Regular Session - June 6, 2025

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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 6, 2025

11                     11:54 a.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:   

 9    (Sneezing.)  Excuse me.  

10                 Bless you.  It's sort of a prayer.  

11    In the absence of clergy, that blessing will 

12    suffice.  

13                 No, in seriousness, in the absence 

14    of clergy, let us bow our heads in a moment of 

15    silent reflection or prayer.

16                 (Whereupon, the assemblage respected 

17    a moment of silence.)

18                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Reading 

19    of the Journal.

20                 THE SECRETARY:   In Senate, 

21    Thursday, June 5, 2025, the Senate met pursuant 

22    to adjournment.  The Journal of Wednesday, 

23    June 4, 2025, was read and approved.  On motion, 

24    the Senate adjourned.

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   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:   Senator Brisport 

 6    moves to discharge, from the Committee on 

 7    Children and Families, Assembly Bill Number 744 

 8    and substitute it for the identical Senate 

 9    Bill 5242, Third Reading Calendar 726.

10                 Senator Sanders moves to discharge, 

11    from the Committee on Insurance, Assembly Bill 

12    Number 112 and substitute it for the identical 

13    Senate Bill 4157, Third Reading Calendar 921.

14                 Senator Fahy moves to discharge, 

15    from the Committee on Higher Education, 

16    Assembly Bill Number 7427 and substitute it for 

17    the identical Senate Bill 7409, Third Reading 

18    Calendar 1018.

19                 Senator Harckham moves to discharge, 

20    from the Committee on Judiciary, Assembly Bill 

21    Number 7454 and substitute it for the identical 

22    Senate Bill 5227, Third Reading Calendar 1047.

23                 Senator Fernandez moves to 

24    discharge, from the Committee on Labor, 

25    Assembly Bill Number 2725A and substitute it for 


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 1    the identical Senate Bill 5922A, Third Reading 

 2    Calendar 1119.

 3                 Senator Kavanagh moves to discharge, 

 4    from the Committee on Judiciary, Assembly Bill 

 5    Number 3470 and substitute it for the identical 

 6    Senate Bill Number 7413, Third Reading Calendar 

 7    1204.

 8                 Senator Weber moves to discharge, 

 9    from the Committee on Local Government, 

10    Assembly Bill Number 4390 and substitute it for 

11    the identical Senate Bill 5221, Third Reading 

12    Calendar 1490.

13                 Senator Fahy moves to discharge, 

14    from the Committee on Codes, Assembly Bill 

15    Number 934A and substitute it for the identical 

16    Senate Bill 6735A, Third Reading Calendar 1498.

17                 Senator Brouk moves to discharge, 

18    from the Committee on Higher Education, 

19    Assembly Bill Number 8045 and substitute it for 

20    the identical Senate Bill 7622, Third Reading 

21    Calendar 1505.

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   So 

23    ordered.  

24                 Messages from the Governor.  Reports 

25    of standing -- I'm sorry.


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 1                 THE SECRETARY:   Senator Brouk moves 

 2    to discharge, from the Committee on Rules, 

 3    Assembly Bill Number 6332A and substitute it for 

 4    the identical Senate Bill 7546, Third Reading 

 5    Calendar 1503.

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   So 

 7    ordered.

 8                 Messages from the Governor.

 9                 Reports of standing committees.

10                 Reports of select committees.  

11                 Communications and reports from 

12    state officers.  

13                 Motions and resolutions.

14                 Senator Serrano.

15                 SENATOR SERRANO:   Mr. President, 

16    amendments are offered to the following Third 

17    Reading Calendar bills:  

18                 By Senator Gounardes, page 66, 

19    Calendar Number 1509, Senate Print 6954; 

20                 By Senator Hoylman-Sigal, page 68, 

21    Calendar Number 1524, Senate Print 1744; 

22                 By Senator Harckham, page 44, 

23    Calendar Number 1235, Senate Print 6930A;

24                 By Senator Harckham, page 45, 

25    Calendar Number 1240, Senate Print 7706A;


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 1                 By Senator Kavanagh, page 57, 

 2    Calendar Number 1386, Senate Print 1239C; 

 3                 By Senator Harckham, page 54, 

 4    Calendar Number 1351, Senate Print 4033A; 

 5                 By Senator Ramos, page 41, 

 6    Calendar Number 1195, Senate Print 5990A.

 7                 I now move that these bills retain 

 8    their place on third reading.  

 9                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

10    amendments are received, and those bills will 

11    retain their place on the Third Reading Calendar.

12                 Senator Serrano.

13                 SENATOR SERRANO:   Thank you, 

14    Mr. President.

15                 I wish to call up the following 

16    bills, which were recalled from the Assembly and 

17    are now at the desk:  Senate Print Numbers 274A 

18    and 2097.  

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

20    Secretary will read.  

21                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

22    515, Senate Print 2097, by Senator Kavanagh, an 

23    act to amend the Environmental Conservation Law.  

24                 Calendar Number 738, Senate Print 

25    274A, by Senator Martinez, an act to amend the 


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 1    Veterans' Services Law.

 2                 SENATOR SERRANO:   Move to 

 3    reconsider the vote by which these bills were 

 4    passed.

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 6    roll on reconsideration.

 7                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 8                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 51.

 9                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bills 

10    are restored to their place on the Third Reading 

11    Calendar.

12                 SENATOR SERRANO:   I now offer the 

13    following amendments.

14                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

15    amendments are received.

16                 Senator Serrano.

17                 SENATOR SERRANO:   Please take up 

18    Resolution Number 807, by Senator Rhoads.  Please 

19    read that resolution title only and recognize 

20    Senator Rhoads.

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

22    Secretary will read.

23                 THE SECRETARY:   Resolution 807, by 

24    Senator Rhoads, commending Timothy Jaccard upon 

25    the occasion of his designation as recipient of a 


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 1    Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon an 

 2    individual by the New York State Senate.  

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

 4    Rhoads on the resolution.  

 5                 SENATOR RHOADS:   Thank you, 

 6    Mr. President.  

 7                 I rise today to recognize 

 8    Nassau County Police Department -- now retired -- 

 9    Captain Timothy Jaccard for the amazing work that 

10    he has done in his professional and civilian 

11    life, and in recognition of his receipt of the 

12    2025 Liberty Medal from the New York State 

13    Senate.

14                 I have had the honor of knowing 

15    Tim Jaccard since I was three years old.  Tim and 

16    I actually were backyard neighbors.  My parents' 

17    house backed up against his.  In fact, our first 

18    puppy as a kid came from his dog's litter.  

19                 So we know each other a long time.  

20    Even though he's probably about 15 years older 

21    than I am, he is truly an exceptional individual.  

22    And to give you a set of circumstances, it was 

23    1998 and Captain Timothy Jaccard, who at that 

24    point was a 25-year veteran of the Nassau County 

25    Police Department, found himself in the middle of 


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 1    a circumstance unimaginable to most people.  

 2                 Called to a crime scene as a member 

 3    of the Nassau County Police Department's 

 4    ambulance medical technician team, he discovered 

 5    the body of a dead infant in a garbage can.  Not 

 6    for the first or last time, he was moved with 

 7    compassion for an innocent life cut short.  And 

 8    so began the AMT Children of Hope Baby Safe Haven 

 9    Foundation.  

10                 Tim Jaccard's initial mission was to 

11    bury every infant in Nassau County who was 

12    abandoned and died or had been killed.  To bury 

13    the babies, however, Captain Jaccard had to 

14    become their legal guardian.  And since that day, 

15    Tim has adopted and provided dignified burials 

16    through his foundation of hundreds of children, 

17    all with the surname Hope.

