Regular Session - February 15, 2000
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NEW YORK STATE SENATE
THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD
ALBANY, NEW YORK
February 15, 2000
11:08 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION
SENATOR JAMES W. WRIGHT, Acting President
STEVEN M. BOGGESS, Secretary
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P R O C E E D I N G S
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
Senate will come to order.
I ask everyone present to please
rise and repeat with me the Pledge of
Allegiance.
(Whereupon, the assemblage recited
the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: In the
absence of clergy, may we bow our heads in a
moment of silence.
(Whereupon, the assemblage
respected a moment of silence.)
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Reading
of the Journal.
THE SECRETARY: In Senate,
Monday, February 14, the Senate met pursuant
to adjournment. The Journal of Friday,
February 11, was read and approved. On
motion, Senate adjourned.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Without
objection, the Journal stands approved as
read.
Presentation of petitions.
Messages from the Assembly.
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Messages from the Governor.
Reports of standing committees.
The Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Senator LaValle,
from the Committee on Higher Education,
reports:
Senate Print 1971, by Senator
LaValle, an act to amend the Education Law;
2097, by Senator Libous, an act to
amend the Education Law;
3021A, by Senator Saland, an act to
amend the Executive Law and the Education Law;
And 3103, by Senator Lack, an act
authorizing the State University of New York.
Senator Rath, from the Committee on
Local Government, reports:
Senate Print 173, by Senator
Larkin, an act to amend the Real Property Tax
Law;
745, by Senator Volker, an act to
amend the Real Property Tax Law;
4206A, by Senator Rath, an act to
amend the Real Property Tax Law;
6279, by Senator Larkin, an act to
repeal Chapter 57 of the Laws of 1974;
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6284, by Senator Marcellino, an act
authorizing the assessors of the County of
Nassau and the Village of Old Westbury;
6316, by Senator Seward, an act to
authorize the Village of Herkimer.
Senator Trunzo, from the Committee
on Transportation, reports:
Senate Print 1101, by Senator
Goodman, an act to amend the Transportation
Law;
1102, by Senator Goodman, an act to
amend the Transportation Law;
2812, by Senator Johnson, an act to
amend the Public Authorities Law;
And 3616, by Senator Marcellino, an
act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
Senator Hannon, from the Committee
on Health, reports:
Senate Print 126, by Senator Rath,
an act to amend the Public Health Law;
1253B, by Senator Hannon, an act to
amend the Public Health Law and the Penal Law;
And 1969, by Senator LaValle, an
act to amend the Public Health Law.
All bills ordered direct to third
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reading.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Without
objection, all bills reported directly to
third reading.
Reports of select committees.
Communications and reports of state
officers.
Motions and resolutions.
Senator Fuschillo.
SENATOR FUSCHILLO: Mr.
President, on behalf of Senator Alesi, I wish
to call up Senate Print Number 4124A, recalled
from the Assembly, which is now at the desk.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
54, by Senator Alesi, Senate Print 4124A, an
act to amend the Workers' Compensation Law.
Senator Fuschillo.
SENATOR FUSCHILLO: I now move to
reconsider the vote by which the bill was
passed.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Call
the roll on reconsideration.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
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THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 37.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Senator
Fuschillo.
SENATOR FUSCHILLO: I now offer
the following amendments.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT:
Amendments received.
Oh, Senator Fuschillo, I'm sorry.
SENATOR FUSCHILLO: Thank you,
Mr. President.
On behalf of Senator Alesi, on page
number 16 I offer the following amendments to
Calendar Number 201, Senate Print Number 5213,
and ask that said bill retain its place on
Third Reading Calendar.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT:
Amendments received, and the bill will retain
its place on Third Reading Calendar.
Substitution.
SENATOR SKELOS: Please make the
substitutions.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: On page 13,
Senator Marcellino moves to discharge, from
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the Committee on Environmental Conservation,
Assembly Bill Number 5513A, and substitute it
for the identical Senate bill, 6137A, Third
Reading Calendar 151.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT:
Substitution ordered.
Senator Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
if we could adopt the Resolution Calendar,
with the exception of Resolution 3041.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: All in
favor of adopting the Resolution Calendar,
with the exception of Resolution Number 3041,
signify by saying aye.
(Response of "Aye.")
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT:
Opposed, nay.
(No response.)
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
Resolution Calendar is adopted.
