Regular Session - March 6, 2014
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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 6, 2014
11 11:44 a.m.
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14 REGULAR SESSION
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18 SENATOR DAVID CARLUCCI, Acting President
19 FRANCIS W. PATIENCE, Secretary
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S
2 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
3 Senate will come to order.
4 I ask everyone present to please
5 rise and repeat with me the Pledge of Allegiance.
6 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited
7 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)
8 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: In the
9 absence of clergy, may we please bow our heads in
10 a moment of silence.
11 (Whereupon, the assemblage respected
12 a moment of silence.)
13 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
14 reading of the Journal.
15 The Secretary will read.
16 THE SECRETARY: In Senate,
17 Wednesday, March 5th, the Senate met pursuant to
18 adjournment. The Journal of Tuesday, March 4th,
19 was read and approved. On motion, Senate
20 adjourned.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Without
22 objection, the Journal stands approved as read.
23 Presentation of petitions.
24 Messages from the Assembly.
25 The Secretary will read.
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1 THE SECRETARY: On page 9, Senator
2 Maziarz moves to discharge, from the Committee on
3 Energy and Telecommunications, Assembly Bill
4 Number 6567 and substitute it for the identical
5 Senate Bill Number 4370, Third Reading Calendar
6 70.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI:
8 Substitution ordered.
9 THE SECRETARY: And on page 15,
10 Senator Hannon moves to discharge, from the
11 Committee on Mental Health and Developmental
12 Disabilities, Assembly Bill Number 8518 and
13 substitute it for the identical Senate Bill
14 Number 6395, Third Reading Calendar 146.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI:
16 Substitution ordered.
17 Messages from the Governor.
18 Reports of standing committees.
19 Reports of select committees.
20 Communications and reports from
21 state officers.
22 Motions and resolutions.
23 Senator LaValle.
24 SENATOR LaVALLE: Mr. President,
25 may we please adopt the Resolution Calendar.
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: All in
2 favor of adopting the Resolution Calendar signify
3 by saying aye.
4 (Response of "Aye.")
5 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI:
6 Opposed, nay.
7 (No response.)
8 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
9 Resolution Calendar is adopted.
10 Senator LaValle.
11 SENATOR LaVALLE: Mr. President, I
12 believe there's a previously adopted resolution
13 by Senator Stewart-Cousins, Resolution 3695, at
14 the desk. I ask that the resolution be read in
15 its entirety and then please call on Senator
16 Stewart-Cousins.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
18 Secretary will read.
19 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
20 Resolution Number 3695, by Senator
21 Stewart-Cousins, memorializing Governor Andrew M.
22 Cuomo to proclaim March 2014 as Women's History
23 Month in the State of New York.
24 "WHEREAS, March is Women's History
25 Month; and
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1 "WHEREAS, March 8th is International
2 Women's Day; and
3 "WHEREAS, Each year New York State
4 officially sets aside time to recognize the
5 unique contributions that women have made to
6 New York and its society; and
7 "WHEREAS, New York State has a
8 distinguished history of monumental achievements
9 in the area of women's rights; and
10 "WHEREAS, In 1826, New York State
11 opened one of the first public high schools for
12 girls resulting in a future for women in which
13 they were no longer confined to the home, a
14 future in which they were educated and able to
15 use this education to better their social and
16 economic status; and
17 "WHEREAS, In 1848 in New York, the
18 first women's rights convention was held at
19 Seneca Falls to secure for all women the right to
20 vote; and
21 "WHEREAS, In 1903, The Women's Trade
22 Union League of New York was formed to represent
23 working women, later becoming the nucleus for
24 the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union;
25 and
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1 "WHEREAS, In 1918, one year after
2 New York guaranteed women the right to vote in
3 all elections, the first two women, Ida Sammis
4 and Mary Lilly, were elected to the New York
5 State Legislature; and
6 "WHEREAS, In 1967, Muriel Siebert
7 became the first woman to own a seat on the
8 New York Stock Exchange, opening the door for
