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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 March 30, 2007
11 11:15 a.m.
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14 REGULAR SESSION
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18 LT. GOVERNOR DAVID A. PATERSON, 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 come to order.
4 I would ask all those assembled to
5 please rise and join us in reciting the Pledge
6 of Allegiance to our Flag.
7 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited
8 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)
9 THE PRESIDENT: I thought of a
10 prayer to precede this morning's session, but
11 I've asked Father Peter G. Young, of Mother
12 Theresa Community of Albany, to deliver it for
13 me.
14 Father Young.
15 REVEREND YOUNG: Well, I'll give
16 it a try. Thank you.
17 As we pray for a successful
18 dialogue on our budget, may we remember those
19 that are disenfranchised. As we see our needy
20 citizens that look for hope in their struggles
21 for government understanding and assistance,
22 we know that they turn to your leadership in
23 this Senate body.
24 Our prayer today is for gratitude
25 for those dedicated and committed in their
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1 work here in this chamber, that they will be
2 able to provide that leadership and assistance
3 to all, and that we pray then for their good
4 strength and good health.
5 Amen.
6 Was that it?
7 THE PRESIDENT: That was it.
8 Couldn't have said it better myself.
9 (Laughter.)
10 THE PRESIDENT: The reading of
11 the Journal.
12 THE SECRETARY: In Senate,
13 Thursday, March 29, the Senate met pursuant to
14 adjournment. The Journal of Wednesday,
15 March 28, was read and approved. On motion,
16 Senate adjourned.
17 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you,
18 Mr. Secretary. The Journal stands approved as
19 read, without objection.
20 And we will go to the order of
21 business.
22 Presentation of petitions.
23 Messages from the Assembly.
24 Messages from the Governor.
25 Reports of standing committees.
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1 Reports of select committees.
2 Communications and reports from
3 state officers.
4 Motions and resolutions.
5 Senator Farley.
6 SENATOR FARLEY: Thank you,
7 Mr. President.
8 On behalf of Senator Morahan,
9 Mr. President, on page 14 I offer the
10 following amendments to Calendar Number 243,
11 Senate Print 3105, and I ask that that bill
12 retain its place on the Third Reading
13 Calendar.
14 THE PRESIDENT: The amendments
15 are received and adopted, and the bill will
16 retain its place on the Third Reading
17 Calendar.
18 SENATOR FARLEY: Mr. President,
19 on behalf of Senator Alesi, on page 27,
20 Calendar Number 457, Senate Print 175, I ask
21 to amend that bill and ask that it retain its
22 place on the Third Reading Calendar.
23 THE PRESIDENT: The amendments
24 are received and adopted, and the bill will
25 retain its place on the Third Reading
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1 Calendar.
2 SENATOR FARLEY: Mr. President, I
3 wish to call up Senator Larkin's bill, Print
4 Number 224, which was recalled from the
5 Assembly and it's now at your desk.
6 THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary
7 will read.
8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
9 27, by Senator Larkin, Senate Print 224, an
10 act to amend the Penal Law.
11 SENATOR FARLEY: Mr. President, I
12 now move to reconsider the vote by which this
13 bill passed.
14 THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary
15 will call the roll on reconsideration.
16 (The Secretary called the roll.)
17 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 45.
18 SENATOR FARLEY: Mr. President, I
19 now offer the following amendments.
20 THE PRESIDENT: The amendments
21 are received and adopted.
22 Senator Skelos.
23 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
24 if we could adopt the Resolution Calendar,
25 with the exceptions of 1316, 1317, and 1318.
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1 THE PRESIDENT: All in favor of
2 adopting the Resolution Calendar please
3 indicate so by saying aye.
4 (Response of "Aye.")
5 THE PRESIDENT: Opposed, nay.
6 (No response.)
7 THE PRESIDENT: With the
8 assistance of Senator Parker, the Resolution
9 Calendar is adopted.
10 Senator Skelos.
11 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
12 there's a Resolution Number 1316 at the desk,
13 by Senator Perkins. If we could have it read
14 in its entirety and move for its immediate
15 adoption.
16 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you,
17 Senator Skelos.
18 The Secretary will read.
19 THE SECRETARY: By Senator
20 Perkins, Legislative Resolution Number 1316,
21 mourning the death of Dr. Walter J. Turnbull,
22 a man of singular distinction and
23 extraordinary accomplishment.
