Regular Session - June 7, 2018
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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 7, 2018
11 11:31 a.m.
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14 REGULAR SESSION
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18 SENATOR JOSEPH GRIFFO, 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 GRIFFO: The
3 Senate will come to order.
4 I ask all present to please rise and
5 join with me as we recite the Pledge of
6 Allegiance to our Flag.
7 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited
8 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: In the
10 absence of clergy, I ask all present to please
11 bow your heads in a moment of silent prayer and,
12 in honor of the guests assembled here today,
13 reflect on Proverbs Chapter 4: Do not forsake
14 wisdom, and she will protect you. Love her, and
15 she will watch over you.
16 (Whereupon, the assemblage respected
17 a moment of silence.)
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
19 reading of the Journal.
20 THE SECRETARY: In Senate,
21 Wednesday, June 6th, the Senate met pursuant to
22 adjournment. The Journal of Tuesday, June 5th,
23 was read and approved. On motion, Senate
24 adjourned.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Without
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1 objection, the Journal stands approved as read.
2 Presentation of petitions.
3 Messages from the Assembly.
4 The Secretary will read.
5 THE SECRETARY: On page 53, Senator
6 Amedore moves to discharge, from the Committee on
7 Civil Service and Pensions, Assembly Bill Number
8 8758 and substitute it for the identical Senate
9 Bill 6908, Third Reading Calendar 1164.
10 On page 75, Senator Bonacic moves to
11 discharge, from the Committee on Rules, Assembly
12 Bill Number 10447 and substitute it for the
13 identical Senate Bill 8197, Third Reading
14 Calendar 1440.
15 On page 76, Senator DeFrancisco
16 moves to discharge, from the Committee on
17 Education, Assembly Bill Number 2112A and
18 substitute it for the identical Senate Bill
19 3203A, Third Reading Calendar 1450.
20 On page 77, Senator Jacobs moves to
21 discharge, from the Committee on Education,
22 Assembly Bill Number 7966C and substitute it for
23 the identical Senate Bill 6551C, Third Reading
24 Calendar 1454.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
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1 substitutions as read are so ordered.
2 Messages from the Governor.
3 Reports of standing committees.
4 Reports of select committees.
5 Communications and reports from
6 state officers.
7 Motions and resolutions.
8 Senator DeFrancisco.
9 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO:
10 Mr. President, on page 40 I offer the following
11 amendments to Calendar 901, Senate Print 8072A,
12 by Senator O'Mara, and ask that said bill retain
13 its place on the Third Reading Calendar.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
15 amendments are received, and the bill shall
16 retain its place on third reading.
17 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: On page 58, I
18 offer the following amendments to Calendar 1239,
19 Senate Print 2606A, by Senator Little, and ask
20 that this bill retain its place on the Third
21 Reading Calendar.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
23 amendments are received, and the bill shall
24 retain its place on third reading.
25 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: On page 5, I
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1 offer the following amendments to Calendar 70,
2 Senate Print 2837A, by Senator O'Mara, and ask
3 that said bill retain its place on the Third
4 Reading Calendar.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
6 amendments are also received, and the bill shall
7 retain its place on third reading.
8 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: I'd now like
9 to call up Senator Bonacic's bill, Print 2059,
10 recalled from the Assembly, which is now at the
11 desk.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
13 Secretary will read.
14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
15 191, by Senator Bonacic, Senate Print 2059, an
16 act to amend the Judiciary Law.
17 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: I now move to
18 reconsider the vote by which this bill was passed.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
20 Secretary will call the roll on reconsideration.
21 (The Secretary called the roll.)
22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 52.
23 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: I now offer
24 the following amendments.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
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1 amendments are received.
2 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: I wish to
3 call up Senator Tedisco's bill, Print Number
4 4149A, recalled from the Assembly, which is now
5 at the desk.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
7 Secretary will read.
8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
9 362, by Senator Tedisco, Senate Print 4149A, an
10 act to amend the Legislative Law.
11 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: I now move to
12 reconsider the vote by which this bill was
13 passed.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
15 roll on reconsideration.
16 (The Secretary called the roll.)
17 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 52.
18 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: I now offer
19 the following amendments.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
21 amendments are received.
22 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: I now would
23 like to call up Senator Helming's bill,
24 Print 6746, recalled from the Assembly, which is
25 now at the desk.
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
2 Secretary will read.
3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
4 766, by Senator Helming, Senate Print 6746, an
5 act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
6 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: I now move to
7 reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
9 roll on reconsideration.
10 (The Secretary called the roll.)
11 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 52.
12 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: I now offer
13 the following amendments.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
15 amendments are received.
16 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: We're about
17 to start with our resolutions, and one is
18 honoring some special people from Senator
19 Bonacic's district who are present in the
20 chambers. I would appreciate those Senators who
21 are within the hearing of my voice to come to the
22 chambers to pay their respect for these young
23 people that are doing the good and the right
24 thing. We're going to start that, and then bills
25 shortly thereafter.
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1 So with that said, can we, first of
2 all, adopt the Resolution Calendar, with the
3 exception of 5605. And I make that motion.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: All in
5 favor of adopting the Resolution Calendar, with
6 the exception of Resolution 5605, signify by
7 saying aye.
8 (Response of "Aye.")
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Opposed?
10 (No response.)
11 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
12 Resolution Calendar is adopted as indicated.
13 Senator DeFrancisco.
14 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Can we now
15 take up previously adopted Resolution 5109, by
16 Senator Bonacic, read it in its entirety, and
17 call on Senator Bonacic to speak.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
19 Secretary will read.
20 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
21 Resolution Number 5109, by Senator Bonacic,
22 commending the Valedictorians, Salutatorians and
23 Honored Students of the 42nd Senate District, in
24 recognition of their outstanding accomplishments,
25 at a celebration to be held at the State Capitol
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1 on June 7, 2018.
