Regular Session - May 16, 2005

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         1                 NEW YORK STATE SENATE

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         4                THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD

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         9                   ALBANY, NEW YORK

        10                     May 16, 2005

        11                       3:10 p.m.

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        14                    REGULAR SESSION

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        18  LT. GOVERNOR MARY O. DONOHUE, President

        19  STEVEN M. BOGGESS, Secretary

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         1                 P R O C E E D I N G S

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Senate will

         3       please come to order.

         4                  I ask everyone present to please

         5       rise and repeat with me the Pledge of

         6       Allegiance.

         7                  (Whereupon, the assemblage recited

         8       the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    With us this

        10       afternoon -- no surprise -- to give the

        11       invocation is our friend and colleague the

        12       Reverend Peter G. Young, from Blessed

        13       Sacrament Church in Bolton Landing, New York.

        14                  Reverend Young.

        15                  REVEREND YOUNG:    Let us pray.

        16                  Dear God, please enter my mind, my

        17       body and my soul and walk with me through this

        18       day.  Rid me of the bondage of

        19       self-centeredness, selfishness, resentments

        20       and self-pity.  Rid me of fear and strengthen

        21       my faith.  Give me a knowledge of Your will

        22       for me and the power then to carry it out.

        23                  Take my will and my life, dear God.

        24       Let me live this day the way that You would

        25       want me to live.  Let me think the way that



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         1       You would want me to think.  Let me act the

         2       way that You would want me to act.  Let me be

         3       an instrument of Your love, Your peace and

         4       Your grace as a New York State Senator.

         5                  Amen.

         6                  THE PRESIDENT:    Reading of the

         7       Journal.

         8                  THE SECRETARY:    In Senate,

         9       Sunday, May 15, the Senate met pursuant to

        10       adjournment.  The Journal of Saturday, May 14,

        11       was read and approved.  On motion, Senate

        12       adjourned.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    Without

        14       objection, the Journal stands approved as

        15       read.

        16                  Presentation of petitions.

        17                  Messages from the Assembly.

        18                  Messages from the Governor.

        19                  Reports of standing committees.

        20                  Reports of select committees.

        21                  Communications and reports from

        22       state officers.

        23                  Motions and resolutions.

        24                  Senator Fuschillo.

        25                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Thank you,



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         1       Madam President.

         2                  On behalf of Senator Saland, on

         3       page number 32 I offer the following

         4       amendments to Calendar Number 484, Senate

         5       Print Number 2501, and ask that said bill

         6       retain its place on Third Reading Calendar.

         7                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

         8       are received, and the bill will retain its

         9       place on the Third Reading Calendar.

        10                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Madam

        11       President, on behalf of Senator LaValle, on

        12       page number 25 I offer the following

        13       amendments to Calendar Number 328, Senate

        14       Print Number 1092, and ask that said bill

        15       retain its place on Third Reading Calendar.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

        17       are received, and the bill will retain its

        18       place on the Third Reading Calendar.

        19                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Madam

        20       President, on behalf of Senator Seward, on

        21       page 19 I offer the following amendments to

        22       Calendar 135, Senate Print Number 593, and ask

        23       that said bill retain its place on Third

        24       Reading Calendar.

        25                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments



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         1       are also received, and that bill will also

         2       retain its place on the Third Reading

         3       Calendar.

         4                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Madam

         5       President, I wish to call up Senate Print

         6       Number 2197, recalled from the Assembly, which

         7       is now at the desk.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

         9       will read.

        10                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        11       288, by Senator Golden, Senate Print 2197, an

        12       act to amend the General Business Law.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator

        14       Fuschillo.

        15                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move to

        16       reconsider the vote by which the bill was

        17       passed.

        18                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        19       will call the roll upon reconsideration.

        20                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        21                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now offer

        22       the following amendments.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    Amendments

        24       received.

        25                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Thank you.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Bruno.

         2                  SENATOR BRUNO:    Madam President

         3       and colleagues, this is our first session

         4       where we will be joined by our newest Senator,

         5       Senator Cathy Young, who joins us from the

         6       Assembly.

         7                  And all of us here, all of us here

         8       presently are happy to have her here in the

         9       chamber with us.

        10                  And having said that, there are

        11       some announcements that we're making having to

        12       do with chairs of committee.  Cathy will chair

        13       Agriculture.  And we are handing that up,

        14       along with the committee assignments, and ask

        15       that they be filed in the Journal.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    They will be

        17       filed in the Journal, Senator.

        18                  SENATOR BRUNO:    Thank you.

        19                  And Senator Paterson, Madam

        20       President.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Paterson.

        22                  SENATOR PATERSON:    Thank you,

        23       Madam President.

        24                  I'd like to officially welcome

        25       Senator Young to the chamber.



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         1                  I hope that on the other side of

         2       the aisle that they've pointed out that when

         3       we have our fast roll call here, we have the

         4       two leaders, the Deputy Majority Leader, the

         5       chair of the Finance Committee, and the first

         6       and last names in the alphabet.  That's the

         7       fast roll call.  And by my calculation,

         8       Senator Young may succeed Senator Wright as

         9       being the last name called on the fast roll

        10       call.

        11                  So it just shows that I'm trying to

        12       help out in the process every way I can.  In

        13       fact, the way I helped out in the process is

        14       the reason Senator Young is here.  So I think

        15       I deserve some congratulations as well.

        16                  (Laughter.)

        17                  SENATOR PATERSON:    Thank you.

        18                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Young, as

        19       my friend and colleague, I would like to also

        20       congratulate you.  I was delighted to hear, as

        21       I came in for session, that you'd just been

        22       sworn in.

        23                  Welcome aboard.  Congratulations.

        24                  Senator Bruno.

        25                  SENATOR BRUNO:    Madam President,



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         1       are there any substitutions, other than for

         2       Senator Young, at the desk?

         3                  THE PRESIDENT:    Yes, there are,

         4       Senator.

         5                  SENATOR BRUNO:    There are.  Can

         6       we make those at this time.

