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10 ALBANY, NEW YORK
11 February 8, 1994
12 3:15 p.m.
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19 SENATOR HUGH T. FARLEY, Acting President
20 STEPHEN F. SLOAN, Secretary
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S
2 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senate
3 will come to order. Senators will please find
4 their seats.
5 If you will rise with me for the
6 Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
7 (Whereupon, the Senate joined in
8 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)
9 We are pleased to have with us
10 today the Reverend Michael Bacchus of Full
11 Gospel Assembly of Brooklyn, New York.
12 Reverend Bacchus.
13 REVEREND MICHAEL BACCHUS: Let us
14 pray.
15 Eternal God, we ask this
16 afternoon that You will come and You will give
17 to our state leaders the wisdom, understanding
18 for the difficult tasks that they have before
19 them today as it pertains to our state and to
20 our people. We ask that You will guide them in
21 their deliberations.
22 We ask that Your spirit will
23 overshadow each one, and we pray that they will
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1 be able to make those difficult decisions that
2 will affect the destiny of our state.
3 We thank You today for Your
4 blessings, and we ask these things in His name
5 with Thanksgiving.
6 Amen.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Thank
8 you, Reverend.
9 The Secretary will begin by
10 reading the Journal.
11 THE SECRETARY: In Senate,
12 Monday, February 7, the Senate met pursuant to
13 adjournment. Senator Spano in the chair upon
14 designation of the Temporary President. Prayer
15 by Reverend Peter G. Young of the Blessed
16 Sacrament Church of Bolton Landing. The Journal
17 of Friday, February 4, was read and approved.
18 On motion, Senate adjourned.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Hearing
20 no objection, the Journal will stand approved as
21 read.
22 The order of business.
23 Presentation of petitions.
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1 Messages from the Assembly.
2 Messages from the Governor.
3 Reports of standing committees.
4 Senator Present.
5 SENATOR PRESENT: Will you
6 recognize Senator Larkin, please.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator
8 Larkin.
9 SENATOR LARKIN: There will be an
10 immediate meeting of the Local Government
11 Committee in Room 332. We have one bill to
12 consider.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The
14 Local Government Committee will meet in Room 332
15 immediately.
16 We also have a report from a
17 standing committee. Senator Present, shall we
18 proceed with it?
19 SENATOR PRESENT: Proceed with
20 it.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY:
22 Secretary will read it.
23 THE SECRETARY: Senator Sears
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1 from the Committee on Consumers Protection
2 reports the following bills directly for third
3 reading:
4 Senate Bill Number 3619, by
5 Senator Maltese and others, an act to amend the
6 General Business Law.
7 4046, by Senators Sears and Lack,
8 an act to amend the General Besiness Law.
9 6544, by Senator Sears, an act to
10 amend the General Business Law.
11 Senator LaValle from the
12 Committee on Higher Education reports the
13 following bills directly for third reading:
14 Senate Bill Number 939, by
15 Senator LaValle, an act to amend the Education
16 Law.
17 1506, by Senators Volker and
18 others, an act to amend the Education Law.
19 2583, by Senators Saland and
20 Larkin, an act to amend the Education Law.
21 3970A, by Senators LaValle and
22 Tully, an act to amend the Education Law.
23 Senator Cook from the Committee
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1 on Education reports the following bills
2 directly for third reading:
3 Senate Bill Number 47, by Senator
4 Holland, authorize the Salvation Army Eastern
5 Territory School for Officers Training.
6 2744A, by Senator Larkin and
7 others, an act to amend the Education Law.
8 3248, by Senator Padavan, an act
9 to amend the Education Law.
10 3304, by Senator Maltese and
11 others, an act to amend the Education Law.
12 4341A, by Senator Cook, an act to
13 amend the Education Law.
14 6566, by Senator Hannon,
15 authorize payments in lieu of taxes by the
16 County of Nassau.
17 6583, by Senator Cook, authorize
18 payment of transportation aid to the Roscoe
19 Central School.
20 Senator Padavan from the
21 Committee on Cities reports the following bill
22 directly for third reading:
23 Senate Bill Number 6411, by
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1 Senator Maltese and others, Administrative Code
2 of the City of New York.
3 Senator Levy from the Committee
4 on Transportation reports the following bills:
5 Senate Bill 433, by Senator
6 Stafford, an act to amend the Highway Law, in
7 relation to abandonment of certain town
8 highways.
