Regular Session - March 20, 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 20, 2014
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14 REGULAR SESSION
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18 SENATOR DIANE SAVINO, 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 SAVINO: The
3 Senate will please come to order.
4 I ask all those present to rise with
5 me and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
6 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited
7 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)
8 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: In the
9 absence of clergy, may we all bow our heads in a
10 moment of silence.
11 (Whereupon, the assemblage respected
12 a moment of silence.)
13 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: The
14 reading of the Journal.
15 The Secretary will read.
16 THE SECRETARY: In Senate,
17 Wednesday, March 19th, the Senate met pursuant to
18 adjournment. The Journal of Tuesday, March 18th,
19 was read and approved. On motion, Senate
20 adjourned.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: 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 11,
2 Senator Bonacic moves to discharge, from the
3 Committee on Judiciary, Assembly Bill Number 1185
4 and substitute it for the identical Senate Bill
5 Number 4952, Third Reading Calendar 81.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:
7 Substitution ordered.
8 THE SECRETARY: On page 15,
9 Senator Nozzolio moves to discharge, from the
10 Committee on Codes, Assembly Bill Number 3765A
11 and substitute it for the identical Senate Bill
12 Number 4892A, Third Reading Calendar 138.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:
14 Substitution ordered.
15 Messages from the Governor.
16 Reports of standing committees.
17 Reports of select committees.
18 Communications and reports from
19 state officers.
20 Motions and resolutions.
21 Senator Libous.
22 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you,
23 Madam President.
24 On behalf of Senator LaValle, on
25 page 26 I offer the following amendments to
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1 Calendar Number 280, and it is Senate Print 6790,
2 and I ask that the said bill retain its place on
3 the Third Reading Calendar.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: So
5 ordered.
6 SENATOR LIBOUS: At this time could
7 I move to adopt the Resolution Calendar.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: All in
9 favor of adopting the Resolution Calendar signify
10 by saying aye.
11 (Response of "Aye.")
12 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Opposed,
13 nay.
14 (No response.)
15 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: The
16 Resolution Calendar is adopted.
17 Senator Libous.
18 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you,
19 Madam President.
20 I believe there's a previously
21 adopted resolution at the desk by
22 Senator Montgomery. I believe it's 3338. Could
23 we ask that the title be read and call on
24 Senator Montgomery for comments.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: The
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1 Secretary will read.
2 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
3 Resolution Number 3338, by Senator Montgomery,
4 commending Adelaide L. Sanford upon the occasion
5 of being honored in conjunction with Women's
6 History Month 2014 in the State of New York.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Senator
8 Montgomery.
9 SENATOR MONTGOMERY: Thank you,
10 Madam President.
11 I rise again today to honor someone
12 who is truly an historical person as it relates
13 to her contributions to children, especially in
14 the State of New York. That person is
15 Dr. Adelaide L. Sanford.
16 Dr. Adelaide Sanford was born in
17 Brooklyn. She attended the Brooklyn College in
18 Brooklyn, where she received her Bachelor of
19 Education degree, and she received a Master of
20 Education degree from Wellesley College and a
21 Ph.D. in education from Fordham University in the
22 City of New York.
23 Dr. Sanford has been dedicated to
24 the education and upliftment of New York's
25 children all of her professional career. Her
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1 illustrious 35-year career as an educator in the
2 City of New York included service as an
3 elementary school teacher, a guidance counselor,
4 an assistant principal and a principal in
5 New York City.
6 And furthermore, it was as principal
7 of the Crispus Attucks School in Brooklyn, which
8 is now currently in the 25th Senate District --
9 P.S. 21 -- that she established her reputation
10 for promoting excellence and achievement in
11 underserved schools, guiding and gaining citywide
12 recognition for her schools dramatic improvements
13 in student achievement, teacher morale, and
14 gifted programs.
15 I daresay that it was from her
16 experience as the principal and leader at
17 Crispus Attucks that a number of current
18 principals in the Borough of Brooklyn and
19 throughout our state gained their experience and
20 their mentoring, through Dr. Sanford.
21 After her retirement in 1985 as
22 principal of Crispus Attucks, Dr. Sanford was
23 elected to two seven-year terms as a member at
24 large on the New York State Board of Regents.
25 She also served two three-year terms as the
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1 vice chancellor of the Board of Regents in the
2 State of New York.
3 Unwavering in her concern for the
4 welfare of New York's most vulnerable children,
5 she was chairperson of the Regents Committee on
6 Low-Performing Schools and played a pivotal role
7 in shaping new educational policies toward
8 closing gaps in student performance among
9 New York State's schools.
10 Dr. Sanford's positive impact on
11 educational well-being of children extends beyond
12 her work on the New York State Board of Regents.
13 She served as a consultant for the boards of
14 education in Niagara Falls, in Connecticut, in
15 Indiana and in New Jersey.
16 She has worked on several national
17 committees, including the Advisory Committee on
18 Multicultural Education for the National
19 Association of State Boards of Education. She
20 served on the board of the Upper Manhattan
21 Empowerment Zone and played an instrumental role
22 in creating the John Henrik Clarke meetinghouse.
