Regular Session - June 2, 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 June 2, 2014
11 3:26 p.m.
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14 REGULAR SESSION
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18 SENATOR CARL L. MARCELLINO, 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 MARCELLINO: The
3 Senate will come to order.
4 I ask everyone present to rise for
5 the presentation of the colors by the Color
6 Guard from Stratton Air National Guard Base.
7 Gentlemen, present the colors.
8 (The Color Guard entered the
9 chamber and presented the colors.)
10 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO:
11 Please repeat with me the pledge to our country.
12 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited
13 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)
14 (The Color Guard lowered the colors
15 and exited the chamber.)
16 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: In
17 the absence of clergy, may we bow our heads for
18 a moment of silence.
19 (Whereupon, the assemblage
20 respected a moment of silence.)
21 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
22 reading of the Journal.
23 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, Sunday,
24 June 1st, the Senate met pursuant to
25 adjournment. The Journal of Saturday, May 31st,
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1 was read and approved. On motion, Senate
2 adjourned.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO:
4 Without objection, the Journal stands approved as
5 read.
6 Presentation of petitions.
7 Messages from the Assembly.
8 The Secretary will read.
9 THE SECRETARY: On page 37, Senator
10 Libous moves to discharge, from the Committee on
11 Transportation, Assembly Bill Number 7844B and
12 substitute it for the identical Senate Bill
13 Number 6797A, Third Reading Calendar 516.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: So
15 ordered.
16 THE SECRETARY: On page 61, Senator
17 Valesky moves to discharge, from the Committee on
18 Aging, Assembly Bill Number 8871 and substitute
19 it for the identical Senate Bill Number 7255,
20 Third Reading Calendar 830.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: So
22 ordered.
23 Messages from the Governor.
24 Reports from standing committees.
25 Reports from select committees.
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1 Communications and reports from
2 state officers.
3 Motions and resolutions.
4 Senator Libous.
5 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President,
6 would you please call on Senator Valesky, Senator
7 Gianaris, and then come back to me.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: If I
9 can remember.
10 Senator Valesky.
11 SENATOR VALESKY: Thank you,
12 Mr. President.
13 On behalf of Senator Avella, on
14 page 44 I offer the following amendments to
15 Calendar 625, Senate Bill 6903A, and ask that
16 said bill retain its place on the Third Reading
17 Calendar.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: So
19 ordered.
20 SENATOR VALESKY: Also on behalf of
21 Senator Avella, on page 27 I offer the following
22 amendments to Calendar 276, Senate Bill 725, and
23 ask that that bill retain its place on the
24 Third Reading Calendar.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: So
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1 ordered.
2 Senator Gianaris.
3 SENATOR GIANARIS: Thank you,
4 Mr. President.
5 On behalf of Senator Espaillat, on
6 page number 21 I offer the following amendments
7 to Calendar 107, Senate Print 1728A, and ask that
8 said bill retain its place on Third Reading
9 Calendar.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: Thank
11 you. That will happen.
12 Senator Valesky.
13 SENATOR VALESKY: Mr. President,
14 again, I would move at this time that the
15 following bill be discharged from its respective
16 committee and be recommitted with instructions to
17 strike the enacting clause, and this is on behalf
18 of Senator Carlucci. That's Senate Bill 7579.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: So
20 ordered.
21 Senator Libous.
22 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, on
23 behalf of Senator Maziarz, I wish to call up his
24 bill, Senate Print 3646A, recalled from the
25 Assembly, which is now at the desk.
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
2 Secretary will read.
3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
4 142, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 3646A, an
5 act to amend the Arts and Cultural Affairs Law.
6 SENATOR LIBOUS: I now move to
7 reconsider the vote by which this bill was
8 passed.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: Call
10 the roll on reconsideration.
11 (The Secretary called the roll.)
12 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 52.
13 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
14 offer up the following amendments.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
16 amendments are received.
17 SENATOR LIBOUS: Again,
18 Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Maziarz, I
19 wish to call up his bill, Senate Print 6138,
20 recalled from the Assembly, which is now at the
21 desk.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
23 Secretary will read.
24 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
25 186, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 6138, an
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1 act to amend the Public Service Law.
2 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
3 now move to reconsider the vote by which this
4 bill was passed.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
6 Secretary will call the roll on reconsideration.
7 (The Secretary called the roll.)
8 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 52.
9 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
10 hand up the following amendments.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
12 amendments are received, sir.
13 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, on
14 behalf of Senator Seward, I wish to call up his
15 bill, Senate Print 6505A, recalled from the
16 Assembly, which is now at the desk.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
18 Secretary will read.
19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
20 240, by Senator Seward, Senate Print 6505A, an
21 act to amend the Insurance Law.
22 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
23 now move to reconsider the vote by which this
24 bill was passed.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: Call
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1 the roll on reconsideration.
2 (The Secretary called the roll.)
3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 52.
4 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
5 hand up the following amendments.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
7 amendments are received, sir.
8 SENATOR LIBOUS: On behalf of
9 Senator Lanza, I wish to call up his bill, Senate
10 Print 4751A, recalled from the Assembly, but it's
11 now at the desk.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
13 Secretary will read.
14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
15 184, by Senator Lanza, Senate Print 4751A, an act
16 to amend the Social Services Law.
17 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
18 now move to reconsider the vote by which this
19 bill was passed.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: Call
21 the roll on reconsideration, please.
22 (The Secretary called the roll.)
23 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 52.
24 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
25 offer up the following amendments.
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
2 amendments are received, sir.
3 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, on
4 behalf of Senator Marchione, I wish to call up
5 her bill, Senate Print 6934, recalled from the
6 Assembly, which is now at the desk.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
8 Secretary will read.
9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
10 610, by Senator Marchione, Senate Print 6934, an
11 act to amend the Public Authorities Law.
12 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
13 now move to reconsider the vote by which this
14 bill was passed.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: Call
16 the roll on reconsideration, please.
17 (The Secretary called the roll.)
18 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 52.
19 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
20 hand up the following amendments.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
22 amendments are received.
23 SENATOR LIBOUS: On behalf of
24 Senator Ranzenhofer, Mr. President, I wish to
25 call up his bill, Senate Print 4324, recalled
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1 from the Assembly, and it's now at the desk.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
3 Secretary will read.
4 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
5 246, by Senator Ranzenhofer, Senate Print 4324,
6 an act to amend the Not-For-Profit Corporation
7 Law.
8 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
9 now move to reconsider the vote by which this
10 bill was passed.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: Call
12 the roll on reconsideration, please.
13 (The Secretary called the roll.)
14 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 52.
15 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
16 offer up the following amendments.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
18 amendments are received.
19 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President,
20 again on behalf of Senator Ranzenhofer, I'd like
21 to call up his bill, Senate Print 6718A, recalled
22 from the Assembly, and it's now at the desk.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
24 Secretary will read.
25 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
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1 333, by Senator Ranzenhofer, Senate Print 6718A,
2 an act to amend Chapter 154 of the Laws of 1921.
3 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
4 now move to reconsider the vote by which this
5 bill was passed.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO:
7 Please call the roll on reconsideration.
8 (The Secretary called the roll.)
9 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 52.
10 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
11 now hand up the following amendments.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
13 amendments are received, sir.
14 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you.
15 Mr. President, on behalf of Senator
16 Flanagan, I wish to call up Calendar Number 279,
17 Assembly Print 121.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
19 Secretary will read.
20 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
21 279, by Member of the Assembly Nolan, Assembly
22 Print 121, an act to amend the Education Law.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO:
24 Senator Libous.
25 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
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1 now move to reconsider the vote by which this
2 Assembly bill was substituted for Senator
3 Flanagan's bill, Senate Print 6671, on May 20th.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
5 Secretary will call the roll on reconsideration.
6 (The Secretary called the roll.)
7 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 52.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO:
9 Senator Libous.
10 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
11 now move that Assembly Bill 121 be recommitted to
12 the Committee on Rules and that Senator
13 Flanagan's bill be restored to the order of
14 Third Reading Calendar.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: It
16 will be done, sir.
17 SENATOR LIBOUS: I now offer up the
18 following amendments.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: They
20 will be received and accepted.
