Regular Session - March 31, 2022

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 1                NEW YORK STATE SENATE

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 4               THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD

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 9                  ALBANY, NEW YORK

10                   March 31, 2022

11                     12:32 p.m.

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14                   REGULAR SESSION

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18  SENATOR JAMAAL T. BAILEY, Acting President

19  ALEJANDRA N. PAULINO, ESQ., Secretary

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 1                P R O C E E D I N G S

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

 3    Senate will come to order.  

 4                 I ask everyone present to please 

 5    rise and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

 6                 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited 

 7    the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)

 8                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   In the 

 9    absence of clergy, may we bow our heads for a 

10    moment of silent reflection or prayer.

11                 (Whereupon, the assemblage respected 

12    a moment of silence.)

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Reading 

14    of the Journal.

15                 THE SECRETARY:   In Senate, 

16    Wednesday, March 30, 2022, the Senate met 

17    pursuant to adjournment.  The Journal of Tuesday, 

18    March 29, 2022, was read and approved.  On 

19    motion, the Senate adjourned.

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Without 

21    objection, the Journal stands approved as read.

22                 Presentation of petitions.

23                 Messages from the Assembly.

24                 The Secretary will read.

25                 THE SECRETARY:   Senator Kaplan 


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 1    moves to discharge, from the Committee on 

 2    Investigations and Government Operations, 

 3    Assembly Bill Number 5913A and substitute it for 

 4    the identical Senate Bill 123A, Third Reading 

 5    Calendar 88.

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   So 

 7    ordered.

 8                 THE SECRETARY:   Senator Thomas 

 9    moves to discharge, from the Committee on 

10    Consumer Protection, Assembly Bill Number 6938B 

11    and substitute it for the identical Senate Bill 

12    5924C, Third Reading Calendar 132.

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   So 

14    ordered.

15                 THE SECRETARY:   Senator Kaminsky 

16    moves to discharge, from the Committee on 

17    Environmental Conservation, Assembly Bill Number 

18    9589 and substitute it for the identical Senate 

19    Bill 8595, Third Reading Calendar 736.

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   So 

21    ordered.

22                 THE SECRETARY:   Senator  

23    Stewart-Cousins moves to discharge, from the 

24    Committee on Investigations and Government 

25    Operations, Assembly Bill Number 8895A and 


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 1    substitute it for the identical Senate Bill 8266, 

 2    Third Reading Calendar 738.

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   So 

 4    ordered.

 5                 Reports of standing committees.

 6                 Reports of select committees.

 7                 Communications and reports from 

 8    state officers.

 9                 Motions and resolutions.

10                 Senator Gianaris.

11                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Mr. President, 

12    we're going to start with an immediate meeting of 

13    the Rules Committee in Room 332.  

14                 I don't expect it will take very 

15    long, but let's call that now and then return for 

16    the work on the floor.

17                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   There 

18    will be an immediate meeting of the 

19    Rules Committee in Room 332.

20                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   The Senate will 

21    stand at ease.

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

23    Senate will stand at ease.

24                 (Whereupon, the Senate stood at ease 

25    at 12:34 p.m.)


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 1                 (Whereupon, the Senate reconvened at 

 2    12:43 p.m.) 

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

 4    Senate will return to order.

 5                 Senator Gianaris.

 6                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Mr. President, 

 7    there's a report of the Rules Committee at the 

 8    desk.  Can we please take that up.

 9                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

10    Secretary will read.

11                 THE SECRETARY:   Senator 

12    Stewart-Cousins, from the Committee on Rules, 

13    reports the following bills:  

14                 Senate Print 8552, by Senator Myrie, 

15    an act to amend the Election Law; 

16                 Senate Print 8658, by 

17    Senator Gaughran, an act to amend Chapter 258 of 

18    the Laws of 2020; 

19                 Senate Print 8665, by 

20    Senator Stewart-Cousins, an act extending the 

21    time within which certain elected and appointed 

22    officials may take or file their oaths of office 

23    or official undertakings.

24                 All bills reported direct to third 

25    reading.


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 1                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Move to accept 

 2    the report of the Rules Committee.

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   All those 

 4    in favor of accepting the report of the 

 5    Rules Committee signify by saying aye.

 6                 (Response of "Aye.")

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Opposed, 

 8    nay.

 9                 (No response.)