23 And Dr. Sanford has won numerous
24 accolades and awards for her outstanding
25 leadership, her commitment and accomplishment.
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1 Her honors include distinguished alumna awards
2 from Wellesley College and Brooklyn College as
3 well as the Josephine Shaw Lowell Award, the
4 Ellen Lurie Award, and the Congressional Black
5 Caucus Foundation's Humanitarian Award.
6 I stand today to honor this woman
7 who singularly has influenced policy in this
8 state that will forever benefit so many children
9 across the state, especially those children in
10 areas like mine, children who had no voice before
11 she became a member of the Board of Regents.
12 So it is with a great deal of pride
13 that I honor this person who in our history has
14 meant so much, Dr. Adelaide Sanford, as it
15 relates to women in the State of New York who
16 have made invaluable contributions to us,
17 especially to our children.
18 Thank you, Madam President.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Thank
20 you, Senator Montgomery.
21 Senator Sanders on the resolution.
22 SENATOR SANDERS: Thank you,
23 Madam President. On the resolution.
24 Any day that you honor Dr. Sanford
25 is a good day. There are some words that leap
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1 out at you when you think of her -- fiery,
2 feisty, opinionated, unbending. This is a person
3 who decided that all children can learn, and she
4 would have it no other way.
5 She struggled long and hard in so
6 many different fields in so many different ways
7 that I'm just glad that this has been brought to
8 the floor today. And it just would not be -- I
9 wouldn't be myself if I didn't speak in favor of
10 a person who has helped shape education in
11 New York State for the better.
12 Thank you for bringing this to the
13 floor.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Thank
15 you, Senator Sanders.
16 Are there any other members wishing
17 to be heard on the resolution?
18 Seeing none, this resolution was
19 previously adopted on February 4, 2014.
20 Senator Libous.
21 SENATOR LIBOUS: Can we have the
22 reading of the noncontroversial calendar, please.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: The
24 Secretary will read.
25 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 81,
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1 substituted earlier by Member of the Assembly
2 Weinstein, Assembly Print Number 1185, an act to
3 amend the Estates, Powers and Trusts Law.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Read the
5 last section.
6 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This
7 act shall take effect on the 60th day.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Call the
9 roll.
10 (The Secretary called the roll.)
11 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Announce
12 the results.
13 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 55.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: The bill
15 is passed.
16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
17 138, substituted earlier by Member of the
18 Assembly Gantt, Assembly Print Number 3765A, an
19 act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Read the
21 last section.
22 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
23 act shall take effect on the 30th day.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Call the
25 roll.
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1 (The Secretary called the roll.)
2 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Announce
3 the results.
4 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 54. Nays, 1.
5 Senator Krueger recorded in the negative.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: The bill
7 is passed.
8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
9 160, by Senator Seward, Senate Print 6181, an act
10 to amend the Public Authorities Law.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Read the
12 last section.
13 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This
14 act shall take effect immediately.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Call the
16 roll.
17 (The Secretary called the roll.)
18 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Announce
19 the results.
20 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 56.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: The bill
22 is passed.
23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
24 211, by Senator Klein, Senate Print 2253, an act
25 to amend the Penal Law.
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Read the
2 last section.
3 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
4 act shall take effect on the first of November.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Call the
6 roll.
7 (The Secretary called the roll.)
8 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Announce
9 the results.
10 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 56.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: The bill
12 is passed.
13 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
14 258, by Senator Ranzenhofer, Senate Print 2502B,
15 an act to amend the Education Law.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Read the
17 last section.
18 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
19 act shall take effect on the first of July.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Call the
21 roll.
22 (The Secretary called the roll.)
23 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Announce
24 the results.
25 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 54. Nays, 2.
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1 Senators Hoylman and Montgomery recorded in the
2 negative.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: The bill
4 is passed.
5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
6 266, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 1055, an
7 act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Read the
9 last section.
10 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
11 act shall take effect on the 90th day.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Call the
13 roll.
14 (The Secretary called the roll.)
15 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: Announce
16 the results.
17 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 54. Nays, 2.
18 Senators Montgomery and Rivera recorded in the
19 negative.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: The bill
21 is passed.
22 Senator Libous, that completes the
23 reading of the noncontroversial calendar.
24 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you,
25 Madam President.
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1 Is there any further business at the
2 desk?
3 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: There is
4 no further business at the desk, Senator Libous.
5 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you.
6 There being no further business, I
7 move that the Senate adjourn until Monday,
8 March 24th, at 3:00 p.m., intervening days being
9 legislative days.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO: The
11 Senate stands adjourned until Monday, March 24th,
12 at 3:00 p.m., intervening days being legislative
13 days.
14 (Whereupon, at 11:30 a.m., the
15 Senate adjourned.)
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