         7                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

         8       will read.

         9                  THE SECRETARY:    On page 4,

        10       Senator Oppenheimer moves to discharge, from

        11       the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and

        12       Commissions, Assembly Bill Number 2619 and

        13       substitute it for the identical Senate Bill

        14       Number 1419, First Report Calendar 924.

        15                  On page 5, Senator Stachowski moves

        16       to discharge, from the Committee on Local

        17       Government, Assembly Bill Number 876 and

        18       substitute it for the identical Senate Bill

        19       Number 338, First Report Calendar 932.

        20                  On page 5, Senator Valesky moves to

        21       discharge, from the Committee on Local

        22       Government, Assembly Bill Number 3652 and

        23       substitute it for the identical Senate Bill

        24       Number 1738, First Report Calendar 937.

        25                  On page 5, Senator Alesi moves to



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         1       discharge, from the Committee on Local

         2       Government, Assembly Bill Number 6853 and

         3       substitute it for the identical Senate Bill

         4       Number 3587, First Report Calendar 941.

         5                  On page 7, Senator Little moves to

         6       discharge, from the Committee on Local

         7       Government, Assembly Bill Number 1351 and

         8       substitute it for the identical Senate Bill

         9       Number 4909, First Report Calendar 954.

        10                  On page 7, Senator Bonacic moves to

        11       discharge, from the Committee on Local

        12       Government, Assembly Bill Number 1683 and

        13       substitute it for the identical Senate Bill

        14       Number 5126, First Report Calendar 958.

        15                  On page 8, Senator Bonacic moves to

        16       discharge, from the Committee on Local

        17       Government, Assembly Bill Number 7625A and

        18       substitute it for the identical Senate Bill

        19       Number 5218A, First Report Calendar 965.

        20                  And on page 33, Senator Marchi

        21       moves to discharge, from the Committee on

        22       Investigations and Government Operations,

        23       Assembly Bill Number 3469 and substitute it

        24       for the identical Senate Bill Number 2430,

        25       Third Reading Calendar 497.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    Substitutions

         2       ordered.

         3                  Senator Skelos.

         4                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Madam President,

         5       at this time could we have Resolution 1805, by

         6       Senator Nozzolio, which was previously

         7       adopted, read in its entirety.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

         9       will read.

        10                  THE SECRETARY:    By Senator

        11       Nozzolio, Legislative Resolution Number 1805,

        12       congratulating the Sodus High School Boys

        13       Basketball Team and Coach Jim Sergeant upon

        14       the occasion of capturing the New York State

        15       Class C State Championship.

        16                  "WHEREAS, Excellence and success in

        17       competitive sports can be achieved only

        18       through strenuous practice, team play and team

        19       spirit, nurtured by dedicated coaching and

        20       strategic planning; and

        21                  "WHEREAS, Athletic competition

        22       enhances the moral and physical development of

        23       the young people of this state, preparing them

        24       for the future by instilling in them the value

        25       of teamwork, encouraging a standard of healthy



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         1       living, imparting a desire for success, and

         2       developing a sense of fair play and

         3       competition; and

         4                  "WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is

         5       justly proud to congratulate the Sodus High

         6       School Boys Basketball Team and Coach Jim

         7       Sergeant upon the occasion of capturing the

         8       New York State Class C State Championship,

         9       held Saturday, March 12, 2005, at the Glens

        10       Falls Civic Center; and

        11                  "WHEREAS, The Sodus Boys Basketball

        12       Team are the New York State Class C State

        13       Champions; and

        14                  "WHEREAS, It was the end of a long

        15       run for the Sodus Spartans, who went as far as

        16       they could and finished with a season of

        17       perfection; and

        18                  "WHEREAS, The Sodus Boys Basketball

        19       Team defeated Faith Heritage by a score of

        20       76-65.  The victory gave the Spartans its

        21       first state title in its initial

        22       state-tournament appearance, and it climaxed a

        23       perfect 27-0 season; and

        24                  "WHEREAS, The athletic talent

        25       displayed by this team is due in great part to



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         1       the efforts of Coach Jim Sergeant, a skilled

         2       and inspirational tutor, respected for his

         3       ability to develop potential into excellence;

         4       and

         5                  "WHEREAS, The team's overall record

         6       is outstanding, and the team members were

         7       loyally and enthusiastically supported by

         8       family, fans, friends and the community at

         9       large; and

        10                  "WHEREAS, The hallmarks of the

        11       Sodus Boys Basketball Team, from the opening

        12       game of the season to participation in the

        13       championship, were a brotherhood of athletic

        14       ability, of good sportsmanship, or honor and

        15       of scholarship, demonstrating that these team

        16       players are second to none; and

        17                  "WHEREAS, Athletically and

        18       academically, the team members have proven

        19       themselves to be an unbeatable combination of

        20       talents, reflecting favorably on their school;

        21       and

        22                  "WHEREAS, Coach Jim Sergeant has

        23       done a superb job in guiding, molding and

        24       inspiring the team members toward their goals;

        25       and



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         1                  "WHEREAS, Sports competition

         2       instills the values of teamwork, pride and

         3       accomplishment, and Coach Jim Sergeant and his

         4       outstanding athletes have clearly made a

         5       contribution to the spirit of excellence which

         6       is a tradition of their school; now,

         7       therefore, be it

         8                  "RESOLVED, That this Legislative

         9       Body pause in its deliberations to

        10       congratulate the Sodus Boys Basketball Team,

        11       its members -- Greg Logins, Hauke Bruns,

        12       Dennis Gorobtschuk, Devin Wright, Roderick

        13       Johnson, Antonio Parker, Robert McDowell,

        14       Jerek Konikiewicz, Matt Sombathy, Paul

        15       Morales, Brian Hanagan, Lionel Webber, Jeff

        16       Kuhn, Johnny McCray, and Emanuel Reaves -- and

        17       Coaches Jim Sergeant, Bob Miranda, and Al

        18       Granger on their outstanding season and

        19       overall team record; and be it further

        20                  "RESOLVED, That copies of this

        21       resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted

        22       to the Sodus Boys Basketball Team and to the

        23       aforementioned coaches."