21 SENATOR LIBOUS: And,
22 Mr. President, amendments are offered are on the
23 following Third Reading Calendar bills:
24 On behalf of Senator Little, page
25 22, Calendar Number 143, Senate Print 4358B;
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1 On behalf of Senator Ranzenhofer,
2 page 26, Calendar Number 248, Senate Print 5111;
3 On behalf of Senator Boyle, page 31,
4 Calendar Number 398, Senate Print 4988;
5 On behalf of Senator Martins, that
6 would be page 32, Calendar Number 441, Senate
7 Print 5160A;
8 On behalf of Senator Golden, on
9 page 39, it would be Calendar Number 548 and
10 Senate Print 7008;
11 On behalf of Senator O'Mara, on
12 page 60, Calendar Number 814, Senate Print 7273;
13 On behalf of Senator Flanagan, on
14 page 64, it would be Calendar Number 859 and
15 Senate Print 6762;
16 On behalf of Senator Marchione, on
17 page 65, Calendar Number 862, Senate Print 6952;
18 On behalf of Senator Maziarz, it
19 would be page 68, Calendar Number 891, Senate
20 Print 7026;
21 And, Mr. President, on behalf of
22 Senator Grisanti, page 70, Calendar Number 912,
23 Senate Print 7344A.
24 Mr. President, I move that these
25 bills retain their place on the Third Reading
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1 Calendar.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: It
3 will be done, sir.
4 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, at
5 this time I have a resolution at the desk by
6 Senator Larkin. It had been previously adopted.
7 It's Resolution Number 5398. At this time could
8 you please have the clerk read it in its entirety
9 and call on Senator Larkin.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO: The
11 clerk will read.
12 Can we have some order in the house.
13 Thank you.
14 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
15 Resolution Number 5398, by Senator Larkin,
16 commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the
17 D-Day Invasion on June 6, 2014.
18 "WHEREAS, On June 6, 1944, the
19 military might of the Allies combined for the
20 most extensive aerial and seaborne assault ever
21 planned; the D-Day Invasion at the beaches of
22 Normandy, France changed the direction of
23 World War II, and the history of the
24 20th century; planned for over two years by the
25 Allied Forces, the D-Day Invasion was an
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1 intricate coordination of the world's greatest
2 military forces, and an exercise in cooperation
3 that marked the turning point of the war and the
4 world's history; and
5 "WHEREAS, The Allied Invasion of
6 Europe, code-named Operation Overlord, consisted
7 of five infantry divisions, two American, two
8 British, and one Canadian, assigned to beaches
9 code-named, from west to east, Utah, Omaha, Gold,
10 Juno, and Sword; on the first day of the
11 invasion, two American airborne divisions landed
12 behind the western end of the assault area and
13 one British at the eastern, while amphibious
14 armor was to swim ashore with the leading waves;
15 and
16 "WHEREAS, The Americans constituted
17 the United States 1st Army, under Major General
18 Omar Bradley, and the British and Canadians the
19 British 2nd Army, under General Miles Dempsey;
20 and
21 "WHEREAS, The invasion was supported
22 by more than 13,000 fighter, bomber, and
23 transport aircraft that, between April 1st and
24 June 5, 1944, flew 200,000 sorties and succeeded
25 in breaking all the bridges across the Seine and
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1 Loire rivers to isolate the Normandy Invasion
2 area from the rest of France; and
3 "WHEREAS, The air campaign was
4 designed not only to disrupt German anti-invasion
5 preparations but also to serve as a deception
6 operation, in an attempt to persuade the enemy
7 that the landings would be made in the
8 Pas-de-Calais area, directly opposite Dover,
9 England, rather than in Normandy; and
10 "WHEREAS, Meanwhile, intensive
11 logistic preparations provided, by May 1944,
12 almost 6,500 ships and landing craft, which would
13 land nearly 200,000 vehicles and 600,000 tons of
14 supplies in the first three weeks of
15 Operation Overlord; and
16 "WHEREAS, June 5, 1944, was fixed as
17 the unalterable date by Supreme Commander of the
18 Allied Expeditionary Forces, General Dwight
19 D. Eisenhower, on May 17th; as the day approached
20 and troops began to embark for the crossing, bad
21 weather set in, threatening dangerous landing
22 conditions; after tense debate, a 24-hour delay
23 was decided on, requiring the recall of some
24 ships already at sea; and
25 "WHEREAS, On the morning of
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1 June 5th, assured of a weather break, an armada
2 of 3,000 landing craft, 2,500 other ships, and
3 500 naval vessels began to leave English ports;
4 that night, 822 aircraft, carrying parachutists
5 or towing gliders, roared overhead to the
6 Normandy landing zones; and
7 "WHEREAS, The airborne troops were
8 the D-Day vanguard, and their landings were a
9 heartening success; the American 82nd and 101st
10 Airborne Divisions, dropping into a deliberately
11 inundated zone at the base of the Cotentin
12 Peninsula, suffered many casualties but
13 nevertheless secured their objective; the British
14 6th Airborne Division seized its objectives at
15 the eastern end, and its special task force also
16 captured key bridges over the Caen Canal and Orne
17 River; and
18 "WHEREAS, When the seaborne units
19 began to land at dawn on June 6th, the British
20 and Canadians on Gold, Juno, and Sword Beaches
21 overcame light opposition, as did the Americans
22 at Utah; the American 1st Division at
23 Omaha Beach, however, confronted the best of the
24 German coast divisions, and its landing
25 threatened to fail; only dedicated local
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1 leadership eventually got the troops inland; and
2 "WHEREAS, On June 7, 1944, the
3 beachhead consisted of three separate sectors:
4 the British and Canadian between Caen, not taken,
5 and Bayeux; that of the American 5th Corps,
6 between Port-en-Bessin and Saint-Pierre-du-Mont;
7 and that of the American 7th Corps, west of the
8 Vire River behind Utah Beach; and
9 "WHEREAS, The narrow gap between
10 Gold and Omaha at Port-en-Bessin was quickly
11 closed, but it was not until June 12th that the
12 American corps were able to capture Carentan; the
13 beachhead then formed a continuous zone, deepest
14 southwest of Bayeux, where the 5th Corps had
15 driven nearly 15 miles inland; and
16 "WHEREAS, Thanks to the success of
17 the airborne landings, the flanks of the
18 beachhead were firmly held, but efforts to break
19 out of the center were frustrated by fierce
20 German resistance and counterattacks,
21 particularly around Caen in the British-Canadian
22 sector; and
23 "WHEREAS, The Americans were able to
24 break into the base of the Cotentin Peninsula and
25 advance on Cherbourg; the last bastion in the
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1 heavily fortified city fell on June 28th, and
2 clearance of the port began at once; the German
3 defense of Normandy had taken a turn for the
4 worse; Saint-Lo fell in the second and third
5 weeks of July, and the success of the American
6 1st Army's battle of attrition was to lay the
7 basis for the long-awaited breakout; and
8 "WHEREAS, The Normandy campaign was
9 a stunning success; by early September 1944, all
10 but a fraction of France had been liberated, and
11 American and British/Canadian forces occupied
12 Belgium and part of the Netherlands and had
13 reached the German frontier; and
14 "WHEREAS, It is the sense of this
15 Legislative Body that when events of such
16 historical consequences are brought to our
17 attention, they should be celebrated and
18 recognized by all the citizens of the great
19 State of New York; now, therefore, be it
20 "RESOLVED, That this Legislative
21 Body pause in its deliberations to commemorate
22 the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion on
23 June 6, 2014."
24 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO:
25 Senator Larkin.
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1 SENATOR LARKIN: Thank you,
2 Mr. President.
3 In just a short few minutes you
4 heard the history of D-Day. But just look to
5 your right, and there are the veterans of
6 World War II. Please stand, ladies and
7 gentlemen.
8 (Standing ovation.)
9 SENATOR LARKIN: I'm really honored
10 for the Army folks here.
11 I don't know how the Air Force got
12 here, because all they did was run over, drop the
13 bombs and come home and get martinis.
14 (Laughter.)
15 SENATOR LARKIN: And the sailors,
16 they lived in nice clean sheets.