18                  "What is heartbreaking over the 

19    years is that I have buried more than 200 

20    babies," Captain Jaccard said in 2023.  "We bury 

21    these children with honors.  We have a ceremonial 

22    baptism where the babies are dressed in a tuxedo 

23    or baptismal gown and placed in a casket.  We 

24    usually have 50 to a hundred motorcycles that 

25    escort the babies from the funeral home to the 


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 1    church."  

 2                 But as the AMT Children of Hope 

 3    Foundation grew, Captain Jaccard was moved beyond 

 4    that noble mission, realizing that the parents 

 5    who committed these unthinkable acts of cruelty 

 6    often did so because they made the wrong 

 7    decision, thinking they had no other option.  And 

 8    so Tim asked himself, What if I provided that 

 9    other option?  

10                 And Tim began pushing for what he 

11    called safe haven laws that would allow women who 

12    have just given birth, or a father, to surrender 

13    their infant at a hospital, firehouse or police 

14    station, no questions asked, without penalty.  

15                 In 1999 he found an ally in 

16    Texas Governor George W. Bush, pointing out that 

17    the City of Houston had more than a dozen infant 

18    abandonment deaths a year earlier.  And 

19    Captain Jaccard lobbied the governor to make a 

20    safe haven law a legislative priority.  

21                 That year Texas adopted the 

22    Baby Moses Law, named after the biblical hero who 

23    had been abandoned at birth.  

24                 With the help of my predecessor, 

25    Senator Chuck Fuschillo, New York enacted its 


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 1    version of the law in 2000.  

 2                 And thanks to his efforts, by 2008 

 3    all 50 states had enacted baby safe haven laws.  

 4    The only jurisdiction that hadn't was Washington, 

 5    D.C.  And on Christmas Eve of that year, then 

 6    President George W. Bush called Tim to let him 

 7    know that he had signed a proclamation creating 

 8    the program in the District of Columbia, 

 9    completing his nationwide quest.  

10                 To date the AMT Children of Hope 

11    Baby Safe Haven Foundation -- founded to bury 

12    babies that were lost -- together with its 

13    160 volunteers, has saved over 5,000 babies, and 

14    he has personally rescued over 300, delivering a 

15    hundred of those babies personally.

16                 For his part, Tim Jaccard's greatest 

17    joy is watching youngsters like 

18    Brandon Laracuente grow up with parents who adore 

19    them.  Ilene Laracuente and her husband, Ed, who 

20    live in Bethpage, in my district, adopted young 

21    Brandon, who had been relinquished to the 

22    Children of Hope when he was 6 weeks old.  

23                 "It was a godsend for us," said 

24    Ilene, who was also adopted.  "He's wonderful, 

25    wonderful, wonderful, a smart, smart, smart child 


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 1    and a loving child."  

 2                 And Brandon, who is now a teenager, 

 3    hopes to be a doctor.  "I'm happy that they care 

 4    for me and that they love me," he said of his 

 5    parents.  

 6                 One of the most often told stories 

 7    is of a baby named Molly, who was born a day 

 8    before 9/11 in New York's Central Park.  Molly's 

 9    biological mother gave birth to her in 

10    Central Park just before sunrise on September 

11    10th, with the aid of Medical Officer Tim 

12    Jaccard.  Molly was not abandoned but was legally 

13    relinquished by law, through the NYPD and the 

14    AMT Children of Hope Foundation.  She is now 

15    20 years old and living happily with her adopted 

16    parents in New York.

17                 Tim Jaccard, to me, is not only a 

18    great friend, but he is a true hero.  In a world 

19    where the value of life is sometimes called to 

20    question, he has dedicated first his professional 

21    career, but now his career in retirement to 

22    saving and preserving lives, making an 

23    immeasurable difference in the lives of thousands 

24    of babies who now have a chance to grow up and 

25    contribute to this world.  


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 1                 It is our hope that we can always 

 2    use the gifts and talents that we've been given 

 3    to try and make our corner of the world a little 

 4    better place.  Tim Jaccard has dedicated his life 

 5    to making our nation a better place, and has made 

 6    a tremendous difference.  

 7                 And so, Mr. President, Tim Jaccard 

 8    unfortunately was a little under the weather and 

 9    is not able to be here today.  I will be 

10    presenting the Liberty Medal to him back in the 

11    district.  But I know that he is watching on 

12    television.  

13                 I would just ask that you extend 

14    congratulations on behalf of the Senate to Tim in 

15    absentia and know that we gratefully appreciate 

16    everything that he has done for the people of the 

17    State of New York and for our nation.

18                 Thank you, Mr. President.  

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Thank 

20    you, Senator Rhoads.  

21                 First and foremost, Mr. Jaccard, get 

22    better.  We thank you for your service and 

23    appreciate your heroic actions.  

24                 And even though you're not in the 

25    chamber, we do extend you the privileges and 


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 1    courtesies from your couch or wherever it is that 

 2    you may be viewing.

 3                 This resolution was adopted on 

 4    April 29th.

 5                 Senator Serrano.

 6                 SENATOR SERRANO:   Thank you, 

 7    Mr. President.

 8                 Let's take up previously adopted 

 9    Resolution 1131, by Senator Rolison.  Please read 

10    that resolution title only and call on 

11    Senator Rolison.

12                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

13    Secretary will read.

14                 THE SECRETARY:   Resolution 1131, by 

15    Senator Rolison, posthumously honoring the life 

16    and service of United States Army Air Forces 

17    Staff Sergeant Eugene J. Darrigan, who was laid 

18    to rest in his hometown of Wappingers Falls, 

19    New York, on May 24, 2025, more than 

20    eight decades after his death in World War II.  

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

22    Rolison on the resolution.

23                 SENATOR ROLISON:   Mr. President and 

24    my colleagues, it is an honor for me today to 

25    essentially tell a story, to tell a story about 


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 1    an individual who, 81 years after he was shot 

 2    down over the South Pacific -- this is Staff 

 3    Sergeant Eugene Darrigan, a native of Wappingers 

 4    Falls in Dutchess County, in my district, he was 

 5    found, 81 years later.

 6                 And the story of his service is the 

 7    story of so many of our service members, their 

 8    service, their commitment, their bravery, their 

 9    heroism, and so many who have lost their lives.

10                 So this past Memorial Day was a very 

11    special Memorial Day in Wappingers because 

12    Staff Sergeant Darrigan was buried Memorial Day 

13    weekend.  And he served in the Army, in the 

14    Army's Air Service.  And he was in New Guinea, 

15    with other bombers.  They were B-24 Flying 

16    Fortresses.  And even though the war was winding 

17    down in Europe, it was not winding down in the 

18    South Pacific.  Actually, it was raging.  

19                 And on March 11th, he and his 

20    10 crew members, brothers, went up from 

21    New Guinea with multiple other B-24s to conduct a 

22    bombing mission.  

23                 And he was a radio operator, and we 

24    believe that he actually was radioing the bombers 

25    that were behind, because they were in front, 


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 1    that -- where the enemy aircraft guns were.  And 

 2    tragically, that anti-aircraft gunnery got that 

 3    B-24, and they went down in the South Pacific.  

 4                 And because the other B-24s knew it, 

 5    they actually circled the area for a while and 

 6    marked where that B-24 had gone down.  And for 

 7    81 years, he was missing, he was gone, along with 

 8    his comrades.  