        24                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Nozzolio.

        25                  SENATOR NOZZOLIO:    Madam



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         1       President, I have another privileged

         2       resolution at the desk.  I ask that it be read

         3       in its entirety, and then I wish to speak on

         4       both of them.

         5                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

         6       will read.

         7                  THE SECRETARY:    By Senator

         8       Nozzolio, Legislative Resolution Number 1806,

         9       congratulating the Palmyra-Macedon Boys

        10       Basketball Team and Coach John "Chip" Tatro

        11       upon the occasion of capturing the New York

        12       State Class B Championship.

        13                  "WHEREAS, Excellence and success in

        14       competitive sports can be achieved only

        15       through strenuous practice, team play and team

        16       spirit, nurtured by dedicated coaching and

        17       strategic planning; and

        18                  "WHEREAS, Athletic competition

        19       enhances the moral and physical development of

        20       the young people of this state, preparing them

        21       for the future by instilling in them the value

        22       of teamwork, encouraging a standard of healthy

        23       living, imparting a desire for success and

        24       developing a sense of fair play and

        25       competition; and



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         1                  "WHEREAS, The Palmyra-Macedon Boys

         2       Basketball Team are the New York State Class B

         3       Champions; and

         4                  "WHEREAS, On Friday, March 11,

         5       2005, the Palmyra-Macedon Boys Basketball Team

         6       narrowly escaped the Class B semifinals with a

         7       victory against Voorheesville.  The final

         8       score was 30-28; and

         9                  "WHEREAS, The next day, the Red

        10       Raiders won their first state title with a

        11       57-47 triumph over Carle Place; and

        12                  "WHEREAS, The athletic talent

        13       displayed by this team is due in great part to

        14       the efforts of Coach John 'Chip' Tatro, a

        15       skilled and inspirational tutor, respected for

        16       his ability to develop potential into

        17       excellence; and

        18                  "WHEREAS, The team's overall record

        19       is outstanding, and the team members were

        20       loyally and enthusiastically supported by

        21       family, fans, friends and the community at

        22       large; and

        23                  "WHEREAS, The hallmarks of the

        24       Palmyra-Macedon Boys Basketball Team, from the

        25       opening game of the season to participation in



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         1       the championship, were a brotherhood of

         2       athletic ability, of good sportsmanship, and

         3       honor and of scholarship, demonstrating that

         4       these team players are second to none; and

         5                  "WHEREAS, Athletically and

         6       academically, the team members have proven

         7       themselves to be an unbeatable combination of

         8       talents, reflecting favorably on their school;

         9       and

        10                  "WHEREAS, Coach John 'Chip' Tatro

        11       has done a superb job in guiding, molding and

        12       inspiring the team members toward their goals;

        13       and

        14                  "WHEREAS, Sports competition

        15       instills the values of teamwork, pride and

        16       accomplishment, and Coach John 'Chip' Tatro

        17       and these outstanding athletes have clearly

        18       made a contribution to the spirit of

        19       excellence which is a tradition of their

        20       school; now, therefore, be it

        21                  "RESOLVED, That this Legislative

        22       Body pause in its deliberations to

        23       congratulate the Palmyra-Macedon Boys

        24       Basketball Team, its members -- Michael Beck,

        25       Jared Boisvert, Jason Clair, Johnathan



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         1       Denniston, Daniel Gorman, Anthony Hall, Adam

         2       Husk, Sean McGinn, Christopher Milke, Timothy

         3       Patchett, Todd Piccola, Christopher Timbs, and

         4       Andrew Weaver -- and Coaches John 'Chip'

         5       Tatro, Joe Hill, Cory Houser, Craig Ikewood,

         6       and Nate Kenyon on their outstanding season

         7       and overall team record; and be it further

         8                  "RESOLVED, That copies of this

         9       resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted

        10       to the Palmyra-Macedon Boys Basketball Team

        11       and to the aforementioned coaches."

        12                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Nozzolio.

        13                  SENATOR NOZZOLIO:    Thank you,

        14       Madam President.  On the resolutions.

        15                  I rise in support of the

        16       resolutions, to congratulate two fine

        17       communities for raising two groups of fine

        18       young men.

        19                  It's unusual for any community to

        20       have a state champion in its midst at any

        21       levels of competition.  But Wayne County, a

        22       county of about a hundred thousand people, has

        23       not one but two basketball state champions

        24       that we are honoring here today -- the Sodus

        25       Boys Basketball Team, winners of the New York



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         1       State Class C Championship, and the

         2       Palmyra-Macedon Boys Basketball Team,

         3       victorious as Class B State Champions.  Two

         4       communities within a few miles apart in the

         5       same county, both raising great basketball

         6       players but, more importantly, raising great

         7       community leaders.

         8                  I'm extremely appreciative of the

         9       coaching staffs, Jim Sergeant and Bob Miranda

        10       from Sodus and John "Chip" Tatro and Joe Hill

        11       from Palmyra-Macedon, for being here today.

        12                  Also, a longstanding superintendent

        13       in the Palmyra-Macedon community is retiring

        14       this year after many years of great service to

        15       Palmyra-Macedon, Dr. Jim Tobin, who's here.

        16       Coincidentally, he's also a former classmate

        17       of Senator Alesi, my colleague from Rochester.

        18                  Fred Ciaburri, director of

        19       athletics; Barbara Persia, high school

        20       principal; and Paul Maier, who came here as a

        21       chaperone and driver to be here with the young

        22       men as they are being honored for this

        23       significant accomplishment.