Senator Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President, I
believe there's a privileged resolution at the
desk by Senator Morahan. May we have the
title read and move for its immediate
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adoption.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: By Senator
Morahan, Legislative Resolution Number 3054,
memorializing Governor George E. Pataki to
proclaim the week of February 13 through 19,
2000, as the "National Salute to Hospitalized
Veterans Week" in the State of New York.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
question is on the resolution.
Senator Morahan.
SENATOR MORAHAN: Mr. President,
I would just like the -- all the Senators to
know that that's open for sponsorship. So if
they want to sign on the resolution, they
can -- whoever doesn't, they can let us know.
Otherwise, we'll put everybody on that
resolution.
Thank you.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Senator
Skelos, for your information.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
with the consent of Senator Paterson and the
Minority, put everybody on the resolution. If
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they do not wish to sponsor the resolution,
they should notify the desk.
SENATOR PATERSON: Consented.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: With
the consent of Senator Skelos and Senator
Paterson, so ordered.
The question is on the resolution.
All in favor signify by saying aye.
(Response of "Aye.")
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT:
Opposed, nay.
(No response.)
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
resolution is adopted.
Senator Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
if we could take up the noncontroversial
calendar.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
Secretary will read the noncontroversial
calendar.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
42, by Senator Alesi, Senate Print 3484, an
act to amend the Economic Development Law, in
relation to directing a rural agribusiness
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study.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 41.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
59, by Senator Skelos, Senate Print 4887, an
act to amend the Domestic Relations Law, in
relation to notification of adoptive parents.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 41.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
bill is passed.
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THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
111, by Senator Kuhl, Senate Print 1725A, an
act to amend the Agriculture and Markets Law,
in relation to duties of the Commissioner of
Agriculture and Markets.
SENATOR PATERSON: Lay it aside.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
bill is laid aside.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
114, by Senator Hoffmann, Senate Print 6175A,
an act to amend the Agriculture and Markets
Law, in relation to making technical
corrections thereto.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This
act shall take effect on the same date as
Chapter 251 of the Laws of 1999.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 43.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
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140, by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 27, an
act to amend the Education Law, in relation to
the membership of professional licensing
boards.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 43.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
142, by Senator Rath, Senate Print 1293, an
act to amend the Education Law, in relation to
requirements for written prescriptions.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
act shall take effect on the first day of
January.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Call
the roll.
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(The Secretary called the roll.)
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 43.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
192, by Senator Saland, Senate Print 6220, an
act to amend the General Municipal Law, in
relation to establishing the Town of Fishkill
Industrial Development Agency.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: There's
a home rule message at the desk.
Read the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 43.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
205, by Senator Libous, Senate Print 4658, an
act to amend the Mental Hygiene Law, in
relation to the appointment of directors of
community services.
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ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 45.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
209, by Senator Velella, Senate Print 1734A,
an act to amend the General City Law and the
Penal Law, in relation to creating the crimes
of urinating or defecating in public.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 8. This
act shall take effect on the first day of
November.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Call
the roll.
SENATOR PATERSON: Lay it aside.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
bill is laid aside.
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Senator Skelos, that completes the
noncontroversial reading of the calendar.
SENATOR SKELOS: Please recognize
Senator Stachowski.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Senator
Stachowski, why do you rise?
SENATOR STACHOWSKI: Mr.
President, can I have unanimous consent to be
recorded in the negative on Calendar 192.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Without
objection, so ordered.
SENATOR STACHOWSKI: Thank you.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Senator
Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
if we could return to the Resolution Calendar
and take up Resolution 3041, by Senator Kuhl,
have it read in its entirety, and move for its
immediate adoption.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
111, by Senator Kuhl, Senate Print -
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
if I could just interrupt for one minute,
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there will be an immediate meeting of the
Labor Committee in the Majority Conference
Room.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: There
will be an immediate meeting of the Labor
Committee in the Majority Conference Room.
We are now on Senator Kuhl's
resolution, Number 3041 on the calendar today.
The Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: By Senator Kuhl,
Legislative Resolution Number 3041, commending
the New York Association for
Continuing/Community Education and the 1999
Students of the Year.