9 1942, by Senator Larkin and
10 others, an act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic
11 Law.
12 2706, by Senator Goodman, an act
13 to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
14 4801, by Senator Levy, an act to
15 amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
16 5343A, by Senator Maltese, an act
17 to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
18 5435B, by Senator Levy, New York
19 State Thruway Authority.
20 6312, by Senator Holland, an act
21 to amend the Public Authorities Law.
22 6335, by Senator Holland, an act
23 to amend to amend the Public Authorities Law.
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1 6562, by Senator Johnson and
2 others, study by the New York State Thruway
3 Authority examining parking facilities.
4 Senator Skelos from the Committee
5 on Aging reports the following bills:
6 Senate Bill Number 631, by
7 Senator Skelos and others, an act to amend the
8 Executive Law.
9 2191, by Senator Farley and
10 others, an act to amend the Education Law.
11 3310, by Senator Skelos, an act
12 to amend the Real Property Tax Law.
13 Senator Wright from the Committee
14 on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse reports the
15 following bills:
16 Senate Bill 471, by Senator Levy,
17 an act to amend the Railroad Law and the Public
18 Authorities Law.
19 1002, by Senator Levy and others,
20 an act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
21 1579, by Senator Velella, an act
22 to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
23 2076, by Senator Levy, an act to
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1 amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
2 Senator Tully -- excuse me.
3 Senator Volker from the Committee
4 on Codes reports the following bills directly
5 for third reading:
6 Senate Bill Number 779, by
7 Senator Tully, Civil Practice Law and Rules.
8 919A, by Senator Volker and
9 others, an act to amend the Penal Law, in
10 relation to resisting arrest.
11 1424, by Senator Volker and
12 others, an act to amend the Penal Law.
13 2421, by Senator Volker, an act
14 to amend the Penal Law.
15 2459, by Senator Sears, an act to
16 amend the Penal Law.
17 2630, by Senator Volker, an act
18 to amend the Criminal Procedure Law.
19 2732A, by Senator Volker, Civil
20 Practice Law and Rules.
21 2990, by Senator Cook and others,
22 an act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law.
23 3498, by Senator Lack, an act to
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1 amend the Penal Law.
2 3566, by Senator Pataki, an act
3 to amend the Penal Law.
4 3612, by Senators Skelos and
5 Tully, Criminal Procedure Law.
6 4520, by Senator Volker, Civil
7 Rights Law.
8 6350, by Senator Volker and
9 others, an act to amend the Penal Law and the
10 Criminal Procedure Law.
11 Senator Johnson from the
12 Committee on Environmental Conservation reports
13 the following bills:
14 Senate Bill Number 783A, by
15 Senator Johnson and others, Environmental
16 Conservation Law.
17 1098, by Senator Daly and others,
18 Environmental Conservation Law.
19 1795, by Senator Johnson and
20 others, Environmental Conservation Law.
21 3367A, by Senator Johnson,
22 Environmental Conservation Law.
23 4317, by Senator Nozzolio,
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1 Subdivision 2 of Section 110511 on the
2 Environmental Conservation Law.
3 Senator Maltese from the
4 Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
5 reports the following bills:
6 Senate Bill Number 577, by
7 Senator LaValle, an act to amend the Correction
8 Law.
9 4508, by Senator Maltese, an act
10 to amend the Correction Law.
11 6552, by Senator Skelos and
12 others, Correction Law.
13 And 6569, by Senator Skelos, an
14 act to amend the Executive Law.
15 All bills reported directly for
16 third reading.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: All
18 bills are reported directly to third reading.
19 Reports of select committees.
20 Communications and reports from
21 state officers.
22 Motions and resolutions.
23 Senator Present.
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1 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President.
2 I move that we adopt the Resolution Calendar
3 with the exception of Resolutions 2551, 2579 and
4 2590.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: All in
6 favor of adopting the Resolution Calendar with
7 exceptions say aye.
8 (Response of "Aye.")
9 Those opposed, nay.
10 (There was no response.)
11 The Resolution Calendar is
12 adopted with exceptions.
13 Senator Kuhl.
14 SENATOR KUHL: Yes, Mr.
15 President. I was away from the chambers
16 yesterday, when the vote on Calendar Number 119
17 was taken. I would like the record to reflect
18 that had I been in the chamber at the time the
19 vote was taken that I would have voted in the
20 affirmative on that bill.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator
22 Kuhl, the record will so state.
23 SENATOR KUHL: Thank you.
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator
2 Sears.
3 SENATOR SEARS: Mr. President. I
4 was away from the chamber on Senate business
5 when the vote on Calendar 119, Senate Print
6 2754, was taken yesterday. I would like the
7 record to reflect that had I been here, I would
8 have voted in the affirmative on that bill.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The
10 record will so state.