2 "WHEREAS, It is the sense of this
3 Legislative Body to act in accord with its
4 long-standing traditions, to honor the youth of
5 today -- the leaders of tomorrow -- whose
6 character and achievements exemplify the ideals
7 and values cherished by this great state and
8 nation; and
9 "WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is
10 justly proud to recognize and commend the high
11 achievements of these dedicated students in the
12 42nd Senate District on the occasion of a special
13 celebratory visit to the State Capitol in Albany,
14 New York on Thursday, June 7, 2018; at this time
15 the Valedictorians, Salutatorians and Honored
16 Students who have been selected by their school
17 leadership for outstanding community service will
18 receive special recognition from the Senate in
19 the Senate Chamber; lunch will be served in
20 The Well of the Legislative Office Building,
21 followed by a tour of the State Capitol; and
22 "WHEREAS, These Valedictorians,
23 Salutatorians and Honored Students represent the
24 best of developed potential inherent in our most
25 precious resource, our youth; their achievements
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1 have brought enduring honor to their families and
2 communities and should be recognized and saluted;
3 and
4 "WHEREAS, The Valedictorians who are
5 being commended today for their outstanding
6 academic performances and exemplary achievements
7 include: John Vickers, Mara Frisbee, Liliana
8 DelBalso, Kellyanne Murphy, Liam Quattrociocchi,
9 Justin Luna, Fattum Abbad, Jamie Wong, Andie
10 Wong, Anthony Palazzola III, Judy Yim, Benjamin
11 Madnick, Matthew Quimby, Brandon Bell, Marcia
12 Cal, Jack Schenkman, Kimberly Gonzalez, Kaitlyn
13 Simms, Jordan Russo, Nathaniel Allan DePaul,
14 Morgan Mitchell, Dylan Broder, Desmond Lambe,
15 Heather Renee Roeder, Kaylin Klein, Ray Lin,
16 Gracey Morrissey, Brent Quigley and Bryce Heller;
17 and
18 "WHEREAS, The Salutatorians who are
19 being commended today for their outstanding
20 academic performances and exemplary achievements
21 include: John Hultenius, James Maley, Faith
22 Barich, Nicholas Kilmer, Kayla Johnson, John
23 Shaughnessy, Heidi Willins, Allan Sun, James
24 Drake, Gabrielle Santoro, Jacqueline Grundfast,
25 Joseph Santoro, Julia Batista, Olivia Racette,
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1 Evan James Madison, Anna Bittinger, Hailee
2 Quiles, Noah Steele, Kyle James Powell, Jacklyn
3 Musa, Reham Perry, Oliver Goland, Alexander
4 LaSalvia, and Sawyer Huang; and
5 "WHEREAS, The Honored Students who
6 are being commended today and who have been
7 selected by their school leadership for
8 outstanding school or community service include:
9 Emily Kollig, Rosemary Jacobs, Colin Birch, Logan
10 Gonzalez, Megan Dubin, Kyle Ferguson, Andrew
11 Klotz, Isabella Pizzo, Jennifer Davila, Tyler
12 Hemion, Joshua John Evans, Krista Novello, Elise
13 Yamen, Andrew James Lumalcuri, Morseda Akter,
14 Cyarra Tate and Brenden Bready; and
15 "WHEREAS, These Valedictorians,
16 Salutatorians and Honored Students may now stand
17 with pride as they assess their achievements,
18 experience the satisfaction of their labors and
19 the joy of their accomplishments, eager to face
20 the new experiences of a challenging world; now,
21 therefore, be it
22 "RESOLVED, That this Legislative
23 Body pause in its deliberations to commend the
24 Valedictorians, Salutatorians and Honored
25 Students of the 42nd Senate District, in
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1 recognition of their outstanding accomplishments,
2 at a celebration to be held at the State Capitol
3 on June 7, 2018; and be it further
4 "RESOLVED, That copies of this
5 resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to
6 the aforementioned Valedictorians, Salutatorians
7 and Honored Students."
8 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
9 Bonacic.
10 SENATOR BONACIC: Thank you,
11 Mr. President.
12 First of all, I would like to
13 welcome all of our honoree students, their
14 parents, their grandparents, teachers, and the
15 school administrators that are here today.
16 Eighteen high schools are represented by the best
17 of the best of our students in high school.
18 If you take a second, look at the
19 faces of these students on each side of the
20 gallery. They are the future of America, right
21 here.
22 And we had a program this morning;
23 our Majority Leader came and spoke to them, as
24 well as a representative from Siena College
25 talking a little bit about the transition from
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1 high school to college life.
2 And when we're done here, we're
3 going to feed them and they're going to have
4 pictures, we're going to take them on a tour.
5 And I would say to the students I
6 would hope that when you finish your education,
7 you would come and stay in New York, work in
8 New York, raise your family here. We need you to
9 be here to keep our state strong and to keep
10 America strong.
11 Thank you, Mr. President.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Thank
13 you, Senator Bonacic.
14 We would like to express our sincere
15 congratulations to all of you who are here for
16 this distinguished honor that you've all
17 achieved, all of the valedictorians,
18 salutatorians, and all the honored students who
19 are here. This is something I know that Senator
20 Bonacic takes great pride in, and we appreciate
21 all his efforts in showcasing all of this
22 outstanding talent.
23 We extend to you best wishes as you
24 pursue your career objectives in higher education
25 and throughout your lives. Congratulations.
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1 Please stand up and let us all acknowledge and
2 recognize these outstanding students.
3 (Standing ovation.)
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: As noted,
5 the resolution was previously adopted on May 15th
6 of this year. It is open for cosponsorship.
7 Should you choose to be a cosponsor, notify the
8 desk.
9 Senator DeFrancisco.
10 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Yes, I have a
11 motion. On page 26, I offer the following
12 amendments to Calendar 613, Senate Print 5438, by
13 Senator Golden, and ask that said bill retain its
14 place on the Third Reading Calendar.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
16 amendments are received, and the bill shall
17 retain its place on third reading.
18 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Would you
19 please recognize Senator Klein for a motion.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
21 Klein.
22 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, on
23 behalf of Senator Sanders, on page 28 I offer the
24 following amendments to Calendar Number 649,
25 Senate Bill 3217, and ask that said bill retain
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1 its place on Third Reading Calendar.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
3 amendments are received. The bill shall retain
4 its place on third reading.
5 Senator DeFrancisco.
6 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Yes, could
7 you please take up Resolution 5605, by
8 Senator Rivera, read it in its entirety, and call
9 on Senator Rivera to speak.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Some
11 order, please, in the house.