9 women to gain positions of greater economic
10 power; and
11 "WHEREAS, In 1970, New York City was
12 the site of the first Women's Strike for
13 Equality, in which 50,000 people marched for
14 equal rights; and
15 "WHEREAS, In 1968, New York State
16 Assemblywoman Shirley Chisholm became the first
17 black woman elected to Congress and in 1972, she
18 ran for President of the United States, another
19 first for black women; and
20 "WHEREAS, In 1983, New York State
21 women legislators established the Legislative
22 Women's Caucus to improve the participation of
23 women in all areas of government, support issues
24 that benefit women, and provide a network of
25 support for women in the State Legislature; and
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1 "WHEREAS, New York has been the home
2 of many extraordinary women who have led society
3 to a better future: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
4 Susan B. Anthony led the campaign for women's
5 suffrage; Sojourner Truth spoke out for the
6 abolition of slavery and for suffrage for women;
7 suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt became the first
8 president of the League of Women Voters;
9 Emma Willard opened the first endowed institution
10 for the education of women; Civil War surgeon
11 Dr. Mary E. Walker was the only woman ever
12 awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor;
13 Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist who led slaves
14 to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad; in
15 the 19th century, Elizabeth Blackwell and
16 Belva Lockwood were the first women in the fields
17 of medicine and law; pioneer birth control
18 educator and advocate Margaret Sanger established
19 a research center in New York City; Emma Goldman
20 founded the Free Speech League, which led to the
21 American Civil Liberties Union; humanitarian
22 Eleanor Roosevelt served as United States
23 Delegate to the United Nations; civil rights
24 lawyer and New York State Senator Constance Baker
25 Motley became the first black woman to sit on the
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1 U.S. District Court in New York, and so many more
2 known and unknown women who championed rights and
3 opportunity for all; and
4 "WHEREAS, New York State has hosted
5 many conventions, campaigns and events of the
6 Women's Rights Movement, from the 1848 convention
7 at Seneca Falls to the 1999 Berkshire Conference
8 of Women Historians, which was held to improve
9 the status of women in history and in the
10 historical professions; and
11 "WHEREAS, Today, 47 women serve in
12 the New York State Legislature, holding
13 leadership positions in both houses and bringing
14 the diverse experiences of women into law and
15 public policy; now, therefore, be it
16 "RESOLVED, That this Legislative
17 Body pause in its deliberations to memorialize
18 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim March 2014
19 as Women's History Month in the State of
20 New York; and be it further
21 "RESOLVED, That copies of this
22 resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted
23 to the Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the
24 State of New York, and to the Legislative Women's
25 Caucus of New York State."
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Senator
2 Stewart-Cousins.
3 SENATOR STEWART-COUSINS: Thank
4 you, Mr. Chairman. It's certainly an honor to
5 stand in this great chamber with my colleagues
6 and celebrate Women's History Month.
7 And I think the first thing that we
8 need to do is celebrate the women in this
9 chamber, because each of them, by their own
10 rights and their accomplishments, are historic
11 women in New York State.
12 When I was thinking about some
13 comments, I always want to talk about those
14 unsung heroines such as my mother and probably so
15 many of our mothers who had, under such
16 extraordinary circumstances, still achieved and
17 gave us the type of nurturing that allows us to
18 be here today.
19 But I thought that I would talk
20 about a woman who had some connection with us
21 even though she never served in this chamber.
22 Her husband did. And her husband later of course
23 became the President of the United States. And
24 that woman is Eleanor Roosevelt.
25 Eleanor Roosevelt, as a New York
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1 State woman, was an incredible force when it came
2 to dealing with women's equality, women's rights,
3 reproductive health. When it came to fighting
4 for the underdog, her humanitarian efforts are
5 legendary, and when it came to standing up for
6 minority rights.
7 I mean, Eleanor Roosevelt in the
8 1920s in the New York City Women's Club actually
9 was pushing for birth control information and
10 dissemination. Can you imagine, in the 1920s.