17 But think about that day,
18 Operation Overlord. It had been going on for
19 over three months. Problems arose constantly
20 about weather. How about the Channel, what was
21 going on? Were the Higgins boats that were made
22 in New Orleans, Louisiana, fitted enough?
23 We were trying in this battle things
24 that had never been tried before: landing
25 vehicles, landing vehicles infantry, landing
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1 vehicles tanks, landing vehicles supplies. It
2 was an exercise that never was dreamed of. The
3 largest armada in the world in any battle that
4 this country or any other country has
5 participated in.
6 But you know, we had a leader. And
7 there's a motto with our servicemen: Lead or get
8 out of the way. General Eisenhower had a glass
9 of water one night with Montgomery, the British
10 general. And the British general said to him:
11 "I don't think" -- General Eisenhower was
12 reported to say, "We don't get paid to think. We
13 get paid to act."
14 The delay was one day. Then
15 Eisenhower said, "It's now or never, because in a
16 month it will be worse."
17 What did he do that afternoon?
18 There's a paper on your desks, there's a sheet
19 missing; it will be added to both sides of the
20 aisle. It shows Eisenhower in the Ike jacket
21 down there talking to the troops, airborne. And
22 he said very clearly -- and look in the documents
23 you have -- he said: "Men, this is the most
24 important action this military will ever take in
25 this war. We cannot fail. If we fail, I will
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1 assume my responsibilities because I didn't do it
2 right."
3 That's leadership. That's what we
4 needed on D-Day. Ten thousand Americans were
5 killed that morning. Over 21,000 were wounded,
6 later died on the beaches. Some of the material
7 you look at, you'll see them coming off the
8 barges and getting shot dead right at the barge,
9 never got on the land.
10 But one of the things that
11 Eisenhower did when the battle plan started -- I
12 wasn't there. I graduated from basic training on
13 the 6th of June, so I couldn't be there to test
14 it.
15 What did they do? They took phony
16 air balloons out on the southern end of France
17 and put them in as paratroopers. So the Germans
18 switched where they were and went down and were
19 shooting at empty gliders and a balloon-phased
20 airborne unit. They put forces in there galore,
21 diverted them from where the main battle was, and
22 we were very successful.
23 This fight this day 70 years ago
24 made this country safe. Because the battle from
25 there on, up into France, Belgium -- some of you
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1 get a picture of Belgium and you'll see the
2 crosses that were a result of this war. This was
3 a war that we'll never forget. This is a war we
4 should never, and we should remember. The total
5 losses that we had that one day, they said the
6 average age was 21 years old. Twenty-one.
7 My colleagues in the room have been
8 there. My good friend from the 1st Cavalry
9 Division, I salute you. But I was in the 7th,
10 not the 8th.
11 What are we saying? We owe these
12 men a debt of gratitude. You don't owe me
13 anything. But the men and women that came back,
14 somebody forgot. There's an organization called
15 WASP, W-A-S-P. And I'm not talking religion.
16 They did flying of all types of aircraft to bring
17 supplies to the east, and they did flights
18 overseas into England for us.
19 This was a day at the end of the day
20 General Mark Clark in Italy sent Eisenhower a
21 note. And he said: "I have always been amazed
22 at your brilliance and being a technician. I am
23 more proud of you today than ever. You are the
24 greatest leader this nation has ever had." And
25 he was.
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1 I look at the empty seats here, kind
2 of disappointing. Because we're talking about
3 people who gave their lives, and we don't have a
4 few minutes to say to it?
5 Operation Overlord made it so that
6 we were successful. And we were successful in
7 Italy and Africa into Germany. And we were also
8 capable of having the forces to do the same thing
9 in the Pacific.
10 I'm proud. I'm very proud of my
11 colleagues here, very proud of our servicemen
12 from World War II. But don't go home tonight and
13 say it's over and Thursday, when it's the real
14 day, we'll speak up. If some of you -- many of
15 you, I have been told, have taken pictures down
16 by. You ought to sit by, look at Eisenhower when
17 he was talking to the airborne troops. You
18 should look at some of those beachheads and you
19 saw young kids, some of them as old as your
20 children, never made it off the barges. And you
21 ought to say to yourself tonight, we are a
22 blessed nation because we had Americans that put
23 their country before their self.
24 I'd like to ask everybody to stand
25 up for a moment in a moment of silence on behalf
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1 of those who participated in that battle and
2 those who never came home.
3 (Whereupon, the assemblage rose and
4 respected a moment of silence.)
5 SENATOR LARKIN: Thank you.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO:
7 Senator Skelos.
8 SENATOR SKELOS: Thank you,
9 Mr. President.
10 I want to thank Colonel Senator
11 Larkin for your service to our great country and
12 for your comments right now. Thank you, Senator.
13 We honor the veterans that served
14 our country in World War II. We honor our
15 veterans that have served our country throughout
16 the years and for generations. At this time in
17 particular, as we approach the 70th anniversary
18 of D-Day, we are recognizing the incredible
19 courage of our World War II veterans, including
20 our own Senator Larkin.
21 I'd like to welcome Senator Ball's
22 grandfather, Herman Schreiber, and wish him a
23 happy 88th birthday. So happy birthday.
24 (Applause.)
25 SENATOR SKELOS: Now, I want to
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1 point out that my father, who's 93, served in the
2 Merchant Marines and actually just retired, and
3 my wife Gail's father served in the cavalry
4 during World War II.
5 And there's a reason why the people
6 that served in World War II are known as the
7 Greatest Generation. That's because June 6,
8 1944, was the greatest day of the greatest
9 generation. On that day the largest amphibious
10 invasion force ever turned the tide of the
11 world's history from oppression to freedom, from
12 a brutality that we saw at the killing camps of
13 Adolf Hitler, and less than a year later from war
14 to peace. And it all began with the incredible
15 bravery and sacrifice on the beaches of Normandy
16 70 years ago.
17 The cost of freedom was very high.
18 More than 9,000 to 10,000 Allied military
19 personnel were killed or wounded. And
20 Senator Larkin mentioned how the average age was
21 21. If you ever have an opportunity to go to one
22 of the American cemeteries in Europe, I've been
23 to -- I was never at Normandy, but I was to
24 Luxembourg and a couple of others, the
25 Netherlands. And when I asked the commandant who
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1 was giving us the tour what was the average age,
2 it was actually even less than 21. I think he
3 said the oldest person in the cemetery was in his
4 early 30s.
5 So think about what that generation
6 of young men and women did to protect our
7 freedoms. And that's something we should all
8 remember as we serve here in the State Senate and
9 as we serve our constituents.
10 There's a tremendous display in the
11 LOB that I would urge you to go by and take a
12 look at -- videos, different mobile devices that
13 were used during the war -- and see what our men
14 and women were using as compared to what we have
15 today.
16 So to all of our World War II
17 veterans, especially those who served on D-Day,
18 we say thank you to you. For those of you who
19 are no longer with us, we will always remember
20 you. And we should also remember that as they
21 came home, they helped create the greatest
22 economy, the greatest expansion of an economy,
23 and the greatest nation in the world.
24 So Senator Larkin, again, I thank
25 you for your service. And to the men and women
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2 Thank you.
3 (Applause.)
4 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO:
5 Senator Serrano.
6 SENATOR SERRANO: Thank you very
7 much, Mr. President. I just wanted to also thank
8 Senator Larkin and all of our colleagues here for
9 supporting this really important resolution.
10 And you know, growing up, one of the
11 things that interested me -- and I'm not sure
12 why, but I've always been so interested in
13 World War II history. I've studied it a great
14 deal. I have a pretty extensive library of books
15 on the subject. I even had the good fortune in
16 the 1990s of traveling to London, and I visited
17 the Imperial War Museum, where you're able to see
18 firsthand so much of the machinery used during
19 this conflict.
20 And even in Hollywood, you know,
21 there were a number of really good movies that in
22 many ways accurately depicted, or as close as
23 possible, what was going on during that time. I
24 think of Saving Private Ryan and The Longest Day,
25 and there were many other movies. And of course
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1 it is Hollywood, but throughout all of that there
2 is some bit of reality as to what soldiers were
3 dealing with.