12 The Secretary will read.
13 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
14 Resolution Number 5605, by Senator Rivera, paying
15 tribute to the life and community service of
16 Angelo Falcon, founder and president of the
17 National Institute for Latino Policy.
18 "WHEREAS, Citizens across our state
19 and nation continue to be inspired by the efforts
20 of individuals who commit their lives to
21 uplifting their communities; and
22 "WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is
23 moved to pay tribute to the life and community
24 service of Angelo Falcon, founder and president
25 of the National Institute for Latino Policy, who
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1 passed away on Thursday, May 24, 2018; and
2 "WHEREAS, Angelo Falcon was a
3 devoted Latino advocate who dedicated most of his
4 life to the empowerment of Latinos across the
5 country, and specifically in New York; and
6 "WHEREAS, Angelo Falcon founded the
7 National Institute for Latino Policy, a
8 nonpartisan center that provides policy analysis
9 and advocacy on critical social issues facing the
10 Latino community in the United States; and
11 "WHEREAS, Angelo Falcon worked
12 tirelessly to generate and utilize concrete data
13 on Puerto Rican and Latino civic engagement in
14 New York to elevate issues to leaders in
15 government and across the State; and
16 "WHEREAS, Angelo Falcon advocated
17 for the needs of Latinos across New York through
18 his research and writing, including co-editing
19 the book Boricuas in Gotham: Puerto Ricans in
20 the Making of Modern New York and authoring the
21 essays 'Black and Puerto Rican Politics in
22 New York City: Race and Ethnicity in a Changing
23 Urban Context' and 'Puerto Rican Political
24 Participation: New York City and Puerto Rico';
25 and
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1 "WHEREAS, Angelo Falcon was elected
2 chair of the Census Advisory Committee of the
3 Hispanic Population and the chair of the Steering
4 Committee of the Census Information Centers (CIC)
5 Program of the Census Bureau in 2009, where he
6 raised awareness about the distinct problems
7 facing Hispanic and Latino communities; and
8 "WHEREAS, Angelo Falcon became a
9 vocal advocate for Puerto Rico's relief efforts
10 after Hurricane Maria in September of 2017, and
11 devoted resources to bringing attention to the
12 needs of Puerto Ricans on the island and in
13 New York; and
14 "WHEREAS, Angelo Falcon dedicated
15 his life to uplifting and engaging Latinos at
16 varying levels of government, as well as to
17 holding leaders accountable through advocacy and
18 research; and
19 "WHEREAS, It is the sense of this
20 Legislative Body to convey its grateful
21 appreciation in recognition of a community leader
22 who dedicated his purposeful life and career in
23 faithful service to his great state; now,
24 therefore, be it
25 "RESOLVED, That this Legislative
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1 Body pause in its deliberations to pay tribute to
2 the life and selfless community service of Angelo
3 Falcon, who sadly passed away on Thursday,
4 May 24, 2018; and be it further
5 "RESOLVED, That a copy of this
6 resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to
7 the colleagues of Angelo Falcon at the National
8 Institute for Latino Policy."
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
10 Rivera.
11 SENATOR RIVERA: Thank you,
12 Mr. President.
13 First things first. If Angelo was
14 around, the first thing he would say about the
15 fact that we are speaking about him on the floor
16 of the Senate is {sound of disgust}. You see,
17 Angelo Falcon, who was a mentor to so many
18 Puerto Rican and Latino activists, scholars, was
19 somebody who cared little for pomp and
20 circumstance. If you ever saw him, he was not --
21 he didn't necessarily iron his clothes that much,
22 and he didn't necessarily worry about getting
23 places quickly. But he was somebody who was
24 incredibly astute, incredibly smart. In Spanish
25 we would use the word tajante, which would be
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1 "cutting."
2 He dedicated his life to finding
3 data, to mining data in government. One of the
4 things that he cared about more than anything
5 else was participation of people of color,
6 particularly Latinos, in public institutions, in
7 government. He believed, as many of us do, that
8 having the representation of -- as diverse a
9 representation as possible in government would
10 lead to better policy and to better government.
11 And therefore, he gathered data, he
12 demanded data, he scoured data, and he gave it to
13 whomever he needed to give it to. People who
14 sometimes didn't like him that much -- because
15 again, he was a cutting man who gave it to you
16 just like he saw it. If he believed that you
17 weren't doing the right thing, he was just going
18 to tell you. People that don't like him, even
19 those folks were forced to respect him.
20 It was kind of a sudden loss just a
21 few weeks ago. And I remember that back when I
22 started working in the Senate back in 2003, I
23 worked in the Senate, as many of you folks know,
24 as a staffer before I was a Senator, long before.
25 And one of the individuals who was responsible
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1 for making sure that I am here, Lucia Gomez, who
2 is -- was one of his mentees and used to work for
3 the Senate, I took her job at who was then the
4 Democratic leader's office, David Paterson. That
5 was a while back. And one of the things that she
6 suggested right at the beginning of my tenure was
7 that I should go and sit with Angelo Falcon.
8 I went and sat with him in a dark
9 office in the southern part of Manhattan,
10 surrounded by books and papers, and he gave me
11 this look that told me the only reason he was
12 talking to me was because Lucia had suggested
13 that he sit with me. He took my questions in
14 stride, and he educated me about the work that he
15 had been doing for years and about the work that
16 unfortunately government wasn't doing to have
17 true representation of Latinos in different
18 levels of power.
19 And since then, I learned so much
20 from him over the years. And more importantly, I
21 worked with so many folks who respected him who
22 were his mentees -- I know that some of my
23 colleagues are going to share some of their
24 experiences. But bottom line is that this person
25 who we called guerrero, or a warrior -- who cared
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1 very little, again, for pomp and circumstance.
2 He would -- like if he was still here with us and
3 I told him I was going to do a resolution on his
4 behalf, he would not come in and sit in the room.
5 He would never have done that. He would have
6 watched it from home and gone like {sound of
7 disgust}, watched it halfway through and turned
8 it off.