11 Senator Wright.
12 SENATOR WRIGHT: Mr. President.
13 I was away from the chamber on Senate business
14 when the vote on Calendar 119, Senate Print
15 2754, was taken yesterday. I would like the
16 record to reflect that had I been here, I would
17 have voted in the affirmative on that bill.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The
19 record will so state.
20 Are there any other motions?
21 Senator Present.
22 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President.
23 I would like to call up Resolution 2579, ask
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2 sponsorship of the entire chamber.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The
4 Secretary will read.
5 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
6 Resolution 2579, by Senators Marino, Skelos and
7 others, expressing sincerest sorrow upon the
8 occasion of the death of the former Secretary of
9 the Senate of the State of New York Albert J.
10 Abrams.
11 Whereas, the membership of the
12 Senate of the State of New York is moved this
13 day to recognize and pay tribute to an
14 individual of distinguished purpose and true
15 commitment who dedicated his life and career to
16 public service and to the pursuit of excellence
17 in the conduct of this legislative process.
18 Attendant to such concern and
19 fully in accord with it's longstanding
20 traditions, it is the intent of this legislative
21 body to express sincerest sorrow upon the
22 occasion of the death of the former Secretary of
23 the Senate of the State of New York Albert J.
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1 Abrams.
2 Albert J. Abrams, a resident of
3 Slingerlands, New York, is survived by his wife,
4 Lorena Friedman Abrams; by four children, David
5 Abrams of Miami, Eugenie Abrams of Ravena,
6 Valerie Sideman of Hopedale, Massachusetts, and
7 Marc Kessler of Cambridge, Massachusetts; by one
8 sister, Shirley Miller of Baltimore, Maryland;
9 and by eight grandchildren.
10 Albert J. Abrams dedicated 58
11 years of service to the New York State Senate
12 spanning over 75 legislative sessions including
13 special sessions, impeachment sessions and
14 constitutional conventions.
15 Albert J. Abrams was elected
16 Secretary of the Senate on January 6, 1963,
17 appointed Deputy Secretary in 1965, and
18 reelected as Secretary in January 1966, and
19 served in this capacity until 1976.
20 As chief administrative officer
21 of the New York State Senate, Albert J. Abrams
22 effectuated the smooth and efficient transition
23 of the legislative body into the electronic and
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1 computer age.
2 Albert J. Abrams served as senior
3 advisor to four successive majority leaders,
4 Walter J. Mahoney, Joseph Zaretzki, Earl Brydges
5 and Warren Anderson, over nearly 30 years.
6 A graduate of New York
7 University, Albert Abrams majored in government;
8 Albert J. Abrams was sent to Albany in 1936 to
9 work for a three-month period as a legislative
10 assistant for State Senator Thomas C. Desmond;
11 the job lasted 20 years until he became city
12 manager of Newburgh, a position he held for
13 several years.
14 Albert Abrams served as executive
15 director of the Senate Committee on Cities, the
16 State Joint Legislative Committee on Nutrition
17 and the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging.
18 Albert J. Abrams also founded the
19 National Society of Legislative Clerks and
20 Secretaries which celebrated its 25th year at
21 its annual meeting in Albany, New York, in
22 1992.
23 More recently, Albert Abrams
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1 served as senior policy analyst in the New York
2 State Senate for the past several years.
3 Albert J. Abrams was awarded the
4 American Society of Public Administration Alfred
5 E. Smith Award for outstanding administration
6 and was also awarded the Arthur Levitt Award by
7 the Alliance of Public Employees Association.
8 Albert Abrams organized the
9 National Association of Jewish Legislators,
10 which he served as Volunteer Executive Director;
11 he was the Research Director of the National
12 Association of Legislative Leaders; and also
13 served as a Management Consultant to the United
14 States Senate.
15 Albert Abrams also served as an
16 adjunct professor at State University of New
17 York at Albany's graduate school in public
18 administration and at Siena College; his
19 proposal for the establishment of the Albert
20 Einstein Distinguished Chair in Science and the
21 Albert Schweitzer Distinguished Chairs in the
22 Humanities, under the jurisdiction of the New
23 York State Board of Regents, was enacted into
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1 law in 1964.