4 And World War II was so much more
5 than just a war. It was really a struggle for
6 the human race. It was really so much a turning
7 point for humanity. The conflict and how the
8 United States entered into that conflict, really
9 at a time where things seemed insurmountable, and
10 soldiers, many of whom are represented here, who
11 were willing to sort of disrupt their lives, not
12 just for that moment but for the rest of their
13 lives, to enter into a conflict to fight against
14 the evils of tyranny.
15 People like myself, okay, born in
16 the 1970s, never having lived through that
17 conflict, only reading and hearing about it from
18 those who are older than me, I empathize so
19 deeply with how incredible that struggle must
20 have been, and the burden.
21 Things that I took for granted when
22 I was in my early twenties -- you know, being in
23 college, hanging out with my friends -- while
24 that generation in the 1940s were wondering if
25 they were going to be on a ship the next morning,
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1 if they were going to be on a beach fighting for
2 their lives. And they knew that the reality was
3 that many of them would not be coming home, and
4 the psychological effect that that has not only
5 at that present moment, but something that they
6 carry with them throughout their lives.
7 My fear is that as generations come
8 and go that we forget, that we will forget what
9 happened. And that's why I think it's wonderful
10 that that display is down in the LOB. And when I
11 saw it, I got so excited and took a lot of
12 photos. Because this wasn't Hollywood, this was
13 real. Those bullets were real. The cloud of
14 tyranny over Europe was getting closer to our
15 shores.
16 A lot of people don't realize that
17 there were U-boats up and down the coast of the
18 United States and they were attacking our ships
19 and attacking our harbors. And that on the
20 Pacific front the Axis forces were doing
21 tremendous harm and damage at Pearl Harbor and in
22 other places. This was truly a global conflict,
23 and it was squeezing everything that was so
24 important about the United States and why we
25 stood for the things that we stood for.
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1 So when I hear a resolution like
2 today, I want Colonel Larkin to know that the
3 lessons have not been lost on my generation, if I
4 have anything to do with it, because I think that
5 this is something that we must never lose our
6 vigilance on.
7 The same battles that the soldiers
8 who were fighting in World War II, that evil is
9 not gone forever. It can return at any given
10 moment. And we can't be complacent, and we
11 always have to be vigilant and stand up against
12 injustice in any form, stand up against bigotry
13 and racism and the totalitarian tyranny that we
14 saw that sort of grew in the 1930s and 1940s
15 throughout Europe.
16 So I thank Colonel Larkin,
17 Senator Larkin, and my colleagues for bringing
18 this resolution. And I hope that we do continue
19 to teach this lesson, that it will be accurately
20 taught to future generations in schools, to know
21 the sacrifices that were made for the freedoms
22 that we take for granted this day and age.
23 Thank you.
24 (Applause.)
25 ACTING PRESIDENT MARCELLINO:
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1 Senator Nozzolio.
2 SENATOR NOZZOLIO: Thank you,
3 Mr. President, on the resolution.
4 Mr. President and my colleagues, I
5 wish to thank Senator Skelos and Senator Larkin,
6 Senator Ball, for bringing this resolution before
7 us.
8 Last week I stood tall with Colonel
9 Larkin in front of the Normandy Day, the D-Day
10 Memorial demonstration in our State Capitol,
11 proudly stood with Senator Larkin as he read to
12 me President Eisenhower's letter, handwritten,
13 which took full responsibility for the success or
14 failure of this important mission.
15 Five thousand ships, 11,000
16 airplanes, 150,000 servicemen. I want to talk
17 about two of those servicemen very briefly.
18 As mankind faced one of its darkest
19 hours, the men who fought in D-Day turned the
20 tide of World War II and helped us prevent the
21 enslavement of the world, protect liberty and
22 preserve that liberty for future generations
23 across the globe. One such man is Tony DeTomaso
24 of Auburn.
25 As a member of the 299th Combat
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1 Engineer Battalion, many of whom were also from
2 Auburn in Central New York, Tony was among the
3 first wave of troops that landed on the beaches
4 of Normandy during the invasion. Tony was only
5 19 when he and his fellow soldiers fought to
6 clear the beaches so that the Allied troops could
7 set up their command pass. During that battle,
8 six members of the 299th made the ultimate
9 sacrifice and died while fighting to liberate the
10 world.
11 When I first met Tony a few years
12 ago, we discussed the tremendous sacrifices that
13 were made by the 299th Engineer Combat Battalion
14 during the entire war. His devotion to his
15 fellow veterans was inspiring. And he asked me
16 to pledge to him that I would do all possible to
17 ensure that the accomplishments of those men, the
18 recognition of their sacrifice, like the men
19 seated here today, would never be forgotten.
20 Well, my pledge to Tony, who
21 unfortunately is no longer with us, continues
22 today. And our thanks to the members of the
23 Greatest Generation for your wonderful
24 sacrifices.
25 Also a member of that historic
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1 generation is Joseph Mack from the town of
2 Macedon in Wayne County, who was recently
3 selected by the Greatest Generation's foundation
4 to return to Normandy for the 70th anniversary of
5 D-Day. Joe is traveling to Normandy as we speak
6 to be honored by the French Legion of Honor and
7 receive the Legion of Honor Medal for his service
8 during World War II.
9 Joe, congratulations for the
10 recognition you deserve. And our special thanks
11 for all that you, Tony DeTomaso, the 299th, and
12 all did who gave their sacrifice. As the saying
13 goes, all gave some and some gave all. And those
14 are the sacrifices we recognize today.
15 Mr. President, it is indeed my honor
16 to rise and discuss this very important
17 resolution and to thank those who brought it to
18 the attention, so that we never forget those
19 sacrifices and we ensure the legacy of memory and
20 honor continue.
21 Thank you.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Thank
23 you, Senator Nozzolio.
24 (Applause.)
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
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1 Marchione.
2 SENATOR MARCHIONE: Thank you. I
3 rise in support of this resolution as well.
4 And thank you, Senator Larkin and
5 Senator Ball and others, for bringing this to us.
6 D-Day is such an important part of our history
7 and our freedom. And that second generation and
8 the human element of it absolutely has earned the
9 Greatest Generation notoriety.
10 And you know, I think and I think
11 about my own father-in-law, who was a gunner in
12 the belly of a plane and made 26 missions, where
13 they only usually last six missions and you're
14 killed. And I think of my own father during that
15 time, who wasn't old enough to be in the Navy,
16 yet at 14 he decided he was and joined the
17 service. And you think about the movie stars
18 then, and the sports people; they never got out
19 of going to war, they went to war.
20 These men that are here today
21 sitting in front of you, they're a member of the
22 Greatest Generation, of a group of American
23 citizens who gave it all. And as they were
24 giving it all to us, their wives and their
25 families were back home growing gardens and using
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1 rationings. They all sacrificed.
2 We now have a group of people in the
3 military that sacrifice, and sometimes we
4 ourselves don't do enough.
5 But I wanted just to thank you for
6 all that you've done, for all of our veterans for
7 all that they've given.
8 And I'm honored today to have with
9 me, sitting up front from my district, Ray
10 DuPuis. And Ray, if I could ask that you stand.
11 His daughter Marla heard that we were having this
12 ceremony today, and without any sleep -- because
13 she's a nurse and works all night -- said "I want
14 my dad to be here."
15 And I'm so thrilled, Ray -- if you
16 would stand, please, and be recognized -- that
17 you're with us today. I don't think Ray hears
18 well any longer. But thank you, Ray. I wanted
19 to honor you, I wanted to say thank you, thank
20 the sponsors. Thank you.
21 (Applause.)
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Thank
23 you, Senator Marchione.
24 Senator Ball.
25 SENATOR BALL: Actually, I'm going
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1 to yield the floor; Senator O'Mara is going to
2 sing "Happy Birthday" to my grandfather, so --
3 no?
4 SENATOR O'MARA: It's my birthday
5 too.
6 SENATOR BALL: It's also his
7 birthday as well. So there's going to be a hell
8 of a party in about three hours.
9 (Laughter.)
10 SENATOR BALL: If the Balls, the
11 Schreibers and the O'Maras get together, it would
12 be a hell of a party.