        24                  Sodus, a very significant

        25       accomplishment, undefeated 27-0.  They beat,



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         1       I'm very pleased to say -- although he's not

         2       in the chamber to defend himself -- they beat

         3       Faith Heritage High School in Senator John

         4       DeFrancisco's district.  I'm very pleased

         5       about that, and I appreciate their great

         6       success.  It's all our communities' success.

         7                  Palmyra-Macedon, outstanding

         8       season.  The first time a school championship

         9       had been achieved by that team.  They had a

        10       tough road through the semis but cleaned the

        11       clock, absolutely cleaned the clock in the

        12       finals of Carle Place.

        13                  Now, Carle Place is represented by

        14       my great friend and esteemed colleague Senator

        15       Balboni.

        16                  But I'm extremely pleased and must

        17       point out that Carle Place is the alma mater

        18       of my fantastic friend in the Senate,

        19       Senator -- he tried to intimidate me, but his

        20       school was intimidated by my

        21       Palmyra-Macedon -- Senator Chuck Fuschillo,

        22       who is an alumni, class of '78, of Carle

        23       Place, a member of the varsity team in his

        24       day.

        25                  But I'm very pleased that you saw



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         1       the light when you played Palmyra-Macedon.

         2                  Ladies and gentlemen, we're here to

         3       recognize athletic accomplishment, but, more

         4       importantly, we're here because these fine

         5       young men have demonstrated leadership

         6       ability, have been great representatives of

         7       their community, have been wonderful teammates

         8       and understand the value of teamwork.

         9                  For that, Madam President, that's

        10       why we are recognizing these fine athletes and

        11       fine young men from a great community.

        12       Assemblyman Oaks, who has also joined us in

        13       this recognition, shares my sentiments here.

        14       We're very pleased to be hosting such fine

        15       community leaders.

        16                  Thank you, Madam President.

        17                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Balboni.

        18                  SENATOR BALBONI:    You know, Madam

        19       President, a couple of years ago if someone

        20       had gotten up and talked about how they

        21       shellacked one of the teams in my district,

        22       that would have really frosted my cupcakes.

        23                  But you know what?  Lately I've

        24       come to see the beauty and the talent all over

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         1       in it.

         2                  And therefore I'd just like to say

         3       how proud I am of your teams' accomplishments

         4       and what a wonderful job they've done, and

         5       we'll get you next year.

         6                  (Laughter.)

         7                  THE PRESIDENT:    Both of the

         8       previous resolutions were adopted on May 10.

         9                  Congratulations and best wishes for

        10       similar success in all your endeavors.

        11                  (Applause.)

        12                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Skelos.

        13                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Madam President,

        14       if we could go to the noncontroversial reading

        15       of the calendar.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        17       will read.

        18                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        19       37, by Senator Larkin, Senate Print 853, an

        20       act to amend the General Municipal Law, in

        21       relation to authorizing industrial development

        22       agencies.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        24       section.

        25                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 5.  This



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         1       act shall take effect immediately.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         3                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         4                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 56.  Nays,

         5       1.  Senator Duane recorded in the negative.

         6                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         7       passed.

         8                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         9       120, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 976A, an

        10       act to amend the Highway Law, in relation to

        11       extending the Niagara Wine Trail.

        12                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        13       section.

        14                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        15       act shall take effect immediately.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        17                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        18                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 57.

        19                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        20       passed.

        21                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        22       339, by Senator Skelos, Senate Print 2724, an

        23       act to amend the Penal Law, in relation to

        24       failure to report a sexual assault of a child.

        25                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last



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         1       section.

         2                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

         3       act shall take effect on the first of

         4       November.

         5                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         6                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         7                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 57.  Nays,

         8       1.  Senator Montgomery recorded in the

         9       negative.

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        11       passed.

        12                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        13       341, by Senator Spano, Senate Print 28 --

        14                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Lay it aside for

        15       the day.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is laid

        17       aside for the day.

        18                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        19       346, by Senator Bruno, Senate Print 3226, an

        20       act to amend the Penal Law and the Highway

        21       Law, in relation to violence committed on

        22       school grounds.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        24       section.

        25                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 4.  This



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         1       act shall take effect on the first of

         2       September.

         3                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         4                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         5                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 57.  Nays,

         6       2.  Senators Montgomery and Parker recorded in

         7       the negative.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         9       passed.

        10                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        11       429, by Senator Larkin, Senate Print 61A, an

        12       act to amend the Education Law, in relation to

        13       suspending the pay.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        15       section.

        16                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        17       act shall take effect immediately.

        18                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        19                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        20                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        22       passed.

        23                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        24       448, by Senator Larkin, Senate Print 417, an

        25       act to amend the Penal Law, in relation to



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         1       obscene sexual performance by a child.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         3       section.

         4                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 10.  This

         5       act shall take effect on the first of

         6       November.

         7                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         8                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         9                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        11       passed.

        12                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        13       464, by Senator Balboni, Senate Print 3509, an

        14       act to amend the Penal Law, in relation to

        15       disseminating indecent material.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        17       section.

        18                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 16.  This

        19       act shall take effect on the first of

        20       November.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        22                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        23                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

        24                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        25       passed.



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         1                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         2       546, by Senator Saland, Senate Print 3679, an

         3       act to amend the Education Law, in relation to

         4       the provisions of school health services.

         5                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         6       section.

         7                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

         8       act shall take effect on the same date and in

         9       the same manner as Section 2 of Chapter 477.

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        11                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        12                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        14       passed.

        15                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        16       592, by Senator DeFrancisco, Senate Print --

        17                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Lay it aside for

        18       the day, please.

        19                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is laid

        20       aside for the day.

        21                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        22       619, by Senator Leibell, Senate Print 3789, an

        23       act to amend the Penal Law, in relation to

        24       unlawful defilement of a water supply.

        25                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last



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         1       section.

         2                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

         3       act shall take effect on the first of

         4       November.

         5                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         6                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         7                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         9       passed.

        10                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        11       623, by Senator Volker, Senate Print 3909, an

        12       act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law, in

        13       relation to sealed photographs.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        15       section.