2 Albert J. Abrams was instrumental
3 in developing the field of gerontology, having
4 served as director of the first legislative
5 committee in the country dealing with problems
6 of the aging; he was the founder of the National
7 Council on the Aging and served as its
8 President; his extensive writings on aging have
9 been widely published.
10 Albert Abrams served as President
11 of the Albany Senior Services Center, Inc., and
12 was responsible for the establishment of its
13 foundation.
14 Albert J. Abrams was chairman of
15 the Committee on Aging for the United Jewish
16 Appeal and served on the Board of Daughters of
17 Sarah Nursing Home and B'Nai Brith Parkview
18 Apartments.
19 Albert Abrams received the Ollie
20 A. Randall Award and the Henrietta Rabe Award
21 for service to the aged and to senior centers.
22 Albert J. Abrams served on the
23 Board of the Albany Symphony Orchestra and on
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1 the Board of Directors of the Visiting Nurses
2 Association.
3 Albert J. Abrams was a person of
4 great warmth and compassion with a fertile and
5 innovative mind, constantly searching out ways
6 for improving the lives of others; he was
7 articulate and persuasive in advancing the
8 principles for which he stood; his keen wit and
9 sense of humor were an integral part of his
10 personality and provided a firm foundation for
11 his optimistic attitude toward life and his
12 confidence that solutions to the problems of
13 society could always be found.
14 The legacy of Albert J. Abrams
15 will long serve as a model of integrity and
16 devotion to public service, and it is now the
17 intent of this legislative body to inscribe upon
18 its records this somber and grateful tribute to
19 his memory, hopeful that future generations may
20 understand and appreciate the benevolence of the
21 man, the merit of his causes, and the caliber of
22 his services to the citizens of New York; now,
23 therefore, be it
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1 Resolved, That this Legislative
2 Body pause in its deliberations to pay tribute
3 to the life and accomplishments of the late
4 Albert J. Abrams, former Secretary of the New
5 York State Senate, recognizing the significance
6 of his exemplary record of public service and
7 selfless dedication to representing the people
8 of New York State with integrity and dedication;
9 and be it further
10 Resolved, That a copy of this
11 resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmited to
12 Mrs. Albert J. Abrams and family, Slingerlands,
13 New York.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: On the
15 resolution. All those in favor, aye.
16 (Response of "Aye.")
17 Those opposed, nay.
18 (There was no response.)
19 The resolution is unanimously
20 adopted.
21 Senator Present.
22 Senator Velella.
23 SENATOR VELELLA: My bill on page
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1 4, Calendar Number 59, Senate 2599B, would you
2 put a star on that bill, please?
3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Bill is
4 starred at the request of the responsor.
5 Senator Present.
6 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President.
7 Could we take up Resolution 2590?
8 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 2590,
9 the Secretary will read the title.
10 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
11 Resolution 2590, by Senator Maltese and others,
12 urging the New York State congressional
13 delegation to propose a Constitutional Amendment
14 for ratification by the states which would
15 specify that the Congress and the states shall
16 have the power to prohibit the physical
17 desecration of the American Flag.
18 Whereas, it is the sense of this
19 Legislative Body that the flag of the United
20 States is more than an arbitrary symbol, it is
21 more than an appendage of circumstance; on the
22 contrary, the flag of the United States is the
23 living embodiment of those sacred ideals and
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1 principles upon which this beloved nation was
2 first founded and for which countless thousands
3 have given their lives in the cause of America's
4 freedom.
5 The flag of the United States,
6 since its very inception, has served as a most
7 paradigmatic attribute of this nation's
8 sovereignty; the exhilarative expression of a
9 united people, the flag of the United States is
10 a consciously designed pattern whose history is
11 anchored in the unswerving conviction that this
12 beloved nation evolve in a manner consistent
13 with the dreams and aspirations of our
14 forefathers, of those who, at the price of great
15 suffering, first enunciated the ultimate end and
16 purpose of our American experience.
17 Consistent with that shared
18 determination, the Supreme Court of the United
19 States has labored to assure the pervasive and
20 equitable extension of civil liberties.
21 Nevertheless, in the case of
22 Texas vs. Johnson, No. 88-155, the Supreme Court
23 has ruled that a statute may not be enacted to
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1 prohibit the desecration of the American flag.