9 But there's many of us who recognize
10 that without the advocacy that he made throughout
11 his entire career, without the push that he made
12 to government entities -- who sometimes still
13 don't respond the way that they're supposed to,
14 who still don't have the representation they're
15 supposed to have -- it is individuals like him,
16 who -- certainly a curmudgeon, he can certainly
17 be described as that. But he was a wise one, and
18 I'm going to miss him greatly.
19 I think that the Puerto Rican
20 community, the Latino community, the advocacy
21 community mourns for this man, who many of us
22 again called a warrior, a guerrero. I think he's
23 been an important part of who the Latino and
24 Puerto Rican community is in the State of
25 New York. And I will miss him greatly. I thank
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1 him for his efforts. I thank his family members
2 for lending him to us as much as they did.
3 And I look forward to continuing his
4 work and, based on the work that he's done over
5 the years, to make sure that we never forget that
6 government should respond to the interests of all
7 people, and having a diverse workforce and a
8 diverse representation at all levels of
9 government is necessary and important. He taught
10 me that, he taught many of us that. And I will
11 miss him greatly.
12 Thank you, Mr. President.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Thank
14 you, Senator Rivera.
15 Senator Sanders.
16 SENATOR SANDERS: Thank you,
17 Mr. President.
18 I too must rise because sometimes we
19 fail to recognize that some people are rising
20 above and they're exceeding their bonds. And
21 Angelo Falcon was one of those people who, by
22 focusing on the Latino community in general and
23 the Puerto Rican community in particular, Angelo
24 aided the human community. Angelo aided all of
25 us.
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1 He was against injustice. He
2 pointed it out and fought it, and if you didn't
3 like, he didn't care. He really did not care.
4 In fact, I suspect he took a special delight if
5 you didn't like it, because he would tell you the
6 truth in season or out of season.
7 And we all have benefited from
8 people like this. And every community has these
9 type of folk who, you know, will spend their
10 lives trying to find and root out injustice and
11 things of that nature. And I think that we all
12 have a debt to pay to these types of every
13 community.
14 So I'm just here to celebrate the
15 life of Mr. Falcon and look forward to the next
16 Falcon arising and -- falcon arising, hmm -- the
17 next one that comes out and realizes that the
18 work is not over. As long as there is injustice,
19 somebody needs to do something about it.
20 So I'm grateful that he did, and I'm
21 grateful that his family allowed it. And I look
22 forward to greeting the next one, whatever
23 religion, ethnic, race that they all -- or
24 sex that they come in. Or faith. Or anything
25 else that I have left out that they appear in. I
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1 look forward to it.
2 Thank you, Mr. President.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Thank
4 you, Senator Sanders.
5 Senator Serrano.
6 SENATOR SERRANO: Thank you very
7 much, Mr. President.
8 And I want to give my gratitude to
9 Senator Rivera for bringing this resolution
10 forward and honoring the life and legacy of a
11 great man, Angelo Falcon.
12 He's a person who I refer to as a
13 pioneer. In the Latino community, in the cause
14 for social justice in our community and
15 empowerment from a political standpoint, in ways
16 that are representative of the communities and
17 constituencies that have very large Latino
18 population, we have pioneers, those who many
19 years ago, long before I or Senator Rivera came
20 into the world of government and politics, they
21 were the ones demanding a seat at the table.
22 They were the ones who, in the case of Angelo
23 Falcon, was very professorial and encyclopedic in
24 his analysis of data and using that to speak
25 truth to power.
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1 And I think that that is such a
2 fundamental benefit when crafting policy. When
3 crafting initiatives that are important to any
4 community, but in my case the Latino community,
5 having reliable data, having a reliable
6 foundation of which to balance and create policy
7 is of the utmost importance.
8 So I think it's so important that we
9 give tribute to people like Angelo Falcon and
10 pioneers like him who make it possible for people
11 like myself to stand here as an elected official,
12 as a State Senator, representing a community that
13 has many challenges but has seen growth
14 throughout the years. And I'm very grateful to
15 him and to all of the pioneers for making that a
16 reality.
17 And on a side note, Senator
18 Sepúlveda, who could not be here, asked if I
19 could convey his condolences to his friends and
20 family as well.
21 Thank you, Mr. President.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Thank
23 you, Senator Serrano.
24 Senator Parker.
25 SENATOR PARKER: Thank you,
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1 Mr. President. On the resolution.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
3 Parker on the resolution.
4 SENATOR PARKER: First let me begin
5 by thanking Senator Rivera for his very eloquent
6 words. And I think that they certainly summed up
7 the life and the personality of Dr. Angelo
8 Falcon. And I also want to just associate myself
9 with the remarks made by all of my colleagues on
10 this great man's life.
11 Second, let me offer my personal
12 condolences and prayers and comfort to the
13 family. Because there's a lot of people who,
14 although we're acknowledging his life as a
15 scholar and public person, I'm sure there's
16 people in his family who knew a very different
17 Angelo Falcon and are now, you know, missing his
18 presence. And so we want to be -- we want to
19 acknowledge and say that we remember them.
20 Angelo Falcon, you know, was huge,
21 obviously, in the Puerto Rican community, huge in
22 the Latino community nationally as a scholar and
23 as an activist and as somebody who you could
24 always go to for information and knowledge about
25 politics and policy. But he was no less
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1 important in the African-American and black
2 communities here in the city. And he was
3 somebody who deeply understood the notion of
4 coalition.
5 And he was no more polite to me than
6 he was to Senator Rivera, but he certainly made
7 time, you know, to talk to me and to give me
8 information. And my interactions with him and
9 the times that I had the honor and the privilege
10 to learn from him certainly were impactful to me.
11 You see that even within the context
12 of developing, you know, the institutes that he
13 developed. And I think there's two things to
14 talk about in the context of these institutes.
15 The first is to understand that he started
16 institution-building in the academic sense for
17 the Latino community before anybody ever thought
18 to do it. And that's when you hear Senator
19 Serrano talk about him as a pioneer. He was
20 certainly an academic pioneer -- not that he was
21 the first to develop Puerto Rican studies or
22 Latino studies, but certainly one of the first,
23 and certainly saw the importance of developing
24 institutions that would live beyond him in
25 developing that understanding.
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1 The second thing that I think is
2 critical is the transformation of the Institute
3 on Puerto Rican Policy to the National Institute
4 on Latino Policy, and understanding that as the
5 Latino community has grown and has not been as
6 dominated by Puerto Ricans as it was in the early
7 years, that he became flexible and understood
8 that for politics to influence policy, that in
9 fact it wasn't enough just to be Puerto Rican,
10 that you had to have a larger coalition.