        16                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 3.  This

        17       act shall take effect immediately.

        18                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        19                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        20                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 57.  Nays,

        21       2.  Senators Montgomery and Duane recorded in

        22       the negative.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        24       passed.

        25                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number



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         1       625, by Senator Rath, Senate Print 4036, an

         2       act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law and

         3       others, in relation to providing.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         5       section.

         6                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 7.  This

         7       act shall take effect on the first of

         8       November.

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        10                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        11                  THE SECRETARY:    Those recorded in

        12       the negative on Calendar Number 625 are

        13       Senators Duane, Hassell-Thompson, Montgomery

        14       and Parker.

        15                  Ayes, 55.  Nays, 4.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        17       passed.

        18                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        19       643, by Senator Robach, Senate Print 3186, an

        20       act to amend the Civil Service Law, in

        21       relation to the authority.

        22                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        23       section.

        24                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        25       act shall take effect on the first of January.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         2                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         3                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.  Nays,

         4       1.  Senator Connor recorded in the negative.

         5                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         6       passed.

         7                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         8       649, by Senator Saland, Senate Print 3678, an

         9       act to amend the Education Law, in relation to

        10       involuntary transfer.

        11                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    Lay it

        12       aside.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is laid

        14       aside.

        15                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        16       705, by Senator Bonacic, Senate Print 3579, an

        17       act to amend Chapter 262 of the Laws of 2002

        18       amending the Environmental Conservation Law.

        19                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        20       section.

        21                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        22       act shall take effect immediately.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        24                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        25                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         2       passed.

         3                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         4       712, by Senator Alesi, Senate Print 971, an

         5       act to amend the Penal Law, in relation to the

         6       crime of false personation.

         7                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         8       section.

         9                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.

        10       This --

        11                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    Lay it

        12       aside.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is laid

        14       aside.

        15                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        16       714, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 1160, an

        17       act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law, in

        18       relation to enacting criteria.

        19                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:    Lay that

        20       bill aside, too.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is laid

        22       aside.

        23                  Senator Skelos, that completes the

        24       noncontroversial reading of the calendar.

        25                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Can we go to the



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         1       controversial reading.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

         3       will ring the bell and the members should

         4       return to their seats, please, for the

         5       calendar.

         6                  The Secretary will read.

         7                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         8       649, by Senator Saland, Senate Print 3678, an

         9       act to amend the Education Law.

        10                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:

        11       Explanation.

        12                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Saland,

        13       an explanation has been requested.

        14                  SENATOR SALAND:    Thank you, Madam

        15       President.

        16                  Madam President, this is a bill

        17       which we have seen in this house on prior

        18       occasion.

        19                  And what the bill does, it attempts

        20       to respond to a commissioner's ruling as far

        21       back as 1998 in which the Commissioner of

        22       Education -- and when I refer to a

        23       commissioner's ruling, I'm referring to

        24       Commissioner Mills, the Commissioner of

        25       Education -- in a case coming out of the City



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         1       of Buffalo, ruled that a young man who had

         2       been involved in a physical altercation, for

         3       which he ultimately was suspended from school,

         4       could not be suspended or transferred as a

         5       disruptive student.

         6                  The purpose of this bill is it

         7       basically provides a means to transfer a

         8       disruptive student, one which takes into

         9       account the educational needs of that student

        10       and also takes into account the needs of his

        11       or her classmates.

        12                  There's little or nothing to be

        13       gained by suspending a student multiple times,

        14       returning him or her to the very same

        15       classroom in which he or she has been engaged

        16       in the activity that caused that suspension.

        17                  There is, however, where there is

        18       an alternative school available, certainly

        19       much to be gained in permitting a transfer of

        20       that student, not only to further advance that

        21       student's education, but also, it would seem

        22       to me rather obviously, to benefit the

        23       classmates of that student, who will no longer

        24       find that their lives are being disrupted and

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         1       which they are entitled is being disrupted.

         2                  That, Madam President, is the

         3       essence of this bill.  I believe there are two

         4       or three memos in support.  And as far as I

         5       know, there are no memos in opposition.

         6                  THE PRESIDENT:    Does any member

         7       wish to be heard on this bill?

         8                  Then the debate is closed.

         9                  The Secretary will ring the bell.

        10                  Read the last section.

        11                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 4.  This

        12       act shall take effect on the first of

        13       September.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        15                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator

        17       Montgomery, to explain your vote.

        18                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    Yes, Madam

        19       President.  I see that I have opposed this

        20       legislation in the past, and I'm going to

        21       continue to oppose it.

        22                  I just want to be on record to say

        23       that while I am fully sympathetic, empathetic

        24       with the idea that disruptive students who

        25       disrupt the educational environment for other



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         1       students, we should have some alternatives for

         2       dealing with them.

         3                  Unfortunately, my experience has

         4       been that our system has not been able to come

         5       to terms with what constitutes an environment

         6       that allows young people, no matter what is

         7       happening with them personally, to be able to

         8       survive and to flourish.  And so that's a

         9       problem with the system.

        10                  The answer that we have given our

        11       schools to date is, at least in New York City,

        12       we've put police in the schools.  So the

        13       alternative right now is that they can be

        14       arrested and charged with a felony, and that

        15       is their alternative placement.

        16                  So I'm going to continue to vote no

        17       on this legislation.  I think it is incumbent

        18       upon us as an institution, as well as the

        19       education system as an institution, to try and

        20       figure out how do we meet the needs of a new

        21       generation of young people who are under a

        22       tremendous amount of stress from many, many

        23       different areas in their lives and for whom we

        24       still have no net for them that protects them

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         1       them.

         2                  So I'm going to continue to oppose

         3       this and hope that we can look at our system

         4       as a source of the problem as opposed to

         5       always blaming the exact victim of the system.

         6                  Thank you, Madam President.  I vote

         7       no.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    You will be so

         9       recorded as voting in the negative, Senator.

