Regular Session - January 14, 2002
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NEW YORK STATE SENATE
THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD
ALBANY, NEW YORK
January 14, 2002
3:21 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: In the absence of
clergy, may we please bow our heads in a
moment of silence.
(Whereupon, the assemblage
respected a moment of silence.)
THE PRESIDENT: Reading of the
Journal.
THE SECRETARY: In Senate,
Sunday, January 13, the Senate met pursuant to
adjournment. The Journal of Saturday,
January 12, was read and approved. On motion,
Senate adjourned.
THE PRESIDENT: Without
objection, the Journal stands approved as
read.
Senator Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: Madam President,
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there will be an immediate meeting of the
Transportation Committee in the Majority
Conference Room.
THE PRESIDENT: There will be an
immediate meeting of the Transportation
Committee in the Majority Conference Room.
Presentation of petitions.
Messages from the Assembly.
Messages from the Governor.
Reports of standing committees.
The Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Senator Volker,
from the Committee on Codes, reports the
following bills:
Senate Print 58, by Senator Skelos,
an act to amend the Civil Practice Law and
Rules;
59, by Senator Skelos, an act to
amend the Criminal Procedure Law;
84, by Senator Hoffmann, an act to
amend the Penal Law;
210, by Senator Volker, an act to
amend the Criminal Procedure Law;
852, by Senator Balboni, an act to
amend the Penal Law;
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1450, by Senator Rath, an act to
amend the Penal Law;
1534, by Senator Johnson, an act to
amend the Penal Law;
2198, by Senator Wright, an act to
amend the Penal Law;
2711, by Senator Padavan, an act to
amend the Penal Law;
3236, by Senator Leibell, an act to
amend the Penal Law;
3413, by Senator Rath, an act to
amend the Penal Law;
5793, by Senator Volker, an act to
amend the Criminal Procedure Law;
5823, by Senator Balboni, an act to
amend the Criminal Procedure Law and others;
And Senate Print 5849, by Senator
Skelos, an act to amend the Penal Law.
Senator Seward, from the Committee
on Insurance, reports the following bills:
Senate Print 4641B, by Senator
Seward, an act to amend the Insurance Law;
5494, by Senator Seward, an act to
amend the Insurance Law;
5584, by Senator Seward, an act to
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amend the Insurance Law;
And 6058, by Senator Seward, an act
to amend the Insurance Law.
All bills ordered direct to third
reading.
THE PRESIDENT: Without
objection, all bills reported direct to third
reading.
Reports of select committees.
Communications and reports from
state officers.
Motions and resolutions.
Senator Maltese.
SENATOR MALTESE: Madam
President, I move that the following bills be
discharged from their respective committees
and be recommitted with instructions to strike
the enacting clause: 2679A, 4913A.
THE PRESIDENT: So ordered,
Senator.
SENATOR MALTESE: Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: Madam President,
there's a privileged resolution, 3745, at the
desk, by Senator DeFrancisco. Could we have
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it read in its entirety and move for its
immediate adoption.
THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary
will read.
THE SECRETARY: By Senator
DeFrancisco, Legislative Resolution Number
3745, congratulating the Onondaga Central
Junior-Senior High School Football Team and
Coach Bill Spicer on their outstanding season
and capture of the Class D New York State
Football Championship.