11 That first coalition was with
12 blacks, but then later on the coalition grew to
13 other Latino groups. Right? And I saw that in
14 his work and the things that he was involved in.
15 But his impact on the policy and the
16 politics of New York City and this country is
17 undeniable, it's significant, and it's
18 transcendent. And so for those things we
19 remember him and we honor his memory today.
20 Thank you, Mr. President.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Thank
22 you, Senator Parker.
23 Senator Krueger.
24 SENATOR KRUEGER: Thank you,
25 Mr. President.
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1 I'd like to also rise to give a
2 shout out to the family of Angelo Falcon. What
3 an incredibly valuable member of our community he
4 was for so many years.
5 I got to work with Mr. Falcon
6 probably over 30 years ago on a report on poverty
7 in New York City and its distribution and the
8 impacts it was having. And I remember him
9 educating me at the time that simply defining
10 people as a community because their parents all
11 spoke Spanish was the wrong way to recognize
12 differences and commonalities among different
13 communities in the city.
14 And he was always a staunch advocate
15 for what he believed and a staunch advocate for
16 using data to prove your point. And he taught
17 many people, many, many important lessons and was
18 a true value to so many different issues that I
19 think we just see and understand differently
20 today compared to when he started his work and
21 his life.
22 So for his family and his friends --
23 and I'm sure that because he gave and was so
24 committed to his work that there was a price to
25 be paid by everyone else sometimes -- that it was
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1 not just spitting in the wind, it was actually
2 having a real impact on how policies were
3 understood and translated and the impact on real
4 people's lives.
5 So thank you, Senator Rivera, for
6 thinking enough to bring this resolution to the
7 floor and reminding us all, those who knew Angelo
8 Falcon and those of us who didn't, what a
9 valuable resource he was to us all.
10 Thank you, Mr. President.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Thank
12 you, Senator Krueger.
13 The question is on the resolution.
14 All in favor signify by saying aye.
15 (Response of "Aye.")
16 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Opposed?
17 (No response.)
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
19 resolution is adopted.
20 Senator Rivera has opened the
21 resolution for cosponsorship. Should you choose
22 to be a cosponsor, please notify the desk.
23 Senator Gallivan.
24 SENATOR GALLIVAN: There will be an
25 immediate meeting of the Rules Committee in
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1 Room 332.
2 The Senate will stand at ease.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There's
4 an immediate meeting of the Rules Committee in
5 Room 332.
6 The Senate will stand temporarily at
7 ease.
8 (Whereupon, the Senate stood at ease
9 at 12:03 p.m.)
10 (Whereupon, the Senate reconvened at
11 12:13 p.m.)
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
13 Senate will return to order.
14 Senator DeFrancisco.
15 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Is there a
16 report of the Rules Committee at the desk?
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: A
18 Rules Committee report is at the desk, and the
19 Secretary will read.
20 THE SECRETARY: Senator Flanagan,
21 from the Committee on Rules, reports the
22 following bills:
23 Senate Print 252B, by Senator
24 Kaminsky, an act in relation to permitting;
25 Senate 2233, by Senator Gallivan, an
3453
1 act to amend the Education Law;
2 Senate 3065A, by Senator Addabbo, an
3 act to amend the Tax Law;
4 Senate 3599, by Senator Parker, an
5 act to amend the Executive Law;
6 Senate 3895, by Senator Parker, an
7 act to direct;
8 Senate 4487B, by Senator Montgomery,
9 an act to amend the Tax Law;
10 Senate 5530, by Senator Phillips, an
11 act in relation to authorizing;
12 Senate 7060A, by Senator Kaminsky,
13 an act authorizing;
14 Senate 7250, by Senator Kennedy, an
15 act relating to establishing;
16 Senate 7362, by Senator Gallivan, an
17 act to amend the Education Law;
18 Senate 7398A, by Senator Valesky, an
19 act to amend the Education Law;
20 Senate 7557, by Senator Serino, an
21 act to amend the Social Services Law;
22 Senate 7606A, by Senator Phillips,
23 an act to amend the Real Property Tax Law;
24 Senate 7833A, by Senator Golden, an
25 act to amend the Administrative Code of the City
3454
1 of New York;
2 Senate 7920B, by Senator Valesky, an
3 act to amend the Mental Hygiene Law;
4 Senate 8179, by Senator Funke, an
5 act to amend Chapter 138 of the Laws of 1998;
6 Senate 8210, by Senator Ortt, an act
7 to amend the Executive Law;
8 Senate 8616, by Senator Stavisky, an
9 act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law;
10 Senate 8791A, by Senator Breslin, an
11 act authorizing;
12 And Senate 8805, by the Senate
13 Committee on Rules, an act to amend the Public
14 Authorities Law.
15 All bills reported direct to third
16 reading.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
18 DeFrancisco.
19 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Yes, I move
20 to accept the Rules report.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: All in
22 favor of accepting the Committee on Rules report
23 say aye.
24 (Response of "Aye.")
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Opposed?
3455
1 (No response.)
2 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
3 committee report is accepted and before the
4 house.
5 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Can you now
6 go back to messages from the Assembly, please.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: We will
8 return to messages from the Assembly.
9 The Secretary will read.
10 THE SECRETARY: Senator Kaminsky
11 moves to discharge, from the Committee on
12 Local Government, Assembly Bill Number 7850A and
13 substitute it for the identical Senate Bill 252B,
14 Third Reading Calendar 1635.
15 Senator Parker moves to discharge,
16 from the Committee on Mental Health,
17 Assembly Bill Number 261 and substitute it for
18 the identical Senate Bill 3895, Third Reading
19 Calendar 1639.
20 Senator Montgomery moves to
21 discharge, from the Committee on Investigations
22 and Government Operations, Assembly Bill
23 Number 2660B and substitute it for the identical
24 Senate Bill 4487B, Third Reading Calendar 1640.
25 And Senator Funke moves to
3456
1 discharge, from the Committee on Finance,
2 Assembly Bill Number 10361 and substitute it for
3 the identical Senate Bill 8179, Third Reading
4 Calendar 1650.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
6 substitutions are so ordered.
7 Senator DeFrancisco.
8 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: I have a
9 motion. Can we return to motions and
10 resolutions?