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The Rules 

11    Committee report is adopted.

12                 Senator Gianaris.

13                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Moving on to 

14    resolutions, can we take previously adopted 

15    Resolution 2096, by Senator Ramos, read its 

16    title, and recognize Senator Ramos.

17                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

18    Secretary will read.

19                 THE SECRETARY:   Senate Resolution 

20    2096, by Senator Ramos, memorializing Governor 

21    Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 31, 2022, as 

22    Cesar Chavez Day in the State of New York.

23                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

24    Ramos on the resolution.

25                 SENATOR RAMOS:   Thank you, 


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 1    Mr. President.  

 2                 I rise today in honor of Cesar 

 3    Chavez, his legacy and heroic efforts to bring 

 4    dignity to the farm fields of California.  He's 

 5    perhaps one of the most important heroes to union 

 6    organizers and American-Latinos alike.  And as 

 7    someone who checks off both of those boxes, I 

 8    draw inspiration from his persistence and 

 9    fearlessness every day.

10                 Cesar Chavez led mostly Mexican 

11    immigrant farmworkers in the fight for better 

12    wages, improved health and safety conditions, 

13    joining Filipino farmworkers in the historic 

14    Delano grape strike and promoting nonviolent 

15    organizing through public fasts and national 

16    boycotts.  Because when the people who feed the 

17    world by toiling in the fields are themselves 

18    deprived of the basic rights of feeding, 

19    sheltering and caring for their own families, our 

20    entire community is made sick.

21                 In 1968, he undertook a hunger 

22    strike to demand free and fair elections, an end 

23    to the deadly use of pesticides, and the defense 

24    of farmworkers and their children from 

25    exploitative labor practices.  


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 1                 It took them five long years to win 

 2    increased pay and the right to unionize.  He 

 3    said:  "This solution to this deadly crisis will 

 4    not be found in the arrogance of the powerful, 

 5    but in solidarity with the weak and helpless.  I 

 6    will pray to God that this fast will be a 

 7    preparation for a multitude of simple deeds for 

 8    justice, carried out by men and women whose 

 9    hearts are focused on the suffering of the poor 

10    and who yearn with us for a better world.  

11    Together, all things are possible."

12                 And I can't help but draw some 

13    parallels to the current moment.  We're 

14    celebrating the formation of the first farmworker 

15    union in the history of New York State -- at 

16    Pindar Vineyards in Peconic, New York, part of 

17    RWDSU Local 338 -- since we passed the Farmworker 

18    Fair Labor Practices Act in 2019.  

19                 And we're still fighting for 

20    excluded workers, who went on hunger strikes 

21    themselves last year to draw attention to the 

22    plight of New Yorkers who are excluded from 

23    unemployment despite paying their taxes.

24                 And today we fight to ensure that 

25    60,000 undocumented children have access to safe 


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 1    and quality childcare in this year's budget.

 2                 Resolutions like today's always 

 3    honor the best in our heroes, but as humans our 

 4    heroes too are flawed.  Chavez encouraged union 

 5    members to join border lines to prevent 

 6    immigrants from crossing into the U.S., thinking 

 7    it undermined the efforts of the farmworkers to 

 8    organize.  

 9                 He would later change his posture to 

10    support amnesty, but for years this had been used 

11    as an excuse for the labor movement to not 

12    support the rights for undocumented immigrants.  

13    And today we know this is wrong.  New York State 

14    knows this is wrong.  We know that we all do 

15    better when we all do better.  Whether it's 

16    farm work or construction, our labor movement is 

17    more powerful because our struggles are connected 

18    and because we fight poverty shoulder to 

19    shoulder.  

20                 I leave you with my favorite quote 

21    from this imperfect man:  "Once social change 

22    begins, it cannot be reversed.  You cannot 

23    uneducate the person who has learned to read.  

24    You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride.  

25    You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid 


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 1    anymore.  We have seen the future, and the future 

 2    is ours."

 3                 I vote aye.

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Thank 

 5    you, Senator Ramos.

 6                 Senator Gaughran on the resolution.

 7                 SENATOR GAUGHRAN:   Thank you, 

 8    Mr. President.

 9                 And thank you so much, 

10    Senator Ramos, for this important resolution 

11    today.

12                 You know, it's not too many times 

13    you get the opportunity in this chamber to 

14    actually age yourself, but Cesar Chavez was 

15    actually somebody that had a strong influence on 

16    my life when I was very young, simply by watching 

17    the television and looking at, you know, the 

18    horror in the way the farmworkers were being 

19    treated.