"WHEREAS, It is the belief of this
Legislative Body that excellence and success
in competitive sports can be achieved only
through strenuous practice, team play and
group spirit, nurtured by dedicated coaching;
and
"WHEREAS, It is also acknowledged
that athletic competition enhances the moral
and physical development of the young people
of this state, preparing them for the future
by instilling in them the value of teamwork,
encouraging a standard of healthy living,
imparting a desire for success, and developing
a sense of fair play and competition; and
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"WHEREAS, One such team that
embodies the traits essential to success in
competitive sports is the Onondaga Central
Junior-Senior High School Football Team, the
'Tigers,' who, through its exceptional
teamwork and talents, captured the Class D
State Championship Title on December 1, 2001;
and
"WHEREAS, Climaxing a 13-0 season,
the Tigers not only made Onondaga Central
Junior-Senior High School League history, but
their victory marked the first time since
state playoffs began in 1993 that a football
team from the OHSL has won a state title; and
"WHEREAS, Moreover, Onondaga
Central's all-state tailback, sophomore Mike
Hart, who scored four touchdowns and rushed 36
times for 337 yards in the championship game,
broke all state records for most touchdowns,
most points, and most running yards in one
season; and
"WHEREAS, The athletic talent and
superb spirit displayed by this outstanding
team is due in great part to the efforts of
Coach Bill Spicer, and his able assistant
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coaches, Paul Taylor, Jeff Pierce, Rick
Bailey, and Victor Zampetti. Also to be
commended are volunteer coaches Dave Pierce
and Sean Colfer; and
"WHEREAS, The team members are:
Chad Amidon, Robert Bailey, Kyle Borne, Ricky
Bova, Tom Brownell, Marty Brunner, Travis
Burton, Donald Cummings, Jacob Cummings, Mac
Cushing, Joe DelVecchio, Cory Dill, Andrew
Flynn, Caleb Golembiewski, Adam Goodman,
Justin Graham, Mike Hart, Travis Hass, Ryan
Hotaling, Aaron Johnson, Adam Legg, Pete
Majewski, John Manley, Kyle Martin, Chris
Mayotte, Mike McAuliffe, Pat Neuman, Carl
Runge, Paul Runge, James Sanford, Jesse
Schneider, Matt Scriber, Hodges Sneed, Brandon
VanSlyke, Kurt Wasilewski, Jon Whipple, Dan
Willis, and Shane Zehr; and
"WHEREAS, In both athletics and
school spirit, these team members have proven
themselves to be an outstanding combination of
talents, reflecting favorably upon their
school, their parents, their friends, and
their community; now, therefore, be it
"RESOLVED, That this Legislative
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Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate the Onondaga Central
Junior-Senior High School Football Team, and
Coach Bill Spicer and his staff, on their
successful season, overall team record, and
capture of the New York State Boys Class D
Championship; and be it further
"RESOLVED, that copies of this
resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted
to the Onondaga Central Junior-Senior High
School Football Team and to Coach Bill
Spicer."
THE PRESIDENT: Senator
DeFrancisco.
SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Thank you,
Madam President.
I am very, very proud to rise and
congratulate this fine team, these wonderful
gentlemen; they're here with us. It's just an
incredible record, a perfect record -- I wish
we had a perfect record here, or somewhat
perfect -- a perfect record, and winning a
state championship is just an outstanding
accomplishment. And from what I hear from the
coach, they're also outstanding young men and
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will be leaders of the future in our
community.
It was read, the whole resolution
was read, but since the numbers weren't read,
I thought some of you -- especially Senator
Stachowski will appreciate this, being an
old -- not an old football player, but a
former football player in college.
An all-state record for Mike Hart,
sophomore: 51 touchdowns, most touchdowns;
most points, 312; and most running yards
3,341 -- in one season. That has something to
do with an offensive line. And the fact that
the defensive team could stop the other team
resulted in a 13 and 0 record.
I got to meet some of these
gentlemen, or all of them, some of them a
little bit better than others, as we had a
luncheon this afternoon. And I'll tell you, I
second what the coach has said. These are
fine young men who are going to do great
things.
Thank you for being with us. Make
sure that you keep following the rules you're
learning in competitive sports. You can't do
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it alone, but together you can do anything you
want to do.
Thank you for coming.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator
Stachowski.
SENATOR STACHOWSKI: Madam
President.
John, you were right the first
time; "old" is the proper term.
I just also would like to rise on
behalf of our side to congratulate these young
men. It takes a lot to be undefeated. It
takes a lot to win a state championship. And
it takes a lot to have a great running back,
because the linemen have to work so hard to
make sure he's got holes to get through,
besides the God-given natural talent that he
has.
So I'd just like to add my
congratulations. And also congratulations to
the coaching staff, whose hard work and
dedication prepared these young men to have
the great season that they had.
Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator Hoffmann.
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SENATOR HOFFMANN: I'd like to
rise and join my colleagues in congratulating
these outstanding young men, and thank Senator
DeFrancisco for being kind enough to bring
them to the Capitol today so that they could
be here for everybody to meet and greet and
congratulate them.
They're a group of people who have
defeated some of the teams in my Senate
district. Our districts adjoin each other.
And although I don't represent any of this
particular group, I know that I represent some
of their adversaries. And the people that you
vanquished on the playing field would also
join me in sending their congratulations
today, because it's good sportsmanship that we
all want to remember when the game is over.
We hope that you recognize today
that you have the admiration and the respect
of all of the people in this room. We engage
in our own little activities -- not on the
sporting field, but at election time -- and
try to put those things beside us afterwards
to go on to practice good citizenship. And we
hope out of this visit today that you'll all
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remember that throughout your lives ahead.