24 "WHEREAS, It is the sense of this
25 Legislative Body to pay proper tribute to
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1 individuals of great character whose lives
2 exemplify the highest ideals of humanity; and
3 "WHEREAS, Dr. Walter J. Turnbull,
4 founder of the esteemed Boys Choir of Harlem,
5 died on March 23, 2007, at the age of 62; and
6 "WHEREAS, Born on July 19, 1944, in
7 Greenville, Mississippi, to Lena Green and
8 Jake Turnbull Jr., Dr. Walter Turnbull learned
9 the ways of the world from his grandfather,
10 Woodley Turnbull; and
11 "WHEREAS, Extremely talented and
12 dedicated, Dr. Walter Turnbull attended the
13 local high school and joined the choir
14 directed by Herticene Jones. Due to her
15 guidance and his determination, he won a music
16 scholarship to Tougaloo College in Jackson,
17 Mississippi. He graduated with honors and
18 moved to New York City, with dreams of
19 becoming an operatic tenor; and
20 "WHEREAS, While studying for a
21 doctorate at the Manhattan School of Music,
22 Dr. Walter Turnbull also sang as a soloist
23 with the New York Philharmonic and the
24 Philadelphia Orchestra. After gaining some
25 experience, he decided he wanted to help
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1 inner-city kids. It was then that he started
2 a choir as an after-school music program in
3 the basement of the Ephesus Seventh-Day
4 Adventist Church in 1968; and
5 "WHEREAS, Dr. Walter Turnbull had a
6 vision to help inner-city kids, and soon his
7 vision grew from a modest choir into the
8 world-renowned Boys Choir of Harlem. This
9 superb choir went on to sing for presidents
10 and popes, and it has been celebrated around
11 the world as much as for its eclectic musical
12 standards -- a typical program ranged from
13 Handel to spirituals, jazz and pop -- as for
14 being a symbol of bootstrap success in the
15 inner city; and
16 "WHEREAS, Incorporated as the Boys
17 Choir of Harlem in 1975, the group, which
18 usually included about 150 boys, eventually
19 spawned a 600-student school, the Choir
20 Academy of Harlem, which offered a full
21 academic program in grades 4 through 12; and
22 "WHEREAS, Reflecting Dr. Turnbull's
23 belief that musical training focuses the mind
24 and helps any child succeed in life, the
25 school had a strict dress code, and the
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1 choirboys always appeared clean-cut and
2 disciplined. He also founded the Girls Choir
3 of Harlem in 1988; and
4 "WHEREAS, A national leader in
5 education, the arts and inner-city youth,
6 Dr. Turnbull is the recipient of numerous
7 awards and accolades. He received the
8 National Medal of Arts from President Clinton
9 in 1997. In 1998, he received the Heinz Award
10 in the Arts and Humanities and the Reader's
11 Digest American Heroes in Education Award. He
12 was also named to the New York Black 100 by
13 the Schomburg Center for Research in Black
14 Culture; and
15 "WHEREAS, In addition, in 1999 he
16 was awarded the International Citation of
17 Merit Award, the President's Volunteer Action
18 Award, the intrepid Freedom Award, the Actors
19 Equity Association LeNoire Award, the Chase
20 Manhattan Humanitarian Recognition Award, and
21 the NAACP Man of Action Award; and
22 "WHEREAS, A beautiful light in the
23 lives of all those with whom he came in
24 contact, Dr. Walter Turnbull will be
25 remembered as a testimony to the fact that a
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1 person can do anything if he puts his mind to
2 it; and
3 "WHEREAS, He is survived by his
4 brothers, Horace and Sammy J. Turnbull, and
5 his sister, Mary Webster; and
6 "WHEREAS, Armed with a humanistic
7 spirit, imbued with a sense of compassion, and
8 comforted by a loving family, Dr. Walter
9 Turnbull leaves behind a legacy which will
10 long endure the passage of time and will
11 remain as a comforting memory to all he served
12 and befriended; now, therefore, be it
13 "RESOLVED, That this Legislative
14 Body pause in its deliberations to mourn the
15 death of Dr. Walter J. Turnbull, a man of
16 singular distinction and extraordinary
17 accomplishment; and be it further
18 "RESOLVED, That a copy of this
19 resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted
20 to the family of Dr. Walter J. Turnbull."
21 THE PRESIDENT: On the
22 resolution, the sponsor, Senator Perkins.
23 SENATOR PERKINS: Thank you very
24 much, Mr. President.
25 I want to take a quick moment to
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1 just say a few words in tribute to
2 Dr. Turnbull from a personal point of view.
3 You know, it's easy to be very
4 proud to have known him and to have worked
5 with him for so many years. You know, he was
6 a very visionary, brave type of bold leader
7 who tended to find success where others found
8 failure, especially amongst our young people.
