AND THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: WITHOUT OBJECTION,

SO ORDERED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MADAM

SPEAKER. AS ALWAYS, I WANT TO START OUR DAY OUT WITH A QUOTE. THIS

ONE COMES FROM OG MANDINO, II. HE IS AN AMERICAN AUTHOR WHO

WROTE THE BEST-SELLING BOOK, THE GREATEST SALESMAN IN THE WORLD.

THIS BOOK HAS SOLD OVER 50 MILLION COPIES AND IT HAS BEEN TRANSLATED

INTO OVER 25 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. HIS WORDS FOR US TODAY, "ALWAYS DO

YOUR BEST. WHAT YOU PLANT NOW, YOU WILL HARVEST LATER." AGAIN, THESE

WORDS FROM OG MANDINO.

MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS, OUR SCHEDULE FOR TODAY

IS KIND OF BRIEF BUT LENGTHY. LET'S GET STARTED. MEMBERS HAVE ON THEIR

DESKS A MAIN CALENDAR. BEFORE HOUSEKEEPING AND INTRODUCTIONS BEGIN,

WE'RE CALLING FOR THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES OFF THE FLOOR TODAY:

CONSUMER AFFAIRS, HEALTH AND RULES. THESE COMMITTEES WILL PRODUCE

AN A-CALENDAR. SO OUR PRINCIPAL WORK TODAY WILL BE TAKING UP FOUR OF

THE CALENDAR RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE ON PAGE 3, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO

CONSENT THE NEW BILLS ON THE MAIN CALENDAR BEGINNING ON PAGE 4.

THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FLOOR ACTIVITY. IF SO, MADAM

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 14, 2025

SPEAKER, I WILL ANNOUNCE IT AT THAT TIME; HOWEVER, THAT'S THE GENERAL

OUTLINE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE

CONSUMER AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM, WE

CAN BEGIN OUR WORK.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THANK YOU, MRS.

PEOPLES-STOKES.

THERE IS NO HOUSEKEEPING THIS MORNING. CONSUMER

PROTECTIONS [SIC] TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.

MS. GIGLIO FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN INTRODUCTION.

MS. GIGLIO: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. I WOULD

LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. BROCK PIERCE, WHO IS JOINING US TODAY. BROCK, IF

YOU COULD PLEASE STAND UP. MR. PIERCE IS FROM MINNESOTA. HE GREW UP

STARRING IN MOVIES SUCH AS THE MIGHTY DUCKS, AND THE FIRST KID WHERE

HE PLAYED THE SON OF THE PRESIDENT WITH -- WITH SINBAD AS HIS HEAD OF

SECRET [SIC]. HE GAVE UP ACTING AT THE AGE OF 16 TO BECOME THE

YOUNGEST INSTITUTIONALLY-BACKED INTERNET ENTREPRENEUR BY CREATING THE

FIRST MAJOR STREAMING MEDIA COMPANY IN 1997. FOLLOWING THAT, MR.

PIERCE PIONEERED THE LARGEST BUSINESS IN THE WORLD, MAKING MARKETS IN

VIRTUAL CURRENCY GLOBALLY WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MINING

CURRENCIES TO MEET THE RAPIDLY GROWING DEMAND. AS THE VIRTUAL WORLD

BEGAN TO MERGE INTO THE ANALOG, MR. PIERCE FOUND HIS WAY TO BECOMING

CHAIRMAN OF MASTERCOIN, WHICH PAVED THE WAY FOR ICOS, AS WELL AS

CHAIRMAN OF BLOCKCHAIN -- BLOCKCHAIN CAPITAL, AND WAS FOUNDER OF

TETHER. HE ALSO RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2020.

SO, MADAM SPEAKER, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE EXTEND THE

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 14, 2025

CORDIALITIES OF THE HOUSE AND WELCOME OUR GUEST MR. BROCK PIERCE.

THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THANK YOU, MS.

GIGLIO. MR. PIERCE, WELCOME. ON BEHALF OF MS. GIGLIO, THE SPEAKER

AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU TO THE CHAMBER AND EXTEND THE

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND HOPE YOU ENJOY THE PROCEEDINGS. THANK

YOU FOR JOINING US.

(APPLAUSE)

RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 3, THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 10, MR.

KIM.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM JANUARY 13, 2025 AS KOREAN AMERICAN DAY

IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: MR. KIM ON THE

RESOLUTION.

MR. KIM: YES, THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. AND

THANK YOU TO -- TO THE ASSEMBLY FOR PUTTING THIS RESOLUTION ON EVERY

YEAR. AT THE BEGINNING OF SESSION IT'S VERY HECTIC, BUT WE MANAGE TO

PUT THIS IN TO COMMEMORATE AND HONOR THE CULTURE OF KOREAN

AMERICANS. JANUARY 13 IS A RECOGNIZED KOREAN AMERICAN DAY IN

AMERICA THROUGH A CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION MANY YEARS AGO. WE

STARTED CELEBRATING JANUARY 13TH AS A KOREAN AMERICAN DAY TO

RECOGNIZE THE CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF KOREAN AMERICANS.

THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, I RISE TO HONOR MY

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 14, 2025

FATHER WHO PASSED AWAY, AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, A DAY BEFORE

THE KOREAN AMERICAN DAY ON JANUARY 12TH. AND, YOU KNOW, HERE WAS

A MAN WHO GAVE UP EVERYTHING TO COME HERE IN 1997 WITH ME - HIS

ONLY CHILD - AND HIS WIFE TO OPEN UP A SMALL BUSINESS, A MOM-AND-POP

-- MOM-AND-POP SMALL BUSINESS GROCERY STORE BACK IN THE '80S. IF YOU

REMEMBER KOREAN AMERICANS BACK IN THE '80S, THERE WAS A KOREAN

GROCERY STORE ON EVERY OTHER BLOCK. AND -- AND, YOU KNOW, IF

SOMEBODY HAD TOLD HIM THE MARGINS AND THE BUSINESS PLAN AND THE

MARKETS, HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE OPENED UP THAT GROCERY STORE. IT

JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT. BUT, THAT WAS THE SPIRIT OF KOREANS AND KOREAN

AMERICANS FOR GENERATIONS, THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE MARKET WAS,

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE MARGINS WERE, THEY WERE WILLING TO JUST

COME IN, WORK THE EXTRA HOURS, WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, TAKE NO

VACATION AND TRY TO MAKE ENDS MEET SO THE NEXT GENERATION --

GENERATION CAN DO A LITTLE BIT MORE BETTER. THAT WAS THE SPIRIT OF -- OF

MY DAD AND MANY OTHER KOREAN AMERICANS LIKE HIM THAT COME TO THIS

COUNTRY TO THIS DAY IN PURSUIT OF THAT AMERICAN DREAM, WHICH IS STILL

ALIVE.

SO IN HONOR OF HIM AND MANY OTHER KOREAN

AMERICANS, I JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN -- IN MEMORIZING --

COMMEMORIZING [SIC] KOREAN AMERICAN DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON THE RESOLUTION,

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

ADOPTED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 11, MS.

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 14, 2025

RAJKUMAR.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM JANUARY AS TAMIL HERITAGE MONTH IN THE

STATE OF NEW YORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OBSERVANCE OF PONGAL TO BE

CELEBRATED JANUARY 14, 2025.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON THE RESOLUTION,

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

ADOPTED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 12, MR.

EPSTEIN.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM JANUARY 15, 2025 AS BAGEL DAY IN THE STATE

OF NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON THE RESOLUTION,

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

ADOPTED.

MS. WALSH FOR AN INTRODUCTION.

MS. WALSH: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM

SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING TO MY COLLEAGUES. THIS MORNING WE'RE JOINED

BY OUR VERY SPECIAL GUEST, OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE MIKE LAWLER.

CONGRESSMAN MIKE LAWLER FROM THE 17TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IS

HERE. I THINK THAT WAYNE WOULD WANT YOU TO STAND, I'M PRETTY SURE.

(LAUGHTER)

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE MIKE JOIN US, AND IF YOU

WOULD, MADAM SPEAKER, PLEASE WELCOME OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE TO THE

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 14, 2025

CHAMBER AND AFFORD HIM ALL OF THE CORDIALITIES OF THE HOUSE.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: WELCOME,

CONGRESSMAN. WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU. ON BEHALF OF MS. WALSH, THE

SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO THE CHAMBER,

EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND HOPE YOU ENJOY THE PROCEEDINGS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

(APPLAUSE)

PAGE 4, RULES REPORT NO. 2, THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00519, RULES REPORT

NO. 2, ZACCARO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO

REQUIRING THAT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WITH COMMON SPACES SHARED

BETWEEN THREE OR MORE DWELLING UNITS HAVE INSTALLED A SMOKE DETECTOR

WHICH CAN BE CLEARLY HEARD IN SUCH COMMON PACES, AND TO AMEND A

CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF 2024 AMENDING THE EXECUTIVE LAW RELATING TO

REQUIRING THE INSTALLATION OF SMOKE DETECTORS IN COMMON PLACES OF

CERTAIN DWELLINGS, AS PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS NUMBERS S.3249-B

AND A.5730-B, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: READ THE LAST

SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MR. RA TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. RA: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. SO, THIS IS

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 14, 2025

THE FIRST OF MANY CHAPTER AMENDMENTS TO COME THAT WE'RE GONNA BE

DOING IN THE COMING WEEKS. WE HAVE SOME ON THE RULES REPORT FROM

YESTERDAY, WE HAVE A RULES MEETING COMING UP WITH A BUNCH MORE.