11 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: We will
12 return to motions and resolutions.
13 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: On page 80, I
14 offer the following amendments to Calendar 1483,
15 Senate Print 2113, by Senator Felder, and ask
16 that said bill retain its place on the Third
17 Reading Calendar.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
19 amendments are received, and the bill shall
20 retain its place on third reading.
21 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Now can we
22 have the noncontroversial reading of today's
23 active list.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
25 Secretary will begin the noncontroversial reading
3457
1 of the active list before the house.
2 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
3 241, by Senator Hamilton, Senate Print 5120A, an
4 act to establish.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
6 last section.
7 THE SECRETARY: Section 5. 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, 61.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
14 passes.
15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
16 266, by Senator Carlucci, Senate Print 1773, 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 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
3458
1 Carlucci to explain his vote.
2 SENATOR CARLUCCI: Thank you,
3 Mr. President.
4 We as legislators have to do
5 everything possible to keep children and families
6 safe, to keep firefighters and first responders
7 out of harm's way wherever possible. But
8 unfortunately, throughout our state we've seen
9 illegal, unsafe housing plaguing communities,
10 because unscrupulous landlords decide to put
11 profits before people and put innocent children
12 and families in harm's way.
13 That's why we have to pass this
14 legislation, to allow our municipalities to
15 really crack down on these unscrupulous
16 landlords, to uphold local zoning and to uphold
17 the integrity of the local code.
18 This legislation will allow
19 municipalities to add unpaid code violations to
20 the property tax levy in a certain time period if
21 they have not paid and upheld their
22 responsibility to uphold the code.
23 This is an important step to make
24 sure we're keeping our end of the deal to do our
25 job. While the first responders and
3459
1 firefighters are always there, running in in
2 harm's way, we have to do everything we can to
3 protect them, to keep them safe. And this
4 legislation will go a long way in doing that, in
5 cracking down on unsafe housing, illegal housing
6 throughout our state.
7 So I'll be supporting this
8 legislation. I want to thank my colleagues in
9 the Senate for doing the same.
10 Thank you, Mr. President.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
12 Carlucci to be recorded in the affirmative.
13 Announce the results.
14 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
16 is passed.
17 The Secretary will continue.
18 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
19 442, by Senator Seward, Senate Print 3960A, an
20 act to amend the Insurance 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
3460
1 roll.
2 (The Secretary called the roll.)
3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 60. Nays, 1.
4 Senator Krueger recorded in the negative.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
6 passes.
7 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
8 537, by Senator Avella, Senate Print 1576A, an
9 act to amend the Administrative Code of the City
10 of New York.
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, 61.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
20 passes.
21 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
22 673, by Senator Funke, Senate Print 7879, an act
23 to amend the Agriculture and Markets Law.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
25 last section.
3461
1 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
2 act shall take effect on the 180th day.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
4 roll.
5 (The Secretary called the roll.)
6 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
8 passes.
9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
10 1115, by Senator Helming, Senate Print 6608, an
11 act to amend the Education Law.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
13 last section.
14 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
15 act shall take effect immediately.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
17 roll.
18 (The Secretary called the roll.)
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Can we
20 have hands again, please? Thank you.
21 Announce the results.
22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59. Nays, 2.
23 Senators Hoylman and Sanders recorded in the
24 negative.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
3462
1 passes.
2 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
3 1120, by Senator Serino, Senate Print 7949B, an
4 act to amend the Elder Law.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
6 last section.
7 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
8 act shall take effect on the 30th day.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
10 roll.
11 (The Secretary called the roll.)
12 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
14 passes.
15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
16 1164, substituted earlier by Member of the
17 Assembly Fahy, Assembly Print 8758, an act to
18 authorize.
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
3463
1 roll.
2 (The Secretary called the roll.)
3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
5 passes.
6 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
7 1204, by Senator Murphy, Senate Print 8199, an
8 act to amend the Alcoholic Beverage Control 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, 61.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
18 passes.
19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
20 1377, by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 8021A, an
21 act to authorize.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
23 last section.
24 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
25 act shall take effect immediately.
3464
1 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
2 roll.
3 (The Secretary called the roll.)
4 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59. Nays, 2.
5 Senators Bonacic and O'Mara recorded in the
6 negative.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
8 passes.
9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
10 1440, substituted earlier by Member of the
11 Assembly Gunther, Assembly Print 10447, an act to
12 amend the General City Law.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There is
14 a home-rule message present at the desk.
15 The Secretary will read the last
16 section.
17 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
18 act shall take effect on the 30th day.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
20 roll.
21 (The Secretary called the roll.)
22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
24 passes.
25 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
3465
1 1441, by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 8253, an
2 act in relation to qualifications.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
4 last section.
5 THE SECRETARY: Section 5. This
6 act shall take effect immediately.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
8 roll.
9 (The Secretary called the roll.)
10 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
12 passes.
13 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
14 1447, by Senator Boyle, Senate Print 656, an act
15 to validate.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
17 last section.
18 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. 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, 61.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
25 passes.
3466
1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
2 1456, by Senator Marchione, Senate Print 6900, an
3 act in relation to legalizing, validating,
4 ratifying and confirming.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
6 last section.
7 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. 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, 61.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
14 passes.
15 Calendar Number 1450 is now before
16 you, by Senator DeFrancisco. The Secretary will
17 read.
18 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
19 1450, substituted earlier by Member of the
20 Assembly Nolan, Assembly Print 2112A, an act to
21 amend the Education Law.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
23 last section.
24 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
25 act shall take effect immediately.
3467
1 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
2 roll.
3 (The Secretary called the roll.)
4 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
6 passes.
7 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
8 1454, substituted earlier by Member of the
9 Assembly Peoples-Stokes, Assembly Print 7966C, an
10 act to amend the Education 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, 61.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
20 passes.
21 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
22 1457, by Senator Murphy, Senate Print 7054, an
23 act to validate.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
25 last section.
3468
1 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. 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, 61.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
8 passes.
9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
10 1459, by Senator Young, Senate Print 7383, an act
11 to legalize, validate, ratify and confirm.
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, 61.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
21 passes.
22 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
23 1460, by Senator Bonacic, Senate Print 7938, an
24 act authorizing.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
3469
1 last section.