 9                 And because of Project Recover, 

10    which is a nonprofit organization dedicated to 

11    recovering service members, they found the 

12    remains of that plane in 2017.  And five years 

13    later they actually, with the assistance of the 

14    Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, which is DPAA, 

15    and researchers from the Scripps Institution of 

16    Oceanography, they were able to go down there.  

17                 It was the deepest-ever recovery 

18    mission held.  Elite Navy divers went down to 

19    where the plane was, and they collected material 

20    from the ocean floor.  And among those recovered 

21    items were Staff Sergeant Eugene Darrigan's tags.  

22                 And he had a son when he went to 

23    World War II, who was six months old.  He's since 

24    gone.  His wife, since gone.  

25                 But interestingly enough, his 


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 1    goddaughter, his niece, Ginny Pineiro -- who I 

 2    knew as a patrol officer in the 1980s, who was 

 3    the branch manager of a bank in Poughkeepsie -- 

 4    was still alive.  At age 85, she got to be in 

 5    Wappingers to welcome home the remains of her 

 6    uncle and her godfather.  

 7                 And her two daughters, who I think 

 8    are listening today, Lisa Vetter and 

 9    Susan Mitchell, had been friends of mine since 

10    then.  

11                 I never knew about Eugene until they 

12    brought him home.  And in conversations that I 

13    had around the Memorial Day weekend, both with 

14    Susan and Lisa, and then actually seeing 

15    Mrs. Pineiro, which was actually heartwarming -- 

16    they gave her the flag, full military honors -- 

17    that I heard that he actually sent her cards from 

18    New Guinea for like her birthday.  And I believe 

19    she still has one from New Guinea from her uncle 

20    Eugene.  

21                 So as I conclude these remarks, I 

22    mean certainly this is a great story.  People 

23    came from all over the Wappingers Falls area.  

24    Over 200 people were there at the church for the 

25    military funeral.  


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 1                 But here is something that I find 

 2    just absolutely just -- it's beautiful.  The name 

 3    of that B-24 was called Heaven Can Wait.  And 

 4    here we are, 81 years later.  Heaven was waiting 

 5    for him.  And heaven continues to wait and will 

 6    wait for every service member, Mr. President, who 

 7    has not come home.  

 8                 We cherish them.  We thought of them 

 9    over Memorial Day.  But today, for me, and for us 

10    as a body, we get to think about Eugene Darrigan.  

11    Without his sacrifice and the sacrifice of so 

12    many others, we wouldn't be here talking about 

13    it.  

14                 Thank you, Mr. President.  

15                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Thank 

16    you, Senator Rolison.

17                 The resolution was previously 

18    adopted on June 5th.

19                 Senator Serrano.

20                 SENATOR SERRANO:   Thank you.  

21                 At the request of the sponsors, the 

22    resolutions are open for cosponsorship.

23                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

24    resolutions are open for cosponsorship.  Should 

25    you choose not to be a cosponsor, please notify 


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 1    the desk.

 2                 Senator Gianaris -- Senator Serrano, 

 3    sorry.

 4                 SENATOR SERRANO:   Thank you.  

 5                 Please take up the reading of the 

 6    calendar.

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

 8    Secretary will read.

 9                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

10    207, Senate Print 1938, by Senator Weber, an act 

11    to amend the Education Law.

12                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

13    last section.

14                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

15    act shall take effect on the first of July.

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

17    roll.

18                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

20    the results.

21                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

23    is passed.

24                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

25    464, Senate Print 55, by Senator Fernandez, an 


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 1    act to amend the State Finance Law.

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

 3    last section.

 4                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 4.  This 

 5    act shall take effect immediately.

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 7    roll.

 8                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 9                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

10    Fernandez to explain her vote.

11                 SENATOR FERNANDEZ:   Thank you, 

12    Mr. President.  

13                 This bill creates what we're going 

14    to call the Overdose Prevention and Recovery Act, 

15    a bill that meets the moment in the fight that we 

16    are against with the opioid crisis.

17                 Overdose deaths have soared across 

18    New York State, devastating families and 

19    communities alike.  And even as the crisis grows 

20    and actually fluctuates -- some numbers did go 

21    down -- funding for recovery support services, 

22    which is a lifeline that helps people rebuild 

23    their lives, remains fragile and unsustainable.  

24                 As we've seen over the last few 

25    months, federal services are being cut and 


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 1    without prejudice.  Without permanent, reliable 

 2    funding, these essential services cannot be there 

 3    for every person in need.  

 4                 This legislation changes that.  It 

 5    makes the Opioid Stewardship Fund permanent and 

 6    ensures that at least 20 percent of its resources 

 7    go directly to support recovery services, with a 

 8    matching investment in harm reduction.  

 9                 At a time when indiscriminate cuts 

10    are coming from the federal government, 

11    stabilizing this funding is more critical than 

12    ever.  It's not enough to fight addiction on one 

13    front; we must support every step of someone's 

14    recovery journey.  

15                 I proudly vote aye.

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

17    Fernandez to be recorded in the affirmative.

18                 Announce the results.

19                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

20    Calendar 464, voting in the negative:  

21    Senator Walczyk.

22                 Ayes, 52.  Nays, 1.

23                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

24    is passed.

25                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 


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 1    518, Senate Print 5835, by Senator Skoufis, an 

 2    act to amend the Environmental Conservation Law.

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

 4    last section.

 5                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

 6    act shall take effect immediately.  

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 8    roll.

 9                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

11    the results.

12                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

14    is passed.

15                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

16    601, Senate Print 5551, by Senator Cleare, an act 

17    to amend the New York State Urban Development 

18    Corporation Act.

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

20    last section.

21                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 5.  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, 53.

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 5    is passed.

 6                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 7    606, Senate Print 5037, by Senator Sepúlveda, an 

 8    act to amend the Correction Law.

 9                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

10    last section.

11                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

12    act shall take effect on the 120th day after it 

13    shall have become a law.

14                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

15    roll.  

16                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

17                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

18    Sepúlveda to explain his vote.

19                 SENATOR SEPÚLVEDA:   Thank you, 

20    Mr. President, for allowing me to explain my 

21    vote.

22                 All too often the debate around 

23    incarceration is reduced to cold statistics, 

24    budgets and regulations.  But at the heart of 

25    this issue are people, and we must never lose 


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 1    sight of that.  People who have made mistakes -- 

 2    of course they have -- but people who are still 

 3    fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, mentors, 

 4    friends, and are human beings.  And like all 

 5    human beings, they deserve something basic and 

 6    essential:  The dignity of human connection.  

 7                 Protecting in-person visitation is 

 8    not a minor bureaucratic adjustment, it is a 

 9    profound affirmation of our values.  This 

10    proposal assures that every person deprived of 

11    their liberty has the right to real, meaningful 

12    and humane in-person visits.  

13                 We are talking about visits that can 

14    take place on weekends, at times that are 

15    accessible to working families.  Visits that last 

16    more than just a few minutes.  Visits that foster 

17    real, lasting bonds.  And visits that cannot be 

18    arbitrarily suspended for administrative reasons 

19    made without transparency or fairness.

20                 Why does this matter?  Because study 

21    after study has shown what we already know in our 

22    hearts:  People who remain connected to their 

23    loved ones while serving a sentence are more 

24    likely to rehabilitate, less likely to reoffend, 

25    and more likely to rebuild their lives upon 


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 1    release.

 2                 This is a policy of humanity.  It is 

 3    a policy of public safety.  It is a policy of 

 4    common sense.  That is why, as a New York State 

 5    Senator and a proud representative of the Bronx, 

 6    as a proud servant, and as a human being, I am 

 7    proud to sponsor this legislation and ask my 

 8    colleagues to support it by voting aye and join 

 9    my conviction.