11 And we mentioned Margaret Sanger, and she was a
12 friend of Margaret Sanger and helpful in terms of
13 Margaret Sanger when she went forward with
14 Planned Parenthood.
15 People probably don't know that
16 17 years before Rosa Parks refused -- and we
17 talked about Rosa Parks with Black History Month.
18 And again, it goes to show that the black history
19 is American history. Because 17 years before
20 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the
21 bus, Eleanor Roosevelt went to Birmingham,
22 Alabama, as the First Lady. And she was
23 attending a meeting of the Southern Conference on
24 Human Welfare.
25 And in those days, just like what
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1 the civil rights struggle was about in the '50s
2 and '60s, in those days the segregated seating
3 was expected. But Eleanor Roosevelt would have
4 nothing to do with that. So although she was the
5 First Lady, she took her chair and she put it in
6 the middle aisle. Because even then she refused
7 to be part of a mentality that discriminated.
8 In 1939, Eleanor, in a dramatic act
9 of conscience, resigned from the Daughters of the
10 American Revolution when they refused to allow
11 Marian Anderson, a world-renowned
12 African-American woman singer, to perform at its
13 Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
14 So Eleanor Roosevelt, a New York
15 woman, First Lady, was a pioneer. And because of
16 that, she was appointed as a U.N. delegate by
17 president Harry Truman, the only female delegate
18 in the entire delegation. And she eventually
19 chaired the Human Rights Commission of the U.N.,
20 fighting for refugee rights. She stood up for
21 women all across the world.
22 And in 1961 she was appointed by
23 President Kennedy to chair the Presidential
24 Commission on the Status of Women. This
25 commission helped draft the Equal Pay Act. It
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1 was her last official appointment before her
2 death in 1962. And when President Kennedy signed
3 the bill in June of 1963, he said her work and
4 dedication held to ensure the passage of that
5 bill.
6 So Eleanor Roosevelt's life was
7 dedicated to equality, dedicated to women. And
8 her book, which she penned, the title was It's Up
9 to the Women. She believed it was up to the
10 women to ensure things that women need and have
11 to achieve in order to take their rightful place
12 in this society.
13 Of course here we are in 2014.
14 We're still trying to pass a 10-point Women's
15 Equality Act, and there's so much more to do.
16 But we have to look at what these great women who
17 came before us in New York were willing to do.
18 And although of course Eleanor said it's up to
19 the women, I think we all know that it's up to
20 all of us.
21 So thank you very much.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Thank
23 you, Senator Stewart-Cousins.
24 Senator LaValle.
25 SENATOR LaVALLE: Mr. President,
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1 Senator Stewart-Cousins has requested that we
2 open this resolution to everyone for sponsorship.
3 As is our tradition, everyone's name
4 will be placed on the resolution. Anyone not
5 wanting to be a sponsor on the resolution please
6 notify the desk.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
8 resolution is open for cosponsorship. Those that
9 wish not to be a cosponsor please notify the
10 desk.
11 Senator Stavisky.
12 SENATOR STAVISKY: Yes, thank you,
13 Mr. President.
14 May I thank Senator Stewart-Cousins
15 for introducing this resolution. And I believe
16 not only did Franklin Roosevelt serve as
17 President, I believe he served in this chamber.
18 Secondly, let me also remind
19 everybody that we have only had one leader, one
20 woman leader in either chamber. And I am proud
21 to say that that leader is Senator
22 Stewart-Cousins.
23 Thank you, Mr. President.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Thank
25 you, Senator Stavisky.
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1 Senator LaValle.
2 SENATOR LaVALLE: Mr. President, I
3 believe there is a previously adopted resolution
4 by Senator DeFrancisco, Resolution Number 2691,
5 at the desk. And I ask that the title be read
6 and call on Senator DeFrancisco.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
8 Secretary will read.
9 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
10 Resolution Number 2691, by Senator DeFrancisco,
11 congratulating the Baldwinsville Girls Varsity
12 Volleyball Team upon the occasion of capturing
13 the New York State Class AA Championship.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Senator
15 DeFrancisco.
16 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Thank you.
