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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 January 22, 2009
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14 REGULAR SESSION
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18 SENATOR DAVID J. VALESKY, Acting President
19 ANGELO J. APONTE, Secretary
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S
2 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The
3 Senate will please come to order.
4 I ask everyone present to please
5 rise and recite with me the Pledge of
6 Allegiance.
7 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited
8 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)
9 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: In the
10 absence of clergy, may we bow our heads in a
11 moment of silence.
12 (Whereupon, the assemblage
13 respected a moment of silence.)
14 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The
15 reading of the Journal.
16 The Secretary will read.
17 THE SECRETARY: In Senate,
18 Wednesday, January 21, the Senate met pursuant
19 to adjournment. The Journal of Tuesday,
20 January 20, was read and approved. On motion,
21 Senate adjourned.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY:
23 Without objection, the Journal stands approved
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1 Presentation of petitions.
2 Messages from the Assembly.
3 Messages from the Governor.
4 Reports of standing committees.
5 Reports of select committees.
6 Communications and reports from
7 state officers.
8 Motions and resolutions.
9 Senator Klein.
10 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President,
11 there will be an immediate meeting of the
12 Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee
13 in Room 332.
14 Immediately following the Crime
15 Victims, Crime and Correction Committee
16 meeting, there will be a meeting of the
17 Finance Committee in Room 332.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY:
19 Immediate meeting of the Crime Victims, Crime
20 and Corrections Committee in Room 332, the
21 Majority Conference Room.
22 Senator Klein.
23 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President,
24 may we at this time adopt the Resolution
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1 Calendar in its entirety, with the exception
2 of Senate Legislative Resolution 79.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: All
4 those in favor of adopting the Senate
5 Resolution Calendar in its entirety, with the
6 exception of Senate Resolution Number 79,
7 please signify by saying aye.
8 (Response of "Aye.")
9 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY:
10 Opposed, nay.
11 (No response.)
12 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The
13 Resolution Calendar is adopted.
14 Senator Klein.
15 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, at
16 this time may we take up Senate Legislative
17 Resolution Number 79. I ask that the
18 resolution be read in its entirety and move
19 for its immediate adoption.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The
21 Secretary will read.
22 Senator Klein.
23 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, we
24 have some changes.
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1 The Finance Committee meeting, as
2 well as the Crime Victims, Crime and
3 Corrections Committee meeting, will be delayed
4 until next week.
5 So I repeat, we will not be meeting
6 off the floor, we will reschedule the
7 committee meetings for next week.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Those
9 committee meetings will be held next week.
10 Senator Klein.
11 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President,
12 may we at this time take up Senate Legislative
13 Resolution Number 79. And I ask that the
14 resolution be read in its entirety and move
15 for its immediate adoption.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The
17 Secretary will read.
18 THE SECRETARY: By Senator C.
19 Johnson, Senate Resolution Number 79,
20 memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to
21 proclaim February 3 through 9, 2009, as
22 Kawasaki Disease Awareness Week in the State
23 of New York.
24 "WHEREAS, Kawasaki Disease
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1 (Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome) is an
2 acute febrile disease with inflammation of
3 small and medium-sized blood vessels
4 throughout the body, in particular, the
5 coronary arteries; and
6 "WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is
7 justly proud to memorialize Governor David A.
8 Paterson to proclaim February 3-9, 2009, as
9 Kawasaki Disease Awareness Week in the State
10 of New York; and
11 "WHEREAS, Kawasaki Disease is named
12 for Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki, a Japanese
13 physician, who first described the illness in
14 1967. This disorder is accompanied by fever,
15 rash, swelling of the hands and feet, and
16 reddening of the eyes; and
17 "WHEREAS, Kawasaki Disease mainly
18 affects children under the age of four but can
19 affect any age child or adult, with it
20 affecting people in all racial and ethnic
21 groups. Approximately 3,000 to 4,000 children
22 are diagnosed each year in the United States
23 with this devastating disease; and
24 "WHEREAS, An accurate diagnosis and
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1 timely treatment are important, in that
2 Kawasaki Disease is the leading cause of
3 acquired heart disease in children; and
4 "WHEREAS, Due to the rarity of
5 Kawasaki Disease and the lack of awareness of
6 the illness and its dangerous effects,
7 children are often diagnosed late, which can
8 be fatal; now, therefore, be it
9 "RESOLVED, That this Legislative
10 Body pause in its deliberations to memorialize
11 Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim
12 February 3-9, 2009, as Kawasaki Disease
13 Awareness Week in the State of New York; and
14 be it further
15 "RESOLVED, That copies of this
16 resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted
17 to the Honorable David A. Paterson, Governor
18 of the State of New York, and to the Kawasaki
19 Disease Foundation."
20 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Are
21 there any Senators wishing to be heard on the
22 resolution?
23 (No response.)
24 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Seeing
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1 none, the question is on the resolution. All
2 those in favor signify by saying aye.
3 (Response of "Aye.")
4 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY:
5 Opposed, nay.
6 (No response.)
7 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The
8 resolution is adopted.
9 At the request of the sponsor, the
10 resolution is open for multisponsorship by all
11 members. Any member wishing not to
12 multisponsor the resolution should inform the
13 desk.
14 Senator Klein.
15 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, on
16 behalf of the Minority Leader, I hand up the
17 following leadership notice and ask that it be
18 filed in the Journal.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: So
20 ordered.
21 Senator Klein.
22 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, is
23 there any further business at the desk?
24 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: There
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1 is none.
2 SENATOR KLEIN: There being none,
3 Mr. President, I move we adjourn until Monday,
4 January 26th, at 3:00 p.m., intervening days
5 to be legislative days.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: There
7 being no further business to come before the
8 Senate, the Senate stands adjourned until
9 Monday, January 26th, at 3:00 p.m.,
10 intervening days being legislative days.
11 (Whereupon, at 11:27 a.m., the
12 Senate adjourned.)
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