10                 Let's make New York a model of 

11    connection, compassion and dignity.  Let's 

12    protect in-person visitation.  Let's protect our 

13    families.  Let's protect the right not to be 

14    forgotten.

15                 Thank you.

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

17    Sepúlveda to be recorded in the affirmative.

18                 Announce the results.

19                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

20    Calendar 606, voting in the negative are 

21    Senators Ashby, Borrello, Chan, Gallivan, 

22    Mattera, Murray, O'Mara, Ortt, Palumbo, Rhoads, 

23    Rolison, C. Ryan, Stec, Tedisco, Walczyk, Weber 

24    and Weik.  Also Senator Oberacker.

25                 Ayes, 35.  Nays, 18.


                                                               4670

 1                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 2    is passed.

 3                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 4    607, Senate Print 5265, by Senator Bailey, an act 

 5    to amend the Correction Law.

 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:   In relation to 

16    Calendar 607, voting in the negative are 

17    Senators Borrello, Chan, Gallivan, Lanza, 

18    Oberacker, O'Mara, Ortt, Rhoads, Stec, Tedisco, 

19    Walczyk, Weik and Fernandez.

20                 Ayes, 40.  Nays, 13.

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

22    is passed.

23                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

24    618, Senate Print 4763, by Senator Bailey, an act 

25    to amend the Criminal Procedure Law.


                                                               4671

 1                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

 2    last section.

 3                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 5.  This 

 4    act shall take effect on the first of November.

 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:   In relation to 

11    Calendar 618, voting in the negative are 

12    Senators Gallivan, Palumbo, Stec, Walczyk and 

13    Weik.

14                 Ayes, 48.  Nays, 5.

15                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

16    is passed.

17                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

18    634, Senate Print 2433A, by Senator Krueger, an 

19    act to amend the Real Property Law.

20                 SENATOR SERRANO:   Lay it aside for 

21    the day.

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

23    will be laid aside for the day.

24                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

25    642, Senate Print 6258, by Senator Skoufis, an 


                                                               4672

 1    act to amend the Education Law.

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

 3    last section.

 4                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

 5    act shall take effect immediately.

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 7    roll.

 8                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 9                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

10    Borrello to explain his vote.

11                 SENATOR BORRELLO:   Thank you, 

12    Mr. President.

13                 I want to thank the sponsor for this 

14    bill.  

15                 In 2020, it was my first year as a 

16    State Senator, and a longtime friend, mentor and 

17    teacher, my math teacher Tom Harvey, reached out 

18    to me to tell me a story about how he had 

19    remarried and he wasn't able to change who his 

20    beneficiary is on his teacher pension.  He told 

21    me the story, we wrote a bill, we introduced the 

22    bill.  It got the support of NYSUT.  

23    Unfortunately, it didn't make it.  

24                 A year later he called me to tell me 

25    that he had terminal cancer and that he didn't 


                                                               4673

 1    have long to live.  But we introduced the bill 

 2    again; unfortunately, it didn't make it.  

 3                 But I'm glad it's passing today 

 4    because there are so many others that are in the 

 5    same situation.  You know, we live longer now.  

 6    We retire.  Life changes.  You get divorced, you 

 7    get remarried.  They should have the opportunity 

 8    to change who their beneficiary is.  They worked 

 9    hard.  They paid into that pension system 20, 

10    30 years or more.  

11                 It was a simple request.  I wish we 

12    could have done it for Tom Harvey, but I'm glad 

13    we're doing it today.  Thank you.  

14                 I'll be voting yes.

15                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

16    Borrello to be recorded in the affirmative.

17                 Announce the results.

18                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

20    is passed.

21                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

22    643, Senate Print 5513, by Senator Hinchey, an 

23    act to amend the Agriculture and Markets Law.

24                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

25    last section.


                                                               4674

 1                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

 2    act shall take effect on the 120th day after it 

 3    shall have become a law.

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 5    roll.

 6                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 8    the results.

 9                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

11    is passed.

12                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

13    646, Senate Print 6389, by Senator Harckham, an 

14    act directing the Commissioner of Corrections and 

15    Community Supervision to study gender disparity 

16    in resources provided to incarcerated 

17    individuals.

18                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

19    last section.

20                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 3.  This 

21    act shall take effect immediately.

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

23    roll.

24                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 


                                                               4675

 1    the results.

 2                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

 3    Calendar 646, voting in the negative are 

 4    Senators O'Mara, Ortt and Walczyk.

 5                 Ayes, 50.  Nays, 3.

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 7    is passed.

 8                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 9    669, Senate Print 6318A, by Senator May, an act 

10    to amend the Education Law.

11                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

12    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:   Senator 

19    May to explain her vote.

20                 SENATOR MAY:   Thank you, 

21    Mr. President.

22                 It is with great delight that I rise 

23    to vote aye on this bill and to thank the arts 

24    and music educators from all over the state who 

25    have advocated so relentlessly for this change in 


                                                               4676

 1    policy.  

 2                 Our schools all around the state 

 3    teach art and music but because the subjects are 

 4    not required in statute, when there are 

 5    rollbacks, cutbacks in a school district, one of 

 6    the first things to go tends to be art and music 

 7    education.  

 8                 When I think about my experience in 

 9    elementary school, I can't remember any facts I 

10    learned, but I remember every song we sang.  And 

11    I remember that glow of pride when the teacher 

12    hung one of my pictures on the wall.  

13                 Arts and music develop us as 

14    human beings.  They develop the whole child.  For 

15    some kids, they are the only reason they show up 

16    at school, or the only thing they look forward to 

17    in the school day.  Arts and music are just part 

18    of what makes us human.

19                 I'm very grateful to my colleagues 

20    on both sides of the aisle who support this bill, 

21    to the Education chair and the Education staff 

22    who helped get it to this point.  

23                 This has been a multiyear effort, 

24    and I am thrilled to vote aye.

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 


                                                               4677

 1    May to be recorded in the affirmative.  

 2                 Senator Cooney to explain his vote.  

 3                 SENATOR COONEY:   Thank you, 

 4    Mr. President.

 5                 I rise in strong favor of this 

 6    legislation.  It is a wonderful bill and needed 

 7    more than ever.  As a proud graduate of a 

 8    performing arts high school in the City of 

 9    Rochester, I can tell you firsthand that we were 

10    very privileged to be exposed to arts curriculum 

11    at an early age.  But every child in New York 

12    State, whether they are interested in individual 

13    arts or the performing arts alike, should be 

14    exposed and should have this as part of their 

15    education.  

16                 This creates the citizens that we 

17    want to see in this world.  And it's something 

18    that we should guarantee.  With all of the 

19    changes that are happening at the federal level, 

20    with all the changes and cuts that we're seeing 

21    to our arts organizations, we must not forget 

22    that the artists who are part of our vibrant 

23    civil society start at their educational level.  

24                 And I want to thank our education 

25    chair, I want to thank Senator May, I want to 


                                                               4678

 1    thank our leadership for bringing this forward.

 2                 Thank you.

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

 4    Cooney to be recorded in the affirmative.

 5                 Announce the results.

 6                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

 7    Calendar 669, voting in the negative:  

 8    Senator Walczyk.

 9                 Ayes, 52.  Nays, 1.

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

11    is passed.

12                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

13    698, Senate Print 6971, by Senator Kavanagh, an 

14    act to amend the Real Property Actions and 

15    Proceedings Law.

16                 SENATOR SERRANO:   Lay it aside for 

17    the day.

18                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

19    will be laid aside for the day.

20                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

21    703, Senate Print 5843, by Senator Skoufis, an 

22    act to amend the Legislative Law.

23                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

24    last section.

25                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 


                                                               4679

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

 2    shall have become a law.