17 We're making women's history some
18 more today, this being Women's History Month.
19 And by the way, I concur with
20 Senator Stavisky. Senator Stewart-Cousins is a
21 phenomenal Minority Leader, and we wish her to
22 have that position for many, many years to come.
23 (Laughter.)
24 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI:
25 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: With respect
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1 to this resolution, this is a resolution
2 commending the Baldwinsville Girls Varsity
3 Volleyball Team upon the occasion of capturing
4 the New York State Class AA Championship.
5 And they're here with us today. And
6 this is nothing unusual for my district. As
7 everybody here knows, we have champions all the
8 time coming from the Syracuse/Central New York
9 region.
10 But what's very interesting in this;
11 to win the championship, they beat the Rochester
12 Our Lady of Mercy team. And I guess their name
13 is -- they're called the Saints; is that correct?
14 The Saints. They beat the Saints, for crying out
15 loud. I mean, that's how good this group is.
16 And what's even more interesting
17 about it, this avenged the loss to the Saints for
18 the championship the prior year. Now, that shows
19 that goals were set, goals were reached, and it's
20 just a wonderful thing.
21 And the team is headed by Coach
22 Mary Jo Cerqua and Volunteer Coaches Sarah Elmore
23 and Molly Higman.
24 And I'm just going to read the names
25 of the young women without reading the entire
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1 resolution, because we're in budget discussions
2 right now and I'm sure you're more interested in
3 state aid for Baldwinsville School District, and
4 we will get right back to that work in a moment.
5 The team members are Brianna Blasi,
6 Madison Whitney, Rachel Aiello, Meghann Smith,
7 Amanda May, Madison Price, Melissa Voyer, Caryn
8 Salce, Meghan Andre, Alexis LaGoy, Shayna
9 Webber, Rebecca Lawrence, Riley Carlucci -- the
10 Senator presiding today is Senator Carlucci. I
11 don't know if you're related in any way.
12 (Laughter.)
13 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: -- Emily
14 Pascale, Abby May, Hannah Klaben, and Brittany
15 Fabrizio. And I've already mentioned the
16 coaches.
17 So this resolution was adopted on
18 January 14, 2014. It was also adopted in the
19 Assembly.
20 Congratulations, and I know they're
21 also excellent students, and keep up the great
22 work.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Thank
24 you, Senator DeFrancisco.
25 Senator LaValle.
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1 SENATOR LaVALLE: Mr. President, I
2 believe there's another previously adopted
3 resolution by Senator DeFrancisco, Resolution
4 Number 3549, at the desk. And I ask that the
5 title be read and call on Senator DeFrancisco.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
7 Secretary will read.
8 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
9 Resolution Number 3549, by Senator DeFrancisco,
10 honoring Mary Jo Cerqua upon the occasion of
11 being named a 2013 National Coach of the Year.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Senator
13 DeFrancisco.
14 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Now, this is
15 big. This is really big. A National Coach of
16 the Year by the coach of this Baldwinsville team,
17 Mary Jo Cerqua. It is truly an amazing
18 accomplishment.
19 And it's pretty obvious why you were
20 selected. This is her record, career record:
21 459 wins, 17 conference championships,
22 15 district championships and 13 regional
23 championships. And also runner-up last year to
24 the state championship, and again this year as
25 the champions. And she's only 30 years old.
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1 It's absolutely amazing that she's done all of
2 these things in such a short period of time.
3 So we want to also congratulate the
4 coach for this wonderful accomplishment and wish
5 her good luck in all of her endeavors in the
6 future. Thank you.
7 (Standing ovation.)