Congratulations, gentlemen.
THE PRESIDENT: The question is
on the resolution. All in favor signify by
saying aye.
(Response of "Aye.")
THE PRESIDENT: Opposed, nay.
(No response.)
THE PRESIDENT: The resolution is
hereby adopted.
As President of the Senate and on
behalf of the Senate, I want to congratulate
the football team on your outstanding
accomplishments and your team playing that has
led you already to so much success. We know
that that team-playing atmosphere and your
achievements will serve you well in all you do
in life.
Best wishes to all of you.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Senator Rath.
SENATOR RATH: Madam President,
there will be an immediate meeting of the
Rules Committee in the Senate Majority
Conference Room.
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THE PRESIDENT: There will be an
immediate meeting of the Rules Committee in
the Majority Conference Room.
Senator Rath.
SENATOR RATH: There is a
privileged resolution at the desk by Senator
Morahan. May we have the title read, please.
THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary
will read.
THE SECRETARY: By Senator
Morahan, Legislative Resolution Number 3746,
paying tribute to New York State members of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars upon the occasion
of the visit of their representatives to the
State Capitol, Albany, New York, on Monday,
January 14, 2002.
THE PRESIDENT: The question is
on the resolution. All in favor signify by
saying aye.
(Response of "Aye.")
THE PRESIDENT: Opposed, nay.
(No response.)
THE PRESIDENT: The resolution is
adopted.
Senator Rath.
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SENATOR RATH: Madam President,
if we can return to the reports of standing
committees, I believe there is a
Transportation Committee report at the desk.
THE PRESIDENT: Reports of
standing committees.
The Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Senator Trunzo,
from the Committee on Transportation, reports
the following bills:
Senate Print 6070, by Senator
Marcellino, an act to amend the Highway Law;
And Senate Print 6027, by Senator
Seward, an act to amend Chapter 569 of the
Laws of 1981.
Both bills ordered direct to third
reading.
THE PRESIDENT: Without
objection, all bills ordered direct to third
reading.
Senator Rath.
SENATOR RATH: Madam President,
if we could stand at ease for the moment.
Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: The Senate is at
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ease.
(Whereupon, the Senate stood at
ease at 3:35 p.m.)
(Whereupon, the Senate reconvened
at 3:39 p.m.)
THE PRESIDENT: The Senate will
please come to order.
Senator Bruno.
SENATOR BRUNO: Madam President,
can we ask for an immediate meeting of the
Local Government Committee in Room 332.
THE PRESIDENT: There will be an
immediate meeting of the Local Government
Committee in Room 332.
Senator Bruno.
SENATOR BRUNO: Madam President,
can we at this time take up Senate 6070.
THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary
will read Senate Bill 6070.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
1, by Senator Marcellino, Senate Print 6070,
an act to amend the Highway Law, in relation
to designating a portion of the state highway
system as the Ralph J. Marino Expressway.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator Bruno.
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SENATOR BRUNO: Thank you, Madam
President.
The bill that we have before us
will be renamed in the honor of our immediate
predecessor as majority leader, Ralph Marino.
It's the Seaford-Oyster Bay State Road that is
being renamed in his honor.
And I don't have to remind anyone
in this chamber and anyone that is aware of an
honor like this being bestowed how deserving
it is. Senator Marino, as a senator,
distinguished himself in this chamber. As a
leader, he led in some landmark legislation
that affects not only his constituency but
people throughout this entire state. So the
work that he has done as a legislator is a
legacy all its own.
And we're fortunate that we in this
chamber can be voting on something like this
and bestowing such an honor at this time in
our previous leader's life.
So I am proud to speak on its
behalf and ask that all of my colleagues and
all of you that are sponsoring or want to
sponsor this legislation, we'll just take you
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as part of what is happening here today. And
Senator Marcellino, who has followed in that
district, is carrying this legislation.
And I want to just say to Ralph's
wife, Ethel, and his children -- Judith,
James, and Bob -- that they have all been part
of what goes on in his legislative life, just
like our families are part of our lives, and
this is a credit to the entire family.
Thank you, Madam President.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator
Marcellino.
SENATOR MARCELLINO: Thank you,
Madam President.
Senator Marino is a good friend.