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 4    roll.

 5                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 7    the results.

 8                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

 9    Calendar 703, voting in the negative are 

10    Senators Chan, Ortt and Rhoads.

11                 Ayes, 50.  Nays, 3.

12                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

13    is passed.

14                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

15    719, Senate Print 683A, by Senator Martinez, an 

16    act to amend the Real Property Tax 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.


                                                               4680

 1                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 3    is passed.

 4                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 5    726, Assembly Bill Number 744, by 

 6    Assemblymember Hevesi, an act to amend the 

 7    Social Services Law.

 8                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

 9    last section.

10                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 4.  This 

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

12    shall have become a day.

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:   Ayes, 53.

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

20    is passed.

21                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

22    921, Assembly Bill Number 112, by 

23    Assemblymember Berger, an act to repeal certain 

24    provisions of the Insurance Law.

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 


                                                               4681

 1    last section.

 2                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

 3    act shall take effect immediately.

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 5    roll.

 6                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 8    the results.

 9                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

11    is passed.

12                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

13    937, Senate Print 2498, by Senator Gounardes, an 

14    act to amend the Education Law.

15                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

16    last section.

17                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 3.  This 

18    act shall take effect on the first of July.

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

20    roll.

21                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

23    the results.

24                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

25    Calendar Number 937, voting in the negative are 


                                                               4682

 1    Senators Ashby, Borrello, Chan, Gallivan, Lanza, 

 2    Martinez, Mattera, Murray, Oberacker, O'Mara, 

 3    Ortt, Palumbo, Rhoads, Rolison, Stec, Tedisco, 

 4    Walczyk and Weik.

 5                 Ayes, 35.  Nays, 18.

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 7    is passed.

 8                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 9    1004, Senate Print 6227, by Senator Martinez, an 

10    act to amend the Education Law.

11                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

12    last section.

13                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

14    act shall take effect on the first of July.

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, 53.

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

22    is passed.

23                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

24    1016, Senate Print 5340A, by Senator Stavisky, an 

25    act to amend the Education Law.


                                                               4683

 1                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

 2    last section.

 3                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 3.  This 

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

 5    shall have become a law.

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 7    roll.

 8                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 9                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

10    the results.

11                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

12    Calendar 1016, voting in the negative are 

13    Senators Lanza, Martinez, Ortt, Palumbo, Walczyk 

14    and Weik.

15                 Ayes, 47.  Nays, 6.

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

17    is passed.

18                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

19    1018, Assembly Bill Number 7427, by 

20    Assemblymember Romero, an act to amend 

21    Chapter 670 of the Laws of 2024.

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

23    last section.  

24                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

25    act shall take effect immediately.  


                                                               4684

 1                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 2    roll.

 3                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 5    the results.

 6                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

 7    Calendar 1018, voting in the negative are 

 8    Senators Borrello, Chan, Lanza, Martins, Mattera, 

 9    Murray, Oberacker, O'Mara, Ortt, Rhoads, Stec, 

10    Walczyk and Weik.

11                 Ayes, 40.  Nays, 13.

12                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

13    is passed.

14                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

15    1034, Senate Print 6463, by Senator Cleare, an 

16    act to amend the Correction Law.

17                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

18    last section.

19                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 3.  This 

20    act shall take effect immediately.

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

22    roll.

23                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

24                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

25    the results.  


                                                               4685

 1                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

 2    Calendar 1034, voting in the negative are 

 3    Senators Borrello, Oberacker, O'Mara, Ortt, Stec, 

 4    Walczyk and Weik.  

 5                 Ayes, 46.  Nays, 7.

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 7    is passed.

 8                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 9    1047, Assembly Bill Number 7454, by  

10    Assemblymember Jones, Concurrent Resolution of 

11    the Senate and Assembly proposing an amendment to 

12    Section 1 of Article 14 of the Constitution.

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

14    roll on the resolution.  

15                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

17    the results.

18                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

20    resolution is adopted.

21                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

22    1085, Senate Print 3356A, by Senator Rivera, an 

23    act to amend the Public Health Law.

24                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

25    last section.


                                                               4686

 1                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 4.  This 

 2    act shall take effect immediately.

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 4    roll.

 5                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 7    the results.

 8                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

 9    Calendar 1085, voting in the negative are 

10    Senators Ashby, Borrello, Chan, Lanza, Mattera, 

11    Murray, Oberacker, O'Mara, Ortt, Palumbo, Rhoads, 

12    Stec, Tedisco, Walczyk, Weber and Weik.

13                 Ayes, 37.  Nays, 16.

14                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

15    is passed.

16                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

17    1087, Senate Print 3486, by Senator Hinchey, an 

18    act to amend the Public Health Law.

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

20    last section.

21                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 9.  This 

22    act shall take effect 18 months after it shall 

23    have become a law.

24                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

25    roll.


                                                               4687

 1                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 3    the results.

 4                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

 5    Calendar 1087, voting in the negative are 

 6    Senators Ashby, Borrello, Chan, Gallivan, Lanza, 

 7    Martins, Mattera, Murray, Oberacker, O'Mara, 

 8    Ortt, Palumbo, Rhoads, Rolison, Stec, Tedisco, 

 9    Walczyk, Weber and Weik.  

10                 Ayes, 34.  Nays, 19.

11                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

12    is passed.

13                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

14    1119, Assembly Bill Number 2725A, by 

15    Assemblymember Paulin, an act to amend the 

16    Labor Law.

17                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

18    last section.

19                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

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

21    shall have become a law.

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

23    roll.

24                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 


                                                               4688

 1    Fernandez to explain her vote.

 2                 SENATOR FERNANDEZ:   Thank you.

 3                 This bill addresses the devastating 

 4    impact of the crisis that we know that enters the 

 5    workplace.  Because if you're suffering with 

 6    addiction, it's not just something you do at home 

 7    or in your time off.  It can happen in the 

 8    workplace.  

 9                 And this bill makes sure that when 

10    emergencies strike, every second counts.  We 

11    already require that first aid materials in 

12    certain workplaces to handle injuries and 

13    emergencies are available, and this bill would 

14    require that the same workplaces also have 

15    opioid antagonists on hand and in the area.  

16                 It is a simple lifesaving step.  It 

17    ensures that if someone suffers an overdose in 

18    the workplace, help is immediately available, 

19    giving them a fighting chance for survival.  

20                 The legislation is about building 

21    workplaces that are supportive of those most in 

22    need.  It recognizes that addiction doesn't 

23    discriminate.  It affects coworkers, employees 

24    and their families.  

25                 By making opioid antagonists a 


                                                               4689

 1    required part of the workplace safety planning, 

 2    we are affirming our commitment to protecting 

 3    New Yorkers.  

 4                 I thank the leader for bringing this 

 5    bill to the floor, and I urge my colleagues to 

 6    vote yes.

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

 8    Fernandez to be recorded in the affirmative.

 9                 Announce the results.

10                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

11    Calendar 1119, voting in the negative:  

12    Senator Walczyk.

13                 Ayes, 52.  Nays, 1.

14                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

15    is passed.

16                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

17    1121, Senate Print 5488, by Senator Comrie, an 

18    act to amend the Agriculture and Markets Law.

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.)


                                                               4690

 1                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 2    the results.

 3                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

 4    Calendar Number 1121, voting in the negative:  

 5    Senator Walczyk.

 6                 Ayes, 52.  Nays, 1.

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 8    is passed.

 9                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

10    1136, Senate Print 1060, by Senator Serrano, an 

11    act to amend the Public Service Law.

12                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

13    last section.