8 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI:
9 Congratulations, Mary Jo Cerqua, on becoming
10 Coach of the Year. Congratulations.
11 Senator LaValle.
12 SENATOR LaVALLE: Mr. President, I
13 believe there's a previously adopted resolution
14 by Senator Ball, Resolution 3720, at the desk. I
15 ask that it be read in its entirety and call on
16 Senator Ball.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
18 Secretary will read.
19 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
20 Resolution Number 3720, by Senator Ball, honoring
21 Connor Looby for his outstanding advocacy for and
22 promotion of lymphedema awareness and research.
23 "WHEREAS, It is the sense of this
24 Legislative Body that the quality and character
25 of life in the communities across New York State
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1 are reflective of the concerned and dedicated
2 efforts of organizations and individuals
3 committed to helping to improve the lives of
4 others; and
5 "WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern,
6 and fully in accord with its long-standing
7 tradition, this Legislative Body is justly proud
8 on the occasion of the observance of National
9 Lymphedema Awareness Day on March 6, 2014, and
10 seeks to honor and pay tribute to Connor Looby, a
11 seven-year-old boy who has suffered from
12 intestinal lymphangiectasia, a rare lymphatic
13 disease, since his birth, and who currently
14 suffers from lymphedema; in spite of his young
15 age, Connor has been a tireless advocate for
16 lymphatic disease awareness, education, and
17 research; and
18 "WHEREAS, National Lymphedema
19 Awareness Day brings awareness to this often
20 debilitating condition and helps find strength
21 through collective celebration and is also set
22 aside to honor inspirational lymphedema patients
23 and advocates; and
24 "WHEREAS, Connor Looby began his
25 fundraising and awareness efforts at the young
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1 age of six, when he and his family and friends
2 formed a team for an obstacle race course, the
3 Tri-State Tuxedo Spartan Sprint, in Tuxedo,
4 New York, to raise awareness and funds for
5 lymphatic disease research; and
6 "WHEREAS, Connor Looby has worked
7 tirelessly despite significant health issues,
8 including having had multiple hospitalizations,
9 being on a low-fat, restricted diet, receiving
10 daily physical therapy, and undergoing weekly
11 infusions; and
12 "WHEREAS, Connor Looby continued
13 fundraising after his obstacle race event,
14 raising money for the 2013 Walk for Lymphedema &
15 Lymphatic Diseases; and
16 "WHEREAS, Connor Looby's family and
17 friends have devoted themselves to this cause and
18 made it their own; and
19 "WHEREAS, In September 2013, at the
20 Walk for Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases,
21 Connor Looby was honored with the McKenna Shea
22 Johnson Youth Ambassador Award by the Lymphatic
23 Education & Research Network for his outstanding
24 efforts; and
25 "WHEREAS, Connor Looby continues to
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1 speak out and be a voice for lymphatic disease
2 patients; and
3 "WHEREAS, It is the custom of this
4 Legislative Body that those who enhance the
5 well-being and vitality of their community and
6 have shown a long and sustained commitment to
7 excellence certainly have earned the recognition
8 and applause of all the citizens of this great
9 Empire State; now, therefore, be it
10 "RESOLVED, That this Legislative
11 Body pause in its deliberations to honor
12 Connor Looby for his outstanding advocacy and
13 promotion of lymphedema awareness; and be it
14 further
15 "RESOLVED, That copies of this
16 resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to
17 Connor Looby, and to the Lymphatic Education &
18 Research Network."
19 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Senator
20 Ball.
21 SENATOR BALL: Thank you so much.
22 It's an honor to be able to stand
23 here and talk about the efforts of somebody who I
24 look up to: Connor.
25 Connor, we're talking about you. I
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1 hope you can hear me.
2 On the previous comments about
3 Women's History Month, when we talk about the
4 important women in our nation, I think about the
5 women in my life that have worked so hard, and I
6 think about my mother. And God help where I
7 would be if it was not for my mom, who put up
8 with me when I think my dad was ready to throw in
9 the towel once or twice in the not-so-distant
10 future -- past.