20                 So there were a group of students in 

21    my high school, and we all got together and we 

22    organized our own club to go out every single day 

23    to all of the supermarkets, to stand there with 

24    flyers and to urge shoppers not to buy grapes.

25                 And obviously it was a very small 


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 1    part of the effort, but I know it took place all 

 2    over the United States of America.  And 

 3    eventually they were able to win their rights 

 4    because of support from across the country, but 

 5    mostly because of the brave men and women who 

 6    struggled, who were working, you know, in the 

 7    farms at that point in time.  

 8                 So I very proudly vote yes for this 

 9    resolution.  Thank you.

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Thank 

11    you, Senator Gaughran.

12                 The resolution was previously 

13    adopted on March 22nd.

14                 Senator Gianaris.

15                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Senator Ramos 

16    would like to open this resolution for 

17    cosponsorship.

18                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

19    resolution is open for cosponsorship.  Should you 

20    choose not to be a cosponsor of the resolution, 

21    please notify the desk.

22                 Senator Gianaris.

23                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   I have a motion 

24    here, Mr. President.  

25                 On behalf of Senator Parker, on 


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 1    page 32 I offer the following amendments to 

 2    Calendar 710, Senate Print 2933, and ask that 

 3    said bill retain its place on the Third Reading 

 4    Calendar.

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   So 

 6    ordered.

 7                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Can we now take 

 8    up the reading of the calendar, please.

 9                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

10    Secretary will read.

11                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 88, 

12    Assembly Print Number 5913A, by Assemblymember 

13    Lavine, an act to amend the Executive Law.

14                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

15    last section.

16                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

17    act shall take effect April 1, 2023.

18                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

19    roll.

20                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

22    the results.

23                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 63.

24                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

25    is passed.


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 1                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 2    132, Assembly Print Number 6938B, by 

 3    Assemblymember Epstein, an act to amend the 

 4    Education Law.

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

 6    last section.

 7                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

 8    act shall take effect on the 30th day after it 

 9    shall have become a law.

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

11    roll.

12                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

14    Thomas to explain his vote.

15                 SENATOR THOMAS:   Thank you, 

16    Mr. President.

17                 Transcripts are a record of a 

18    student's education.  They are not and were never 

19    meant to be tools for debt collection.  And yet 

20    thousands of New Yorkers are currently unable to 

21    obtain their transcripts from higher education 

22    institutions across the state because they owe 

23    even small amounts of money -- from tuition fees 

24    to library fines and parking tickets -- to the 

25    universities and the colleges they attend.


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 1                 This practice is known to some as 

 2    "transcript ransoming."  Transcript withholding 

 3    is a disruptive, counterproductive and harmful 

 4    practice that prevents students from being able 

 5    to transfer credits, reenroll in school to finish 

 6    their degrees, or obtain jobs that could help 

 7    them pay their balances.  

 8                 Each withheld transcript represents 

 9    a student who was denied the opportunity to 

10    pursue a chosen career path, denied access to 

11    social and economic mobility through higher 

12    education, and ultimately denied access to the 

13    American dream.

14                 My legislation will stop the 

15    practice of transcript withholding as a debt 

16    collection tool and ensure our students have the 

17    tools they need to thrive, especially in these 

18    exceptionally challenging times.

19                 I thank Leader Stewart-Cousins for 

20    bringing this bill to the floor, and my Senate 

21    colleagues for their support in standing up for 

22    students across New York State.  

23                 I vote in the affirmative.  Thank 

24    you.

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 


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 1    Thomas to be recorded in the affirmative.

 2                 Senator Persaud to explain her vote.

 3                 SENATOR PERSAUD:   Thank you, 

 4    Mr. President.

 5                 As you may remember, the last time 

 6    this legislation came to the floor, I voted 

 7    against it.  And I asked many questions, because 

 8    of the life I lived prior to coming to the 

 9    Legislature.

10                 This year, even though there are 

11    flaws in the legislation, I will support the 

12    legislation, with the caveat that my Senate 

13    sponsor revisits the flaws that I explained to 

14    him that are in the legislation.

15                 Transcript withholding is not done 

16    frivolously.  As a former college registrar and 

17    university registrar, I know the process.  

18    Oftentimes a student who owes tuition for an 

19    entire semester or more will transfer to another 

20    institution, pay higher tuition sometimes, and 

21    forget the institution that they owe their money 

22    to.

