Regular Session - May 5, 2003
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NEW YORK STATE SENATE
THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD
ALBANY, NEW YORK
May 5, 2003
3:42 p.m.
REGULAR SESSION
SENATOR THOMAS P. MORAHAN, Acting President
STEVEN M. BOGGESS, Secretary
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P R O C E E D I N G S
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
Senate will come to order.
I ask all those present to repeat
with me the Pledge of Allegiance.
(Whereupon, the assemblage recited
the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: There
being no clergy present, I ask that we now bow
our heads in silence.
(Whereupon, the assemblage
respected a moment of silence.)
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Reading of the Journal.
THE SECRETARY: In Senate,
Sunday, May 4, the Senate met pursuant to
adjournment. The Journal of Saturday, May 3,
was read and approved. On motion, Senate
adjourned.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Hearing no objection, the Journal stands
approved as read.
The order of business will be
presentation of petitions.
Messages from the Assembly.
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Messages from the Governor.
Reports of standing committees.
Reports of select committees.
Communications and reports from
state officers.
Motions and resolutions.
Senator Farley.
SENATOR FARLEY: Thank you, Mr.
President.
On behalf of Senator Volker, please
remove the sponsor's star from Calendar 325.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: So
ordered.
Senator Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
there will be an immediate meeting of the
Children and Families Committee in the
Majority Conference Room.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: There
will be an immediate meeting of the Children
and Families Committee in the Majority
Conference Room.
SENATOR SKELOS: And then if we
could go to the noncontroversial reading of
the calendar.
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ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
52, by Senator Marcellino, Senate Print 885,
an act to repeal Title 17 of Article 23.
SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN: Lay it
aside.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
bill is laid aside.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
108, by Senator Larkin, Senate Print 1225, an
act to amend the Civil Practice Law and Rules,
in relation to authorizing.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 50.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
bill is passed.
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THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
202, by Senator Farley, Senate Print 2262, an
act to amend the Banking Law, in relation to
the regulation of licensed transmitters of
money.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 52.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
268, by Senator Leibell, Senate Print 1653, an
act to amend the Penal Law, in relation to
unlawful defilement of a water supply.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
act shall take effect on the first of
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November.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 52.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
305, by Senator DeFrancisco, Senate Print --
SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN: Lay it
aside.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
bill is laid aside.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
327, by Senator Little, Senate Print 2629, an
act authorizing the payment of ordinary
disability retirement benefits.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Call
the roll.
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(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 52.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
412, by Senator Nozzolio, Senate Print 3027,
an act to amend the Real Property Tax Law, in
relation to the veterans' alternative
exemption.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 54.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
463, by Senator Hoffmann, Senate Print 3599,
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an act to amend the Agriculture and Markets
Law, in relation to including certain lands.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 53. Nays,
1. Senator Duane recorded in the negative.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
583, by Senator Little, Senate Print 4239, an
act to amend the General Municipal Law, in
relation to creating supplemental volunteer
firefighter and ambulance worker service award
programs.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
act shall take effect on the 60th day.
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ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 54.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
587, by Senator Morahan, Senate Print 4051, an
act to amend the Election Law, in relation to
military voting.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 54.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
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589, by Member of the Assembly Wright,
Assembly Print Number 7229, an act to amend
Chapter 92 of the Laws of 2001 amending the
Election Law.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 54.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
590, by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 301, an
act to amend the Education Law, in relation to
the terms of community college trustees.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Read
the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Call
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the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 56.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
bill is passed.
Senator Skelos.
SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
if we could now go to the controversial
reading of the calendar.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
52, by Senator Marcellino, Senate Print 885,
an act to repeal Title 17 of Article 23 of the
Environmental Conservation Law.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Senator Lachman.
SENATOR LACHMAN: Mr. President,
on the bill.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Senator Lachman, on the bill.
SENATOR LACHMAN: Liquefied
natural and petroleum gas is a highly
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flammable, extremely volatile, dangerous
substance which, if released into the air, is
capable of causing severe damage even in areas
distant from the point of release. Today it
might be my district, tomorrow it could be any
member of this chamber's district.
The repeal of the Liquefied Natural
and Petroleum Gas Act places citizens at
serious risk of injury by exposing them to the
hazards of liquified natural and petroleum gas
storage and transportation.
The sponsor of this bill alleges
that the bill is necessary to repeal the
moratorium on constructing new liquefied
natural and petroleum gas facilities. This
bill would completely repeal the entire act.
Such broad and sweeping changes in
the law, in my opinion, is completely
unwarranted and unnecessary under the
circumstances that exist today. The only
reason for such an extreme proposal would be
to give liquefied and natural gas producers
and suppliers the ability to put their
dangerous facilities anywhere they wanted
without public accountability or liability.