"WHEREAS, The Legislature of the
State of New York is pleased to welcome
distinguished members of the New York
Association for Continuing/Community Education
and the 1999 Students of the Year, honored for
their outstanding work as adult learners; and
"WHEREAS, Michelle Carbone, Zeida
Diaz, Katie Dick, Thai Vo Dinh, Patricia
Gandia, Morris Roger Green, Russell Johnson,
Cheryl McCann, John Neilon-Jock, Lindita
Nezaj, Elaine Perry, Julie Sanon, Jose Veliz,
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Mingh Vo, and Victoria Watkins, all honored
recipients of the Student of the Year Award,
have been selected to receive this esteemed
distinction because of their demonstrated
outstanding perseverance and dedication; and
"WHEREAS, The 1999 Students of the
Year worked hard and overcame a myriad of
challenges and, in doing so, developed within
themselves a strong sense of independence,
self-reliance and self-sufficiency which can
never be taken away. The 1999 Students of the
Year have confirmed, through their earnest
commitment and will to succeed, that they
should be looked upon as positive role models,
not only to other adult learners but to their
community as well. The Legislature of the
State of New York also pays tribute to the
teachers, coordinators, administrators, and
trainers of these students for their selfless
dedication to the students and whose work has
brought hope into the lives of many, an
accomplishment that cannot be measured; and
"WHEREAS, The Legislature of the
State of New York also honors the Board
Members for their guidance of the New York
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State Association for Continuing/Community
Education and for their continued dedication
to education in New York, and honors as well
all the individuals on the Awards Day
Committee who worked diligently in order to
ensure that these students receive the
recognition they deserve; now, therefore, be
it
"RESOLVED, That this Legislative
Body pause in its deliberations to commend the
New York Association for Continuing/Community
Education and the 1999 Students of the Year
for their tenacity and remarkable
accomplishments; and be it further
"RESOLVED, That copies of this
resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted
to each of the 1999 Students of the Year and
to Board President Mark Cass."
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Senator
Kuhl, on the resolution.
SENATOR KUHL: Yes, thank you,
Mr. President. It's my pleasure to rise today
to speak on the resolution.
As the chairperson of the Senate
Education Committee, certainly there is a lot
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going on in education in our world in New York
today. And last year this house adopted a
bill which would have extended the compulsory
education age from 16 to 17. Unfortunately,
the Governor thought that there were some
loopholes in that bill and chose to veto it.
But that bill was intended for one specific
purpose, and that was to continue the
education of young people during a very
impressionable time in their lives.
Today what we have, the recognition
before us is the resolution which honors the
New York State Association for Continuing and
Community Education. It's an association that
takes charge, if you will, over a group of
people who have for one reason or another left
the traditional public high school setting and
been moved into the private sector without the
benefit of having a high school diploma.
These people have suffered through
the -- let's say the nondiagnosis of special
types of disabilities which has made their
traditional education impossible, but yet
they've had the oversight of this association
to take charge of their furthering their
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education and have worked with these young
people and have actually accomplished what at
times would seem to be insurmountable kinds of
conditions.
So we're here today recognizing not
only the association but what is deemed to be
the 1999 high-honor students of that
association. These are people who have really
done the impossible, and they have continued
their education despite unbelievable obstacles
to the point that they have never been in a
traditional setting to be recognized.
And yet what we are doing here
today is recognizing them and their teachers
and the association for moving them ahead and
moving them to a position where they will be
self-sufficient and actually very, very
outstanding citizens in our society.
So speaking to the resolution,
there is this group of outstanding students
for the year of 1999 who are with us in the
gallery, and at the conclusion of the
resolution I would hope that you would
acknowledge their presence.
I also know, Mr. President, that
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there are a number of members who have
constituents of theirs who are participants in
this group who would like to be recognized and
also have an opportunity to speak on the
resolution.
So I'm here today as the Senate
Education Committee chairman saying there are
a number of different methods for people
getting their complete education in our
society today. These people are a very small
part of a small group, but yet they probably
expend more energy in accomplishing what other
people have done in traditional ways because
of obstacles that have been placed in their
ways.
And so their effort and their
diligence, their perseverance in accomplishing
what at times has, I know, seemed to be the
impossible should be honored here today and is
being honored here today.
And I thank you, Mr. President, for
the opportunity to speak to this resolution.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Thank
you, Senator Kuhl.
Are there other members of the
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Senate wishing to speak on the resolution?
The question is on the resolution.
All in favor signify by saying aye.
(Response of "Aye.")
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT:
Opposed, nay.