9 And he was the kind of person that
10 took children from Harlem and the Harlems of
11 our city and made them into heroes and sheroes
12 not only for their peers, but also was highly
13 admired, as was pointed out, by presidents and
14 popes and people all over the world in terms
15 of this legendary Boys Choir of Harlem and
16 Girls Choir of Harlem.
17 He, I believe, did in his field
18 what we, at our best, will be doing here as
19 state legislators.
20 And so I'm honored to have had the
21 opportunity to have worked with him. He
22 brings not only Harlem great pride, as does
23 our Lieutenant Governor, as do so many heroes
24 and sheroes that have graced their community;
25 he is part of that great galaxy of those who
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1 have been in the forefront of not only
2 recognizing our children but recognizing those
3 who others would not recognize.
4 And so I thank you for the
5 opportunity to say a few words in his honor
6 and would ask that a moment of silence be
7 given out of respect for him. Thank you.
8 (Whereupon, the assemblage
9 respected a moment of silence.)
10 THE PRESIDENT: On the
11 resolution, the chair recognizes Senator
12 Adams.
13 SENATOR ADAMS: Thank you,
14 Mr. President.
15 And I want to commend my colleague
16 Senator Perkins.
17 You'll find that often, when it
18 comes down to young people, particularly in
19 the inner city and some impoverished areas of
20 the state, that one of the handicaps that they
21 have is that they subscribe to what I like to
22 say is the anti-Christopher Columbus theory,
23 believing that if they may leave the
24 geographical boundaries of their community,
25 they feel they will fall off the intellectual
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1 globe. And when in reality it is when they
2 are allowed to travel, when they are allowed
3 to see new horizons and new areas, that they
4 learn how to interact with various groups and
5 various countries and various cultures.
6 That's what Boys Choir of Harlem
7 allowed the children to do. The young men, I
8 used to see them as they'd go abroad to Japan,
9 to the Soviet Union, to South and Central
10 America. And it allowed children of Harlem,
11 it allowed children of the village of Harlem
12 to understand that it is possible not to be
13 restricted to the geographical boundaries of
14 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell
15 Boulevard, but in fact there's an entire
16 country, an entire globe out there.
17 They were no longer arrogant to
18 believe that the globe was America. They
19 understood that the globe was this circular
20 object where you are allowed and permitted to
21 interact with other people from different
22 groups.
23 This is an important institution.
24 And what the Boys Choir of Harlem did, they
25 did more than sing a song. They were
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1 ambassadors for the entire country. They were
2 indicators that America allowed groups and
3 children and young people to use their voices
4 to speak to other groups and other
5 possibilities.
6 And so I join Senator Bill Perkins
7 as he acknowledged the life and the
8 contributions and the continuation. When you
9 go back and visit many of those young men, you
10 will see that they took the opportunities of
11 singing and went on to greater heights, went
12 on to college and went on to do greater things
13 in life.
14 The founder of this institution did
15 not allow his students just to sing a song.
16 He demanded that they were academically
17 qualified. He demanded that they carried
18 themselves in a respectful manner. He went
19 back to the basics, and he instilled some
20 basic principles in those children that I
21 think could be reflected throughout our school
22 system, throughout the entire state.
23 I think that we can borrow from
24 that program, and together we can sing in the
25 same accord and with the same voice and the
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1 same chorus. So my support for him is not
2 because I am a person in the choir, but I'm a
3 person that reads and sings and writes the
4 same chorus as him, that we can all live
5 together. And that's what he did as the Boys
6 Choir leader.
7 Thank you.
8 THE PRESIDENT: The question is
9 on the resolution. All those in favor please
10 indicate so by saying aye.
11 (Response of "Aye.")
12 THE PRESIDENT: Opposed, nay.
13 (No response.)
14 THE PRESIDENT: The resolution is
15 adopted.
16 Senator Skelos.
17 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
18 there's a Resolution 1317 at the desk, by
19 Senator Leibell. If we could have the title
20 read, move for its immediate adoption, and
21 open it up for cosponsorship.
22 THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary
23 will read.
24 THE SECRETARY: By Senator
25 Leibell, Legislative Resolution Number 1317,
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1 urging the New York State Congressional
2 delegation to support full funding for
3 veterans healthcare.
4 THE PRESIDENT: The question is
5 on the resolution. All those in favor please
6 indicate so by saying aye.
7 (Response of "Aye.")
8 THE PRESIDENT: Opposed, nay.
9 (No response.)
10 THE PRESIDENT: The resolution is
11 adopted.
12 The resolution is open for
13 cosponsorship. We will list all the members.
14 Any indicating that they would not like to be
15 on the resolution can let us know at the desk.