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Endangering the public in such a
way, especially my constituents in Staten
Island, is completely unacceptable and should
be rejected outright by the Legislature. As
you gather, my colleagues, I strongly oppose
the bill.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Senator Marcellino.
SENATOR MARCELLINO: Thank you,
Mr. President.
New York State is the only state in
the nation with a moratorium on liquefied
natural gas at this point in time.
I take exception to my colleague's
statement that I would do anything that would
endanger anybody, his constituents or my
constituents or any other person in the State
of New York, by any legislation or any piece
of legislation that I or my staff would draw
up.
On the contrary, the legislation
that we are enacting would repeal duplicative
legislation. It is already a federal law --
there are already federal laws that control
shipping and transit. There are already local
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laws that would contribute and handle the
siting of liquefied natural gas facilities.
None of these will be repealed.
None of these will be affected. What we are
taking out is duplicative laws that are no
longer necessary to be on the books.
There are still many checks, many
safeguards that would exist. The DEC would
still have the ability to get involved, the
Department of State, the DOT, agency after
agency after agency.
Do we want alternative-fuel
vehicles or not? That is the question. If
you want liquefied natural gas to supply you
with certain fuels, this is something we
should have. We need to site the facilities.
You cite the incidents in Staten
Island. Liquefied natural gas was not the
cause of that disaster. If you would read the
NYSERDA report -- which, by the way, is the
agency that has asked us to do this
legislation. This did not come out of a hat.
This was produced on a report produced by
NYSERDA called the "Report on Issues Regarding
the Existing New York Liquefied Natural Gas
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Moratorium." They have stated to us that it
is as safe, if not safer, than other forms of
fuel that are already being sited throughout
our area. We have these forms.
Liquefied natural gas, as I said,
was not responsible for the disaster. It was
an empty tank under repair where a spark set
off some substances in the tank which had to
do with the lining and insulation of the tank.
Those substances are no longer permitted to be
used. So we cannot have a duplication of that
incident in that way.
There are many new forms of
vehicles used to transport this material. We
are not giving anything to any group or any
agency or any interest group, if you will. I
resent that implication as well, Senator.
It's uncalled for.
You can oppose something, but be on
the facts. The facts are this is a safe
mechanism. NYSERDA, responsible to
investigate and check on fuel sources and
supplies, has stated that this is no longer
necessary. These regulations on a state level
are no longer necessary, and we need the
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alternative fuel.
And you can't have it both ways.
You can't ask for getting away from fossil
fuels but we don't want to site anything. You
can't ask for natural gas but we don't want a
pipeline. You've got to have some means of
supplying the mechanism. If you're going to
talk about problems, bring up real ones, not
those from the past that no longer can occur.
Ladies and gentlemen, there is
nothing in this legislation that would harm or
inflict pain or danger on anyone. On anyone.
I urge a yes vote. It's time we got out of
the past and into the present.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Thank
you, Senator Marcellino.
Any other legislator wishing to
be -- Senator Marchi.
SENATOR MARCHI: Yes, Mr.
President.
I certainly subscribe to the
statement made by the Senator that there was
no intent to do any of the things that might
flow from an accident with this very dangerous
substance. And I believe him.
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However, we did have this incident
on Staten Island in which there was heavy loss
of life. Over 40 people were killed.
I would submit that at this point
it would make a great deal of -- I think it
would be very reassuring, and if each and
every -- you have brought the bill along
respecting every test that it could be
submitted to, right up until the bill was
called for consideration.
But I would suggest, because of the
extraordinary nature of what is involved here,
that this be set aside for one week, to give
us greater scope and opportunity to make
assurance doubly sure, which should be very --
should be acceptable to you and actually would
increase or dismiss any naysaying at this
point.
But I'm telling you that in Staten
Island, those who were in the near approximate
definition, there was expert opinion adduced
at that time that given the wrong
circumstances, it would have killed people all
the way up to midtown Manhattan, not to
mention Brooklyn and Queens and other areas.
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Now, I know that the Senator has
made a very earnest inspection and considered
this. And perhaps I should apologize for not
bringing it to his attention earlier. But I
would also submit that there would be nothing
lost by postponing final consideration until
next week, so that we can either rise in a
crescendo of unanimous support and at the same
time feel that we have exhausted every
possibility.
Because if there is even a shred,
even a shred of possibility that this
dangerous substance in its introduction to the
host community and into the possibility that
we might have a serious incident.
So I ask you, Senator, if you would
seriously consider a week's adjournment. And
I will not ask for more. But I certainly will
defer to any system where we can at least set
aside this possibility, which is horrendous.
Horrendous.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Thank
you, Senator Marchi.
Senator Marcellino.
SENATOR MARCELLINO: Mr.
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President, far be it from me to resist a
request from my colleague, whom I respect
greatly.
