MONDAY, MAY 19, 2025 1:55 P.M.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THE HOUSE WILL

COME TO ORDER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES.

FATHER DAVID SMITH WILL OFFER A PRAYER.

FATHER DAVID SMITH: LORD GOD, WHO HAS GIVEN

US THIS GOOD LAND AND NATION, ORDERLY AND PEACEFUL. WE HUMBLY ASK

YOU TO BLESS US. THAT WE WOULD ALWAYS BE A PEOPLE MINDFUL OF YOUR

FAVOR AND GUIDANCE, WHO FULFILL YOUR WILL JOYFULLY. BLESS US WITH

HONORABLE INDUSTRY, SOUND LEARNING AND CIVIC UNITY. KEEP US FROM

DISCORD AND CONFUSION, PRIDE, ARROGANCE AND EVERYTHING EVIL. HELP US

TO DEFEND OUR LIBERTIES AGAINST ANY EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL THREAT. BLESS

ALL OUR CIVIL LEADERS AS THEY DISPENSE JUSTICE, ENACT LAWS AND PROVIDE AN

EXAMPLE OF WISDOM TO OUR NATION AND THE WORLD. WE TAKE THESE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

MOMENTS TO PRAY TO YOU, KNOWING THAT YOU LOVE US AND YOU DWELL

HERE AMONG US. YOUR PRESENCE HERE HELPS US REMEMBER AND RELY ON

YOUR PROMISE TO INSPIRE US AS WE PROTECT THE BEAUTY OF NEW YORK

STATE, BUILD ITS PROSPERITY, RESOLVE DIVISIONS, PURSUE JUSTICE AND

PRESERVE FREEDOM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS ASSEMBLY, THIS

STATE, THIS AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY. BLESS EVERY WORD, MOTION, VOTE,

RESOLUTION MADE HERE TODAY. BLESS AND GUIDE, BLESS AND MOTIVATE,

BLESS AND ENERGIZE. FILL US WITH YOU, O GOD, WE PRAY HERE IN OUR

GATHERING TODAY. AND MAKE US WORTHY OF THE TASK GIVEN TO US BY THE

PEOPLE OF THE GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK. AMEN.

MEMBERS: AMEN.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: VISITORS ARE INVITED

TO JOIN THE 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

JOURNAL OF SUNDAY, MAY 18TH.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MADAM SPEAKER, I MOVE

TO DISPENSE WITH THE FURTHER READING OF THE JOURNAL OF SUNDAY, MAY THE

18TH, AND THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: WITHOUT OBJECTION,

SO ORDERED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS THAT ARE IN THE CHAMBERS, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

QUOTE WITH YOU TODAY. THIS ONE COMES FROM THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN

LUTHER KING. HIS WORDS: WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE THE WHOLE STAIRCASE,

YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP. AGAIN, THESE WORDS FROM REVEREND

DR. KING.

COLLEAGUES HAVE ON THEIR DESKS A MAIN CALENDAR, IT

HAS 30 NEW BILLS. BEFORE ANY INTRODUCTIONS AND/OR HOUSEKEEPING,

WE'RE GOING TO BE CALLING FOR THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES TO MEET OFF THE

FLOOR: ALCOHOLISM FOLLOWED BY BANKS, FOLLOWED BY CONSUMER AFFAIRS,

FOLLOWED BY GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES, FOLLOWED BY HOUSING,

FOLLOWED BY HEALTH AND THEN VETERANS' AFFAIRS. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN

OUR FLOOR WORK TODAY, MADAM SPEAKER, BY TAKING UP CALENDAR NO. 67

BY MR. JONES ON CONSENT. AND THEN, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN CONSENTING

THE 30 NEW BILLS ON THE CALENDAR, WHICH START ON PAGE 5. THERE

ACTUALLY MAY BE A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FLOOR ACTIVITY AS WE PROCEED. I

WILL BE HAPPY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AT THAT POINT. SO, THAT'S A GENERAL

OUTLINE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TODAY.

MADAM SPEAKER, IF YOU CAN BEGIN BY CALLING THE

ALCOHOLISM COMMITTEE TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THANK YOU.

ALCOHOLISM COMMITTEE TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE

ROOM. PLEASE GO SEE MEMBER STECK IN THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE

ROOM FOR THE ALCOHOL [SIC] COMMITTEE.

WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PIECES OF HOUSEKEEPING BEFORE

INTRODUCTIONS.

ON A MOTION BY MS. HUNTER, PAGE 9, CALENDAR NO.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

165, BILL NO. 7906, THE AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

ON A MOTION BY MS. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, PAGE 6,

CALENDAR NO. 150, BILL NO. 3280, THE AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND

ADOPTED.

ON A MOTION BY MS. HUNTER, PAGE 6, CALENDAR NO.

145, BILL NO. 1433, THE AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

ON A MOTION BY MS. ROSENTHAL, PAGE 13, CALENDAR

NO. 17, BILL NO. 1867, THE AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

ON A MOTION BY MR. EPSTEIN, PAGE 19, CALENDAR NO.

118, BILL NO. 8067, THE AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

MR. LEMONDES FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.

MR. LEMONDES: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.

I RISE TO INTRODUCE FATHER DAVID SMITH, WHO WAS BORN

AND RAISED IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK AND IS A GRADUATE OF DRURY

UNIVERSITY, ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND PITTSBURGH THEOLOGICAL

SEMINARY WHERE HE EARNED HIS DOCTORATE OF MINISTRY DEGREE IN 1999.

HE HAS SERVED AS AN ORTHODOX PRIEST FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND SINCE 2010

HE'S BEEN THE PASTOR OF ST. SOPHIA'S GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH IN

SYRACUSE. WHEN HE RETIRES, SYRACUSE WILL CONTINUE TO BE HIS HOME. HE

IS THE AUTHOR OF THREE BOOKS OF SPIRITUALITY: MARY, WORTHY OF ALL

PRAISE, CHRISTIANITY AND PLEASURE AND HELP! I'M BORED IN CHURCH.

HIS FIRST NOVEL, THE SAINT OUTSIDE THE GATE, WAS PUBLISHED BY ST.

INNOCENT PRESS LAST SPRING. FATHER DAVID AND HIS WIFE, DONNA, HAVE

FOUR CHILDREN, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND COUNTING.

MADAM SPEAKER, IF YOU COULD PLEASE HONOR FATHER

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

DAVID WITH THE CORDIALITIES OF THE HOUSE.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON BEHALF OF MR.