2 It has become increasingly
3 apparent that such a ruling presses against the
4 will of the American people, for whom, in the
5 first instance, the flag of the United States
6 personifies freedom.
7 The Congress of the United States
8 has repeatedly supported legislation protecting
9 the flag from acts of desecration; on March 6 of
10 1989, legislation was passed in the Senate by
11 the overwhelming vote of 97 to 0 prohibiting
12 this display of the flag on the floor or
13 ground.
14 It is the sense of this
15 Legislative Body to join with the Congress of
16 the United States in disavowing the inadequacies
17 of the Supreme Court ruling and to urge the
18 people of the State of New York to continue to
19 proudly display the American Flag as a sacred
20 expression of this nation's freedom and for
21 those values for which it stands.
22 This Legislative Body
23 specifically memorializes the New York State
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1 Congressional Delegation to address the errancy
2 inherent in the Texas vs. Johnson ruling and to
3 immediately secure passage of a Constitutional
4 Amendment proscribing the desecration of the
5 flag of the United States; now, therefore, be it
6 Resolved, That this Legislative
7 Body pause in its deliberations in memorializing
8 the Congress of the United States to assert its
9 legitimacy and, in doing, initiate legislation
10 culminating in an Amendment to the Constitution
11 of the United States specifically prohibiting
12 the desecration of the American Flag, fully
13 confident that such procedure is in accord with
14 our shared commitment to the preservation of
15 that patrimony of freedom which is our American
16 Heritage; and be it further
17 Resolved, That copies of this
18 Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted
19 to the Congress of the United States.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator
21 Maltese, on the resolution.
22 SENATOR MALTESE: Mr. President.
23 I wish to advise the body that the resolution is
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1 open to all members of the house.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: On the
3 resolution. All in favor, say aye.
4 (Response of "Aye.")
5 Those opposed, nay.
6 (Response of "Nay.")
7 The resolution is adopted.
8 Anybody that wishes to be on the
9 resolution, please let the desk know.
10 Senator Present.
11 SENATOR PRESENT: May we return
12 to reports of standing committees, please?
13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Yes, we
14 may.
15 We have a substitution, I
16 believe.
17 THE SECRETARY: Senator Larkin,
18 from the Committee on Local Government, reports
19 the following bill directly for third reading:
20 Senate Bill Number 6640, by
21 Senator Holland, an act authorizing the
22 extension of time for collection of taxes
23 without interest or penalties for the year 1994
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1 as a result of the severe and unprecedented
2 weather conditions existing.
3 Reported to third reading.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Without
5 objection, third reading.
6 We have a substitution of that
7 bill, if we may do that, Senator Present.
8 Secretary will read the
9 substitution.
10 THE SECRETARY: Senator Holland
11 moves to discharge the Committee on Local
12 Government from Assembly Bill Number 9370 and
13 substitute it for his identical Senate Bill
14 6640.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator
16 Present, we have no message on that as yet so we
17 can't pass it. Substitution is ordered on the
18 bill, though.
19 Senator Present.
20 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President.
21 Call up Resolution 2551, and recognize Senator
22 Larkin, please.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The
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1 Resolution is called up.
2 Senator Larkin.
3 You got to read the title, I
4 believe.
5 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
6 Resolution 2551, by Senator Larkin. Legislative
7 Resolution memorializing the life and
8 accomplishments of Joel Cook, founder of the
9 National Human Rights Committee for POW/MIAs.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator
11 Larkin.
12 SENATOR LARKIN: Mr. President.
13 My colleagues.
14 Joel Cook was one individual who
15 was totally dedicated to the accountability for
16 MIAs and POWs. Joel Cook served in Vietnam
17 1971-72. Was a member of the First Cav'. He
18 was an Infantry Sergeant, was wounded, Silver
19 Star, Bronze Star with "V" for "Valor".
20 Upon returning home, he found the
21 American people were lackadaisical, had no care
22 for those who had served their country and were
23 wounded, killed or missing.
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1 In 1977, in conjunction with the
2 families of missing servicemen, he founded the
3 National Human Rights Commission which later
4 became a part of the MIA/POW movement.
5 He went around this country at
6 his own expense, promoting the awareness and the
7 fact that there were at that time over 3,000
8 Americans missing and unaccounted for in
9 Southeast Asia.
10 In 1992, it was found that he had
11 Agent Orange. I remind you he left Vietnam in
12 1972. Twenty years later at a veterans
13 hospital, Castle Point, they found that this
14 young man of 45 years old, father of two
15 children, had terminal cancer from Agent
16 Orange.
17 Joel Cook never gave up. He
18 continually pressed. He made a trip to Nam, a
19 part of President Reagan's task force, to go in,
20 and President Bush's, to see what we could do
21 about accounting for those that are missing.