(No response.)
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
resolution is adopted.
On behalf of Senate Majority Leader
Joseph Bruno, my colleagues here in the
Senate, we want to welcome you to our chambers
today. We would ask that the 1999 Students of
the Year please rise and accept the
congratulations of the members of the New York
State Senate for a job well done.
(Applause.)
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: You can
be genuinely proud of your accomplishments,
and we are genuinely proud of them also.
Thank you for joining us today in
the Capitol.
Senator Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
please recognize Senator Volker.
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ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Senator
Volker.
SENATOR VOLKER: Mr. President,
one of the Senate resolutions today,
Resolution Number 3068, is a resolution
mourning the death of Judge Dolores Denman,
who was a classmate of mine in law school and
a personal friend.
Dolores Denman was the first woman
to serve as a presiding justice of an
appellate division, and unfortunately died
just recently.
What I would like to do, Senator
Lack and I have -- are doing this resolution.
We'd like to open it up to all the members of
the Senate, unless they have an objection, to
be on the resolution.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Senator
Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
with the consent of Senator Paterson,
everybody will be put on the resolution.
If you do not wish to sponsor it,
please notify the desk.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: 3068.
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So ordered. All members will be reflected on
the resolution unless they object.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
there will be an immediate meeting of the
Environmental Conservation Committee in the
Majority Conference Room.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: There
will be an immediate meeting of the
Environmental Conservation Committee in the
Majority Conference Room.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
if we could take up the controversial
calendar, please.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
Secretary will read the controversial
calendar.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
111, by Senator Kuhl, Senate Print 1725A, an
act to amend the Agriculture and Markets Law,
in relation to the duties of the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Markets.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Senator
Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
if we could have the last section read, for
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the purposes of Senator Oppenheimer voting.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
Secretary will read the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
SENATOR OPPENHEIMER: No.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT:
Senator Oppenheimer will be recorded in the
negative.
SENATOR SKELOS: Please withdraw
the roll call.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
roll will be withdrawn.
We're on the bill. Read the last
section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Senator
Dollinger, why do you rise?
SENATOR DOLLINGER: Just to be
recorded in the negative on Calendar 111.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: All
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right, we will call the roll.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Excuse
me, I apologize. Senator Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: If the bill is
going to be debated, then we're going to have
the debate. If there's no debate on the bill,
then we can just vote and move on.
Okay, please have the roll call
called at this time.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
Secretary will call the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT:
Results.
THE SECRETARY: Those recorded in
the negative on Calendar Number 111 are
Senators Breslin, Connor, Dollinger, LaValle,
Onorato, Oppenheimer, Paterson, Schneiderman,
and Stavisky. Ayes, 41. Nays, 9.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
bill is passed.
Continue with the controversial
calendar.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
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209, by Senator Velella, Senate Print 1734A,
an act to amend the General City Law and the
Penal Law, in relation to creating the crimes
of urinating or defecating in public.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Senator
Paterson, why do you rise?
SENATOR PATERSON: Mr. President,
I rise with a degree of trepidation. I read
the transcript from last year's debate where
Senator Velella said, and I quote, that there
are some in this chamber who chose to vote
against this bill. As a matter of fact, 13
members from the other side of the aisle voted
against this bill. And he then reminded the
congregation that three of those 13 members
did not return after the 1998 session.
So I will say that I am impacted a
little bit by that, and I'm not going to
debate Senator Velella, and I'm not even going
to ask him for an explanation. As a matter of
fact, I'm going to give the explanation for
him.
It's quite clear why we would have
a bill like that. Public urinating and public
defecation are a vile and vicious malady that
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pervade our society. Moreover, it is very
difficult, particularly for children, to
actually watch that kind of thing or see the
results of it in public. And it could
certainly be said that it is a detriment to
the quality of life in our city.
It's more than just a detriment to
the quality of life in our city. I think we
on the other side of the aisle would concede
that in many ways it is a detriment and
retentive and also not exactly an
encouragement to business in our commercial
zones. And it's a fact that the public does
not like to see different forms of behavior
that make coming into the city much more
difficult.
So we understand what -- the nature
of the concern that Senator Velella has and
what he's trying to address in this bill.
However, it is my opinion that we
shouldn't support the bill. We shouldn't
support the bill because this is really
addressing the smaller issue of a bigger
issue. The bigger issue is the widespread
homelessness: 25,000 homeless people right in
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New York City, one-half of the homeless
population under age 5.