He has been a good friend to everybody who he
served with during his tenure in the Senate,
more than 25 years as a senator, and since
1989 as the majority leader prior to the
current majority leader, Joe Bruno.
Ralph had a very warm, caring
has a very warm and caring personality. He is
suffering from cancer right now and is in a
fight, and we all wish him well and keep him
in our prayers constantly.
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He is well liked in the district to
this day. He can't walk down a street without
getting people stopping him constantly, asking
him how are things going. And although my
press person assures me otherwise, there are
still several people in the district who still
think he's the senator for the Fifth Senate
District on Long Island. But I've been
working hard to overcome that.
When I first met Ralph, he was not
the majority leader, he was just a senator.
And I had run for town office, and Ralph said,
"Good job, it's a good stepping stone. Keep
it up." You know, "You're the kind of guy we
want up here, the kind of guy we want in the
Senate one day."
Sometime later he was majority
leader and I was a candidate for countywide
office, and I lost the election by some 500
votes out of a half a million cast. And I
came up in a meeting and Ralph took me aside
and he said to me, he says, "Listen," he says,
"There's more time, and there's life after
defeat." He says, "There's plenty of time to
come back." He says, "I've lost elections
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too. I came back. You'll do the same."
He's a good man, a caring person
who led this chamber well. His chief
legislation for open government, one of his
chief concerns; creator of the FOIL, Freedom
of Information Act, RICO law, and many other
landmark pieces of legislation in his tenure
in the Senate.
Renaming a road -- the
Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway, as we know it,
will be called the Ralph J. Marino Expressway
effective as soon as this bill is passed and
signed into law, and we know it will be -- is
an honor that Ralph appreciates. He's aware
of it. I spoke to Ethel this morning and
she's very pleased, as is the senator.
So, ladies and gentlemen, keep
Ralph in your prayers. And I know his wishes
are with us, his thoughts are with us
constantly. His current law office is just
down the hall from mine, and he drops in
routinely. And I've called on him on a number
of occasions for issues and concerns and his
advice on local issues.
And he comes in every once in a
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while and says, "What's going on up in Albany?
Give me the facts. Give me the some of the
stuff," and we sit down and have a good
meeting. So he's never left this place out of
his thinking and I am sure never forgot
anybody here who he served with and never
will.
So it is a pleasure to have this
done as the first bill of this session, of the
new session, to honor a man I consider to be a
good friend and a true prototype of what a
senator should be all about and, as we would
say on the North Shore, a true gentleman.
Thank you, Madam President.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator Connor.
SENATOR CONNOR: Thank you, Madam
President.
Madam President, I rise to add on
behalf of my colleagues on this side of the
aisle our support for this measure and our
best wishes to Ralph Marino and his family.
And certainly our prayers are with him.
I served -- as the senior member in
service on this side of the aisle, I served
with Ralph for many years. A long time ago my
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office in the old State Office Building at 270
Broadway was right next door to the office
that Ralph had when he was the chair of the
I guess it was the Commission on Crime or the
Crime Commission, whatever they called it
then. And he took that responsibility quite
seriously and was there quite often. We'd
stop in and say hi. We were neighbors.
He also sometimes would stop in. A
little quirk in the civil rights bill requires
that before they could swear a witness there,
they had to have at least a member of both the
minority and the majority present. So many a
time Ralph would stop by and say, to this
young senator who was his next-door neighbor,
"Would you do me a favor? Would you come on
in? We have a witness that we want to swear,
take testimony from, and I need a Democrat
there." And I would do it.
So we had many occasions, both in
business and just chatting as colleagues. And
I always regarded Ralph as a friend, still
regard him as a friend.
And we all wish him well and our
prayers are with him, with Ethel, and with his
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family.
Thank you, Madam President.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator LaValle.
SENATOR LAVALLE: Yes, Madam
President. I rise to support this legislation
naming the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway the
Ralph J. Marino Expressway.
Ralph started his career in
government as a councilman in the town of
Oyster Bay and certainly served there for
many, many years before coming to the State
Senate.
As I recall, going back in history,
there was a proposal early on in Senator
Marino's career in which Governor Rockefeller
wanted to extend the Seaford-Oyster Bay
Expressway to build a bridge across the sound
to Rye, naming that bridge the Rye-Oyster Bay
Expressway Bridge. And of course his
constituents at the time vehemently opposed
that extension.
So this highway, the Seaford-Oyster
Bay Expressway, was something that was very
central in his both governmental and political
life. So it is very, very fitting that today
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this body pass this legislation designating
this highway that occupied so much of the
energy and time of a member of this body.