16 Also, we understand that Senator
17 Perkins has opened up his resolution so that
18 all can be cosponsors. Anyone indicating
19 otherwise may do so at the desk.
20 Senator Skelos.
21 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President.
22 THE PRESIDENT: Senator Skelos.
23 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
24 there's a Resolution 1318 at the desk, by
25 Senator Bruno. Could we have the title read
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1 and move for its immediate adoption.
2 THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary
3 will read.
4 THE SECRETARY: By Senator Bruno,
5 Legislative Resolution Number 1318, mourning
6 the death of John M. Kennedy, Sr., who
7 distinguished himself in service to the cause
8 of working men and women in the State of
9 New York.
10 THE PRESIDENT: On the
11 resolution, the chair recognizes Senator
12 Skelos.
13 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
14 today this Legislature mourns the death of
15 Jack Kennedy, who was head of the Building and
16 Construction Trades Council of Nassau/Suffolk
17 County and a labor leader on Long Island for
18 over 35 years.
19 His whole life was labor, but he
20 also went beyond just thinking about his
21 membership. He constantly thought about all
22 who live on Long Island and the positive
23 growth that has existed over the years.
24 His commitment to his members is
25 unparalleled. He fought constantly to protect
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1 his membership and certainly was a person that
2 all of us, as elected officials, could work
3 very closely with. We mourn his death, but we
4 also know that Long Island is the great place
5 that it is because of the benefits that Jack
6 Kennedy brought to our island.
7 All of us extend our heartfelt
8 condolences to his wife, Joan, and their six
9 children, and all the friends who loved him
10 very much.
11 THE PRESIDENT: On the
12 resolution, Senator Flanagan.
13 SENATOR FLANAGAN: Thank you,
14 Mr. President.
15 Jack Kennedy was a constituent in
16 my district. And in our lives we get to meet
17 all kinds of different people through the
18 political aspects of our job. And there are
19 some people who will be political
20 acquaintances, and then there are those people
21 who evolve into being your real friends,
22 people that you'll see inside and outside of
23 government. Jack Kennedy was one of those
24 people.
25 If you didn't meet him, I'm going
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1 to go out on a limb and suggest that if you
2 did, everybody loved him. He was colorful --
3 and trust me, he could be very colorful. I
4 can't repeat a lot of the things he might have
5 said. He was a very tough negotiator. He was
6 passionate, he was dedicated, he loved the
7 work that he did. He loved the game. He
8 loved the game that we're in all.
9 He was the kind of person that
10 while he was in a private type of arena, he
11 was very public. He really cared about
12 working men and women. And I think that will
13 be his legacy, in addition to his family.
14 In the time I got to know Jack, I
15 was able to help him with a couple of things
16 personally. I remember several years ago he
17 lost a grandchild at a very young age to a
18 tragic accident. And you just -- you knew how
19 much of a family person he was and how much he
20 loved his wife, his kids, his grandchildren.
21 And his loss will be felt on Long
22 Island and, frankly, across the State of
23 New York, because he exemplified what it meant
24 to be a true leader. I was glad to be able to
25 say that I was his friend, and I will
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1 certainly miss him, along with many others.
2 Thank you.
3 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.
4 On the resolution, Senator LaValle.
5 SENATOR LaVALLE: Thank you very
6 much, Mr. President.
7 I'd like to add my voice to Senator
8 Skelos and Senator Flanagan.
9 Indeed, Jack Kennedy was a person
10 larger than life. And what he did in terms of
11 the labor movement was, I think, very
12 historic, and he will be remembered for
13 representing the men and women that he
14 represented.
15 Jack, as has been said, was truly
16 not only a labor leader but a great
17 humanitarian, was honored by numerous groups
18 for his work and his humanity.
19 And the thing I liked about Jack so
20 much is whether he was in your face or you
21 were having a discussion, there was always a
22 very pleasant demeanor and a smile, and it
23 allowed him, I think, to really get his point
24 across, because sometimes he was very strident
25 in the views that he was representing. But he
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1 always had a smile and really a great presence
2 as he was negotiating with you.
3 So for whoever comes in behind
4 Jack, there will be huge shoes to fill in the
5 work of not only representing labor but
6 representing the people of Long Island in his
7 capacity.
8 Thank you, Mr. President.
9 THE PRESIDENT: The question is
10 on the resolution. All those in favor please
11 indicate so by saying aye.
12 (Response of "Aye.")
13 THE PRESIDENT: Opposed, nay.
14 (No response.)
15 THE PRESIDENT: The resolution is
16 adopted.
17 And we thank Senator Skelos,
18 Senator Flanagan, and Senator LaValle for
19 their remarks.