23                 The colleges and universities must 

24    have some protection.  We have to look at the 

25    flaws, as I explained to my colleague, in the 


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 1    legislation -- and he's promised that they are 

 2    going to look at that.

 3                 So for those reasons -- not that I 

 4    want to withhold any student's transcript, but 

 5    there are flaws in the legislation.  But I will 

 6    support the legislation.

 7                 Thank you, Mr. President.

 8                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

 9    Persaud to be recorded in the affirmative.

10                 Announce the results.

11                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

12    Calendar Number 132, those Senators voting in the 

13    negative are Senators Akshar, Borrello, Boyle, 

14    Gallivan, Griffo, Helming, Jordan, Lanza, 

15    Martucci, Mattera, Oberacker, O'Mara, Ortt, 

16    Palumbo, Rath, Serino, Stec, Tedisco and Weik.

17                 Ayes, 44.  Nays, 19.

18                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

19    is passed. 

20                 THE SECRETARY:  Calendar Number 509, 

21    Senate Print 8276A, by Senator Mayer, an act to 

22    amend the Education Law.

23                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

24    last section.

25                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 11.  This 


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 1    act shall take effect immediately.

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 3    roll.

 4                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

 6    Mayer to explain her vote.

 7                 SENATOR MAYER:   Thank you, 

 8    Mr. President.

 9                 This important bill recognizes the 

10    lingering effects of COVID on students, teachers 

11    and administrators by decoupling state 

12    assessments from the annual professional 

13    performance reviews and tenure decisions for both 

14    teachers and principals during this 2022-2023 

15    school year.  

16                 It is extremely important because 

17    under federal law, New York State is required to 

18    administer these state tests -- in fact, today is 

19    the second day for the ELA test -- for ELA and 

20    math for students in Grades 3 through 8, and in 

21    science for students in Grades 4 and 8.  

22                 These assessments are traditionally 

23    used as a factor in determining teacher and 

24    principal reviews and the granting of tenure 

25    under New York State law.


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 1                 In 2020, at the onset of the 

 2    pandemic, the federal government approved a 

 3    one-year waiver of these testing requirements, 

 4    but has since required states to administer this 

 5    grade-level testing.  And in fact, however, far 

 6    fewer students have participated in the tests.  

 7    And in 2021, four out of 10 students participated 

 8    in the state's ELA and math tests.  But in a 

 9    typical year, 80 percent participate.  

10                 So it is absolutely not an accurate, 

11    fair or just way to evaluate our students or our 

12    teachers and principals.

13                 This test cannot and should not be 

14    used to adequately measure gains in student 

15    performance and should not be used as an 

16    instrument to measure the performance of teachers 

17    and principals -- who, I might add, have done an 

18    extraordinary job during the most challenging 

19    times in schools.  

20                 The bill has the backing of the 

21    New York State United Teachers, the New York 

22    State School Boards Association, New York State 

23    Council of School Superintendents, the New York 

24    State School Administrators Association, and the 

25    BOCES of New York State.


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 1                 This is a commonsense, overdue bill.  

 2    I'm so pleased -- and I thank the leader for 

 3    allowing us to bring this to the floor.  And I'm 

 4    hopeful my colleagues in the Assembly will pass 

 5    it, it will be signed, so that teachers and 

 6    principals know that this year they will not be 

 7    judged on these unjust ways of determining their 

 8    merit.

 9                 I vote aye.

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

11    Mayer to be recorded in the affirmative.

12                 Announce the results.

13                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 63.

14                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

15    is passed.

16                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

17    573, Senate Print 739A, by Senator Biaggi, an act 

18    to amend the Domestic Relations Law and the 

19    Executive Law.

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

21    last section.

22                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 6.  This 

23    act shall take effect on the 90th day after it 

24    shall have become a law.

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 


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 1    roll.

 2                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 4    the results.

 5                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

 6    Calendar Number 573, those Senators voting in the 

 7    negative are Senators Akshar, Borrello, Griffo, 

 8    Helming, Jordan, Oberacker, O'Mara, Ortt, Rath, 

 9    Skoufis and Tedisco.

10                 Ayes, 52.  Nays, 11.

11                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

12    is passed.

13                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

14    613, Senate Print 1355, by Senator Serrano, an 

15    act to amend the Parks, Recreation and Historic 

16    Preservation Law.

17                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

18    last section.

19                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

20    act shall take effect on the first of January.  

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

22    roll.

23                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

24                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

25    the results.