14                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 3.  This 

15    act shall take effect on the 120th day after it 

16    shall have become a law.

17                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

18    roll.

19                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

21    the results.

22                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

23    Calendar 1136, voting in the negative:  

24    Senator Walczyk.

25                 Ayes, 52.  Nays, 1.


                                                               4691

 1                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 2    is passed.

 3                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 4    1144, Senate Print 1397, by Senator Gallivan, an 

 5    act in relation to authorizing the Town of Eden, 

 6    County of Erie, to alienate and discontinue the 

 7    use of certain parklands.

 8                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   There is 

 9    a home-rule message at the desk.

10                 Read the last section.

11                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 5.  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:   Ayes, 53.

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

20    is passed.

21                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

22    1147, Senate Print 3445, by Senator Helming, an 

23    act to amend the Village Law.

24                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   There is 

25    a home-rule message at the desk.  


                                                               4692

 1                 Read the last section.

 2                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

 3    act shall take effect immediately.

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 5    roll.

 6                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 8    the results.

 9                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

10    Calendar 1147, voting in the negative are 

11    Senators Sepúlveda and Skoufis.

12                 Ayes, 51.  Nays, 2.

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

14    is passed.

15                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

16    1151, Senate Print 5686, by Senator Lanza, an act 

17    to amend Chapter 759 of the Laws of 1973.

18                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

19    last section.

20                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

21    act shall take effect immediately.

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

23    roll.

24                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 


                                                               4693

 1    the results.

 2                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 4    is passed.

 5                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 6    1163, Senate Print 2264, by Senator Cooney, an 

 7    act to amend the Civil Service Law.

 8                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

 9    last section.

10                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

11    act shall take effect immediately.

12                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

13    roll.

14                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

15                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

16    the results.

17                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

18    Calendar 1163, voting in the negative:  

19    Senator Walczyk.

20                 Ayes, 52.  Nays, 1.

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

22    is passed.

23                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

24    1167, Senate Print 3189, by Senator Persaud, an 

25    act to amend the Social Services Law.


                                                               4694

 1                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

 2    last section.

 3                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

 4    act shall take effect immediately.  

 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, 53.

11                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

12    is passed.

13                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

14    1183, Senate Print 2377, by Senator Mattera, an 

15    act to amend the Public Authorities 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:   In relation to 


                                                               4695

 1    Calendar 1183, voting in the negative:  

 2    Senator Bynoe.  Also Senator Sepúlveda.

 3                 Ayes, 51.  Nays, 2.

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 5    is passed.

 6                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 7    1204, Assembly Bill Number 3470, by 

 8    Assemblymember Lavine, an act to amend the 

 9    Real Property Law.

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

11    last section.

12                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  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, 53.

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

21    is passed.

22                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

23    1213, Senate Print 1222A, by Senator Rivera, an 

24    act to amend the Public Health Law.

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 


                                                               4696

 1    last section.

 2                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

 3    act shall take effect immediately.  

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 5    roll.

 6                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 8    the results.

 9                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

11    is passed.

12                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

13    1241, Senate Print 7760A, by Senator Griffo, an 

14    act to amend the Highway Law.

15                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

16    last section.

17                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

18    act shall take effect immediately.  

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

20    roll.

21                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

23    the results.

24                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 


                                                               4697

 1    is passed.

 2                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 3    1259, Senate Print 3355A, by Senator Rivera, an 

 4    act to amend the Public Health Law.

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

 6    last section.

 7                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 4.  This 

 8    act shall take effect immediately.

 9                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

10    roll.

11                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

12                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

13    the results.

14                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

15                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

16    is passed.

17                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

18    1261, Senate Print 3366, by Senator Rivera, an 

19    act to amend the Public Health Law.

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

21    last section.

22                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

23    act shall take effect immediately.

24                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

25    roll.


                                                               4698

 1                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 3    the results.

 4                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

 5    Calendar 1261, voting in the negative are 

 6    Senators Ashby, Borrello, Chan, Gallivan, Lanza, 

 7    Martins, Mattera, Murray, Oberacker, O'Mara, 

 8    Ortt, Palumbo, Rhoads, Rolison, Stec, Tedisco, 

 9    Walczyk, Weber and Weik.  

10                 Ayes, 34.  Nays, 19.

11                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

12    is passed.

13                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

14    1281, Senate Print 5779, by Senator Fernandez, an 

15    act to amend the Education Law.

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

17    last section.

18                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 4.  This 

19    act shall take effect on the first of July.

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:   In relation to 


                                                               4699

 1    Calendar 1281, voting in the negative:  

 2    Senator Walczyk.

 3                 Ayes, 52.  Nays, 1.

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 5    is passed.

 6                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 7    1360, Senate Print 6372, by Senator Mayer, an act 

 8    to amend the Local Finance Law.

 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:   Ayes, 53.

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

20    is passed.

21                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

22    1472, Senate Print 1399A, by Senator S. Ryan, an 

23    act to amend the Private Housing Finance Law.

24                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

25    last section.


                                                               4700

 1                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 3.  This 

 2    act shall take effect on the 60th day after it 

 3    shall have become a law.

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 5    roll.

 6                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 8    the results.

 9                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

10    Calendar 1472, voting in the negative:  

11    Senator Walczyk.

12                 Ayes, 52.  Nays, 1.

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

14    is passed.

15                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

16    1473, Senate Print 1465, by Senator Serrano, an 

17    act to amend the Social Services Law.

18                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

19    last section.

20                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

21    act shall take effect immediately.  

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

23    roll.

24                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 


                                                               4701

 1    Serrano to explain his vote.

 2                 SENATOR SERRANO:   Thank you, 

 3    Mr. President.  

 4                 Few things are as foundational as 

 5    access to healthy and nutritional food.  And that 

 6    is so important in communities like the ones I 

 7    will represent in East Harlem and the South 

 8    Bronx, and communities all across the State of 

 9    New York.  

10                 But we've seen a very troubling 

11    trend when it comes to skimming of EBT benefits, 

12    SNAP benefits on EBT cards.  And the way that we 

13    remedy that, that we help remedy that, is by 

14    using technology that is available to us in the 

15    form of chip technology on these cards, to ensure 

16    that these needed benefits help those who are the 

17    most vulnerable in our society to access their 

18    healthy food and nutritious foods.  

19                 So I'm grateful that we are passing 

20    this bill here today.  I'm very grateful for the 

21    leadership of Assemblymember González-Rojas in 

22    the Assembly, so that we can ensure that our 

23    communities are able to not have their benefits 

24    stolen and be able to support themselves, support 

25    their families.  


                                                               4702

 1                 And I vote aye.  Thank you.

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

 3    Serrano to be recorded in the affirmative.

 4                 Senator Murray to explain his vote.

 5                 SENATOR MURRAY:   Thank you, 

 6    Mr. President.  

 7                 I would like to echo the comments of 

 8    Senator Serrano and thank him for bringing this 

 9    to the floor, and thank all of my colleagues for 

10    supporting this.  

11                 As was mentioned, since 2022 

12    New Yorkers have lost $40 million in stolen 

13    benefits.  This has become a growing trend, and 

14    this is the step that we can take to correct it.  

15                 Also good news, while it will 

16    cost -- and I've heard estimates anywhere from 

17    20 to 40 million initially to institute this -- 

18    the federal government will split that 

19    fifty-fifty with us.  

20                 So while the bill does ask that we 

21    get this done no later than June 21st of 2027, 

22    for any of the departments listening, please 

23    don't wait that long.  Let's get this done as 

24    soon as possible.  You've got needy New Yorkers 

25    who are counting on this.  