2 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
3 act shall take effect immediately.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
5 roll.
6 (The Secretary called the roll.)
7 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
9 passes.
10 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
11 1461, by Senator Bonacic, Senate Print 8178, an
12 act relating to validating.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
14 last section.
15 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. 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, 61.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
22 passes.
23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
24 1478, by Senator Marcellino, Senate Print 8200,
25 an act to amend the Mental Hygiene Law.
3470
1 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
2 last section.
3 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
4 act shall take effect immediately.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
6 roll.
7 (The Secretary called the roll.)
8 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 60. Nays, 1.
9 Senator Krueger recorded in the negative.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
11 passes.
12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
13 1495, by Senator Valesky, Senate Print 5940, an
14 act to amend the Public Health Law.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
16 last section.
17 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
18 act shall take effect on the 180th day.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
20 roll.
21 (The Secretary called the roll.)
22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
24 passes.
25 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
3471
1 1524, by Senator Young, Senate Print 549A, an act
2 to amend the Education Law.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
4 last section.
5 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
6 act shall take effect immediately.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
8 roll.
9 (The Secretary called the roll.)
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
11 Stavisky to explain her vote.
12 SENATOR STAVISKY: To explain my
13 vote, Mr. President.
14 We recognize that there's a
15 disparity between out-of-state tuition charges
16 and SUNY in particular, but also with CUNY. And
17 I think that this solution is something we've got
18 to take a look at in the future, because SUNY
19 has, in some areas, a declining enrollment.
20 We've got to do what we can to encourage students
21 to come to SUNY from all parts of the state and
22 also from out-of-state students.
23 And I think a study should be
24 undertaken to compare tuition costs in other
25 states compared to New York. Our out-of-state
3472
1 tuition rates are very low.
2 I'm going to vote for this bill,
3 Mr. President, but I caution I don't think this
4 is the ultimate solution.
5 Thank you.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
7 Stavisky to be recorded in the affirmative.
8 Announce the results.
9 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59. Nays, 2.
10 Senators Lanza and Parker recorded in the
11 negative.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
13 passes.
14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
15 1532, by Senator Bonacic, Senate Print 1696, an
16 act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There is
18 a home-rule message present at the desk.
19 The Secretary will read the last
20 section.
21 THE SECRETARY: Section 6. This
22 act shall take effect on the 30th day.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
24 roll.
25 (The Secretary called the roll.)
3473
1 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 60. Nays, 1.
2 Senator Ranzenhofer recorded in the negative.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
4 passes.
5 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
6 Calendar 1532: Ayes, 60. Nays, 1. Senator
7 Hoylman recorded in the negative.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
9 Hoylman to explain his vote.
10 SENATOR HOYLMAN: Thank you,
11 Mr. President.
12 I'm actually voting in support of
13 this bill and wanted to point out that this bill
14 would facilitate the establishment of a red light
15 camera enforcement program in one of the
16 sponsor's towns, of Wallkill.
17 You know, we're trying to do the
18 same thing in New York. Senator Peralta has a
19 very important bill, S6046B, which would allow
20 New York City to install more speed safety
21 cameras. It would allow the expansion of the
22 speed cameras by 150 to the mere 140 existing
23 school locations in New York City that have
24 cameras, for a total of 290 locations.
25 My daughter goes to a local public
3474
1 school in Greenwich Village, and there was a
2 terrible accident there just a couple of years
3 ago. We don't have a red light camera or speed
4 safety camera at the intersection of Sixth Avenue
5 and 11th Street, and we should, to protect my
6 daughter and the thousands of school students
7 across the City of New York.
8 I vote aye. Thank you.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
10 Hoylman to be recorded in the affirmative.
11 Announce the results.
12 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
14 passes.
15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
16 1535, by Senator Golden, Senate Print 1761A, an
17 act to amend the Highway Law.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
19 last section.
20 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
21 act shall take effect on the 30th day.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
23 roll.
24 (The Secretary called the roll.)
25 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
3475
1 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
2 passes.
3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
4 1536, by Senator Bonacic, Senate Print 1927, an
5 act establishing.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
7 last section.
8 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
9 act shall take effect immediately.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
11 roll.
12 (The Secretary called the roll.)
13 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
14 Calendar 1536, those recorded in the negative are
15 Senators Krueger, Parker and Serrano.
16 Ayes, 58. Nays, 3.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
18 passes.
19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
20 1563, by Senator Hannon, Senate Print 6808, an
21 act to authorize.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
23 last section.
24 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
25 act shall take effect immediately.
3476
1 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
2 roll.
3 (The Secretary called the roll.)
4 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
5 Calendar 1563, those recorded in the negative are
6 Senators Bonacic, Gianaris, Hoylman, Krueger and
7 Parker. Also Senator O'Mara.
8 Ayes, 55. Nays, 6.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
10 passes.
11 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
12 1573, by Senator Boyle, Senate Print 7610, an act
13 to authorize.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
15 last section.
16 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. 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, 60. Nays, 1.
22 Senator O'Mara recorded in the negative.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
24 passes.
25 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
3477
1 1582, by Senator Hannon, Senate Print 7773, an
2 act authorizing.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
4 last section.
5 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
6 act shall take effect immediately.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
8 roll.
9 (The Secretary called the roll.)
10 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 60. Nays, 1.
11 Senator O'Mara recorded in the negative.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
13 passes.
14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
15 1584, by Senator Hannon, Senate Print 7775, an
16 act authorizing.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
18 last section.
19 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. 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, 60. Nays, 1.
25 Senator O'Mara recorded in the negative.
3478
1 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
2 passes.
3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
4 1586, by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 7777, an
5 act to amend the General Municipal Law.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There is
7 a home-rule message present at the desk.
8 The Secretary will read the last
9 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. Nays, 2.
16 Senators Krueger and Sanders recorded in the
17 negative.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
19 passes.
20 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
21 1592, by Senator Bonacic, Senate Print 7937, an
22 act to amend the Agriculture and Markets Law.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
24 last section.
25 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
3479
1 act shall take effect immediately.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
3 roll.
4 (The Secretary called the roll.)
5 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
7 passes.
8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
9 1598, by Senator Murphy, Senate Print 8176, an
10 act to amend the Criminal Procedure 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 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Announce
19 the results.