22 You know, today as we pass this
23 resolution, we find that we are recognizing
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1 Vietnam. We are lifting the embargo. I find it
2 a helluva action when I find that over 2,000
3 Americans are still missing.
4 Joel Cook went to his grave
5 fighting to make the American people and the
6 Congress of the United States aware that we can
7 not call upon our young people and ask them to
8 give their blood and their life and then turn
9 their back on them, and that's what this nation
10 has done.
11 Mr. President. My colleagues.
12 Joel Cook was an individual, came up from meager
13 means, rose to be a very prominent member in an
14 organization that cared about human life and
15 human dignity.
16 I would offer this resolution and
17 open it for sponsors.
18 Thank you very much.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: On the
20 resolution. All in favor, say aye.
21 (Response of "Aye.")
22 Those opposed, nay.
23 (There was no response.)
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1 The resolution is adopted.
2 The resolution is open for
3 members that wish to join in on it. Please
4 notify the desk.
5 Senator Present.
6 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President.
7 Let's take up the noncontroversial calendar.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY:
9 Noncontroversial calendar. The Secretary will
10 read from page 5.
11 THE SECRETARY: On page 5,
12 Calendar Number 88, by Senator Levy.
13 SENATOR CONNOR: Lay it aside.
14 SENATOR PRESENT: Lay it aside.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay
16 that bill aside.
17 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
18 103, by Senator Stafford.
19 SENATOR DOLLINGER: Lay it aside.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay
21 that bill aside.
22 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
23 113, by Senator Stafford, Senate Bill Number
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1 4237A, relating to state aid to the North Warren
2 Center School District.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: There
4 is a local fiscal impact note here at the desk.
5 Read the last section.
6 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
7 act shall take effect immediately.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call
9 the roll.
10 (The Secretary called the roll.)
11 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 50.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The
13 bill is passed.
14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
15 130, by Senator Stafford, Senate Bill Number
16 438, an act to amend the Real Property Tax Law.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read
18 the last section.
19 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
20 act shall take effect -
21 SENATOR CONNOR: Lay it aside.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay
23 that bill aside. Withdraw the roll call.
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1 Senator Present, that's
2 noncontroversial.
3 We have some amendments on the
4 floor.
5 Senator Lack.
6 SENATOR LACK: Mr. President. On
7 page 4, I offer the following amendments to
8 Calendar Number 27, Senate 4106, on behalf of
9 Senator Wright and ask that the bill retain its
10 place on Third Reading Calendar.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY:
12 Amendments received. The bill will retain its
13 place.
14 SENATOR LACK: Also on behalf of
15 Senator Wright, on page 4, I offer the following
16 amendments to Calendar Number 28, Senate 4107,
17 and ask that the bill retain its place on the
18 calendar.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY:
20 Amendments received. The bill will retain its
21 place.
22 Any other motions on the floor?
23 Senator Present, what's your
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1 pleasure?
2 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President.
3 Can we stand at ease maybe awaiting a message?
4 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The
5 Senate will stand at ease.
6 (Whereupon, at 3:45 p.m., the
7 Senate was at ease.)
8 (Whereupon, at 3:59 p.m., Senate
9 reconvened.)
10 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senate
11 will come to order.
12 Senator Present.
13 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President.
14 Can we call up Assembly Bill 9370?
15 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY:
16 Secretary will read Assembly Bill 9370.
17 THE SECRETARY: Calendar 201,
18 Assembly Bill 9370, by Member of the Assembly
19 Nicoletti, substituted earlier today, an act
20 authorizing the extension of time for collection
21 of taxes.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read
23 the last section.
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1 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
2 act shall take effect immediately.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call
4 the roll.
5 (The Secretary called the roll.)
6 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 52.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The
8 bill is passed.
9 What is your pleasure?
10 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President.
11 There being no further business, I move we
12 adjourn until Monday, February 14, intervening
13 days being legislative days.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The
15 Senate will stand adjourned until Monday at the
16 regular hour, intervening legislative days, 3:00
17 p.m.
18 (Whereupon, at 4:01 p.m., Senate
19 adjourned.)
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