A staggering statistic, and I think
something that needs to be addressed by our
programs as much as our criminal justice
system. We already have criminal laws on the
books that address public lewdness. What we
need are those programs that will address
public homelessness, which we have.
Also, this bill opens the door to a
kind of innate discrimination. It talks about
the types of individuals who you can tell just
by physical observation could be a potential
problem for police officers or the public.
Who are those people?
This would open the door for
different townships and cities around the
state to designate their own areas of
commercial nature really selectively, just to
get undesirable people off the street for
reasons of appearance or color or profiling.
This is what, in the most recent situations
that we can document, we're actually trying to
stop.
So while we all join in wanting to
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curb and put an end to what is public
lewdness, we don't suggest that this is the
way -- to such an extent that even in spite of
Senator Velella's admonitions last year,
Senators Breslin, Connor, Dollinger,
Montgomery, Seabrook, Smith, Schneiderman, and
one other -- oh, myself -- voted against this
bill last year.
Thank you, Mr. President.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Thank
you, Senator Paterson.
Senator Velella.
SENATOR VELELLA: Mr. President,
I'd just point out that in spite of the fact
that those distinguished Senators that were
called off by Senator Paterson voted against
the bill, everybody else in the chamber voted
for it.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Thank
you, Senator Velella.
Read the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 8. This
act shall take effect on the first day of
November.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Call
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the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT:
Results.
THE SECRETARY: Those recorded in
the negative on Calendar Number 209 are
Senators Breslin, Connor, Paterson, Santiago,
Smith, and Stavisky. Ayes, 45. Nays, 6.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY: Also Senator
Schneiderman.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
bill remains passed.
Senator Leibell.
SENATOR LEIBELL: Mr. President,
I'd like to ask for unanimous consent to be
recorded in the negative on Calendar 111,
Senate 1725A.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Without
objection, so ordered.
SENATOR GOODMAN: Mr. President.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Senator
Goodman.
SENATOR GOODMAN: Ditto.
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ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Without
objection, so ordered.
Senator Skelos, that completes the
reading of the calendar.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
if we could return to reports of standing
committees and have them read at this time.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Reports
of standing committees.
The Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Senator Padavan,
from the Committee on Cities, reports:
Senate Print 3242A, by Senator
Kuhl, an act to amend the General Municipal
Law;
And 4328A, by Senator McGee, an act
to amend the General City Law and others.
Both bills ordered direct to third
reading.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Without
objection, bills reported directly to third
reading.
The Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Also, Senator
Marcellino, from the Committee on
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Environmental Conservation, reports:
Senate Print 4157, by Senator
Marcellino, an act to amend the Environmental
Conservation Law;
6357, by Senator Stafford, an act
to amend the Environmental Conservation Law;
And 6483, by Senator Marcellino, an
act to amend the Environmental Conservation
Law.
All bills ordered direct to third
reading.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Without
objection, bills reported directly to third
reading.
Senator Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
is there any housekeeping at the desk?
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: There
is not.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President, I
believe we are still waiting for the Labor
Committee. Most of the business, I guess, is
done, other than accepting the report of the
Labor Committee. I'm more than happy to sit
and wait if other members wish to go on their
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way.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: I will
join you in that task, Senator Skelos, thank
you.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Senator
Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: I appreciate
your waiting. And if we could have the Labor
Committee report read at this time.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: The
Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Senator Spano,
from the Committee on Labor, reports:
Senate Print 1453A, by Senator
Spano, an act to amend the Labor Law;
4932A, by Senator Spano, an act to
amend the Labor Law;
5065, by Senator Balboni, an act to
amend the Labor Law;
6433, by Senator Spano, an act to
amend the Labor Law;
And 6434, by Senator Spano, an act
to amend the Workers' Compensation Law.
All bills ordered direct to third
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reading.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: Without
objection, the bills are reported to third
reading.
Senator Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
there being no further business to come before
the Senate, I move we adjourn until Monday,
February 28, at 3:00 p.m., intervening days
being legislative days.
And we wish all members a wonderful
break.
ACTING PRESIDENT WRIGHT: On
motion, the Senate stands adjourned until
Monday, February 28, at 3:00 p.m., intervening
days being legislative days.
(Whereupon, at 11:36 a.m., the
Senate adjourned.)