                                                               4703

 1                 I proudly vote aye.

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

 3    Murray to be recorded in the affirmative.

 4                 Senator Krueger to explain her vote.

 5                 SENATOR KRUEGER:   I also rise to 

 6    thank my colleague and, I hope, all of us for 

 7    voting yes on this.  

 8                 You know, I spent many years of my 

 9    life advocating for the predecessor to SNAP, the 

10    Food Stamp Program, helping hundreds of thousands 

11    of New Yorkers to successfully apply and 

12    participate.  

13                 It's scary enough that we're now 

14    facing a federal government who's proposed 

15    dramatic and dangerous cuts to SNAP program 

16    dollar benefits and eligibility.  But the concept 

17    that we know that there are thieves stealing 

18    these benefits from the debit cards, called EBT, 

19    that we could stop because the technology exists.  

20                 I challenge any of my colleagues to 

21    open their wallets right now, look at their 

22    credit cards, and find a non-chipped card.  

23    Everyone has moved to a chipped card because it 

24    is so much harder to scam them at a register when 

25    you are shopping.  


                                                               4704

 1                 And yet the state keeps promising to 

 2    move forward with the exact same technology for 

 3    EBT used for SNAP, public assistance, and I 

 4    believe WIC benefits, and these people are the 

 5    people who are least able to afford to lose these 

 6    benefits.  

 7                 So I'm very glad that we're passing 

 8    this, and I hope the Governor understands we're 

 9    all on the same side.  We just need to move 

10    faster.  We just have to move faster.  

11                 Thank you.  I vote yes.

12                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

13    Krueger to be recorded in the affirmative.

14                 Announce the results.

15                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

17    is passed.

18                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

19    1476, Senate Print 2278, by Senator Webb, an act 

20    to amend the Public Health Law.

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

22    last section.

23                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

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

25    shall have become a law.


                                                               4705

 1                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 2    roll.

 3                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

 5    Webb to explain her vote.

 6                 SENATOR WEBB:   Thank you, 

 7    Mr. President.

 8                 I rise today to lift up this 

 9    important legislation that recognizes something 

10    we know to be true and, quite frankly, we should 

11    have done a long time ago, and that is we 

12    recognize that nurses are the backbone of our 

13    healthcare system and their voices belong in 

14    every room where decisions are made, especially 

15    at the highest levels.  

16                 This bill would require hospitals to 

17    include a registered professional nurse as a 

18    sitting and voting member of the governing body 

19    responsible for shaping the hospital's strategic 

20    plan, their systems and policies.  

21                 It is a simple but powerful change, 

22    and one that is long overdue.  Nurses bring a 

23    unique and essential perspective to patient care.  

24    And as frontline providers, they offer hands-on 

25    support, they identify early signs of 


                                                               4706

 1    complications, they advocate for patients and 

 2    their families, and uphold the safety and dignity 

 3    of everyone who enters a hospital.  

 4                 Yet, far too often their voices are 

 5    excluded from key decisions that shape how care 

 6    is delivered.  Mr. President, by adding a 

 7    registered nurse to the hospital governance 

 8    structure, we ensure that decisions around 

 9    staffing, quality of care, and patient safety are 

10    grounded in real-world clinical experience.

11                 This isn't just good for nurses, 

12    it's good for our patients, families, and the 

13    entire healthcare system.

14                 I want to thank all the nurses 

15    across our state for their tireless advocacy on 

16    this issue, but also for the care that they 

17    provide.  I am proud to stand with them today and 

18    also offer that, yes, they deserve a seat at the 

19    table.

20                 I vote aye, and I encourage my 

21    colleagues to do the same.  Thank you.

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

23    Weber to be recorded in the affirmative.

24                 Announce the results.

25                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 


                                                               4707

 1    Calendar 1476, voting in the negative are 

 2    Senators Ashby, Borrello, Chan, Gallivan, 

 3    Martins, Mattera, Murray, Ortt, Palumbo, Rhoads, 

 4    Rolison, Stec, Walczyk, Weber and Weik.

 5                 Ayes, 38.  Nays, 15.

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 7    is passed.

 8                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 9    1477, Senate Print 2648, by Senator Addabbo, an 

10    act to amend the Insurance Law.

11                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

12    last section.

13                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 5.  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:   In relation to 

21    Calendar 1477, voting in the negative are 

22    Senators Borrello, Gallivan, Ortt and Walczyk.

23                 Ayes, 49.  Nays, 4.

24                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

25    is passed.


                                                               4708

 1                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 2    1490, Assembly Bill Number 4390, by 

 3    Assemblymember P. Carroll, an act to amend the 

 4    Real Property Tax Law.

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

 6    last section.

 7                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

 8    act shall take effect immediately.

 9                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

10    roll.

11                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

12                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

13    the results.

14                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

15    Calendar 1490, voting in the negative are 

16    Senators Martinez, Sepúlveda and Skoufis.

17                 Ayes, 50.  Nays, 3.

18                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

19    is passed.

20                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

21    1492, Senate Print 5339, by Senator Fahy, an act 

22    to amend the Public Health Law.

23                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

24    last section.

25                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 5.  This 


                                                               4709

 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    Fahy to explain her vote.

 7                 SENATOR FAHY:   Thank you, 

 8    Mr. President.  

 9                 I rise today in support of this 

10    legislation, and I just want to note that this is 

11    about providing dental loan repayment and 

12    practice support for dentists who agree to serve 

13    in underserved areas.  

14                 Right now dental deserts are in 

15    about 161 areas across New York State.  We are 

16    about 500 dentists short in order to just meet 

17    current standards.  And we only graduate about -- 

18    of the dentists we have, only about one in five 

19    take Medicaid recipients.  

20                 In one of my counties, in 

21    Montgomery County, we have just 19 registered 

22    dentists in the entire county of 50,000 people, 

23    which is a ratio of about one dentist to every 

24    2600 persons with access to those dentists.  

25                 And again, because our Medicaid 


                                                               4710

 1    reimbursement rates are so low -- often 

 2    40 percent of what insurance covers -- they are 

 3    refusing to take Medicaid.

 4                 This would create a loan repayment, 

 5    and it would urge those to serve in rural 

 6    New York as well as our underserved urban areas.  

 7    It is very similar to the successful program of 

 8    Doctors Across New York.  And we hope that this 

 9    will go a ways toward filling a very serious 

10    crisis.  

11                 With that, I vote in the 

12    affirmative.  Thank you, Mr. President.  

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

14    Fahy to be recorded in the affirmative.

15                 Announce the results.

16                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

17                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

18    is passed.

19                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

20    1494, Senate Print 5538, by Senator Baskin, an 

21    act to amend the Public Health Law.

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

23    last section.

24                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

25    act shall take effect immediately.


                                                               4711

 1                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 2    roll.

 3                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

 5    Baskin to explain her vote.

 6                 SENATOR BASKIN:   Thank you, 

 7    Mr. President.  

 8                 I rise today with gratitude to the 

 9    lawmakers of New York State, our Leader 

10    Stewart-Cousins, and public health advocates from 

11    Buffalo, Erie County, and again across the state.  

12                 I also rise today as a mother who 

13    was at one time told by my son's pediatrician 

14    that his blood lead levels had spiked while at a 

15    doctor's visit.  I rise as the sister of younger 

16    siblings who contracted lead poisoning when they 

17    were toddlers.  I rise today, Mr. President, as 

18    the district representative of Buffalo, New York, 

19    where children in Black communities are 12 times 

20    more likely to contract lead poisoning than 

21    children in predominantly white communities.