THIS IS A GOOD BILL. BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, THE CHAPTER

AMENDMENT PROCESS IS ONE OF THE LEAST TRANSPARENT THINGS WE DO IN THIS

GOVERNMENT EACH AND EVERY YEAR. AND WE HEAR THAT THERE WAS AN

AGREEMENT REACHED WITH THE LEGISLATURE. WELL, THERE WASN'T AN

AGREEMENT REACHED WITH THE LEGISLATURE. THERE'S USUALLY A SPONSOR IN

EITHER HOUSE; THE GOVERNOR, SO THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO VETO SOMETHING

THAT IS POLITICALLY PROBLEMATIC FROM [SIC] HER, BASICALLY EXPECTS A

RUBBER STAMP OF THIS HOUSE AND THE HOUSE DOWN THE HALL SO THAT SHE

DOESN'T HAVE TO VETO SOMETHING AND TAKE THE FLACK FOR IT. IT'S A HORRIBLE

WAY TO DO GOVERNMENT. AND SOME OF THESE, I WILL SAY, ACTUALLY PUT IN

THE PROVISIONS THAT OUR COLLEAGUES ON OUR SIDE OF THE AISLE BRING UP

WHEN WE DEBATE THESE BILLS ON THE FLOOR. AND SOME OF THEM ARE AN

EXCUSE FOR THE GOVERNOR TO SAY, I WANT AN EXTRA REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS

PARTICULAR COUNCIL. I WANT MORE POWER OVER THIS OR THAT. SO I THINK

WE SHOULD LOOK AT THESE ON THEIR MERIT, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM,

INSTEAD OF JUST ASSUMING THAT THEY SHOULD BE PASSED BECAUSE THE

GOVERNOR SAID THEY SHOULD BE, OTHERWISE SHE WOULDN'T PASS THE BILL.

ONCE SHE'S PUT HER SIGNATURE ON IT, WE'RE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO DO

ANYTHING ELSE. THE PROCESS DOESN'T -- DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO BE VOTING IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE ON THIS BILL, BUT I THINK THERE ARE MORE TRANSPARENT WAYS WE

CAN OPERATE THIS GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU.

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 14, 2025

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: MR. RA IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MADAM SPEAKER, WOULD

YOU PLEASE CALL THE HEALTH COMMITTEE TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE

ROOM?

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: HEALTH COMMITTEE

TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00596, RULES REPORT

NO. 3, WOERNER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO

INCREASING MEMBERSHIP ON THE STATE FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING

CODE COUNCIL; AND TO AMEND A CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF 2024 AMENDING

THE EXECUTIVE LAW RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL

REPRESENTATION ON THE STATE FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE

COUNCIL, AS PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS NUMBERS S.1218-B AND

A.1080-B, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: READ THE LAST

SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE.

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 14, 2025

(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. A00693, RULES REPORT

NO. 4, STERN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO

CERTAIN CONTACT INFORMATION PROVIDED TO CRIME VICTIMS.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: READ THE LAST

SECTION.

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

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: 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 AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MADAM SPEAKER, WOULD

YOU PLEASE CALL THE RULES COMMITTEE TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE

ROOM IMMEDIATELY?

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THANK YOU, MRS.

PEOPLES-STOKES. RULES COMMITTEE IN THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01020, RULES REPORT

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 14, 2025

NO. 5, TAYLOR. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING FOR INCIDENTS

INVOLVING LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: READ THE LAST

SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MADAM SPEAKER,

MEMBERS HAVE ON THEIR DESKS AN A-CALENDAR. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO

ADVANCE THAT A-CALENDAR.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THANK YOU.

ON A MOTION BY MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES, THE A-CALENDAR

IS ADVANCED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MADAM

SPEAKER. DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING OR RESOLUTIONS?

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: NO HOUSEKEEP -- NO

HOUSEKEEPING, BUT WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS WE WILL TAKE UP

WITH ONE VOTE.

NYS ASSEMBLY JANUARY 14, 2025

ON THE RESOLUTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING

AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.

(WHEREUPON, ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NOS. 14-23 WERE

UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND

MEMBERS, SOME OF YOU I'M SURE ARE ALREADY AWARE, THAT THE GOVERNOR'S

STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS WILL BE AT 1:00 P.M. TODAY IN THE HART

THEATRE.

I NOW MOVE THAT THE ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY THE 15TH, TOMORROW BEING A LEGISLATIVE DAY, AND

THAT WE RECONVENE AT 2:00 P.M. ON JANUARY 21ST, TUESDAY BEING A

SESSION DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON MRS. PEOPLES-

STOKES' MOTION, THE HOUSE STANDS ADJOURNED.

(WHEREUPON, AT 11:55 A.M., THE HOUSE STOOD

ADJOURNED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15TH, THAT BEING A LEGISLATIVE DAY,

AND TO RECONVENE ON JANUARY 21ST AT 2:00 P.M., THAT BEING A SESSION

DAY.)