13 Senator Larkin, thank you. Thank
14 you -- and I know many times we say thank you,
15 but I want to thank you for something a little
16 different.
17 It has been a pleasure to serve in
18 this conference and to watch over the past four
19 years what it means to live a life well-lived and
20 to be honored by your peers and your community
21 accordingly in a way that I can't imagine most
22 people could ever self-actualize.
23 We all want to do the best we can,
24 to live the best life we can, to give back to our
25 community, to have a loving family and to be
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1 productive. And you are a man who personifies a
2 life well-lived. And you are an example to all
3 of us. And I thank you for that from the bottom
4 of my heart.
5 (Applause.)
6 SENATOR BALL: We put together a
7 trip down to the World War II Memorial. I was a
8 young Air Force officer when they were building
9 that memorial in Washington, D.C. And I've got
10 to say that outside of graduating from the
11 United States Air Force Academy, the best day of
12 my life was taking approximately 50 World War II
13 veterans, including my grandfather, Hermie
14 Schreiber, down to that World War II Memorial.
15 We went down there and joined
16 efforts with Congressman Maloney and Congressman
17 Gibson. One of my friends was at that point the
18 head of the United States Air Force Honor Guard.
19 Hopefully Senator Larkin won't hold that against
20 him or I.
21 And we were down to that memorial --
22 this is a few weeks, actually, before the federal
23 government found it within their interest to shut
24 the place down. They were extremely lucky that
25 it was not shut down on that day, because I know
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1 that probably Congressman Maloney, Congressman
2 Gibson and Senator Ball would have been arrested,
3 because I would have called the Teamsters and I
4 would have went through the gates. And everybody
5 who knows me, including my mother and my staff,
6 knows that is exactly true. We would have
7 visited that memorial regardless.
8 But that day, it was a beautiful
9 blue sky, we had these men and women there. And
10 you know what? The United States Air Force Honor
11 Guard did a presidential-level ceremony more
12 these heroes. And the tourists came around, we
13 had about a thousand people watching on that day,
14 and there was not a dry eye.
15 If you think about World War II --
16 and a couple of times I've heard people say "We
17 will never forget." I don't know. 9/11, how
18 many people have already forgotten that? World
19 War II, we lose these heroes every day. We are
20 in the midst right now of a downsize of our
21 military in this country that is unprecedented.
22 You know, many of these men were drafted. Today
23 we live in this country, enjoy enormous freedom
24 on their backs and on the backs of special forces
25 troops and combat troops that serve today who
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1 volunteered and represent less than 1 percent of
2 the population.
3 We've had recent conflicts where
4 those special forces troops have gone into battle
5 and this country did not back them. If you want
6 men and women to stand up and say "I am willing
7 to fight and die for this country," you sure as
8 hell better be there when their butts are on the
9 line.
10 We were a very different country
11 back then in World War II. Sixty million people,
12 including civilians, perished. Two and a half
13 percent of the world's population, 2.5 percent.
14 Every single able-bodied young man stood up --
15 and many women -- to fight, and many died for
16 this country. And those that were here left in
17 this country stood up, they sacrificed, and we
18 had the best manufacturing might, and we were
19 able to go to war.
20 Could we today? And would we? How
21 many of you would send your children?
22 So as we stand here today and we
23 honor these heroes -- and I know I speak to the
24 choir with most of you -- we'd better realize
25 that this country is very different than it was
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1 when these men, and many of their friends that
2 never came back, stood up. And we'd better learn
3 from that lesson, because history has a funny way
4 of repeating itself.
5 June 11th, the beachheads were
6 secured. Three hundred twenty-six thousand
7 troops had crossed, over 100,000 tons of
8 equipment. Paris was liberated -- talk about
9 forgetting history -- Paris was liberated
10 August 25th. And Germany surrendered in
11 May 1945.
12 I know we all have images in our
13 head when we think of World War II. I think of
14 troops killing Jews, and I think of an image in
15 my head that is iconic of a Jewish mother hovered
16 over her children as soldiers aim on her and kill
17 her. You talk about evil? That's evil.
18 And you're right, evil still exists
19 all around this world. And that American flag
20 represents the last remaining hope of defending
21 moms and children and innocent people all around
22 this world. You can choose to deny it, but we
23 must accomplish and continue to accomplish peace
24 through strength. And if you don't stand for
25 anything, people will die. This country needs to
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1 continue to stand for what's right.
2 Okay, so I want to go through some
3 names here. We have Peter "Barney" Bambace,
4 who's United States Air Force, Private 1st Class.
5 John Graziano, Navy -- please stand up when you
6 hear your name -- 3rd Class Petty Officer. Peter
7 Senatore, Army, Lieutenant. Jack Alonzo, Navy,
8 who's here with his wife, and they've been
9 married 56 years.
10 (Applause.)
11 SENATOR BALL: That's his beautiful
12 wife, Virginia Alonzo.
13 As a guy of 36 that's not married,
14 I'm going to talk to you guys later. I want to
15 know what the secret is, okay?
16 (Laughter.)
17 SENATOR BALL: Hermie Schreiber, my
18 grandfather, who it's his 88th birthday today.
19 He doesn't look a day over 35.
20 And actually my mother, who's here
21 as well, Judy Ball, who is responsible for me.
22 So the Democrats, you can yell at her, okay?
23 (Laughter.)
24 SENATOR BALL: And we have Ray
25 DuPuis, from Senator Marchione's district, who's
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1 Army and Army Air Corps, Private 1st Class.
2 I just want to -- I'll leave you
3 with this. And, you know, at the United States
4 Air Force Academy we had to memorize these
5 quotes, which I just hated, but I realize now the
6 importance. And this quote is one that I
7 actually -- I'm not good at memorization, but
8 this is one that I actually did remember. But I
9 can't say it, you know, verbatim, so I'm going to
10 read it. But I did remember it when I was a
11 cadet.
12 "A professional soldier
13 understands" -- and it's by General Norman
14 Schwarzkopf, who's also a Valley Forge alumni.
15 Stormin' Norman. "A professional soldier
16 understands that war means killing people, war
17 means maiming people, war means families left
18 without fathers and mothers. All you have to do
19 is hold your first dying soldier in your arms and
20 have that terrible futile feeling that his life
21 is flowing out and you can't do anything about
22 it. Then you understand the horror of war. Any
23 soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And
24 still, there are things worth fighting for."
25 There are still things worth
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1 fighting for in this chamber, in this country. I
2 hope to God that this nation remains strong, that
3 our leadership wakes up, because there are people
4 around this world that will rely upon the courage
5 of men like that.
6 God bless you each and every one of
7 you, and God bless America.
8 (Standing ovation.)
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: As
10 indicated, the resolution commemorating the
11 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion was
12 adopted on May 29, 2014.
13 We again welcome our guests. We
14 honor you. We thank you. And we will always
15 remember. Thank you very much.
16 Senator Libous.
17 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President,
18 Senator Larkin would like to open this resolution
19 up to all the members of the house.
20 So as our policy goes, if someone is
21 not interested, please let the desk know.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: So noted.
23 Senator Libous.
24 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you,
25 Mr. President.
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1 We are now going to go to another
2 previously adopted resolution, Number 5211, by
3 Senator Hassell-Thompson. If you could read the
4 title only and call on Senator Hassell-Thompson,
5 please.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
7 Secretary will read.
8 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
9 Resolution Number 5211, by Senator
10 Hassell-Thompson, memorializing Governor Andrew
11 M. Cuomo to proclaim June 2014 as Gun Violence
12 Awareness Month in the State of New York.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
14 Hassell-Thompson.
15 SENATOR HASSELL-THOMPSON: Thank
16 you, Mr. President. I rise to just talk for a
17 moment on Gun Violence Awareness Month.
18 Last year New York was the first
19 state in the nation to designate June as Gun
20 Violence Awareness Month. As the tragedy in
21 California has once again illustrated, gun
22 violence is significantly on the rise across our
23 nation. It is no longer simply an issue derived
24 from poverty versus wealth, city versus suburb,
25 black versus white, gang versus gang -- it is
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1 about people versus people.
2 Gun violence touches everyone's
3 lives. Look at the toddler who shot his brother.