And, of course, in recognizing, as
Senator Bruno indicated, his role not only on
Long Island but statewide in serving in this
body as both a member and as its majority
leader.
Thank you, Madam President.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator Volker.
SENATOR VOLKER: Madam President,
thank you very much.
I want to rise also to support this
legislation and, as Senator LaValle said and
Senator Bruno, Senator Connor, I too knew
Ralph extremely well and have remained in
contact with him. And he has had a difficult
period.
This bridge, the bridge issue that
Senator LaValle talked about, Ralph used to
say that he and I sort of cut our teeth on
similar positions. Ralph cut his teeth on
opposing a major proposal from Nelson
Rockefeller, and so did I. And in fact,
that's a major reason why I'm in the Senate,
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because the governor and I fought over a
couple of issues and he had more power than I
did.
But in any case, I just want to say
to the body that Ralph Marino was a fine
gentleman, a quiet, soft-spoken guy who
probably was the kind of person that typified
his constituents, it seems to me, as much as
any person that previously had served from
Long Island. He knew his constituents, he
knew Long Island. He fought very hard for a
great many issues. And I think it's really
something that is in keeping with he as the
gentleman he is that his name should be put on
a highway.
When I was down on Long Island not
too long ago, I was driving out toward the end
of the island, and there is a highway out
there named for former Senate Norman Levy.
And I couldn't help but think that we have had
and still remain having some of the best
legislators I think in Long Island history in
this house right now and in the place of Ralph
Marino. And I think this legislation just
points out the fact that he was a great
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legislator and a fine gentleman.
THE PRESIDENT: Does any other
member wish to be heard on this bill?
Senator Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: Madam President,
thank you very much.
And I want to thank Senator
Marcellino for introducing this legislation.
You know, like anything in life, at
times there are differences of opinion between
members, and certainly on legislation and
other parts of our life, but it doesn't
necessarily mean that you not have a
tremendous amount of respect for the ability
of that person as a legislator.
Ralph Marino was an excellent
legislator. In the area of crimes and
correction, in the area of banks, he was an
innovator. I believe my colleagues have
spoken about some of his initiatives. Whether
it's open meeting laws, breathing fresh air
into our lives and so many other lives in
government, Ralph was at the forefront.
Ralph right now is struggling. He
is having a difficult time. But it is our
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hope that he will have a full recovery, be
able to continue his life with the family that
he loves so much, his wife, his children, his
grandchildren.
And nothing can be better done for
Ralph right now than to name the
Seaford-Oyster Bay the Ralph J. Marino
Expressway, because certainly there is a
political history that exists with that
expressway. For those of you who have
traveled north on it, it just stops around the
Woodbury area. And there is a story out
there -- I don't know whether it's true or
not -- but that a number of years ago, between
Ralph Marino and Joe Reilly, whenever there
would appear to be a difficult election
coming, that Governor Rockefeller would
announce a bridge was going to be built from
the end of the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway
to Connecticut -- right, Marty? And Marino
and Reilly would stop it, and it would be a
great November.
Now, I don't know if that story is
true. But there is a political history,
certainly a personal history to the
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Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway.
And, Carl, I want to thank you for
this legislation today. Certainly Ralph is
most deserving of it.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator
Marcellino.
SENATOR MARCELLINO: Madam
President, can we open the resolution to all
members of the house unless otherwise
requested.
THE PRESIDENT: If any member
does not want their name on this resolution
they'll please
SENATOR CONNOR: Bill.
THE PRESIDENT: -- this bill,
they'll please notify the desk.
Senator Connor.
SENATOR CONNOR: Yes, thank you,
Madam President.
Since this is a bill, can we waive
buck-slipping it and the formal procedures, if
it's all right with the clerk, and add all the
Democrats? Thank you.
Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator Bruno.
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SENATOR BRUNO: Yes, we can,
Madam President.
THE PRESIDENT: All members will
be sponsors of this legislation.
SENATOR CONNOR: Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator Alesi.
SENATOR ALESI: Thank you, Madam
President.
After listening to my colleagues
here, it strikes me that I never had the honor
or privilege of serving in the Senate when
Senator Marino was here. But I'm very pleased
to hear the accolades that I'm sure are so
applicable to this great senator, primarily
because, as a cosponsor of this legislation, I
recently hired a young man from SUNY Geneseo
who only just a few days ago it became known
to me is the nephew of Senator Marino.