11 And I think about Connor's mom, who
12 is also just an amazing woman, and the trials and
13 tribulations. And Connor is blessed with a
14 beautiful family.
15 Jen and Fin, his parents, are here.
16 His grandparents, hailing all the way from
17 Ireland at some point, Maura Looby and Finbar.
18 His brothers are here that 30 minutes ago were
19 giving me rabbit ears in the Senate chamber. We
20 have Aiden and Devin and his beautiful sister
21 Caleigh, who's here as well, and their aunt Amy,
22 and three members of the Lymphatic Education &
23 Research Network: Colleen McGuire, Laura
24 Farrell, and Bill Repicci.
25 This year Connor has been honored as
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1 LE&RN's Youth Ambassador of the Year. Connor was
2 named the first ever McKenna Shea Johnson Youth
3 Ambassador in 2013. While just 7 years old, and
4 in spite of complications from this rare
5 lymphatic disease he's coped with since his
6 birth, Connor has amazed us all.
7 Connor was born on November 16,
8 2006. While his mom suffered through one episode
9 of pre-term labor, Connor was born full-term with
10 no complications at 8 pounds 6 ounces. The first
11 few weeks of Connor's life would prove to be
12 difficult for Connor and his family. Their
13 beautiful handsome son was suffering with
14 projectile vomiting -- doctors initially
15 diagnosed it as reflux -- and his parents noticed
16 pitting and edema in his feet.
17 On December 26, at just a little
18 over one month old, Connor's parents took him to
19 the hospital. His feet, legs and abdomen had
20 swollen to double their size at birth, and the
21 vomiting had gotten worse. Emergency doctors
22 braced Connor's parents for the worst and
23 proceeded with CAT scans, Doppler ultrasounds,
24 MRIs, sweat tests, and eventually an endoscope
25 with a biopsy. It was through this endoscope
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1 that Connor was diagnosed with intestinal
2 lymphangiectasia, a rare lymphatic disease.
3 Connor has been through more than
4 most of us six, seven times his age. Now, at
5 age 6 Connor's condition has stabilized and his
6 hospital visits have greatly decreased. He's on
7 a low-fat restricted diet, drinks nutritional
8 supplements, receives daily physical therapy, and
9 must undergo weekly infusions.
10 He's a happy kid who loves his
11 brothers Aiden and Devin and his new little
12 sister Caleigh, and enjoys making all of them
13 laugh, as we saw earlier. In spite of all the
14 health difficulties he has had, Connor is a big
15 sports buff, participating in football, soccer,
16 lacrosse, baseball, and basketball. Reading,
17 video games, skateboarding and attending to his
18 large stuffed dog collection take up a lot of
19 Connor's attention as well.
20 And unfortunately I disappointed
21 Connor today because he originally visited me in
22 my district office with his family, where I had
23 Tito, my 13-week-old silver Lab. But, Connor,
24 we'll go to the parade this Sunday and we're
25 bringing Tito, and you both can sit in the truck.
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1 Connor's family supports the
2 Lymphatic Research Foundation. And as a
3 legislature, as a nation, as a state, we need to
4 do the same and in a much bigger way to give
5 folks like Connor and Connor's family hope.
6 They're eager for the advances in research that
7 can help, and we need to be a big part of that.
8 Friends of Connor's family have
9 formed a team -- initially it was called the Ash
10 Kicking Mud Monsters, which sounds like something
11 I would come up with -- but now it's called
12 Connor's Spartans, and they will be racing and
13 I'll be joining them in the Tri-State New York
14 Spartan Sprint -- and I think Senator Carlucci
15 and a few others may be joining me -- on June 7th
16 to raise money for this worthwhile cause.
17 So, Connor, we all look up to you.
18 You're a great man and a great leader. And God
19 bless you and your family, and thank you,
20 everybody, for taking a little bit of time.
21 Connor.
22 (Standing ovation.)
23 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Thank
24 you, Senator Ball.