4 Once again this June, communities
5 across New York will come together to devise
6 programs, events, activities and working group
7 sessions to change the culture surrounding gun
8 violence.
9 The goals for Gun Violence Awareness
10 Month are threefold. One is to promote greater
11 awareness about gun violence and foster community
12 urgency to eradicate it. Two is to concentrate
13 annual heightened attention to gun violence
14 during the month it starts to rise. And three,
15 to bring citizens and thoughtful leaders
16 together, in the months leading up to and
17 including June, to develop ways to end gun
18 violence.
19 We must work together to stem this
20 senseless violence through legislation,
21 education, and community awareness.
22 Many of you celebrated with me two
23 years ago a young man who was a part of the
24 New York State championship basketball players
25 from the City of Mount Vernon. He this week was
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1 shot in cross-fire. He was not the intended
2 victim, and yet the gun violence in our community
3 continues to escalate. He is an MBA draft choice
4 and may lose that opportunity because of gun
5 violence. For him, and for others who have lost
6 their lives, this is an issue that requires all
7 of our attention.
8 Many of us stood together across
9 party lines and across ethnic lines and gender
10 lines today to declare that violence is
11 absolutely unnecessary and unacceptable, and that
12 gun violence in our communities must stop.
13 Thank you, Mr. President.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Thank
15 you, Senator Hassell-Thompson.
16 As previously indicated, the
17 resolution was adopted on May 29th of 2014.
18 Senator Libous.
19 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President,
20 Senator Parker has a previously adopted
21 resolution, Number 3646. Could we have the title
22 read and call on Senator Parker, please.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
24 Secretary will read.
25 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
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1 Resolution Number 3646, by Senator Parker,
2 memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to
3 proclaim June 2014 as Caribbean American Heritage
4 Month in the State of New York.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
6 Parker.
7 SENATOR PARKER: Thank you,
8 Mr. President. On the resolution.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
10 Parker on the resolution.
11 SENATOR PARKER: As many of you
12 know, I represent the 21st District in Brooklyn,
13 which is Flatbush and East Flatbush, Midwood,
14 Ditmas Park, Kensington, Windsor Terrace and Park
15 Slope. I represent and have the proud
16 distinction of representing the largest
17 concentration of Caribbean immigrants in the
18 world outside of the Caribbean.
19 And so it's really a pleasure and an
20 honor for me to stand before you today in being
21 the primary sponsor of this important resolution
22 designating June as Caribbean American Heritage
23 Month.
24 From government officials like
25 Congresswoman Yvette D. Clark and Secretary of
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1 State Colin Powell to entertainers like Harry
2 Belafonte and Sydney Poitier and to academics
3 like W.E.B. Du Bois and James Weldon Johnson,
4 Caribbean Americans have played a vital role in
5 shaping New York and Brooklyn from colonial times
6 to the present.
7 And quite honestly, New Yorkers know
8 that Caribbean American heritage is not only part
9 of the story of America, but it's all of our
10 stories. And that's why in June we celebrate the
11 heritage and honor the contributions that
12 Caribbean Americans have made to our community.
13 Acting at the urging of
14 Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Congress adopted June
15 as Caribbean American Heritage Month in 2006.
16 The purpose was to recognize the significance of
17 Caribbean Americans and their descendants to the
18 history and culture of the United States.
19 Influential Caribbean Americans include U.S.
20 Attorney General Eric Holder, Congresswoman
21 Shirley Chisholm, actress Cicely Tyson.
22 There are a lot of people in
23 New York State obviously with this heritage over
24 time. Some of us may even know that the first
25 person of African descent ever elected to the
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1 State Legislature was Bertram Baker, who was from
2 the island of Nevis.
3 There are lots of other folks like
4 Malcolm X, who we spoke about during his birthday
5 last month, as well as Marcus Garvey, who created
6 the UNIA, the United Negro Improvement
7 Association, really the largest organization of
8 people of African descent in the world.
9 You have editor-in-chief of Essence
10 magazine Susan Taylor, and people liked Edwidge
11 Danticat, who actually comes from my district,
12 who is a well-known Haitian author and someone
13 who has written and is known in academia for her
14 writing both in English, Creole and in French, as
15 well as Maurice Ashley, the first
16 African-American to win the Chess Grandmaster
17 title, all of Caribbean descent.
18 In Brooklyn we know that June is a
19 great time to enjoy the Caribbean food, music,
20 literature, history and communities that help
21 make Brooklyn special.
22 The countries and inhabitants of the
23 Caribbean are not merely neighbors. It is
24 impossible to imagine New York and particularly
25 Brooklyn without the vibrant presence of the
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1 60,000 immigrants of Caribbean descent who are
2 our families, friends, and treasured partners in
3 the prosperous and quality of life of our
4 community.
5 I note in passing, by the way, that
6 the importance of the Caribbean-American
7 immigrant in New York history is one of the many
8 obvious reasons for passing the DREAM Act. And
9 we hope that we still have time to make that
10 important legislation happen before the end of
11 this legislative session.
12 And also we need to continue to
13 advocate on the federal level for comprehensive
14 immigration reform so that our ties with the
15 Caribbean, that have always been important to
16 New York, continue to remain strong.
17 It is time, as I said earlier this
18 year and last year, and for all the years I've
19 been here advocating for the passage of the
20 DREAM Act, that we provide a path to citizenship
21 for undocumented immigrants and give their
22 children a path to success through education by
23 passing immigration reform as well. That is one
24 of the best and most meaningful ways that I can
25 imagine this body and this state celebrating
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1 Caribbean American Heritage Month this month.
2 Thank you very much, Mr. President.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Thank
4 you, Senator Parker.
5 As indicated, the resolution was
6 adopted on 2/27 of 2014.
7 Senator Libous.
8 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, can
9 we return to motions. I believe Senator Valesky
10 has a motion.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: We will
12 return to motions.
13 Senator Valesky.
14 SENATOR VALESKY: Thank you,
15 Mr. President.
16 On behalf of Senator Carlucci, on
17 page 43 I offer the following amendments to
18 Calendar 613, Senate Bill 6846, and ask that said
19 bill retain its place on the Third Reading
20 Calendar.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
22 amendments are received, and the bill shall
23 retain its place on third reading.
24 Senator Libous.
25 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I
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1 too have a motion.
2 On behalf of Senator Farley, on
3 page 69 I offer the following amendments to
4 Calendar Number 909, Senate Print 2933A, and ask
5 that said bill retain its place on the Third
6 Reading Calendar.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
8 amendments are received, and the bill shall
9 retain its place on third reading.
10 Senator Libous.
11 SENATOR LIBOUS: And at this time,
12 Mr. President, if we could have the reading of
13 the noncontroversial calendar, please.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
15 Secretary will read.
16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 42,
17 by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 4673A, an act
18 relating to authorizing.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There is
20 a home-rule message at the desk.
21 The Secretary will read the last
22 section.
23 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
24 act shall take effect immediately.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
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1 roll.
2 (The Secretary called the roll.)
3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
5 is passed.
6 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
7 106, by Senator DeFrancisco, Senate Print 1216 --
8 SENATOR LIBOUS: Lay the bill aside
9 for the day.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
11 is laid aside for the day.
12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
13 420, by Senator Díaz, Senate Print 6364, an act
14 to amend the Executive Law.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
16 last section.
17 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
18 act shall take effect immediately.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
20 roll.
21 (The Secretary called the roll.)
22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 57. Nays, 2.
23 Senators O'Mara and Seward recorded in the
24 negative.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
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1 is passed.
2 THE SECRETARY: Also Senator
3 DeFrancisco. Ayes, 57 --
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Announce
5 the results.
6 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 56. Nays, 3.
7 Senators DeFrancisco, Griffo and Seward recorded
8 in the negative.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
10 is passed.
11 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
12 444, by Senator Latimer, Senate Print 5994, an
13 act to authorize.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There is
15 a home-rule message at the desk.
16 The Secretary will read the last
17 section.
18 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
19 act shall take effect immediately.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
21 roll.
22 (The Secretary called the roll.)
23 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
25 is passed.
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1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
2 445, by Senator Klein, Senate Print 6579A, an act
3 to amend the Local Finance Law.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
5 last section.