On Senator Marchi's request, I
would ask that this bill be laid aside for one
week so that the Senator can review what he
has to review. And we would happily then wait
and then bring the bill back for a vote at
that time.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Thank
you, Senator Marcellino.
The bill is laid aside.
The Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
305, by Senator DeFrancisco, Senate Print
2976, an act to amend the Estates, Powers and
Trusts Law, in relation to disqualification.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Senator Velella.
SENATOR VELELLA: If we can lay
this bill aside temporarily until there's a
committee meeting that's finished. Just stand
at ease for a minute or two.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
bill is laid aside temporarily.
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(Whereupon, the Senate stood at
ease at 4:00 p.m.)
(Whereupon, the Senate reconvened
at 4:10 p.m.)
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Senator Velella.
SENATOR VELELLA: Mr. President,
there will be an immediate meeting of the
Finance Committee in the Majority Conference
Room.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: There
will be an immediate meeting of the Finance
Committee in the Majority Conference Room.
SENATOR VELELLA: At this time,
Mr. President, can we take up Calendar 305, by
Senator DeFrancisco.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Please
take the conversations outside. We want order
in the house.
Senator Velella.
SENATOR VELELLA: May we proceed
to Calendar 305.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
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305, by Senator DeFrancisco, Senate Print
2976, an act to amend the Estates, Powers and
Trusts Law, in relation to disqualification.
SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER:
Explanation.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Senator DeFrancisco, an explanation has been
asked for by Senator Krueger.
SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Yes. This
is a bill recommended by the Surrogate's Court
Advisory Committee and presented at the
request of the Office of Court Administration.
Very simple concept. If you kill
somebody, if you kill your spouse, you can't
inherit that spouse's share of your property.
Very logical concept, undisputable.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Senator Krueger.
SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER: Thank you,
Mr. President. If the sponsor would yield to
a question.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Senator, will you yield for a question?
SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Yes.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
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Senator yields for a question.
SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER: Well, there
might be one or two. So one at a time.
So when I first read the bill, I
said, well, this seems logical. If somebody
has murdered their spouse, then why should
they profit in some way from it, even if it's
keeping control of their home?
But then when I read through the
details, and it includes manslaughter first
and second degree, my immediate thought was
that there are manslaughter charges and
manslaughter penalties that are relatively
short in nature in prison because of the
recognition by the courts that not all deaths
or all murders are equal in some way.
So I did some homework,
particularly around assisted suicide, which is
considered manslaughter in the second degree.
And my concern is a scenario that we found
quite a few cases of, where an elderly spouse
has ended up killing an invalided spouse of
theirs who were in enormous pain.
And I'm not saying we should be
arguing on this floor today whether we
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recognize assisted suicide. We don't in this
state. It is second-degree manslaughter. But
under your bill, a scenario where an
89-year-old man who killed his invalid wife
with a shotgun blast, then shot himself in the
side, was convicted of second-degree
manslaughter but ended up only having 34 days
in jail, would find himself homeless.
And I can't imagine it's in the
best interests of the state to be leaving
invalided, elderly people on the streets even
if they are guilty under our laws of
manslaughter.
Another case where another
89-year-old who cared for his beloved
wheelchair-bound wife until he could no longer
handle what he thought was the pain that was
too much, and he ended up also participating
in her assisted suicide, pleaded guilty to
second-degree manslaughter. The charge
carried a sentence of 5 to 15 years, but they
agreed to a much lesser term.
There's a series of these. And so
I think I've made my point just raising a
couple of them. And again, I would be much
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more comfortable with this law if it didn't go
so far as manslaughter in the second degree,
and conceivably in recklessness as well, as
assisted suicide.
Is it really in the state's best
interest to leave what is likely to be
disabled and elderly and in many cases,
frankly, far from functional themselves people
in a situation where they've lost their homes?
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Thank
you, Senator.
Senator DeFrancisco.
SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Assisted
suicide is murder. The fact that the
individual got a plea bargain so he didn't
have to go to jail does not -- does not in any
way alter the fact that the crime that
occurred was a murder initially. And he got a
break, the individual got a break.
As long as assisted suicide --
whether you call it assisted suicide or
intentionally taking someone's life, the
charge started out as murder, and he got a
break.
He would maintain whatever portion
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of his property, up to one-half, that was his
own separate property going into the marriage.
And if he can prove that his own separate
property is not benefitting from the property
of the person that he or she killed, then
under those circumstances he would maintain
that half interest.
So, you know, I think you can plea
bargain many, many cases. But the fact of the
matter is as long as murder is occurring or as
long as a taking someone's life is occurring,
it seems logical to me that you shouldn't
benefit financially, even though you might get
a break as far as your sentence is concerned
depending upon the mitigating circumstances.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Senator Krueger.
SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER: To speak on
the bill, Mr. President.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Senator Krueger, on the bill.
SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER: As I said
before, I don't think that this bill debates
whether or not we define assisted suicide as
murder in this state. We do, and we penalize
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people through, most likely, our manslaughter
first degree and second degree categories.
Nonetheless, it seems to me not in
the best interests of the state or in the best
interests of justice to end up in a situation
where -- and in all the cases we looked up,
you're talking about elderly, disabled people.
People who are 89 and have killed their
79-year-old spouse; or 92, who have killed
their 91-year-old spouse of 40 years.
Eighty-nine-year-old with a 76-year-old wife.
A bedridden husband killed by an elderly
woman. All of these examples -- a war
veteran, age 92 who killed his terminally ill
wife.
In these scenarios, the assumption
that if they can only keep half, quote,
unquote, of the proceeds of their home, that
they would be able to stay in their home,
after doing whatever time in prison that our
court system has determined is the correct
penalty for being found guilty of manslaughter
in these situations, it does not seem to me to
be either in the state's interests in the name
of criminal justice, because we've addressed
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their responsibilities through the criminal
justice system, but to leave elderly and frail
people -- not arguing they were right about
what they did under the law, simply elderly,
frail people who have lost their spouses and
who have ended up with some amount of prison
time, to then come back and have lost their
home because they can't afford to be obligated
to the second half of the value of the home
since they'd be only entitled to half of it.
I don't think that if the State of
New York thought this through, they would
think it was in the best interests of
communities or in the best interests of
criminal justice.
So I'll be voting no on this bill,
and I hope my colleagues will consider a no
vote. And I would ask the sponsor to
consider -- because I would guess this is a
bill that will come back over the years -- to
reevaluate whether it should be an all of the
status or just -- or excluding manslaughter.
Thank you.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Thank
you, Senator Krueger.
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Senator Velella.
SENATOR VELELLA: Would the
Senator yield for one short question?
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Senator Krueger, will you yield?
SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER: Yes, I
will.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
Senator yields.
SENATOR VELELLA: The case
scenario you give troubles me somewhat.
SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER: Yes.
SENATOR VELELLA: This would be a
case where the person being killed would give
consent to the other party to assist in
killing them?
SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER: Yes, in the
example --
SENATOR VELELLA: And they would
make that rational decision and prove that to
the court?
SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER: Well,
again, we don't recognize assisted suicide, so
it's only the --
SENATOR VELELLA: I understand
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that.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Are
you asking the Senator to yield for another
question?
SENATOR VELELLA: Will she yield
to another question?
SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER: Yes, I
will, Mr. President.
SENATOR VELELLA: Could not that
same person, then, knowing what was going to
happen, make some disposition and arrangements
for their own property to be disposed of if
they were making arrangements for their spouse
to take their life?
SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER: If I might
repeat the question so I think I understand
it, if --
SENATOR VELELLA: If that
individual was making a decision to speak to
their spouse and agreeing that that spouse
would help them take their life, would not
they be able to make a decision to also tell
that spouse that they would like to dispose of
their property and how to do it before the act
is committed?
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SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER: Mr.
President, I would think that that would, one,
require an enormous understanding of the state
law and real estate situations and New York
State's criminal law penalties and, two, quite
a bit of advanced forethought.
And I think when you look at the
case files on assisted suicide, it is very
often a desperation move by desperate people.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Thank
you, Senator.
Read the last section.
THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Call
the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Announce the results.
Senator DeFrancisco, to explain
your vote.
SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Yes. I
just want to explain my vote.
You know, you can come up with a
scenario in any law to make a law sound
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unfair.
I think the assisted suicide
situation is a substantially unusual case.
Most murders are murders, intentional murders
or reckless conduct or grossly negligent
conduct that causes the death of another
individual. And under that type of conduct, I
think you've got to make sure someone doesn't
benefit from it. And I think that's the
intent of the law. Or the bill.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: Thank
you, Senator.
Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 58. Nays,
1. Senator L. Krueger recorded in the
negative.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
bill is passed.
Senator Velella.
SENATOR VELELLA: Can we return
to reports of standing committees.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: The
Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY: Senator Johnson,
from the Committee on Finance, reports the
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following bill direct to third reading:
Senate Print 4968, by the Senate
Committee on Rules, an act to amend the Tax
Law and others.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN:
Without objection, the bill is reported to
third reading.
Senator Velella.
SENATOR VELELLA: Mr. President,
is there any housekeeping?
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: No
housekeeping at the desk, Senator.
SENATOR VELELLA: Mr. President,
there being no further business to come before
the Senate, I move we stand adjourned until
Tuesday, May 6th, at 3:00 p.m.
ACTING PRESIDENT MORAHAN: There
being no further business, the Senate stands
adjourned until Tuesday, May 6th, at 3:00 p.m.
(Whereupon, at 4:22 p.m., the
Senate adjourned.)