        10                  Senator Diaz.

        11                  SENATOR DIAZ:    Thank you.  Thank

        12       you, Madam President.

        13                  I represent a district in the Bronx

        14       where many parents are always complaining

        15       about their children losing interest in

        16       attending school, due to the fact that there

        17       are too many disruptive students -- few, not

        18       too many -- few disruptive students and other

        19       bullies.

        20                  And these individuals, these

        21       students, are an impediment for the rest of

        22       the class, for the rest of the students that

        23       would like to come to school, that would like

        24       to learn.  They drop out sometimes because the

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         1       bully students are the ones causing them to

         2       lose their interest.

         3                  For the sake of those students that

         4       want to come to school to study, we have to be

         5       aware that we have to provide an environment

         6       where students feel free, comfortable, and

         7       they will be attending school.

         8                  So this bill, this bill is a very

         9       good bill.  This bill will send a message to

        10       any bullies and to any students that come to

        11       school, if you want to come to school, you

        12       come to school to study.  If you come to

        13       school to disrupt the classes and to be an

        14       impediment for the other students, you not

        15       belong there, you belong somewhere else.

        16                  So yes, I'm voting yes.  This is a

        17       good bill.  Thank you, Senator Saland, for

        18       that bill.

        19                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator

        20       Hassell-Thompson.

        21                  SENATOR HASSELL-THOMPSON:    Thank

        22       you, Madam President.  On the bill.

        23                  Each time this bill has come before

        24       us since I've been here in the Senate, I have

        25       voted for the bill.



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         1                  But I continue to be disturbed by

         2       one aspect.  There is certainly a need for us

         3       to make provisions for transfers for those

         4       students that are violent.  But to put the

         5       term "disruptive" and "violent" in the same

         6       legislation disturbs me a great deal.

         7                  I listened to Senator Diaz just

         8       talk about how the bully and the disruptive

         9       student should in fact be transferred.  I put

        10       that student in the category of violent

        11       student, as opposed to disruptive.

        12                  We have a lot of students who

        13       disrupt the classroom.  But when you're in

        14       those classrooms and you've spent some time

        15       there, part of what you learn is that students

        16       are disruptive many times because they're

        17       absolutely bored.  And to have them just

        18       summarily transferred without trying to figure

        19       out what's happening, then we're really not in

        20       the business of educating children.

        21                  Because part of the boredom may

        22       have to do with what's going on in the

        23       classroom in and of itself.  And I do not

        24       believe that we should be discussing

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         1       violent students.

         2                  I will be voting no.

         3                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator, you will

         4       be so recorded as voting in the negative.

         5                  The Secretary will announce the

         6       results.

         7                  THE SECRETARY:    Those recorded in

         8       the negative on Calendar Number 649 will are

         9       Senators Duane, Hassell-Thompson, Montgomery,

        10       Parker and A. Smith.  Also Senator Andrews.

        11                  Absent from voting on Calendar

        12       Number 649:  Senator Brown.

        13                  Ayes, 53.  Nays, 6.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        15       passed.

        16                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        17       712, by Senator Alesi, Senate Print 971, an

        18       act to amend the Penal Law, in relation to the

        19       crime of false personation.

        20                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    Explanation.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Alesi, an

        22       explanation has been requested.

        23                  SENATOR ALESI:    Thank you, Madam

        24       President.

        25                  This bill takes the existing law of



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         1       false personation and it extends the penalties

         2       for giving false information to a police

         3       officer.  And it also removes the requirement

         4       that a police officer forewarn someone who is

         5       giving their information about their identity.

         6                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    Madam

         7       President, if I may ask if Senator Alesi would

         8       yield for a question.

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Alesi, do

        10       you yield for a question?

        11                  SENATOR ALESI:    Yes, I will.

        12                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed

        13       with a question.

        14                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    Senator

        15       Alesi, I see that your legislation also would

        16       remove the requirement that a person be

        17       notified of their -- of the fact that they

        18       would be guilty of false personation.

        19                  SENATOR ALESI:    Yes, in my

        20       explanation I did mention that, Madam

        21       President, through you.

        22                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    And, Madam

        23       President, if I may -- if Senator Alesi would

        24       continue to yield.

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         1       will you continue to yield?

         2                  SENATOR ALESI:    Yes, I will.

         3                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed

         4       with a question, Senator.

         5                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    Senator

         6       Alesi, why are you looking to remove that

         7       simple requirement that you inform a person

         8       that there is a criminal penalty for engaging

         9       in false impersonation?

        10                  SENATOR ALESI:    The requirement

        11       is being removed simply because it's

        12       unnecessary, it's cumbersome, and it could

        13       really offer somebody a loophole of escape for

        14       giving false information if they're not

        15       forewarned by a police officer.

        16                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    Thank you,

        17       Senator Alesi.

        18                  SENATOR ALESI:    You're welcome.

        19                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    Madam

        20       President, on this legislation.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed

        22       on the bill, Senator.

        23                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    As I have

        24       stated in the past -- and I voted no in the

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         1       there is in my mind no apparent rationale for

         2       removing a requirement that you simply inform

         3       a person.

         4                  And particularly in cases where

         5       we're talking about teenagers, who may be

         6       inclined to do something, either by mischief

         7       or to try to avoid problems, they may not

         8       realize that they're creating more problems

         9       for themselves.  And therefore are -- it is

        10       important that they understand that there is a

        11       consequence for doing such.

        12                  The legislation also changes the

        13       level of the crime from a B to an A

        14       misdemeanor, which is more serious.

        15                  And so I think because we're

        16       talking to a large extent about minors,

        17       essentially, this bill is going to hurt those

        18       young people that we would like to, if at all

        19       possible, guide them away from mischief and

        20       away from the criminal justice system.

        21                  And if a police officer is able to

        22       just say to them or is required to say to

        23       them, You are going to be charged with a

        24       misdemeanor if you are not telling me the

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         1       problem.  I can't imagine a police officer not

         2       even wanting to do that.

