Regular Session - January 9, 2002

    



 

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                           NEW YORK STATE SENATE











                          THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD



















                             ALBANY, NEW YORK



                              January 9, 2002



                                12:10 p.m.











                              REGULAR SESSION















            LT. GOVERNOR MARY O. DONOHUE, President



            STEVEN M. BOGGESS, Secretary



































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                           P R O C E E D I N G S



                            THE PRESIDENT:    The Senate will



                 please 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.)



                            THE PRESIDENT:    May we each bow



                 our heads, please, in a moment of silence.



                            (Whereupon, the assemblage



                 respected a moment of silence.)



                            THE PRESIDENT:    Reading of the



                 Journal.



                            THE SECRETARY:    In Senate,



                 Monday, January 7, 2002, the Senate met



                 pursuant to adjournment.  The Journal of



                 Friday, January 4, was read and approved.  On



                 motion, Senate adjourned.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    Without



                 objection, the Journal stands approved as



                 read.



                            Senator Bruno.



                            SENATOR BRUNO:    Madam President,



                 are there any motions at the desk at this











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                 time?



                            THE PRESIDENT:    Yes, there are,



                 Senator.



                            SENATOR BRUNO:    Can we have them



                 read at this time.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary



                 will read.



                            Senator Libous.



                            SENATOR LIBOUS:    Thank you, Madam



                 President.



                            I wish to call up Bill Number 368,



                 recalled from the Assembly, which is now at



                 the desk.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary



                 will read.



                            THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number



                 20, by Senator Volker, Senate Print 368, an



                 act to amend the Civil Practice Law and Rules.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Libous.



                            SENATOR LIBOUS:    Madam President,



                 I now move to reconsider the vote by which



                 this bill was passed.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary



                 will now call the roll upon reconsideration.



                            (The Secretary called the roll.)











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                            THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 55.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Libous.



                            SENATOR LIBOUS:    Madam President,



                 I now move to recommit the bill to the



                 Committee on Codes.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    So ordered,



                 Senator.



                            Senator Fuschillo.



                            SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Thank you,



                 Madam President.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    You're welcome.



                            SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I ask that



                 the following bills be discharged from their



                 respective committees and be recommitted with



                 instructions to strike the enacting clause:



                            Senate Print Number 4978, Senator



                 Johnson; 5113, Senator Johnson;



                            3371, Senator Marchi;



                            1443, Senator Meier;



                            351, Senator Morahan; 498, Senator



                 Morahan; 1239, Senator Morahan; 2175, Senator



                 Morahan; 3147, Senator Morahan; 3774, Senator



                 Morahan; 4678, Senator Morahan; 4734, Senator



                 Morahan; 5145, Senator Morahan;



                            587, Senator Saland; 588,











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                 Senator Saland; 1339, Senator Saland; 4905,



                 Senator Saland;



                            2091, Senator Seward; 2552,



                 Senator Seward; 3168, Senator Seward; 3394,



                 Senator Seward; 3395, Senator Seward; 3876,



                 Senator Seward;



                            3481, Senator Stafford; 4839,



                 Senator Stafford; 5561, Senator Stafford;



                            414, Senator Volker; 1092,



                 Senator Volker; 1164, Senator Volker; 2301,



                 Senator Volker; and 5380A, Senator Volker.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    So ordered.



                            SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Would you



                 like me to repeat that?



                            (Laughter.)



                            THE PRESIDENT:    That will not be



                 necessary, Senator.



                            Senator Dollinger.



                            SENATOR DOLLINGER:    Thank you,



                 Madam President.



                            I'd like to move that the following



                 bills be discharged from their respective



                 committees and be recommitted with



                 instructions to strike the enacting clause:



                            Senate Print Number 2740, from











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                 Senator Santiago;



                            Senate Print Number 2423, from



                 Senator Schneiderman;



                            And Senate Print Number 32, from



                 Senator Malcolm Smith.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    So ordered,



                 Senator.



                            SENATOR DOLLINGER:    Thank you.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    Presentation of



                 petitions.



                            Messages from the Assembly.



                            Messages from the Governor.



                            Reports of standing committees.



                            Reports of select committees.



                            Communications and reports from



                 state officers.



                            Motions and/or resolutions.



                            Senator Bruno.



                            SENATOR BRUNO:    Madam President,



                 I believe there are six privileged resolutions



                 at the desk.  I would ask that the titles be



                 read and move for their immediate adoption.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary



                 will read.



                            THE SECRETARY:    By Senator











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                 Seward, Legislative Resolution Number 3482,



                 congratulating the Marathon Central Girls'



                 Field Hockey Team upon the occasion of



                 capturing the 2001 New York State Public High



                 School Athletic Association Class D



                 Championship.



                            By Senator Marcellino, Legislative



                 Resolution Number 3488, honoring the members



                 of the East Norwich Fire Company for their



                 heroic actions in the wake of the terrorist



                 attacks on the World Trade Center on



                 September 11, 2001, and in the ongoing



                 recovery effort.



                            By Senator Marcellino, Legislative



                 Resolution Number 3491, honoring the members



                 of the Bayville Fire Company for their heroic



                 actions in the wake of the terrorist attacks



                 on the World Trade Center on September 11,



                 2001, and in the ongoing recovery effort.



                            By Senator Marcellino, Legislative



                 Resolution Number 3502, honoring the members



                 of the Glen Cove Fire Department for their



                 heroic actions in the wake of the terrorist



                 attacks on the World Trade Center on



                 September 11, 2001, and in the ongoing











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                 recovery effort.



                            By Senator Goodman, Legislative



                 Resolution Number 3569, paying tribute to the



                 life and accomplishments of H. Peter



                 Kriendler.



                            And by Senator Goodman, Legislative



                 Resolution Number 3693, paying tribute to the



                 life and accomplishments of Margaret Loeb



                 Kempner.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    On the



                 resolutions, all in favor signify by saying



                 aye.



                            (Response of "Aye.")



                            THE PRESIDENT:    Opposed, nay.



                            (No response.)



                            THE PRESIDENT:    The resolutions



                 are adopted.



                            Senator Bruno.



                            SENATOR BRUNO:    Madam President,



                 I have a concurrent resolution at the desk.  I



                 would ask that the title be read and move for



                 its immediate adoption.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary



                 will read.



                            THE SECRETARY:    The Assembly











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                 sends for concurrence the following Assembly



                 concurrent resolution.



                            Senator Bruno moves to substitute



                 Senate Concurrent Resolution Number 3570 for



                 Assembly Concurrent Resolution Number 1575.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    The substitution



                 is ordered.



                            The Secretary will read.



                            THE SECRETARY:    Assembly



                 Concurrent Resolution Number 1575, of the



                 Senate and Assembly, relative to the



                 adjournment sine die of the 2001 session of



                 the Legislature.



                            SENATOR CONNOR:    Madam President.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Connor.



                            SENATOR CONNOR:    It's better than



                 when they used to say "sinay die," but it's



                 sine die.  The Latin.



                            Thank you.



                            THE PRESIDENT:    The record will



                 so reflect, Senator Connor.  And I believe



                 does so reflect.



                            On the concurrent resolution, all



                 those in favor please signify by saying aye.



                            (Response of "Aye.")











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                            THE PRESIDENT:    Opposed, nay.



                            (No response.)



                            THE PRESIDENT:    The resolution is



                 adopted.



                            The 224th Legislative Session is



                 now adjourned.



                            (Whereupon, at 12:19 p.m., the



                 Senate adjourned.)