6 SENATOR SERRANO: Lay the bill
7 aside.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Lay the
9 bill aside.
10 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
11 448, by Senator Griffo, Senate Print 6720, an act
12 authorizing.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There is
14 a home-rule message at the desk.
15 Read the last section.
16 THE SECRETARY: Section 7. This
17 act shall take effect immediately.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
19 roll.
20 (The Secretary called the roll.)
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
22 is passed.
23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
24 516, substituted earlier by Member of the
25 Assembly Gantt, Assembly Print Number 7844B, an
3037
1 act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
3 last section.
4 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
5 act shall take effect immediately.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
7 roll.
8 (The Secretary called the roll.)
9 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
11 is passed.
12 Senator Hoylman to explain your
13 vote? I'm sorry.
14 SENATOR HOYLMAN: Thank you,
15 Mr. President.
16 I just wanted to state that I'll
17 actually be voting against this bill, for the
18 reason that it carves out one car company, Tesla,
19 which we've all heard about, which has an
20 admirable product but a starting price of $70,000
21 an automobile.
22 And the question that I have is,
23 what about future Teslas? What about future
24 companies that want to innovate, create consumer
25 choice, bring new products to market?
3038
1 This deal was done behind closed
2 doors, not with any public scrutiny or public
3 hearings, so I'll be voting against it.
4 Thank you.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
6 Hoylman to be recorded in the negative.
7 Re-announce the results.
8 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 58. Nays, 1.
9 Senator Hoylman recorded in the negative.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: And the
11 bill is passed.
12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
13 517, by Senator Zeldin, Senate Print 6821, an act
14 to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
16 last section.
17 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
18 act shall take effect on the first of November.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
20 roll.
21 (The Secretary called the roll.)
22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
24 is passed.
25 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
3039
1 590, by Senator Zeldin, Senate Print 3931, an act
2 to amend the Real Property Tax Law.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
4 last section.
5 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
6 act shall take effect on the first of January.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
8 roll.
9 (The Secretary called the roll.)
10 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
12 is passed.
13 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
14 592, by Senator Zeldin, Senate Print 5735A, an
15 act to amend the Executive Law.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
17 last section.
18 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
19 act shall take effect immediately.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
21 roll.
22 (The Secretary called the roll.)
23 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
25 is passed.
3040
1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
2 594, by Senator Carlucci, Senate Print 6781, an
3 act to amend the Real Property Tax Law.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
5 last section.
6 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
7 act shall take effect immediately.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
9 roll.
10 (The Secretary called the roll.)
11 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
13 is passed.
14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
15 622, by Senator Young, Senate Print 5855B, an act
16 to amend the Environmental Conservation Law.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
18 last section.
19 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
20 act shall take effect immediately.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
22 roll.
23 (The Secretary called the roll.)
24 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 57. Nays, 2.
25 Senators Hoylman and Serrano recorded in the
3041
1 negative.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
3 is passed.
4 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
5 637, by Senator Zeldin, Senate Print 7159A, an
6 act to amend the Environmental Conservation Law.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
8 last section.
9 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
10 act shall take effect immediately.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
12 roll.
13 (The Secretary called the roll.)
14 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
16 is passed.
17 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
18 642, by Senator Libous, Senate Print 970A, an act
19 to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
21 last section.
22 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
23 act shall take effect on the 90th day.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
25 roll.
3042
1 (The Secretary called the roll.)
2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
4 is passed.
5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
6 655, by Senator Griffo, Senate Print 3554, an act
7 to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
9 last section.
10 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
11 act shall take effect immediately.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
13 roll.
14 (The Secretary called the roll.)
15 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
17 is passed.
18 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
19 658, by Senator Ritchie, Senate Print 4198, an
20 act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
22 last section.
23 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
24 act shall take effect on the 120th day.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
3043
1 roll.
2 (The Secretary called the roll.)
3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
5 is passed.
6 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
7 662, by Senator Nozzolio, Senate Print 7122, an
8 act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
10 last section.
11 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
12 act shall take effect on the first of April.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
14 roll.
15 (The Secretary called the roll.)
16 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
18 is passed.
19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
20 698, by Senator Stewart-Cousins, Senate Print
21 6738A, an act to amend Chapter 566 of the Laws of
22 1967.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
24 last section.
25 THE SECRETARY: Section 7. This
3044
1 act shall take effect immediately.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
3 roll.
4 (The Secretary called the roll.)
5 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
7 is passed.
8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
9 706, by Senator Klein, Senate Print 5684A, an act
10 to amend the Administrative Code of the City of
11 New York.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
13 last section.
14 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
15 act shall take effect immediately.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
17 roll.
18 (The Secretary called the roll.)
19 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 58. Nays, 1.
20 Senator Zeldin recorded in the negative.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
22 is passed.
23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
24 714, by Senator Griffo, Senate Print 1963, an act
25 to amend the Education Law.
3045
1 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
2 last section.
3 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
4 act shall take effect on the first of July.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
6 roll.
7 (The Secretary called the roll.)
8 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
10 is passed.
11 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
12 717, by Senator Golden, Senate Print 2095A, an
13 act to establish.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
15 last section.
16 THE SECRETARY: Section 8. This
17 act shall take effect immediately.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
19 roll.
20 (The Secretary called the roll.)
21 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
23 is passed.
24 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
25 723, by Senator Nozzolio, Senate Print 3869, an
3046
1 act establishing.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
3 last section.
4 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This
5 act shall take effect immediately.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
7 roll.
8 (The Secretary called the roll.)
9 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
11 is passed.
12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
13 735, by Senator Marcellino, Senate Print 1526, an
14 act to amend the Real Property Tax Law.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
16 last section.
17 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
18 act shall take effect immediately.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
20 roll.
21 (The Secretary called the roll.)
22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
24 is passed.
25 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
3047
1 748, by Senator Flanagan, Senate Print 1455, an
2 act to amend the Penal Law.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
4 last section.
5 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
6 act shall take effect on the 90th day.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
8 roll.
9 (The Secretary called the roll.)
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
11 Sanders to explain his vote.
12 SENATOR SANDERS: Thank you,
13 Mr. President.
14 I rise because this is a very worthy
15 goal and a goal that I usually support; however,
16 it did not spell out what would happen if the
17 defendant was indigent. And it could lead to
18 America reconstituting a type of poorhouse.
19 I look forward to that being spelled
20 out more so that if a person simply does not have
21 the money to pay, some other way of working out
22 their sentence could be found.
23 Thank you very much. I vote no.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
25 Sanders to be recorded in the negative.
3048
1 Announce the results.
2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 58. Nays, 1.
3 Senator Sanders recorded in the negative.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
5 is passed.
6 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
7 789, by Senator Savino, Senate Print 5162C, an
8 act to amend the Retirement and Social Security
9 Law.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
11 last section.
12 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
13 act shall take effect immediately.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
15 roll.
16 (The Secretary called the roll.)
17 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
19 is passed.
20 THE SECRETARY: On page 58, Senator
21 Savino moves to discharge, from the Committee on
22 Civil Service and Pensions, Assembly Bill Number
23 9367 and substitute it for the identical Senate
24 Bill 6998, Third Reading Calendar 798.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO:
3049
1 Substitution so ordered.
2 The Secretary will read.
3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
4 798, by Member of the Assembly Abbate, Assembly
5 Print 9367, an act to amend the Civil Service
6 Law.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
8 last section.
9 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
10 act shall take effect immediately.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
12 roll.
13 (The Secretary called the roll.)
14 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
16 is passed.
17 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
18 808, by Senator Flanagan, Senate Print 5363, an
19 act to amend the Environmental Conservation Law.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
21 last section.
22 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
23 act shall take effect immediately.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
25 roll.
3050
1 (The Secretary called the roll.)
2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 56. Nays, 3.
3 Senators Avella, Hoylman and Squadron recorded in
4 the negative.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
6 is passed.
7 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
8 812, by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 6768A, an
9 act authorizing.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
11 last section.
12 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
13 act shall take effect immediately.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
15 roll.
16 (The Secretary called the roll.)
17 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
19 is passed.