         3                  So I'm going to oppose this

         4       legislation, because I think it is -- one goes

         5       a little bit too far in creating another trap

         6       for young people in particular.

         7                  I vote no.

         8                  SENATOR ALESI:    On the bill,

         9       Madam President, if I may.

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Alesi, on

        11       the bill.

        12                  SENATOR ALESI:    From the time

        13       we're raised, most of us know the difference

        14       between right and wrong.  Pretty much all of

        15       us understand that if you tell a lie, it's not

        16       the right thing to do.

        17                  And as we go through our lives, I

        18       would say almost all of us don't really need

        19       to have some kind of forewarning that if you

        20       tell a lie, there is going to be some kind of

        21       consequence.  For those who believe in it,

        22       it's one of the Ten Commandments, in fact.

        23                  But I think that this gives certain

        24       protection to general society, in these days

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         1       importantly, when we talk about identity

         2       theft, by removing this requirement to

         3       forewarn somebody, we're enabling police to do

         4       their job better.  And if they know who

         5       they're really dealing with, it's making their

         6       job even safer.

         7                  But it also protects people who

         8       have their identity stolen by someone who

         9       gives a false name at the time of being

        10       stopped.  And we all know what the pain of

        11       having someone's identity stolen is in terms

        12       of economic and emotional loss.

        13                  There isn't anyplace else where

        14       people are required to be forewarned when they

        15       are giving false information or they're about

        16       to do something that's wrong.  People know

        17       that.  They know it from the time that they're

        18       raised as young children.

        19                  And to require a police officer to

        20       warn somebody ahead of time if they give false

        21       information is cumbersome for the police

        22       officer, it could create an unsafe environment

        23       for him, and it would continue to provide a

        24       loophole for anybody who wants to give false

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         1       being identified in the commission of whatever

         2       it is that they were stopped for in the first

         3       place.

         4                  So I would simply urge my

         5       colleagues to understand that this is a good

         6       bill for everybody involved and urge them to

         7       pass it without reservation.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    Does any other

         9       member wish to be heard?

        10                  Then the debate is closed.

        11                  The Secretary will ring the bell.

        12                  Read the last section.

        13                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        14       act shall take effect on the first of

        15       November.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        17                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        18                  THE SECRETARY:    Those recorded in

        19       the negative on Calendar Number 712 are

        20       Senators Duane and Montgomery.

        21                  Absent from voting on Calendar

        22       Number 712:  Senator Brown.  Excuse me,

        23       Senator Brown is in attendance.

        24                  Ayes, 58.  Nays, 2.

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         1       passed.

         2                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         3       714, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 1160, an

         4       act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law, in

         5       relation to enacting criteria.

         6                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator

         7       Schneiderman.

         8                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:    Thank you,

         9       Madam President.  On the bill.

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed

        11       on the bill.

        12                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:    I don't

        13       want to deny Senator Maziarz his chance for an

        14       explanation, but we've indicated to Senator

        15       Young -- we've bragged a great deal about how

        16       much more efficient we are than the Assembly,

        17       so we'd like to get out of here quickly today.

        18                  This is another piece of

        19       legislation that comes before us year in and

        20       year out that I would respectfully submit has

        21       to be redrafted if there's any chance of it

        22       becoming law.

        23                  This is a response to obviously a

        24       heinous crime, and it is an effort to address

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         1                  But this particular statute

         2       requires -- changes the entire process for the

         3       setting of bail in this state to require that

         4       a court undertake an open-ended inquiry, with

         5       no additional funding provided for the

         6       prosecution or the defense to call witnesses

         7       and to assist the court in this evaluation --

         8       the court to undertake an open-ended inquiry

         9       as to whether or not a person accused of a

        10       crime, not even necessarily indicted,

        11       certainly presumed to be innocent, is a danger

        12       to the alleged victim in a criminal action,

        13       members of the community, or to himself or

        14       herself.

        15                  Now, the problem that many of us

        16       have with this bill is that under the current

        17       statute governing determination of bail, the

        18       court is required to consider and take into

        19       account the principal's character, reputation,

        20       habits and mental condition, family ties,

        21       criminal record, record of previous

        22       adjudication.  Everything a court needs to

        23       take into account to set bail based on the

        24       perception of a defendant's dangerousness is

        25       already in the statute.



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         1                  What this bill does is impose an

         2       additional requirement on every court setting

         3       bail throughout the state to make an

         4       assessment as to the danger this person poses

         5       to the members of the community.  This could

         6       be someone who's never committed a crime, who

         7       hasn't even been indicted.

         8                  And, frankly, every defense lawyer

         9       in the state is going to, you know, ask to be

        10       able to call witnesses in a situation where

        11       they're concerned that their client is going

        12       to be held based on an assessment by the court

        13       that has nothing to do with the charges

        14       brought against that person.

        15                  This takes the issue of bail away

        16       from the acts committed, the acts that are

        17       alleged to have been committed, and launches

        18       us into an unknown territory of hearings on

        19       really psychological states of people that,

        20       frankly, our local courts, prosecutors, and

        21       defense bar are not equipped to deal with.

        22                  So while I'm sympathetic to Senator

        23       Maziarz's concern that there may be a need to

        24       tighten up the requirements for bail in this

        25       state so that courts perhaps take into



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         1       account -- and it could be simply added to the

         2       list of factors that are enumerated in the

         3       existing law -- take into account the person's

         4       potential for dangerousness.

         5                  But adding the additional

         6       requirement for an open-ended inquiry I think

         7       is a major mistake.  I think it prevents it

         8       from ever becoming law, it prevents it from

         9       being passed in the Assembly, and therefore

        10       makes it irrelevant as a matter of our current

        11       procedure.