LEMONDES, THE SPEAKER AND ALL MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU FATHER

DAVID TO THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE, THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, EXTEND THE

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR TO YOU. HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR PROCEEDINGS TODAY.

IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HEAR YOUR WORD THIS MORNING, OR THIS AFTERNOON,

RATHER. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

(APPLAUSE)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN

INTRODUCTION.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MADAM

SPEAKER, FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTRODUCE ONE OF MY FOREVER COLLEAGUES.

HE'S IN THE CHAMBERS WITH US TODAY, IS NONE OTHER THAN FORMER

MEMBER, ALWAYS A MEMBER, ONCE A MEMBER FOR LIFE, MICHAEL

DENDEKKER IS WITH US. SO, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE OFFER HIM THE

CORDIALITIES OF THE FLOOR AND WELCOME HIM TO OUR CHAMBERS ONCE AGAIN.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THANK YOU.

ON BEHALF OF MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES, THE SPEAKER AND

ALL MEMBERS, WELCOME BACK MR. DENDEKKER. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU

HERE TODAY. YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. HOPE YOU

ENJOY OUR PROCEEDINGS TODAY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US

TODAY.

(APPLAUSE)

MS. SIMON FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.

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

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

INTRODUCE NORMAN BROWN, A CONSTITUENT OF THE 52ND ASSEMBLY DISTRICT

IN BROOKLYN. NORMAN BROWN HAS DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE,

BEGINNING AS A MACHINIST WITH THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD AND WORKING

HIS WAY, EVENTUALLY, TO SERVING ON THE MTA BOARD, WHERE HE'S

REPRESENTED THE INTEREST OF WORKERS AND COMMUTERS, EMPLOYING HIS VAST

KNOWLEDGE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE REGION. HE'S

JOINED BY HIS WIFE AND FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING HIS GRANDSON WHO

HAS DISCOVERED THE ASSEMBLY'S MOST ENDURING FEATURE, WAYNE JACKSON

AND HIS TOOTSIE ROLL POPS.

NORMAN IS NOT ONLY A CONSTITUENT, HE'S ALSO A VERY

CLOSE FRIEND OF MEMBER STECK'S CHIEF OF STAFF, THAD, WHO HAS KNOWN

HIM FOR DECADES. NORMAN IS KNOWN FOR HIS KEEN INTELLECT AND SENSE OF

HUMOR. AND UPON RETIREMENT, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BREAK IT TO HIM, BUT

THE POOR GUY LIVES A BLOCK AWAY FROM MY OFFICE, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO

PUT HIM IN SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

WOULD YOU PLEASE EXTEND MR. BROWN THE CORDIALITIES

OF THE FLOOR?

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON BEHALF OF MS.

SIMON, THE SPEAKER AND ALL MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU, MR. BROWN

AND THE BROWN FAMILY, TO THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE, TO OUR ASSEMBLY

CHAMBER, EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR TO YOU. DO HOPE YOU

ENJOY OUR PROCEEDINGS TODAY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. MORINELLO FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.

MR. MORINELLO: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

I'M VERY PRIVILEGED TODAY TO HAVE MY FAMILY HERE. I

HAVE MY TWO GRANDCHILDREN, RAFAEL AND JULIANA, MY DAUGHTER, MELISSA,

AND HER MOTHER, ROSE. I -- I -- I'M SO PRIVILEGED -- I'M SORRY, I'M AT A

LOSS FOR WORDS. THIS IS THE REASON I KEEP COMING TO ALBANY. THESE

TWO ARE THE REASON THAT I WON'T STOP UNTIL THE LORD TELLS ME. BUT I ASK

THAT YOU WELCOME THEM TO THE CHAMBER AND AFFORD THEM THE

CORDIALITIES OF THE FLOOR.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON BEHALF OF MR.

MORINELLO, THE SPEAKER AND ALL MEMBERS, WE WELCOME THE MORINELLO

FAMILY TO THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER AND EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR

TO YOU. HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR DAY HERE WITH US AND THANK YOU SO VERY

MUCH FOR JOINING US.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. MORINELLO FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANOTHER

INTRODUCTION.

MR. MORINELLO: THIS BEING ITALIAN-AMERICAN

LEGISLATIVE DAY, I AM GOING TO INTRODUCE A TRIO OF HONOREES THAT WE

HAVE, THAT WE HONORED THIS YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DR. JOSEPH

SCELSA, ROBERT FONTI AND DAMIEN CROWLEY. DR. JOSEPH SCELSA IS A

LIFELONG ADVOCATE FOR THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, A NOTED AUTHOR,

AND AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL ASPECTS OF BRINGING DIGNITY TO THOSE IN THE

COMMUNITY OF THE ITALIAN HERITAGE. ROBERT FONTI, PRESIDENT OF THE

LIEUTENANT DETECTIVE JOSEPH PETROSINO ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.

ADVOCATE FOR POLICE, ADVOCATE FOR SAFETY. AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE

DAMIEN CROWLEY, DAMIEN (INDICATING). DAMIEN IS ONE OF OUR FOUR

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS. EACH YEAR, THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN LEGISLATORS GIVES

OUT TWO SCHOLARSHIPS. TWO IN HONOR OF JAMES CONTE AND TWO IN HONOR

OF JOHN MARCHI, BUT ONE BEING AN ASSEMBLY, ONE BEING A SENATOR.

DAMIEN WAS AN OUTSTANDING ATHLETE, AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT. HIS GRADE

AVERAGE IS HIGHER THAN 100, HIGHER THAN MOST PEOPLES' IQS. I'M VERY

PROUD TO HAVE AND TO WELCOME HIM TO THE FLOOR. DR., SAME WITH YOU,

CONGRATULATIONS. BOB, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I ASK THAT YOU EXTEND THEM THE COURTESIES OF THE FLOOR

AND WELCOME THEM TO THE ASSEMBLY. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON BEHALF OF MR.

MORINELLO, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU TO THE

ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, OUR ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY HONOREES

TODAY, EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. HOPE YOU ENJOY THE

PROCEEDINGS TODAY AND YOUR EVENT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU SO VERY

MUCH FOR JOINING US.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. RA FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.

MR. RA: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.