22                 I rise today as the representative 

23    of Buffalo, New York, the home of some of 

24    New York State's oldest housing stock.  

25                 I rise today, Mr. President, feeling 


                                                               4712

 1    accomplished.  As a county legislator back in 

 2    2019, I introduced a resolution calling on 

 3    New York State to make early intervention 

 4    services automatically available to children with 

 5    elevated blood lead levels.

 6                 As it stands, early intervention 

 7    services are reserved for babies, children who 

 8    are born with very specific disabilities.  The 

 9    law currently reads:  Fetal alcohol syndrome, 

10    physical or mental conditions or sensory 

11    delays are the sole circumstances in which a 

12    child in New York State can receive early 

13    intervention services.  

14                 As it stands, before today's vote, a 

15    child who has lead poisoning is not automatically 

16    allowed to have early intervention services.  

17                 Early intervention services allow 

18    children who have been identified as having 

19    delays because of environmental disorders the 

20    services that they need to get prepared to become 

21    quality students when they then enter into grade 

22    school.  

23                 I passed this resolution in 2019, 

24    and today I'm no longer a county legislator, I'm 

25    a State Senator who's sponsoring the bill that I 


                                                               4713

 1    called on the state to pass.  And so I'm pretty 

 2    proud of April Baskin, my team, and my community.  

 3                 (Laughter.)

 4                 SENATOR BASKIN:   I also want to 

 5    shout out my colleague from Western New York who 

 6    is sponsoring the bill in the Assembly, 

 7    Assemblymember Karen McMahon.  

 8                 And I have to acknowledge all of the 

 9    advocates who have helped me and my community 

10    understand the impacts of lead poisoning in the 

11    City of Buffalo.  

12                 I want to thank County Commissioner 

13    of Health Dr. Gale Burstein.  I want to thank the 

14    Partnership for the Public Good; a community 

15    organization, LEAD716; and also Dr. Mindy Cameron 

16    of the University of Buffalo, Dr. Leah Bartlo of 

17    the University of Buffalo, Dr. Kim Diana Connolly 

18    of the University of Buffalo, and local advocate 

19    and attorney Anna Falicov.  

20                 Today, as a mother who once had a 

21    child who had elevated blood lead levels, and as 

22    a district representative who represents so many 

23    children who have irreversible brain damage that 

24    is preventable as long as we in this honorable 

25    body continue to uplift lead remediation, I am 


                                                               4714

 1    so, so proud to vote in the affirmative and to 

 2    get done what I told the state to get done five 

 3    years ago.  

 4                 Thank you, Mr. President.

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

 6    April Baskin to be recorded in the affirmative.

 7                 (Laughter.)

 8                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

 9    May to explain her vote.

10                 SENATOR MAY:   Thank you, 

11    Mr. President.  

12                 I rise to say I am proud also of 

13    Senator Baskin and very grateful for this bill.  

14                 I sadly represent some of the 

15    zip codes in the country with the highest 

16    incidence of elevated blood lead levels in 

17    children, and a lot of children who have suffered 

18    and families who have suffered from this.  And it 

19    is so important that we get them the care that 

20    they need immediately.

21                 I also am the mother of a child who 

22    had elevated blood lead levels.  And we did get 

23    those instant interventions, and it made all the 

24    difference.

25                 And so I am thrilled that we are 


                                                               4715

 1    passing this today.  Congratulations.  

 2                 And I vote aye.

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

 4    May to be recorded in the affirmative.

 5                 Senator June -- I mean Senator 

 6    Cleare to explain her vote.

 7                 SENATOR CLEARE:   I want to 

 8    congratulate and thank Senator Baskin for 

 9    bringing this very important legislation.  

10                 I too am the mother of a child 

11    impacted by lead poisoning, and part of a 

12    coalition that passed the most comprehensive lead 

13    poisoning prevention bill in the country but was 

14    unable to get it outside of New York City, the 

15    five boroughs.  And I know the challenges.  This 

16    is just an added barrier, trying to get your 

17    child the services and the remediation that is 

18    necessary.  

19                 Lead poisoning is a housing fight, 

20    it's a health fight, it's an education fight.  

21    And especially for the people who are impacted 

22    the most by this, which are Black and brown 

23    children, it's just another struggle.  And you 

24    have just made it easier for some of them.  

25                 So I congratulate you, and I thank 


                                                               4716

 1    you.  Thank you for bringing this legislation.  

 2                 I will be voting aye.

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Senator 

 4    Cleare to be recorded in the affirmative.

 5                 Announce the results.

 6                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 8    is passed.

 9                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

10    1498, Assembly Bill Number 934A, by 

11    Assemblymember Magnarelli, an act to amend the 

12    Criminal Procedure Law.

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

14    last section.

15                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

16    act shall take effect immediately.

17                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

18    roll.

19                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

21    the results.

22                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

23                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

24    is passed.

25                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 


                                                               4717

 1    1499, Senate Print 6997A, by Senator C. Ryan, an 

 2    act to amend the Public Service Law.

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

 4    last section.

 5                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 3.  This 

 6    act shall take effect immediately.  

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 8    roll.

 9                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

11    the results.

12                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation 

13    Calendar 1499, voting in the negative are 

14    Senators Walczyk and Stec.  Also Senator Ashby.

15                 Ayes, 50.  Nays, 3.

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

17    is passed.

18                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

19    1502, Senate Print 7315, by Senator Hinchey, an 

20    act to amend the Social Services Law.

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

22    last section.

23                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

24    act shall take effect immediately.

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 


                                                               4718

 1    roll.

 2                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 4    the results.

 5                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 7    is passed.

 8                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 9    1503, Assembly Bill Number 6332A, by 

10    Assemblymember Romero, an act to amend the 

11    Criminal Procedure Law.

12                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

13    last section.

14                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

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

16    shall have become a law.

17                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

18    roll.

19                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

21    the results.

22                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

23                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

24    is passed.

25                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 


                                                               4719

 1    1504, Senate Print 7555A, by Senator Weik, an act 

 2    to amend Chapter 187 of the Laws of 1960.

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

 4    last section.

 5                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

 6    act shall take effect immediately.  

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 8    roll.

 9                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

11    the results.

12                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

13    Calendar 1504, voting in the negative:  

14    Senator Sepúlveda.

15                 Ayes, 52.  Nays, 1.

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

17    is passed.

18                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

19    1505, Assembly Bill Number 8045, by 

20    Assemblymember Bronson, an act to amend 

21    Chapter 230 of the Laws of 2022.

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Read the 

23    last section.

24                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

25    act shall take effect immediately.  


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 1                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Call the 

 2    roll.

 3                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Announce 

 5    the results.

 6                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The bill 

 8    is passed.

 9                 Senator Serrano, that completes the 

10    reading of today's calendar.

11                 SENATOR SERRANO:   Thank you, 

12    Mr. President.

13                 Can we go back to motions, please.

14                 On page 38 I offer the following 

15    amendments to Calendar 1155, Print Number 7288, 

16    and I ask that said bill retain its place on 

17    Third Reading Calendar.

18                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

19    amendments are received, and the bill will retain 

20    its place on the Third Reading Calendar.

21                 Senator Serrano.

22                 SENATOR SERRANO:   Is there any 

23    further business at the desk?

24                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   There is 

25    no further business at the desk.


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 1                 SENATOR SERRANO:   I move to adjourn 

 2    until Monday, June 9th, at 3:00 p.m., with the 

 3    intervening days being legislative days.

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   On 

 5    motion, the Senate stands adjourned until Monday, 

 6    June 9th, at 3:00 p.m., with the intervening days 

 7    being legislative.

 8                 (Whereupon, at 12:54 p.m., the 

 9    Senate adjourned.)

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