        12                  But it also doesn't accomplish its

        13       goal if the goal, as I believe it has been set

        14       forth in the repeated eloquent explanations by

        15       the sponsor on this piece of legislation, is

        16       to try and prevent situations where someone

        17       who poses an extreme danger to the victim of

        18       the alleged crime for which that person is

        19       charged is allowed out without any

        20       consideration of that -- the dangerousness.

        21                  So I think this is a piece of

        22       legislation that needs more work.  I am going

        23       to vote against it, as I have in the past.  I

        24       would urge the sponsor that with some

        25       modifications, I think the issues that it



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         1       raises could be addressed.

         2                  This is not the way to do it.  This

         3       is not going to become law.  And it shouldn't

         4       become law.  We should not have this sort of

         5       open-ended inquiry about people who have never

         6       been convicted of anything; in some cases,

         7       have never been charged with anything, never

         8       been indicted.  That's what this bill would

         9       do.

        10                  And I'm going to vote no, Madam

        11       President, as I have in the past, and urge my

        12       colleagues also to vote no.

        13                  Thank you.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    Does any other

        15       member wish to be heard?

        16                  Then the debate, so-called, is

        17       closed.

        18                  The Secretary will ring the bell.

        19                  Read the last section.

        20                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 4.  This

        21       act shall take effect on the first of

        22       November.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        24                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        25                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Maziarz,



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         1       to explain your vote.

         2                  SENATOR MAZIARZ:    Thank you,

         3       Madam President.  To explain my vote.

         4                  My colleague, Senator Schneiderman,

         5       was wrong about many things.  He said this

         6       bill has come up year after year after year.

         7       This is actually the second year that this

         8       bill has come before the Senate.

         9                  And this bill would expand the

        10       scope of criteria.  Actually, this same

        11       criteria is used today in federal court, and

        12       it didn't cost them a whole lot of money when

        13       they expanded their criteria to implement this

        14       new way of setting bail.

        15                  What this bill would do, it would

        16       allow abusers -- particularly in the area of

        17       domestic violence, it would allow judges to

        18       use past history of an abuser in setting bail.

        19                  The case that I cite in the

        20       justification for this bill is a case that I

        21       have mentioned on the floor of this Senate

        22       several other times, and I think till the last

        23       day I serve here will always mention it.  It

        24       was the case of Jill Cahill, in Syracuse, who

        25       was brutally beaten and murdered by her



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         1       husband several times.

         2                  It didn't have to happen.  The

         3       criminal justice system failed Jill Cahill.

         4       It continues to fail her children today.  And

         5       it failed her because her husband, after

         6       beating her numerous times, numerous times was

         7       let out on bail.

         8                  There is one thing that I do agree

         9       with Senator Schneiderman on, and I think the

        10       chances of this passing in the New York State

        11       Assembly are extremely remote.  And that is

        12       really a shame.

        13                  You know, last year we had a lot of

        14       talk about the dysfunction in Albany and how

        15       we don't work very well up here.  And, you

        16       know, the reality of it is that if this bill

        17       were to be put out on the floor of the

        18       Assembly, 138 members would vote in the

        19       affirmative, 12 liberals from Manhattan would

        20       vote in the negative.  But they can hold it up

        21       from coming out.

        22                  And that's a shame for the

        23       Legislature, it's a shame for the Assembly,

        24       but more than anything it's really -- it's a

        25       shame for Jill Cahill.



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         1                  Thank you, Madam President.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Maziarz,

         3       you will be so recorded as voting in the

         4       affirmative.

         5                  Senator Schneiderman.

         6                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:    Thank you,

         7       Madam President.

         8                  I appreciate my -- the Greek chorus

         9       behind me.

        10                  I enjoy debating Senator Maziarz on

        11       the facts that are before us.  And whether I'm

        12       wrong about a great many things, like the

        13       propriety of children running through the

        14       woods being chased by wounded bears or not, we

        15       can leave for another day.  I realize we

        16       disagree on some issues.

        17                  I do think, however, as long as

        18       we're correcting misstatements, this is not

        19       the rule in the federal court, where I

        20       practiced law for many years and continue to

        21       practice law.

        22                  There is a potentially huge

        23       economic impact on our local court systems

        24       from this.  And I don't think for -- fiscal

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         1       concerned about these things.

         2                  This is creating an entire new area

         3       of inquiry, there's no denying it.  And all we

         4       have are Senator Maziarz's blanket assertions

         5       that this is not going cost much money.

         6                  This turns every bail hearing into

         7       a potential evidentiary hearing on an

         8       open-ended issue.  It's not the way to address

         9       this problem.  I will continue to vote no.

        10                  And I'm not sure -- I will carry

        11       back to my colleagues from Manhattan his

        12       attribution of extraordinary powers to them in

        13       the Assembly.

        14                  But I think it's better to be right

        15       than to posture on an issue as serious as

        16       this, and I think that's what we're doing with

        17       this piece of legislation.  So I will be

        18       voting no, Madam President.

        19                  THE PRESIDENT:    You will be so

        20       recorded as voting in the negative, Senator.

        21                  The Secretary will announce the

        22       results.

        23                  THE SECRETARY:    Those recorded in

        24       the negative on Calendar Number 714 are

        25       Senators Andrews, Breslin, Connor,



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         1       Hassell-Thompson, Montgomery, Parker,

         2       Paterson, Schneiderman and A. Smith.

         3                  Ayes, 51.  Nays, 9.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         5       passed.

         6                  Senator Skelos, that completes the

         7       reading of the calendar.

         8                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Thank you, Madam

         9       President.  Is there any further business to

        10       come before the Senate?

        11                  THE PRESIDENT:    No, there isn't,

        12       Senator.

        13                  SENATOR SKELOS:    There being

        14       none, I move we stand adjourned until Tuesday,

        15       May 17th, at 3:00 p.m.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    On motion, the

        17       Senate now stands adjourned until Tuesday,

        18       May 17th, 3:00 p.m.

        19                  (Whereupon, at 4:11 p.m., the

        20       Senate adjourned.)

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