I'M VERY PROUD TO INTRODUCE ON THE FLOOR TODAY MARIA

MILITO WHO IS JOINING US AS PART OF THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN DAY

FESTIVITIES. LAST WEEK, WE ADOPTED A RESOLUTION NAMING MARIA THE

2025 ITALIAN-AMERICAN OF THE YEAR IN NEW YORK STATE, AS AWARDED BY

THE NEW YORK CONFERENCE OF ITALIAN-AMERICAN STATE LEGISLATORS. JUST

FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW, WE ACTUALLY WERE SUPPOSED TO RECOGNIZE MARIA

BACK IN 2020, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE COVID PANDEMIC PREVENTED US

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

FROM HAVING ITALIAN-AMERICAN DAY OR A FESTA. SO, I'M GLAD THAT SHE

WAS ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY.

MARIA HAS BEEN -- IS A NATIVE NEW YORKER. SHE'S BEEN

ON THE AIR FOR OVER 25 YEARS ON Q104.3. SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST

WELL-KNOWN DJS IN NEW YORK. SHE -- SHE PREVIOUSLY WORKED WITH

NY1 AND INFINITY BROADCASTING AND IS AN ALUMNA OF NEW YORK

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN OLD WESTBURY. SHE IS AN AVID ANIMAL LOVER

AND HOSTS MARIA'S MUTTS & STUFF PODCAST, WHERE SHE AND GUESTS CHAT

ABOUT ANIMAL RESCUE AND WELFARE, AND IS PASSIONATE AND INVOLVED IN

ANIMAL ADVOCACY ACROSS NEW YORK STATE. IN BOTH HER PROFESSIONAL AND

WORK LIFE SHE'S ALWAYS SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF ADOPT, DON'T SHOP.

MARIA ALSO HAS GIVEN PUBLIC SERVICE TO THIS STATE IN THE

AFTERMATH OF WHAT WE ALL AGREE WAS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES IN

NEW YORK STATE HISTORY IN THE AFTERMATH OF 9/11. MARIA LED HER TALENT

AND HER VOICE TO MAKING PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE NEW

YORK CITY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

SO, WE'RE VERY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE HER. I KNOW

MARIA'S PROUD OF HER ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE, AND WE ARE PROUD AND

HONORED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO JOIN US FOR ITALIAN-AMERICAN DAY IN NEW

YORK TODAY.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON BEHALF OF MR.

RA, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU MS. MILITO TO

THE CHAMBER AND EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR TO YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR BEING THE 2025 ITALIAN-AMERICAN OF THE

YEAR. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR PROCEEDINGS TODAY. THANK YOU SO VERY

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

MUCH FOR JOINING US.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. RA FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANOTHER INTRODUCTION.

MR. RA: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.

I'M ALSO PROUD TO WELCOME TODAY MATT -- MATT

WEINGARTNER FROM SALISBURY, DOWN ON LONG ISLAND. AT THE END OF

SESSION TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE ADOPTING A RESOLUTION FOR APHASIA

AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. JUNE IS APHASIA

AWARENESS MONTH AND MATT HAS COME TO THE CAPITOL TODAY TO HELP

SPREAD AWARENESS TO APHASIA, WHICH IS A CONDITION THAT AFFECTS ONE'S

ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE. APHASIA AFFECTS A PORTION OF THE BRAIN

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF WRITTEN AND SPOKEN LANGUAGE, AND

ONCE THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF APHASIA IS TREATED, PEOPLE CAN MAKE

SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITH SPEECH THERAPY AND WITH APPROPRIATE SUPPORT.

MATT EXPERIENCED THIS CONDITION WHEN ONE DAY, IN APRIL OF 2018, HE

WAS IN CLASS WITH LOCAL 3 STUDYING TO BECOME AN ELECTRICIAN. THE NEXT

THING HE KNEW, HE WAS WAKING UP IN A HOSPITAL BED. HE HAD SUFFERED

AN ISCHEMIC STROKE FROM A BLOOD INFECTION, AND IT RESULTED IN A CLOT THAT

TRAVELED TO HIS BRAIN. THIS LEFT HIM PARTIALLY PARALYZED AND UNABLE TO

SPEAK WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. MATT HAS MADE A FANTASTIC RECOVERY AND HAS

NOW MADE IT HIS MISSION TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT APHASIA AND SUPPORT

OTHERS WHO HAVE THE CONDITION, WHICH IS ABOUT 200,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE

DIAGNOSED EACH YEAR.

IN HIS ADVOCACY, MATT HAS HOSTED APHASIA AWARENESS

OPEN HOUSE AT THE LIU POST LADGE SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER. HE'S

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

INVOLVED IN ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING VOICES OF HOPE FOR APHASIA,

AORTIC HOPE AND APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION, AND HE WAS THE NEW

YORK LEADER FOR THE ANNUAL 5K FOR AORTIC WARRIORS. HE ALSO HAS HIS

OWN CHAPTER IN LETISHA LIVING'S BOOK, FINDING YOURSELF AFTER STROKE.

AS I SAID, JUNE IS APHASIA AWARENESS MONTH IN NEW

YORK STATE, AND MATT HAS ALSO WORKED WITH NASSAU COUNTY TO LIGHT THE

LEGISLATIVE BUILDING IN MINEOLA GRAY FOR THE MONTH. MATT'S JOURNEY

WITH APHASIA IS ONE OF GREAT RESILIENCE AND HOPE, AND HIS

DETERMINATION, POSITIVE OUTLOOK AND STEADY RECOVERY DEMONSTRATE THERE

IS HOPE FOR THOSE WITH APHASIA, AND WE'RE GLAD TO WELCOME HIM TO THE

CAPITOL TODAY.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON BEHALF OF MR.

RA, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU, SIR, TO THE

ASSEMBLY CHAMBER AND EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR TO YOU.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK IN APHASIA AWARENESS AND HOPE

YOU ENJOY OUR PROCEEDINGS TODAY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING

US.

(APPLAUSE)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MADAM SPEAKER, IF YOU

COULD PLEASE CALL THE BANKS COMMITTEE TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE

ROOM.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: BANKS COMMITTEE

TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM. PLEASE SEE CHAIRMAN VANEL.

BANKS COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

MR. PATRICK CARROLL FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN

INTRODUCTION.

MR. P. CARROLL: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.

I'M PROUD TO RISE TODAY TO INTRODUCE AN INSPIRING

GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM CLARKSTOWN SOUTH AND FELIX FESTA MIDDLE

SCHOOL IN MY DISTRICT. THEY'RE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR TEACHERS, MS.