And so I'm very pleased to have the
opportunity for him to be sitting behind me
here today listening to these accolades and
this resolution.
THE PRESIDENT: Does any other
member wish to be heard?
Read the last section.
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THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
act shall take effect immediately.
THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 56.
THE PRESIDENT: The bill is
passed.
Senator Bruno.
SENATOR BRUNO: Madam President,
can we ask for an immediate meeting of the
Education Committee in the Majority Conference
Room, followed immediately by a meeting of the
Higher Education Committee in the same room.
Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: There will be an
immediate meeting of the Education Committee
in the Majority Conference Room, followed by a
meeting of the Higher Education Committee in
the Majority Conference Room.
Senator Bruno.
SENATOR BRUNO: Madam President,
can we at this time return to the reports of
standing committees. I believe there are some
reports at the desk from standing committees.
I'd ask that they be reported at this time.
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THE PRESIDENT: Reports of
standing committees.
The Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Senator Bruno,
from the Committee on Rules, reports the
following bill direct to third reading:
Senate Print 6040, by Senator
Volker, an act to amend the Tax Law.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator Bruno.
SENATOR BRUNO: Move to accept
the report of the Rules Committee.
THE PRESIDENT: The motion is to
accept the report of the Rules Committee. All
in favor signify by saying aye.
(Response of "Aye.")
THE PRESIDENT: Opposed, nay.
(No response.)
THE PRESIDENT: The motion is
passed.
The Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Senator Rath,
from the Committee on Local Government,
reports the following bills:
Senate Print 1094, by Senator
Volker, an act to amend the Real Property Tax
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Law;
1422, by Senator LaValle, an act to
amend the General Municipal Law;
1533, by Senator Volker, an act
authorizing;
2131, by Senator Seward, an act to
amend the Town Law;
2499A, by Senator Leibell, an act
to amend the Real Property Tax Law;
2589, by Senator LaValle, an act to
amend Chapter 554 of the Laws of 1996;
3560, by Senator McGee, an act to
amend the General Municipal Law;
3676, by Senator Rath, an act to
amend the Real Property Tax Law;
4095, by Senator Rath, an act to
amend the Local Finance Law;
And 4339, by Senator McGee, an act
to amend the Real Property Tax Law.
All bills ordered direct to third
reading.
THE PRESIDENT: Without
objection, all bills ordered direct to third
reading.
Senator Bruno.
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SENATOR BRUNO: Madam President,
is there any housekeeping left at the desk?
THE PRESIDENT: No, there isn't,
Senator.
SENATOR BRUNO: Thank you, Madam
President.
Madam President, I would ask that
we stand at ease pending the reports of the
standing committees that are presently
meeting.
THE PRESIDENT: The Senate stands
at ease.
(Whereupon, the Senate stood at
ease at 4:00 p.m.)
(Whereupon, the Senate reconvened
at 4:30 p.m.)
ACTING PRESIDENT MEIER: Senator
Larkin.
SENATOR LARKIN: Mr. President,
can we return to reports of standing
committees.
ACTING PRESIDENT MEIER: Reports
of standing committees.
The Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Senator Kuhl,
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from the Committee on Education, reports the
following bills:
Senate Print 110A, by Senator
Marcellino, an act to amend the Education Law;
424, by Senator Skelos, an act to
amend the Education Law;
426, by Senator Skelos, an act to
amend the Education Law;
473A, by Senator Alesi, an act to
amend the Education Law;
And 2878B, by Senator Morahan, an
act authorizing.
Senator LaValle, from the Committee
on Higher Education, reports:
Senate Print 4889, by Senator
LaValle, an act to amend the Education Law;
6042, by Senator LaValle, an act to
amend the Education Law;
And 6043, by Senator LaValle, an
act to amend the Education Law.
All bills ordered direct to third
reading.
ACTING PRESIDENT MEIER: Without
objection, all bills directly to third
reading.
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Senator Larkin.
SENATOR LARKIN: Is there any
housekeeping?
ACTING PRESIDENT MEIER: There is
none.
SENATOR LARKIN: There being no
further business, I move we adjourn until
Tuesday, January the 15th, at 11:00 a.m.
ACTING PRESIDENT MEIER: On
motion, the Senate stands adjourned until
Tuesday, January 15th, at 11:00 a.m.
(Whereupon, at 4:31 p.m., the
Senate adjourned.)