25 And thank you, Connor and the entire
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1 Looby family, for your commitment to the people
2 of New York.
3 This resolution was previously
4 adopted on March 4th.
5 Senator LaValle.
6 SENATOR LaVALLE: Mr. President, I
7 believe there is a previously adopted resolution
8 by Senator Montgomery, Number 3336, at the desk.
9 I ask to have the title read and call on
10 Senator Montgomery.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
12 Secretary will read.
13 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
14 Resolution Number 3336, by Senator Montgomery,
15 commending Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson upon the
16 occasion of being honored in conjunction with
17 Women's History Month 2014 in the State of
18 New York.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Senator
20 Montgomery.
21 SENATOR MONTGOMERY: Yes, thank
22 you, Mr. President.
23 There's a very, very famous and
24 wonderful poet and author who has coined the
25 phrase "phenomenal woman." As a matter of fact,
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1 she has written a poem entitled "Phenomenal
2 Woman." And so this month I'm honoring
3 phenomenal women that, as in the words of
4 Maya Angelou, "am I not a phenomenal woman."
5 If you asked the average person in
6 the State of New York "Who is Shirley Ann
7 Jackson," they probably would not know what you
8 were talking about. But today we are honoring
9 this woman, Shirley Ann Jackson, who is the
10 president of one of the premier higher education
11 institutions in our state, and that is Rensselaer
12 Polytechnic Institute.
13 Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson is the 18th
14 president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
15 Since 1999, Dr. Jackson has led this
16 extraordinary transformation of the Rensselaer
17 Polytechnic Institute into a top-tier
18 technological research university, with both
19 research awards and applications to the freshman
20 class tripling under her tenure and over 300 new
21 faculty members hired, major capital projects
22 completed, and a $1.4 billion capital campaign
23 successfully concluded. She has been described
24 by Time Magazine as "perhaps the ultimate role
25 model for women in science."
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1 Dr. Jackson is a theoretical
2 physicist. She has held senior leadership
3 positions in government, industry and research as
4 well as academia. In 2009, President Barack
5 Obama appointed Dr. Jackson to the President's
6 Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
7 Dr. Jackson also serves on the U.S. Department of
8 Energy's Secretary of Energy Advisory Board.
9 Before taking the helm at Rensselaer
10 Polytechnic, Dr. Jackson was chairman of the U.S.
11 Nuclear Regulatory Commission, appointed by
12 President William Jefferson Clinton in 1995.
13 Earlier in her career she was a theoretical
14 physicist at AT&T Bell Laboratories and a
15 professor of theoretical physics at Rutgers
16 University.
17 Dr. Jackson serves on the boards of
18 the Smithsonian Institute, the Brookings
19 Institution, the Council on Foreign Relations,
20 M.I.T., and major corporations that include FedEx
21 and IBM.
22 She holds an S.B. in physics and a
23 Ph.D. in theoretical elementary particle physics
24 from M.I.T. She was the first African-American
25 woman ever to earn a doctorate degree in this
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1 field from M.I.T.
2 It is my honor to acknowledge the
3 fact that she is a major leader, she is an
4 important role model, and she is one of the
5 phenomenal women in the State of New York.
6 Thank you, Mr. President, for giving
7 me an opportunity to honor her today.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Thank
9 you, Senator Montgomery.
10 This resolution was previously
11 adopted on February 4th.
12 Senator LaValle.
13 SENATOR LaVALLE: Mr. President,
14 could we go back to motions and resolutions,
15 please.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI:
17 Returning to motions and resolutions.
18 Senator LaValle.
19 SENATOR LaVALLE: Mr. President, I
20 move that the following bill be discharged from
21 its respective committee and be recommitted with
22 instructions to strike the enacting clause:
23 Senate Bill Number 6256, by Senator Ball.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: So
25 ordered.
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1 Senator LaValle.