SACHS, MS. MAGAZINE-FISHKIN [SIC], MS. FREIMANN, AS WELL AS THEIR

PRINCIPAL, DR. MICHAEL ST. JOHN AND THE PRINCIPAL OF CLARKSTOWN SOUTH,

MS. DEBRA TARANTINO. THEIR SUPERINTENDENT IS ALSO WITH THEM, DR.

MARC BAIOCCO.

THEY'RE ACCOMPANIED BY THE FOUNDERS OF THE PROGRAM

THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH. TOVA AND DOUG ROSENBERG ARE THE

FOUNDERS OF NAMES, NOT NUMBERS, AN ORGANIZATION CREATED TO ENSURE

THAT WE NEVER FORGET THE ATROCITY OF THE -- OF THE HOLOCAUST. OVER THE

LAST YEAR THROUGH THE NAMES, NOT NUMBERS PROJECT, THESE STUDENTS

INTERVIEWED HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, WORLD WAR II VETERANS, CONDUCTED

RESEARCH, PRODUCED VIDEOS AND EDITED THEIR WORK TO CREATE MINI

DOCUMENTARIES IN ORDER TO DIGITALLY PRESERVE THE STORIES THAT WERE TOLD

TO THEM. THEIR PROGRAM CULMINATED WITH EVENTS HONORING THE

INTERVIEWEES AND SHOWCASING THE DOCUMENTARY THAT THEY CREATED. THE

NAMES, NOT NUMBERS PROGRAM HAS ENABLED THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS

WORLDWIDE TO LEARN ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST FIRSTHAND FROM SURVIVORS, AND

PRESERVE THEIR STORIES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AS WE MOVE -- MORE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE

HOLOCAUST, WE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE BECOME DESENSITIZED FROM THE PAIN,

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

SUFFERING AND TRAGIC LOSS -- LOSS OF LIFE -- LIFE THAT OCCURRED. AS ONE

PROGRAM PARTICIPANT SAID, SAM PETOWSKI (PHONETIC) NOTED, THEIR

GENERATION WILL BE THE LAST WE HEAR FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS OF THE HOLOCAUST

SURVIVORS. WE SEE THAT NOW WITH THE ALARMING RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN

OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY. WE WILL ALWAYS SAY WE NEVER FORGET THE

UNTHINKABLE TRAGEDY THAT WAS THE HOLOCAUST. THESE STUDENTS WORK,

ALONG WITH THE DEDICATION OF THE ROSENBERGS, MAKE IT POSSIBLE THAT WE

WILL NEVER FORGET AND THAT THE GENERATIONS WHO WILL COME, WILL THEY BE

ABLE TO LEARN FROM THE STORIES OF THE HOLOCAUST.

I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTRODUCE THESE

INSPIRING GROUP OF STUDENTS HERE TODAY. I'M INSPIRED BY CLARKSTOWN

SOUTH AND FELIX FESTA, AND I THANK THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS FOR

DOING SUCH INSPIRING WORK. IT'S GREAT TO WELCOME THEM. PLEASE OFFER

THEM THE CORDIALITIES OF THE HOUSE.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON BEHALF OF MR.

CARROLL, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME OUR FUTURE

LEADERS FROM THE CLARKSTOWN SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL

STUDENTS. WELCOME YOU TO THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER AND EXTEND THE

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE VERY IMPORTANT WORK

THAT YOU ARE DOING INTERVIEWING HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, AND THE

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTARY THAT YOU ARE CREATING. ENJOY OUR PROCEEDINGS

TODAY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

(APPLAUSE)

MS. MCMAHON FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.

MS. MCMAHON: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER, FOR

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

ALLOWING ME TO INTRODUCE MY CONSTITUENT WHO HAS TRAVELED ALL THE WAY

FROM WESTERN NEW YORK TO VISIT WITH US TODAY. HANNAH-KATE

MCFADDEN IS A JUNIOR AT AMHERST CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. SHE CREATED

THE NONPARTISAN CANDIDATE PLEDGE [SIC] AT THE AGE OF 13, AFTER

EXPERIENCING INSTABILITY IN THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE WHILE VOLUNTEERING

FOR A LOCAL MAYORAL CAMPAIGN. SHE LATER CREATED THE ELECTED OFFICIAL

PLEDGE. BOTH PLEDGES CONTAIN SIMILAR COMMONSENSE PRINCIPLES THAT ARE

NOT ALWAYS SO COMMON IN POLITICS. THINGS LIKE BE RESPECTFUL TO OTHER

CANDIDATES, STICK TO THE ISSUES AND HAVE A SERVANT'S HEART, MY PERSONAL

FAVORITE. HANNAH-KATE HAS MET WITH MANY CANDIDATES AND ELECTED

OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR OF HER

HOME STATE OF TENNESSEE. BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE

SIGNED ON AND HANNAH-KATE WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO JOIN HER IN

THIS EFFORT TO FOSTER CIVILITY AND COOPERATION IN POLITICS IN GOVERNMENT.

MADAM SPEAKER, PLEASE WELCOME HANNAH-KATE AND

HER MOTHER, BRANDY, AND PROVIDE THEM WITH ALL THE CORDIALITIES OF THE

HOUSE.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON BEHALF OF MS.

MCMAHON, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU,

HANNAH, TO THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR

TO YOU, AND HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR PROCEEDINGS TODAY. THANK YOU SO VERY

MUCH FOR JOINING US.

(APPLAUSE)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MADAM SPEAKER, THANK

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE ONE OF -- ANOTHER ONE

OF OUR FORMER COLLEAGUES. MR. JOE LENTOL IS IN THE ROOM, AND I WOULD

ASK THAT YOU WOULD WELCOME HIM HERE AND OFFER HIM THE CORDIALITIES OF

OUR HOUSE.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON BEHALF OF MRS.

PEOPLES-STOKES, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WELCOME BACK MR.

LENTOL TO THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER. WE EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES TO YOU,

BUT YOU HAVE THEM ALREADY. WELCOME BACK, SIR. THANK YOU SO VERY

MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. MISS YOU.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. GANDOLFO FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.

MR. GANDOLFO: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.

I'M HONORED TO HAVE MY FAMILY WITH ME HERE -- WITH

ME HERE TODAY IN ALBANY. I TRY TO BRING THE KIDS UP ONCE A YEAR SO THEY

CAN SEE THE PLACE THAT THEIR DAD SPENDS SO MUCH IN FROM JANUARY TO

JUNE. SO, JOINING US TODAY ARE MY OLDEST SON, LEONARD, MY YOUNGEST

SON, BENJAMIN, THEY ARE FOUR AND TWO, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, DEBBIE

CAPPOLA AND MY WIFE, NATALIA GANDOLFO, FORMERLY A CAPPOLA. I'M GLAD

TO HAVE HER HERE WITH US TODAY. SHE HOLDS DOWN THE FORT WHILE I'M UP

HERE AND TAKES ON JUST SO MUCH, AND I'M INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH

A LOVING AND SUPPORTIVE SPOUSE.