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 1                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

 2    Calendar Number 613, those Senators voting in the 

 3    negative are Senators Helming, Jordan and Serino.

 4                 Ayes, 60.  Nays, 3.

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 6    is passed.

 7                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 8    655, Senate Print 3791, by Senator Comrie, an act 

 9    to amend the Penal Law.

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

11    last section.

12                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 3.  This 

13    act shall take effect immediately.

14                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

15    roll.

16                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

17                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

18    the results.

19                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 63.

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

21    is passed.

22                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

23    696, Senate Print 1207, by Senator Kaminsky, an 

24    act to amend the Public Authorities Law.

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 


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 1    last section.

 2                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 3.  This 

 3    act shall take effect on the 180th day after it 

 4    shall have become a law.

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 6    roll.

 7                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 8                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 9    the results.

10                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 63.

11                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

12    is passed.

13                 Calendar Number 710, the bill is 

14    high and will be laid aside for the day.

15                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

16    736, Assembly Print Number 9589, by 

17    Assemblymember Griffin, an act to amend 

18    Chapter 77 of the Laws of 2010.

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

20    last section.

21                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

22    act shall take effect immediately.

23                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

24    roll.

25                 (The Secretary called the roll.)


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 1                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 2    the results.

 3                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 63.

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 5    is passed.

 6                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 7    738, Assembly Print Number 8895A, by 

 8    Assemblymember Paulin, an act to amend 

 9    Chapter 566 of the Laws of 2019.

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   There is 

11    a home-rule message at the desk.

12                 Read the last section.

13                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

14    act shall take effect immediately.

15                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

16    roll.

17                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

18                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

19    the results.

20                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 63.

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

22    is passed.

23                 Senator Gianaris, that completes the 

24    reading of today's calendar.

25                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Please take up 


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 1    the supplemental calendar.

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   There is 

 3    a substitution at the desk.

 4                 The Secretary will read.

 5                 THE SECRETARY:   Senator Myrie moves 

 6    to discharge, from the Committee on Elections, 

 7    Assembly Bill Number 9508 and substitute it for 

 8    the identical Senate Bill 8552, Third Reading 

 9    Calendar 742.

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

11    substitution is ordered.

12                 The Secretary will read.  

13                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

14    742, Assembly Print 9508, by Assemblymember 

15    Walker, an act to amend the Election Law.

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

17    last section.  

18                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

19    act shall take effect immediately.

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

21    roll.

22                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

23                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

24    the results.

25                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 63.


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 1                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 2    is passed.

 3                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 4    743, Senate Print 8658, by Senator Gaughran, an 

 5    act to amend Chapter 258 of the Laws of 2020.

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

 7    last section.

 8                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

 9    act shall take effect immediately.  

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

11    roll.

12                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

14    the results.

15                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 63.

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

17    is passed.

18                 There is a substitution at the desk.  

19                 The Secretary will read.

20                 THE SECRETARY:   Senator 

21    Stewart-Cousins moves to discharge, from the 

22    Committee on Rules, Assembly Bill Number 9607 and 

23    substitute it for the identical Senate Bill 8665, 

24    Third Reading Calendar 744.

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 


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 1    substitution is ordered.

 2                 The Secretary will read.

 3                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 4    744, Assembly Print Number 9607, by 

 5    Assemblymember Heastie, an act extending the time 

 6    within which certain elected and appointed 

 7    officials may take or file their oaths of office 

 8    or official undertakings.

 9                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

10    last section.

11                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

12    act shall take effect immediately.

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

14    roll.

15                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

17    the results.

18                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

19    Calendar Number 744, those Senators voting in the 

20    negative are Senators Akshar, Borrello, Boyle, 

21    Griffo, Helming, Jordan, Oberacker, O'Mara, Ortt, 

22    Rath, Stec and Tedisco.

23                 Ayes, 51.  Nays, 12.

24                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

25    is passed.


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 1                 Senator Gianaris, that completes the 

 2    reading of today's calendar.

 3                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Mr. President, 

 4    is there any further business at the desk?

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   There is 

 6    no further business at the desk.

 7                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   I move to 

 8    adjourn until Monday, April 4th, at 3:00 p.m., 

 9    with the intervening days being legislative days.

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   On 

11    motion, the Senate stands adjourned until Monday, 

12    April 4th, at 3:00 p.m., with intervening days 

13    being legislative.

14                 (Whereupon, at 1:02 p.m., the Senate 

15    adjourned.)

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