20 Senator Skelos.
21 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
22 on Resolution 1329, Senator Gonzalez would
23 like to open it up for sponsorship.
24 What I would suggest is that if you
25 wish to sponsor the resolution, that you
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1 inform the desk on this one.
2 THE PRESIDENT: On Resolution
3 1329, anyone that would like to be a cosponsor
4 of the resolution by Senator Gonzalez, please
5 indicate so at the desk.
6 Senator Skelos.
7 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
8 if we could go to the noncontroversial reading
9 of the calendar.
10 THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary
11 will conduct the noncontroversial reading of
12 the calendar.
13 The Secretary will read.
14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
15 168, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 314, an
16 act to amend the Economic Development Law, in
17 relation to powers.
18 THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary
19 will read the last section.
20 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
21 act shall take effect immediately.
22 THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary
23 will please call the roll.
24 (The Secretary called the roll.)
25 THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary
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1 will announce the results.
2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 57.
3 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is
4 passed.
5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
6 347, by Senator Farley, Senate Print 1864, an
7 act to authorize the City of Gloversville.
8 THE PRESIDENT: There is a
9 home-rule message at the desk.
10 The Secretary will read the last
11 section.
12 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
13 act shall take effect immediately.
14 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll.
15 (The Secretary called the roll.)
16 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 57.
17 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is
18 passed.
19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
20 396, by Senator Leibell, Senate Print 3652, an
21 act to amend the Executive Law, in relation to
22 maintenance.
23 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last
24 section.
25 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. 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, 57.
5 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is
6 passed.
7 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
8 419, by Senator Young, Senate Print 385, an
9 act to amend the Correction Law, in relation
10 to authorizing employment.
11 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last
12 section.
13 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This
14 act shall take effect immediately.
15 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll.
16 (The Secretary called the roll.)
17 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 57.
18 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is
19 passed.
20 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
21 430, by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 3063, an
22 act to amend the Education Law, in relation to
23 enacting the Textbook Access Act.
24 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last
25 section.
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1 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This
2 act shall take effect on the first of July.
3 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll.
4 (The Secretary called the roll.)
5 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 57.
6 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is
7 passed.
8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
9 437, by Senator Larkin, Senate Print 347, an
10 act to amend the Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering
11 and Breeding Law and the Tax Law, in relation
12 to making persons convicted of felonies
13 ineligible.
14 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last
15 section.
16 THE SECRETARY: Section 5. This
17 act shall take effect on the 120th day.
18 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll.
19 (The Secretary called the roll.)
20 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 57.
21 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is
22 passed.
23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
24 440, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 504, an
25 act to amend the General Municipal Law, in
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1 relation to authorizing.
2 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last
3 section.
4 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
5 act shall take effect immediately.
6 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll.
7 (The Secretary called the roll.)
8 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 55. Nays,
9 2. Senators Duane and Padavan recorded in the
10 negative.
11 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is
12 passed.
13 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
14 443, by Senator Robach, Senate Print 2024, an
15 act to amend the General Municipal Law, in
16 relation to increasing.
17 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last
18 section.
19 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
20 act shall take effect immediately.
21 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll.
22 (The Secretary called the roll.)
23 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 55. Nays,
24 2. Senators Duane and Padavan recorded in the
25 negative.
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1 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is
2 passed.
3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
4 452, by Senator Griffo, Senate Print 2321, an
5 act to authorize the City of Utica to enter
6 into a contract.
7 THE PRESIDENT: There is a
8 home-rule message at the desk.
9 Read the last section.
10 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
11 act shall take effect immediately.
12 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll.
13 (The Secretary called the roll.)
14 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 57.
15 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is
16 passed.
17 Senator Skelos, that completes the
18 noncontroversial reading of the calendar.
19 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
20 I'd just like to point out that the
21 legislation is Senator Griffo's first bill
22 passed in the Senate, the first of many.
23 (Applause.)
24 THE PRESIDENT: Congratulations,
25 Senator Griffo. We're sure there will be many
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1 more to come.
2 Again, Senator Skelos, that
3 completes the calendar. What is your
4 pleasure, sir?
5 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President,
6 is there any further business at the desk?
7 THE PRESIDENT: No, there is not.
8 SENATOR SKELOS: There being
9 none, I move we stand adjourned at the call of
10 the Majority Leader.
11 THE PRESIDENT: The Senate will
12 stand adjourned at the call of the Majority
13 Leader.
14 Senate is adjourned.
15 (Whereupon, at 11:40 a.m., the
16 Senate adjourned.)
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