SO, WOULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME MY FAMILY HERE TO THE

CHAMBER TODAY AND EXTEND TO THEM THE CORDIALITIES OF THE HOUSE?

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: HAPPY TO. ON

BEHALF OF MR. GANDOLFO, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

WELCOME THE GANDOLFO FAMILY TO THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, EXTEND TO

YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. LEONARD AND BENJAMIN, THERE'S

UNLIMITED CANDY AND SNACKS FOR YOU IN THE MEMBERS' LOUNGE. THANK

YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. JENSEN FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.

MR. JENSEN: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.

ON -- ON FAMILY DAY, APPARENTLY, HERE AT THE -- THE

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, I'M VERY PROUD TO INTRODUCE TWO OF MY

FAVORITE CONSTITUENTS, RANDY AND BETSY JENSEN, MY PARENTS. THIS IS THE

FIRST TIME THEY'VE BEEN UP SINCE 2021, WHEN FLOOR ACCESS WAS LIMITED

DUE TO COVID. SO, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE -- THEY'RE ABLE TO BE IN

THE CHAMBER DURING SESSION. IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO YELL AT SOMEBODY

FOR -- FOR MY LEVEL OF VERBOSENESS ON THE FLOOR DURING DEBATES, RANDY

IS THE ONE TO GO AFTER ON THAT RESPECT. BUT, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS,

THROUGHOUT MY -- THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, THEY'VE BEEN A TREMENDOUS

SOURCE OF SUPPORT, AND COMFORT, AND LOVE, AND CONTINUING TO PROVIDE

THAT SUPPORT FOR MY WIFE, CASEY, AND I, AND OUR KIDS, BRENDAN AND

MARGOT, WHILE I'M HERE DOING THE PEOPLE'S WORK IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.

SO, MADAM SPEAKER, IF YOU WOULD EXTEND TO THEM THE

-- THE CORDIALITIES OF THE FLOOR AND WELCOME THEM.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON BEHALF OF MR.

JENSEN, THE SPEAKER AND ALL MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU MR. AND MRS.

JENSEN TO THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR TO

YOU. HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR PROCEEDINGS TODAY. THANK YOU SO VERY

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

MUCH FOR TRAVELING TO JOIN US.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. GRAY FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.

MR. GRAY: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.

I RISE FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF AN INTRODUCTION TODAY. I

HAVE WITH ME TODAY AVELINE HELLINGS, SHE'S AN ELEVENTH GRADER FROM

LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL. SHE'S IN ALBANY TODAY AS PART OF THE

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION FOUNDATION

SHADOWING PROGRAM. SHE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF THE, EARLIER THIS YEAR WE

INTRODUCED THEM, SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE CLASS D NEW YORK STATE

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM FOR OUR 2025 THIS YEAR.

MADAM SPEAKER, WOULD YOU OFFER HER THE CORDIALITIES

OF THE FLOOR?

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON BEHALF OF MR.

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

AND EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR TO YOU. EXCITING FOR YOU TODAY TO

DO THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS SHADOW DAY. SO, I HOPE YOU GET THE

MOST OUT OF YOUR EXPERIENCE HERE TODAY. ENJOY THE PROCEEDINGS.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

(APPLAUSE)

ON CONSENT, PAGE 16, CALENDAR NO. 67, THE CLERK WILL

READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06769-A, CALENDAR

NO. 67, JONES, OTIS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW AND

THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING MUNICIPAL CYBERSECURITY

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

INCIDENT REPORTING AND EXEMPTING SUCH REPORTS FROM FREEDOM OF

INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS; AND TO AMEND THE STATE TECHNOLOGY LAW, IN

RELATION TO REQUIRING CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING FOR GOVERNMENT

EMPLOYEES, DATA PROTECTION STANDARDS, AND CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON A MOTION BY MR.

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

ADVANCED.

READ THE LAST SECTION.

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

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.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MADAM SPEAKER, IF YOU

COULD PLEASE CALL THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TO THE SPEAKER'S

CONFERENCE ROOM.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: CONSUMER AFFAIRS

COMMITTEE TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM. PLEASE MEET CHAIR

ROZIC IN THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM, CONSUMER AFFAIRS.

ON CONSENT, PAGE 5, CALENDAR NO. 139, THE CLERK WILL

READ.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00057-A, CALENDAR

NO. 139, EPSTEIN, KELLES, LEVENBERG, BURDICK, GLICK, ZINERMAN,

SANTABARBARA, SHIMSKY, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL

PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, THE NEW YORK CITY CIVIL COURT ACT, THE

JUDICIARY LAW, THE UNIFORM CITY COURT ACT, THE UNIFORM DISTRICT

COURT ACT AND THE UNIFORM JUSTICE COURT ACT, IN RELATION TO REDEFINING

CREDIT TRANSACTION TO CONSUMER DEBT.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THIS BILL IS LAID

ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00391, CALENDAR NO.

140, VANEL, OTIS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE FINANCIAL SERVICES LAW, IN

RELATION TO REQUIRING CERTAIN DISCLOSURES IN ADVERTISEMENTS INVOLVING

VIRTUAL TOKENS.

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 FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN

INTRODUCTION.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MADAM

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

SPEAKER, FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTERRUPT OUR PROCEEDINGS, YET AGAIN, TO

INTRODUCE SOME GUESTS THAT ARE IN OUR CHAMBERS. AS A MATTER OF FACT,

THERE ARE QUITE A FEW STUDENTS WHO ARE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LEAGUE OF

WOMEN VOTERS. AND JEMELL AACOSTA IS JOINING US, SHE IS A SENIOR AT

PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL. WE ALSO HAVE KARA FLYNN AND TESS ASHLEY,

THEY ARE BOTH JUNIORS AT WESTHAMPTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL.

SO, IF YOU COULD WELCOME THEM, AND THE OTHER

STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE CHAMBER, ON BEHALF OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN

VOTERS; IF YOU COULD WELCOME THEM ALL TO OUR CHAMBER AND OFFER THEM

THE CORDIALITIES OF THE FLOOR.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON BEHALF OF MRS.