20 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
21 Calendar 1598, those recorded in the negative are
22 Senators Bailey, Comrie, Dilan, Krueger,
23 Montgomery, Parker, Rivera and Sanders.
24 Ayes, 53. Nays, 8.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
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1 passes.
2 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
3 1601, by Senator Hannon, Senate Print 8218, an
4 act to authorize.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
6 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. Nays, 2.
13 Senators Bonacic and O'Mara recorded in the
14 negative.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
16 passes.
17 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
18 1616, by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 8657, an
19 act in relation to authorizing.
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.
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1 (The Secretary called the roll.)
2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59. Nays, 2.
3 Senators Bonacic and O'Mara recorded in the
4 negative.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
6 passes.
7 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
8 1621, by Senator Ritchie, Senate Print 8734, an
9 act to amend the Highway 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, 61.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
19 passes.
20 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
21 1623, by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 8745A, an
22 act to amend the Highway Law.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
24 last section.
25 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
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1 act shall take effect on the 30th day.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
3 roll.
4 (The Secretary called the roll.)
5 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
7 passes.
8 Senator DeFrancisco, that completes
9 the noncontroversial reading of today's
10 active-list calendar before the house.
11 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: All right,
12 there's now a Supplemental Calendar 51A, which
13 I'm going to go to next, and they're some of the
14 bills that came out of Rules a few moments ago.
15 And I'll call them one at a time, if we could
16 take them noncontroversial, please.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: We'll
18 take a noncontroversial reading per the direction
19 of the Floor Leader.
20 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Would you
21 call up, noncontroversial, 1653.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
23 Secretary will read.
24 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
25 1635, substituted earlier by Member of the
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1 Assembly Miller, Assembly Print 7850A, an act in
2 relation to permitting.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
4 last section.
5 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
6 act shall take effect immediately.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
8 roll.
9 (The Secretary called the roll.)
10 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 60. Nays, 1.
11 Senator O'Mara recorded in the negative.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
13 is passed.
14 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Call up 1637.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
16 Secretary will read.
17 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
18 1637, by Senator Addabbo, Senate Print 3065A, an
19 act to amend the Tax Law.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
21 last section.
22 THE SECRETARY: Section 5. This
23 act shall take effect immediately.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
25 roll.
3484
1 (The Secretary called the roll.)
2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
4 passes.
5 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Please call
6 up 1638.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
8 Secretary will read.
9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
10 1638, by Senator Parker, Senate Print 3599, an
11 act to amend the Executive Law.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
13 last section.
14 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
15 act shall take effect on the 90th day.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
17 roll.
18 (The Secretary called the roll.)
19 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
21 passes.
22 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Please call
23 up 1639.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
25 Secretary will read.
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1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
2 1639, substituted earlier by Member of the
3 Assembly Abinanti, Assembly Print 261, an act to
4 direct.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
6 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, 61.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
14 passes.
15 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Please call
16 up 1640.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
18 Secretary will read.
19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
20 1640, substituted earlier by Member of the
21 Assembly Ortiz, Assembly Print 2660B, an act to
22 amend the Tax Law.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
24 last section.
25 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
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1 act shall take effect immediately.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
3 roll.
4 (The Secretary called the roll.)
5 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
7 passes.
8 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Please call
9 up 1642.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
11 DeFrancisco, at the desk, currently Calendar
12 Number 1642 is high and therefore ineligible for
13 consideration.
14 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Okay, thank
15 you.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: It will
17 be laid aside for the day.
18 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Thank you.
19 Please call up 1643.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Calendar
21 Number 1643, the Secretary will read.
22 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
23 1643, by Senator Kennedy, Senate Print 7250, an
24 act relating to establishing.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
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1 last section.
2 THE SECRETARY: Section 8. This
3 act shall take effect immediately.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
5 roll.
6 (The Secretary called the roll.)
7 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59. Nays, 2.
8 Senators Funke and Serino recorded in the
9 negative.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
11 passes.
12 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Please call
13 up 1645.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
15 Secretary will read.
16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
17 1645, by Senator Valesky, Senate Print 7398A, an
18 act to amend the Education Law.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
20 last section.
21 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
22 act shall take effect January 1, 2021.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
24 roll.
25 (The Secretary called the roll.)
3488
1 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 60. Nays, 1.
2 Senator Lanza recorded in the negative.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
4 passes.
5 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Please call
6 up 1647.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
8 Secretary will read.
9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
10 1647, by Senator Phillips, Senate Print 7606A, an
11 act to amend the Real Property Tax Law.
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, 61.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
21 passes.
22 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Please call
23 up 1649.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
25 Secretary will read.
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1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
2 1649, by Senator Valesky, Senate Print 7920B, an
3 act to amend the Mental Hygiene Law.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
5 last section.
6 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
7 act shall take effect on the 90th day.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
9 roll.
10 (The Secretary called the roll.)
11 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
13 passes.
14 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Please call
15 up 1652.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
17 Secretary will read.
18 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
19 1652, by Senator Stavisky, Senate Print 8616, 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 immediately.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
3490
1 roll.
2 (The Secretary called the roll.)
3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
5 passes.
6 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Please call
7 up 1653.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There is
9 a home-rule message at the desk.
10 The Secretary will read.
11 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
12 1653, by Senator Breslin, Senate Print 8791A, an
13 act authorizing.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
15 last section.
16 THE SECRETARY: Section 5. 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, 61.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
23 passes.
24 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Finally,
25 please call up 1654.
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
2 Secretary will read.
3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
4 1654, by the Senate Committee on Rules,
5 Senate Print 8805, an act to amend the Public
6 Authorities 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, 61.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
16 passes.
17 Senator DeFrancisco, that completes
18 what we have before us, per your direction.
19 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Thank you.
20 Now, is there any further business
21 at the desk?
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There is
23 no further business at the desk at this time.
24 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: In that case,
25 I move to adjourn until Monday, June 11th, at
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1 3:00 p.m., intervening days being legislative
2 days.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Upon
4 motion, with no further business before the desk,
5 the Senate will stand adjourned until Monday,
6 June 11th, at 3:00 p.m., intervening days being
7 legislative days.
8 The Senate is adjourned.
9 (Whereupon, at 12:40 p.m., the
10 Senate adjourned.)
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