20 THE SECRETARY: On page 60, Senator
21 Grisanti moves to discharge, from the Committee
22 on Environmental Conservation, Assembly Bill
23 Number 9430 and substitute it for the identical
24 Senate Bill Number 7216, Third Reading Calendar
25 813.
3051
1 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
2 substitution is so ordered.
3 The Secretary will read.
4 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
5 813, by Member of the Assembly Schimel, Assembly
6 Print 9430, an act to amend the Environmental
7 Conservation Law.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
9 last section.
10 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
11 act shall take effect immediately.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
13 roll.
14 (The Secretary called the roll.)
15 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
17 is passed.
18 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
19 816, by Senator Marcellino, Senate Print 1511A,
20 an act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
22 last section.
23 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
24 act shall take effect on the 60th day.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
3052
1 roll.
2 (The Secretary called the roll.)
3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
5 is passed.
6 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
7 820, by Senator Flanagan, Senate Print 3726, an
8 act to amend the Highway Law.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There is
10 a home-rule message at the desk.
11 The Secretary will read the last
12 section.
13 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
14 act shall take effect immediately.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
16 roll.
17 (The Secretary called the roll.)
18 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
20 is passed.
21 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
22 821, by Senator Flanagan, Senate Print 3727, an
23 act to amend the Highway Law.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
25 last section.
3053
1 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
2 act shall take effect immediately.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
4 roll.
5 (The Secretary called the roll.)
6 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
8 is passed.
9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
10 830, substituted earlier by Member of the
11 Assembly Millman, Assembly Print 8871, an act to
12 amend the Elder Law.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
14 last section.
15 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
16 act shall take effect immediately.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
18 roll.
19 (The Secretary called the roll.)
20 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
22 is passed.
23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
24 831, by Senator Marcellino, Senate Print 1484B,
25 an act to amend the Agriculture and Markets Law.
3054
1 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
2 last section.
3 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
4 act shall take effect on the first of November.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
6 roll.
7 (The Secretary called the roll.)
8 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 58. Nays, 1.
9 Senator Montgomery recorded in the negative.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
11 is passed.
12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
13 833, by Senator Robach, Senate Print 1978, an act
14 to amend the Education Law.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
16 last section.
17 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
18 act shall take effect immediately.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
20 roll.
21 (The Secretary called the roll.)
22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
24 is passed.
25 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
3055
1 834, by Senator Griffo, Senate Print 2090A, an
2 act to amend the Tax Law.
3 SENATOR LIBOUS: Lay it aside for
4 the day, please.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
6 is laid aside for the day.
7 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
8 835, by Senator Griffo, Senate Print 2233A, an
9 act to amend the State Technology Law.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
11 last section.
12 THE SECRETARY: Section 5. This
13 act shall take effect on the 120th day.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
15 roll.
16 (The Secretary called the roll.)
17 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
19 is passed.
20 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
21 839, by Senator Griffo, Senate Print 3558D, an
22 act to amend the Education Law.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
24 last section.
25 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
3056
1 act shall take effect July 1, 2015.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
3 roll.
4 (The Secretary called the roll.)
5 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
7 is passed.
8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
9 841, by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 3651A, an
10 act to amend the Tax Law.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
12 last section.
13 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
14 act shall take effect immediately.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
16 roll.
17 (The Secretary called the roll.)
18 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
20 is passed.
21 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
22 842, by Senator Lanza, Senate Print --
23 SENATOR LIBOUS: Lay it aside for
24 the day.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
3057
1 is laid aside for the day.
2 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
3 844, by Senator Young, Senate Print 4331, an act
4 to amend the Agriculture and Markets Law.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
6 Secretary will read the last section.
7 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
8 act shall take effect immediately.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
10 roll.
11 (The Secretary called the roll.)
12 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
14 is passed.
15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
16 878, by Senator Carlucci, Senate Print 1998, an
17 act to amend the Real Property Tax Law.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
19 last section.
20 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
21 act shall take effect immediately.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
23 roll.
24 (The Secretary called the roll.)
25 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 57. Nays, 2.
3058
1 Senators DeFrancisco and Ranzenhofer recorded in
2 the negative.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
4 is passed.
5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
6 893, by Senator Peralta, Senate Print 129, an act
7 to amend the Penal Law.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
9 last section.
10 THE SECRETARY: Section 8. This
11 act shall take effect on the first of November.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
13 roll.
14 (The Secretary called the roll.)
15 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
17 is passed.
18 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
19 928, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 1051, an
20 act to amend the Education Law.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
22 last section.
23 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
24 act shall take effect immediately.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
3059
1 roll.
2 (The Secretary called the roll.)
3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
5 is passed.
6 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
7 930, by Senator Ranzenhofer, Senate Print 1435,
8 an act to amend the Real Property Tax Law.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
10 last section.
11 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
12 act shall take effect immediately.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
14 roll.
15 (The Secretary called the roll.)
16 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
18 is passed.
19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
20 940, by Senator Seward, Senate Print 3572A, an
21 act to amend the Tax Law.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
23 last section.
24 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
25 act shall take effect September 1, 2014.
3060
1 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
2 roll.
3 (The Secretary called the roll.)
4 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
6 is passed.
7 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
8 953, by Senator Marchione, Senate Print 6160, an
9 act to amend the Military Law.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
11 last section.
12 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This
13 act shall take effect on the 120th day.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
15 roll.
16 (The Secretary called the roll.)
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
18 Marchione to explain her vote.
19 SENATOR MARCHIONE: Thank you,
20 Mr. President.
21 I just wanted to talk about the
22 issuance of a Korean War Service Medal. You
23 know, those folks who fought in that war between
24 1950 and 1953 are sometimes known as "The
25 Forgotten War." And we don't want our veterans
3061
1 to ever feel that way.
2 We talked about it today with our
3 World War II veterans being the Greatest
4 Generation. We need to make sure that our Korean
5 War veterans feel that they were not forgotten,
6 and I think that a medal specifically for them
7 will go a long way.
8 Thank you, Mr. President.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Thank
10 you. Senator Marchione to be recorded in the
11 affirmative.
12 Announce the results.
13 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
15 is passed.
16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
17 954, by Senator Marchione, Senate Print 6161, an
18 act to amend the Military Law.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
20 last section.
21 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This
22 act shall take effect on the 120th day.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
24 roll.
25 (The Secretary called the roll.)
3062
1 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
3 is passed.
4 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
5 1008, by Senator Lanza, Senate Print 4136A, an
6 act to amend the Real Property Tax Law.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
8 last section.
9 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
10 act shall take effect immediately.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
12 roll.
13 (The Secretary called the roll.)
14 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
16 is passed.
17 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
18 1010, by Senator Gallivan, Senate Print 6429, an
19 act to amend the Real Property Tax Law.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
21 last section.
22 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
23 act shall take effect immediately.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
25 roll.
3063
1 (The Secretary called the roll.)
2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
4 is passed.
5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
6 1014, by Senator Skelos, Senate Print 7617A, an
7 act to amend the Parks, Recreation and Historic
8 Preservation Law.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
10 last section.
11 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
12 act shall take effect immediately.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
14 roll.
15 (The Secretary called the roll.)
16 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
18 is passed.
19 Senator Libous, that completes the
20 noncontroversial reading of today's calendar.
21 Senator Valesky, why do you rise?
22 SENATOR VALESKY: Mr. President,
23 would you please lay Calendar Number 445 aside
24 for the day.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: We will
3064
1 to return to Calendar Number 445, by
2 Senator Klein, and the bill will be laid aside
3 for the day.
4 SENATOR VALESKY: Thank you.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Thank
6 you, Senator Valesky.
7 Senator Libous.
8 SENATOR LIBOUS: Is there any
9 further business at the desk, Mr. President?
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There is
11 no further business before the desk.
12 SENATOR LIBOUS: There being no
13 further business, Mr. President, I move that the
14 Senate adjourn until Tuesday, June 3rd, at
15 10:00 a.m.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: On
17 motion, the Senate stands adjourned until
18 Tuesday, June 3rd, at 10:00 a.m.
19 Senate adjourned.
20 (Whereupon, at 4:42 p.m., the Senate
21 adjourned.)
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