2 SENATOR LaVALLE: Mr. President,
3 may we please have the noncontroversial reading
4 of the calendar.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
6 Secretary will read.
7 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 70,
8 substituted earlier today by Member of the
9 Assembly Brennan, Assembly Print Number 6567, an
10 act to amend the Public Service Law.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Read
12 the last section.
13 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
14 act shall take effect immediately.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Call
16 the roll.
17 (The Secretary called the roll.)
18 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI:
19 Announce the results.
20 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 54.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
22 bill is passed.
23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 88,
24 by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 2038, an act to
25 amend the Social Services Law.
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Read
2 the last section.
3 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
4 act shall take effect on the 180th day.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Call
6 the roll.
7 (The Secretary called the roll.)
8 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI:
9 Announce the results.
10 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 54.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
12 bill is passed.
13 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
14 102, by Senator Little, Senate Print 6323, an act
15 to authorize.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Read
17 the last section.
18 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
19 act shall take effect July 23, 2014, and shall
20 expire and be deemed repealed July 28, 2014.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Call
22 the roll.
23 (The Secretary called the roll.)
24 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI:
25 Announce the results.
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1 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 54.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
3 bill is passed.
4 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
5 139, by Senator Ball, Senate Print 2652, an act
6 to amend the Real Property Tax Law.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Read
8 the last section.
9 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
10 act shall take effect on the second of January.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Call
12 the roll.
13 (The Secretary called the roll.)
14 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI:
15 Announce the results.
16 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 54.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
18 bill is passed.
19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
20 146, substituted earlier today by Member of the
21 Assembly Morelle, Assembly Print Number 8518, an
22 act to amend the Social Services Law.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Read
24 the last section.
25 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This
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1 act shall take effect on the same date and in the
2 same manner as Chapter 554 of the Laws of 2013.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Call
4 the roll.
5 (The Secretary called the roll.)
6 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI:
7 Announce the results.
8 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 54.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
10 bill is passed.
11 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
12 175, by Senator Parker, Senate Print 1615B, an
13 act to amend the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Read
15 the last section.
16 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
17 act shall take effect November 11, 2015.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Call
19 the roll.
20 (The Secretary called the roll.)
21 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Senator
22 Gianaris to explain his vote.
23 SENATOR GIANARIS: Thank you,
24 Mr. President, to explain my vote.
25 I will be voting yes for many
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1 reasons on this important legislation, but not
2 the least of which is because it's the sponsor's
3 birthday today. So if we could all wish
4 Senator Parker a happy birthday as he gets a bill
5 passed through our chamber.
6 And I should note -- I think Senator
7 DeFrancisco just walked away, or is walking away.
8 Before you go, I do want to correct him.
9 The Senate Rules as adopted by the
10 Majority last year do not have a title of
11 "Minority Leader"; we have three conferences now.
12 But I can assure him that soon enough, since it
13 is Women's History Month, we will have the first
14 female Majority Leader in Senator Andrea
15 Stewart-Cousins.
16 So thank you, Senator DeFrancisco.
17 (Laughter; applause.)
18 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: Thank
19 you, Senator Gianaris.
20 And the entire Senate wants to wish
21 Senator Parker a happy birthday.
22 Announce the results.
23 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 54.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: The
25 bill is passed.
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1 Senator LaValle, that completes the
2 noncontroversial reading of the calendar.
3 SENATOR LaVALLE: Is there any
4 other business at the desk?
5 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: There's
6 no further business at the desk.
7 SENATOR LaVALLE: There being no
8 further business, I move we adjourn until Monday,
9 March the 10th, at 3:00 p.m., intervening days
10 being legislative days.
11 And also, Mr. President, following
12 this session there will be a Republican
13 conference in Room 332.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT CARLUCCI: There
15 will be a Republican conference immediately
16 following session in Room 332.
17 On motion, the Senate stands
18 adjourned until Monday, March 10th, at 3:00 p.m.,
19 intervening days being legislative days.
20 (Whereupon, at 12:18 p.m., the
21 Senate adjourned.)
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