PEOPLES-STOKES, THE SPEAKER AND ALL MEMBERS, THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO

ARE IN OUR CHAMBER TODAY, IF YOU ARE PART OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN

VOTERS SHADOW DAY, WE WANT TO SEE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE STANDING UP.

WE WELCOME YOU TO THE CHAMBER TODAY AND EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES OF

THE FLOOR TO YOU. PLEASE TAKE SPECIAL CARE, AND ENJOY YOUR DAY TODAY,

ASKING LOTS OF QUESTIONS, MAKING SURE YOU ASK YOUR MEMBER A LOT OF

QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE WITH TODAY. THIS IS YOUR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND

EXCITING PART OF YOUR DAY TODAY. SO, WE ARE HOPING YOU ENJOY THE

PROCEEDINGS TODAY AND THANK ALL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FOR JOINING US

TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

ON CONSENT, PAGE 5, CALENDAR NO. 141, THE CLERK WILL

READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00810, CALENDAR NO.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

141, LEVENBERG. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, IN

RELATION TO PERMITTING THE VILLAGE OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON, WESTCHESTER

COUNTY, TO LEASE CERTAIN SPORTS FIELD FENCES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: HOME RULE

MESSAGE IS AT THE DESK.

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.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00979-A, CALENDAR

NO. 142, LUNSFORD, WEPRIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN

RELATION TO CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICIES.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THIS BILL IS LAID

ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01096-B, CALENDAR

NO. 143, MAGNARELLI, HEVESI, EPSTEIN, ZINERMAN, RAGA, SANTABARBARA.

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

DISCLOSURE OF PRICING CHANGES FOR ONLINE GROCERY DELIVERY AND ONLINE

PICK-UP SERVICES.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THIS BILL IS LAID

ASIDE.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01260, CALENDAR NO.

144, CRUZ, BURDICK, SIMON, MCDONOUGH, GLICK, WEPRIN, DILAN. AN

ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF

IDENTIFICATION FOR RENTERS INSURANCE.

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, IF YOU

COULD PLEASE ASK COLLEAGUES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF GOVERNMENTAL

EMPLOYEES TO PROCEED TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM

IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: MEMBERS FOR THE

GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES COMMITTEE SEE CHAIR PHEFFER AMATO IN THE

SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM. GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES TO THE

SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.

ON PAGE 6, ON CONSENT, PAGE 6, CALENDAR NO. 145, THE

CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01433, CALENDAR NO.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

145, WAS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED ON THIRD READING AND IS HIGH.

ASSEMBLY NO. A01461-A, CALENDAR NO. 146, PAULIN,

SAYEGH, STECK, SIMON, COOK, GLICK, VANEL, LUNSFORD, ROSENTHAL,

BRONSON, WILLIAMS, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, R. CARROLL, FALL, GALLAGHER,

FORREST, CRUZ, STIRPE, CLARK, COLTON, SANTABARBARA, HUNTER, JACKSON,

ZINERMAN, KELLES, JACOBSON, OTIS, MEEKS, WEPRIN, RAGA. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO THE USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC

MEDICATIONS IN NURSING HOMES AND ADULT CARE FACILITIES.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THIS BILL IS LAID

ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01535, CALENDAR NO.

147, KELLES, TAYLOR, REYES, TAPIA, CRUZ. AN ACT TO AMEND THE REAL

PROPERTY LAW, IN RELATION TO ENACTING THE "TENANTS ORGANIZING ACT."

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THIS BILL IS LAID

ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01944, CALENDAR NO.

148, PAULIN, HEVESI, SEAWRIGHT, RA. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC

HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO FOREIGN ADOPTIONS.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: READ THE LAST

SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 30TH

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02093-C, CALENDAR

NO. 149, FALL, CUNNINGHAM, BORES. AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL

BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO ENACTING THE "CONSUMER PROTECTION AND

AUTOMOTIVE TRANSPARENCY ACT."

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THIS BILL IS LAID

ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A03280, CALENDAR NO.

150, WAS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED ON THIRD READING AND IS HIGH.

ASSEMBLY NO. A05405, CALENDAR NO. 151, HUNTER,

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

PROVISIONS IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THIS BILL IS LAID

ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A05445, CALENDAR NO.

152, EACHUS. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 291 OF THE LAWS OF 2023,

AMENDING THE TAX LAW RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF A HOTEL AND MOTEL

TAX IN THE VILLAGE OF WOODBURY, IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS

THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: HOME RULE

MESSAGE IS AT THE DESK.

READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

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.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06220, CALENDAR NO.

153, SHIMSKY. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 372 OF THE LAWS OF 2020,

RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT TO ADOPT A LOCAL LAW

TO IMPOSE A HOTEL/MOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FOR HOTELS NOT LOCATED IN A

VILLAGE, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE EXPIRATION THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: HOME RULE

MESSAGE IS AT THE DESK.

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, IF YOU

COULD PLEASE CALL THE MEMBERS WHO ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE HOUSING

COMMITTEE MEETING TO HEAD RIGHT TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: HOUSING COMMITTEE

TO SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM. HOUSING COMMITTEE, PLEASE MEET

CHAIR ROSENTHAL IN THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.

ON CONSENT, PAGE 7, CALENDAR NO. 154, THE CLERK WILL

READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06223, CALENDAR NO.

154, SHRESTHA. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW AND CHAPTER 200 OF THE

LAWS OF 2002 AMENDING THE TAX LAW RELATING TO CERTAIN TAX RATES

IMPOSED BY THE COUNTY OF ULSTER, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY

OF THE COUNTY OF ULSTER TO IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL 1 PERCENT SALES AND

COMPENSATING USE TAX.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: HOME RULE

MESSAGE IS AT THE DESK.

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.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06232, CALENDAR NO.

155, HAWLEY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING

THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THE COUNTY OF ORLEANS IS AUTHORIZED TO IMPOSE

ADDITIONAL RATES OF SALES AND COMPENSATING USE TAXES.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: HOME RULE

MESSAGE IS AT THE DESK.

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.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06455, CALENDAR NO.

156, SEPTIMO, FORREST, GALLAGHER, EPSTEIN, GONZ�LEZ-ROJAS, HEVESI,

KELLES, KIM, JACKSON, LEVENBERG, MAMDANI, RAGA, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON,

JACOBSON, REYES, WALKER, ROSENTHAL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL

PROCEDURE LAW, IN RELATION TO THE ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY ORDERS OF

PROTECTION WHEN AN ACTION IS PENDING IN A LOCAL CRIMINAL COURT.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THIS BILL IS LAID

ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06595, CALENDAR NO.

157, WEPRIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO

EXTENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURERS.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THIS BILL IS LAID

ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06634, CALENDAR NO.

158, KIM, DAVILA, SHIMSKY, TAPIA, GLICK, KASSAY. AN ACT TO AMEND

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

THE PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO

MANDATING THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPROVAL OF OPERATIONAL SAFETY PLANS.

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, IF YOU

COULD PLEASE NOW CALL THE HEALTH COMMITTEE TO THE SPEAKER'S

CONFERENCE ROOM.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: HEALTH COMMITTEE

TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM. PLEASE SEE CHAIR PAULIN.

SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM, HEALTH COMMITTEE.

ON CONSENT, PAGE 8, CALENDAR NO. 159, THE CLERK WILL

READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06862, CALENDAR NO.

159, EPSTEIN, REYES, BURDICK, DE LOS SANTOS, CUNNINGHAM. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING CONSUMER

REPORTING AGENCIES TO CONTACT CONSUMERS WHEN REQUESTS ARE MADE FOR

THEIR CONSUMER REPORTS.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THIS BILL IS LAID

ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07321-A, CALENDAR

NO. 160, WEPRIN, KAY, RAGA, SHIMSKY, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, KASSAY,

BERGER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING

HEALTH INSURERS TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR SPEECH THERAPY FOR STUTTERING.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THIS BILL IS LAID

ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07372, CALENDAR NO.

161, PAULIN. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 505 OF THE LAWS OF 2016,

AMENDING THE TAX LAW RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF AN OCCUPANCY TAX

IN THE VILLAGE OF TUCKAHOE, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE EFFECTIVENESS

THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: HOME RULE

MESSAGE IS AT THE DESK.

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, IF YOU

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

CAN CALL OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING FOR TODAY, VETERAN [SIC] AFFAIRS, TO

THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: VETERAN [SIC]

AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TO THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM. PLEASE SEE

CHAIR STERN IN THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM FOR VETERANS'

COMMITTEE.

PAGE 9 -- PAGE 9, CALENDAR NO. 162, THE CLERK WILL

READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07374, CALENDAR NO.

162, BURDICK. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 506 OF THE LAWS OF 2016,

AMENDING THE TAX LAW RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF AN OCCUPANCY TAX

IN THE TOWN OF NORTH CASTLE, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE EFFECTIVENESS

THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: HOME RULE

MESSAGE IS AT THE DESK.

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.)

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: ARE THERE ANY

OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07378, CALENDAR NO.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

163, OTIS. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 508 OF THE LAWS OF 2016

AMENDING THE TAX LAW RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF AN OCCUPANCY TAX

IN THE VILLAGE OF MAMARONECK, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE EXPIRATION

THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: HOME RULE

MESSAGE IS AT THE DESK.

READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: 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. A07906, CALENDAR NO.

164 WAS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED ON THIRD READING AND IS HIGH.

ASSEMBLY NO. A08161, CALENDAR NO. 165, WOERNER.

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 455 OF THE LAWS OF 2011 AMENDING THE

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW RELATING TO AUTHORIZING ANGLING BY A

SINGLE INDIVIDUAL WITH UP TO THREE LINES IN FRESHWATER, IN RELATION TO THE

EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: READ THE LAST

SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: THE CLERK WILL

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

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. A08278, CALENDAR NO.

166, LASHER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW,

IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO MANAGE WEAKFISH.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: READ THE LAST

SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: 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. A08280, CALENDAR NO.

167, KASSAY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW,

IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FOR MANAGE CLAMS.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: READ THE LAST

SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: 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. A08281, CALENDAR NO.

168, SCHIAVONI. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

LAW, IN RELATION TO EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO MANAGE BLACKFISH.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: READ THE LAST

SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER WOERNER: 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, IF WE

COULD NOW GO TO PAGE 3 AND TAKE UP OUR RESOLUTIONS.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: YES, MA'AM.

RESOLUTIONS, PAGE 3, THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 521, MS.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

SOLAGES.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 3, 2025, AS JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC

ARTHRITIS AWARENESS 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.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 522, MS.

LEVENBERG.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 17-23, 2025, AS SAFE BOATING WEEK IN

THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: MS. LEVENBERG ON

THE RESOLUTION.

MS. LEVENBERG: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. I

RISE TO CONTINUE THE TRADITION OF MY PREDECESSOR, ASSEMBLYWOMAN

SANDY GALEF, TO INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THIS WEEK AS SAFE

BOATING WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SHE DID SO WHEN WE LOST A

PRECIOUS YOUNG MAN IN OUR DISTRICT, BRYAN JOHNSON, WHO WAS TRAGICALLY

KILLED IN 2012 IN A BOATING SAFETY ACCIDENT. FOLLOWING BRYAN

JOHNSON'S LOSS, THIS LEGISLATURE ENACTED A LAW TO MANDATE THAT ANYONE

BORN AFTER 1996 MUST TAKE AN EIGHT-HOUR BOATING SAFETY COURSE BEFORE

OPERATING A CRAFT ON NEW YORK'S WATERWAYS.

NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK IS THE U.S. COAST GUARD

AND NATIONAL SAFE BOATING CAMPAIGN'S ANNUAL WEEK OF RECOGNITION TO

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

BRING ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANT LIFE-SAVING INFORMATION RECREATIONAL

BOATERS NEED TO HAVE FOR A SAFER, MORE ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE ON THE

WATER NOW AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

FOR NEARLY 100 MILLION AMERICANS, BOATING CONTINUES

TO BE A POPULAR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY. THE COAST GUARD ESTIMATES THAT

HUMAN ERROR ACCOUNTS FOR 70 PERCENT OF ALL BOATING ACCIDENTS, AND THAT

LIFEJACKETS COULD PREVENT MORE THAN 85 PERCENT OF BOATING FATALITIES.

THROUGH SIMPLE BOATING SAFETY PROCEDURES SUCH AS CARRYING LIFE-SAVING

EMERGENCY DISTRESS AND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, WEARING

LIFEJACKETS, ATTENDING BOATING SAFETY COURSES, PARTICIPATING IN FREE BOAT

SAFETY CHECKS AND STAYING SOBER WHEN BOATING, NEW YORKERS CAN HELP

ENSURE BOATERS IN NEW YORK'S WATERWAYS STAY SAFE.

I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN SUPPORT OF

THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SAFE BOATING WEEK IN NEW YORK STATE TO

HELP ENSURE ALL THOSE RECREATING ON NEW YORK'S WATERS ARE SAFE AS WE

KICK OFF BOATING SEASON.

THANK YOU.

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. 523, MR.

MORINELLO.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 19, 2025 AS ITALIAN AMERICAN DAY, IN

THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: MR. MORINELLO ON

THE RESOLUTION.

MR. MORINELLO: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.

ITALIAN AMERICAN DAY IS A JOYOUS CELEBRATION OF

CULTURE, CIVIC COVINILITY [SIC] AND OTHER MERRIMENT, HELD ANNUALLY

THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN COMMEMORATION OF THE REPUBLIC

OF ITALY'S NATIONAL HOLIDAY, FESTA DELLA REPUBBLICA ITALIANO [SIC], ITALY'S

4TH OF JULY. THIS HOLIDAY MARKS THE DAY WHEN ITALY VOTED AFTER WORLD

WAR II AND FASCISM TO BECOME A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. IT PROVIDES AN

OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITALIAN

AMERICANS SO THAT ALL PEOPLE MAY KNOW AND APPRECIATE ITALIAN HISTORY

AND TRADITIONS, AND THE ROLE ITALIAN AMERICANS HAVE PLAYED AND WILL

CONTINUE TO PLAY IN OUR SOCIETY.

MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS CAME OVER ON -- BY BOAT.

THEY CAME EITHER THROUGH ELLIS ISLAND, THEY CAME THROUGH CANADA, AND

THEY CAME FOR A BETTER LIFE. THEY CAME AND THEY WORKED. THEY CAME

AND THEY HAD NOTHING, BUT THEY EXPECTED NOTHING. THEY CAME. THEY

DIDN'T COME WITH THEIR HAND OUT, THEY CAME WITH THEIR SHOVELS AND THEIR

BACKS. THEY CAME AND WERE RIDICULED. THEY CAME AND FOUND LIFE

DIFFICULT. IF YOU GO AND WATCH SOME OF THE MOVIES, THE CHILDREN HAD TO

LIVE IN SEWERS BECAUSE THERE WERE NO PLACES FOR THEM. THERE WAS NO

GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS; YET, THEY SURVIVED. THEY CAME TOGETHER AS

FAMILIES. AND WHAT THE ITALIAN HOLIDAYS ARE ARE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND

FOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THANK YOU.

MR. ARI BROWN ON THE RESOLUTION.

MR. A. BROWN: GRAZIE, SIGNORA PRESIDENTE [SIC].

THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.

TODAY ON ITALIAN AMERICAN DAY, WE CELEBRATE A

CULTURE THAT HAS LEFT AN IN -- INDELIBLE MARK ON THE WORLD THROUGH ART,

ARCHITECTURE, MUSIC, CUISINE AND FASHION. FROM THE MASTERPIECES OF THE

RENAISSANCE TO THE RUNWAYS OF MILAN, ITALY HAS LONG STOOD AS A BEACON

OF CREATIVITY, CRAFTSMANSHIP AND STYLE. BUT FOR MANY ITALIAN FAMILIES,

MINE INCLUDED, THOSE CULTURAL TREASURES COULDN'T PROTECT SOME FROM THE

HORRORS OF WAR. IN 1944, AFTER YEARS OF -- OF REFUSING REFUGEES FLEEING

FROM THE HOLOCAUST, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AUTHORIZED THE ADMISSION OF

902 ITALIAN REFUGEES TO THE UNITED STATES. THEY WERE BROUGHT TO FORT

ONTARIO EMERGENCY REFUGEE SHELTER IN OSWEGO, NEW YORK, AN

ISOLATED CAMP UNDER STRICT MILITARY GUARD. THOUGH IT WAS A SMALL AND

BELATED GESTURE, IT BECAME A LIFELINE FOR THOSE FEW WHO WERE FORTUNATE

ENOUGH TO FIND SAFETY WITHIN ITS WALLS. MY GRANDMOTHER AND MOTHER

WERE AMONG THEM. A RESPECTED FURRIER FROM MILANO [SIC], MY

GRANDMOTHER ARRIVED IN OSWEGO WITH HER YOUNG DAUGHTER, MY MOTHER,

BOTH SEEKING SAFETY AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW LIFE. THEY WERE

DETERMINED TO BECOME AMERICANS, TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE, ADAPT TO THEIR

NEW HOME AND GIVE BACK TO THE COUNTRY THAT WELCOMED THEM.

SO TODAY AS WE HONOR ITALY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE

WORLD, WE ALSO HONOR THE DETERMINATION OF THOSE WHO CAME HERE NOT

JUST TO START OVER, BUT TO SERVE, BUILD AND BELONG.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

THANK YOU, MADAM -- MADAM SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: THANK YOU.

ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING

AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 524, MR.

DESTEFANO.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 2025, AS TEEN SELF-ESTEEM MONTH 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.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 525, MR.

MCDONALD.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 2025, AS HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE

AWARENESS MONTH 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.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 526, MR.

RA.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM JUNE 2025, AS APHASIA AWARENESS MONTH IN

THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 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. 527, MR.

RIVERA.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 15-OCTOBER 15, 2025, AS

HISPANIC LATINO HERITAGE MONTH 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.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 528, MS.

ROSENTHAL.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR

KATHY HOCHUL TO PROCLAIM MAY 2025, AS BE KIND TO ANIMALS MONTH

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.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MADAM SPEAKER, DO YOU

HAVE ANY FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING OR RESOLUTIONS?

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: WE HAVE NO

HOUSEKEEPING. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS BEFORE THE HOUSE.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, THESE RESOLUTIONS WILL BE TAKEN UP TOGETHER.

NYS ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2025

ON THE RESOLUTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING

AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.

(WHEREUPON, ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NOS. 529-537

WERE UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: I NOW MOVE THAT THE

ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED, AND THAT WE RECONVENE AT 12:30 P.M.,

TUESDAY, MAY THE 20TH, TOMORROW BEING A SESSION DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER HUNTER: ON MRS. PEOPLES-

STOKES' MOTION, THE HOUSE STANDS ADJOURNED.

(WHEREUPON, AT 4:59 P.M., THE HOUSE STOOD ADJOURNED

UNTIL TUESDAY, MAY 20TH AT 12:30 P.M., THAT BEING A SESSION DAY.)