Regular Session - April 16, 2026

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 1                NEW YORK STATE SENATE

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 3                          

 4               THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD

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 9                  ALBANY, NEW YORK

10                   April 16, 2026

11                     11:29 a.m.

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14                   REGULAR SESSION

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18  SENATOR SHELLEY B. MAYER, Acting President

19  ALEJANDRA N. PAULINO, ESQ., Secretary

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

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

 3    Senate will come to order.  

 4                 I ask everyone present to please 

 5    rise and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

 6                 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited 

 7    the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)

 8                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   In the 

 9    absence of clergy, let us bow our heads in a 

10    moment of silent reflection or prayer.

11                 (Whereupon, the assemblage respected 

12    a moment of silence.)

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Reading 

14    of the Journal.

15                 THE SECRETARY:   In Senate, 

16    Wednesday, April 15, 2026, the Senate met 

17    pursuant to adjournment.  The Journal of Tuesday, 

18    April 14, 2026, was read and approved.  On 

19    motion, the Senate adjourned.

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Without 

21    objection, the Journal stands approved as read.

22                 Presentation of petitions.

23                 Messages from the Assembly.

24                 Messages from the Governor.

25                 Reports of standing committees.


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 1                 Reports of select committees.

 2                 Communications and reports from 

 3    state officers.

 4                 Motions and resolutions.

 5                 Senator Gianaris.

 6                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Good morning, 

 7    Mr. President.

 8                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   Good 

 9    morning.  

10                 We will begin with an immediate 

11    meeting of the Rules Committee in Room 332.

12                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   There 

13    will be an immediate meeting of the 

14    Rules Committee in Room 332.

15                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   The Senate 

16    stands at ease.

17                 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY:   The 

18    Senate will stand at ease.

19                 (Whereupon, the Senate stood at ease 

20    at 11:30 a.m.)

21                 (Whereupon, the Senate reconvened at 

22    11:37 a.m.)

23                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The Senate 

24    will return to order.

25                 Senator Gianaris.


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 1                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Madam President, 

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

 3    desk.  Can we take that up, please.  

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

 5    Secretary will read.

 6                 THE SECRETARY:   Senator 

 7    Stewart-Cousins, from the Committee on Rules, 

 8    reports the following bill:  

 9                 Senate Print 9918, by 

10    Senator Gianaris, an act making appropriations 

11    for the support of government.

12                 The bill reports direct to third 

13    reading.

14                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Move to accept 

15    the report of the Rules Committee.

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   All those 

17    in favor of accepting the report of the 

18    Rules Committee please signify by saying aye.

19                 (Response of "Aye.")

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Opposed, 

21    nay.

22                 (No response.)

23                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The report 

24    of the Rules Committee is accepted.

25                 Senator Gianaris.


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 1                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Let's move to 

 2    the supplemental calendar, please.

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

 4    Secretary will read.  

 5                 There's a substitution at the desk.  

 6                 The Secretary will read.

 7                 THE SECRETARY:   Senator Gianaris 

 8    moves to discharge, from the Committee on Rules, 

 9    Assembly Bill Number 11000 and substitute it for 

10    the identical Senate Bill 9918, Third Reading 

11    Calendar 696.

12                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

13    substitution is so ordered.

14                 The Secretary will read.

15                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

16    696, Assembly Bill Number 11000, by 

17    Assemblymember Pretlow, an act making 

18    appropriations for the support of government.

19                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Is there a 

20    message of necessity and appropriation at the 

21    desk?

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   There is a 

23    message of necessity and appropriation at the 

24    desk.

25                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Move to accept 


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 1    the message.

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   All those 

 3    in favor of accepting the message please signify 

 4    by saying aye.

 5                 (Response of "Aye.")

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Opposed, 

 7    nay.

 8                 (Response of "Nay.")

 9                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

10    message is accepted, and the bill is before the 

11    house.

12                 SENATOR LANZA:   Lay it aside.

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The bill 

14    is laid aside.

15                 Senator Gianaris, that completes the 

16    reading of the supplemental calendar.

17                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Can we just 

18    temporarily stand at ease while we await the 

19    debate on the one bill.

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The Senate 

21    will stand at ease.

22                 (Whereupon, the Senate stood at ease 

23    at 11:38 a.m.)

24                 (Whereupon, the Senate reconvened at 

25    11:39 a.m.) 


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 1                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The Senate 

 2    will return to order.

 3                 The Secretary will ring the bell.

 4                 The Secretary will read.

 5                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   We're on the 

 6    controversial calendar, I believe, right?  

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Yes.

 8                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Thank you.

 9                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

10    696, Assembly Bill Number 11000, by 

11    Assemblymember Pretlow, an act making 

12    appropriations for the support of government.

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Senator 

14    O'Mara, why do you rise?

15                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Yes, thank you, 

16    Madam President.  I wonder if the sponsor would 

17    yield for a few questions.

18                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Senator 

19    Gianaris, will you yield?  

20                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Yes.

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

22    Senator yields.

23                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Good morning, 

24    Senator.  

25                 We're on our fourth extender on this 


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 1    late budget at this point.  And my understanding 

 2    is that this extender takes us through Monday, 

 3    and it's adding an additional $79 million in 

 4    additional spending, bringing our total 

 5    extenders' amount of these four to $7.2 billion.

 6                 Is that correct?

 7                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   No, because the 

 8    extender takes us to Monday, not through Monday.  

 9    But otherwise, yes, you're correct.  

10                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Okay.  

11                 Through you, Madam President, if the 

12    Senator will continue to yield.  

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Do you 

14    continue to yield?  

15                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Yes.

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

17    Senator will yield.  

18                 SENATOR O'MARA:   So then with that 

19    we will need to do -- if the nine budget bills 

20    aren't done by Monday, and passed, we'll need to 

21    do another extender in Monday.

22                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   I would expect 

23    that to happen, Senator O'Mara.

24                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Through you, 

25    Madam President, if the Senator will continue to 


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 1    yield.

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Do you 

 3    continue to yield?

 4                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Yes.

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

 6    Senator yields.

 7                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Can you explain to 

 8    us what is being covered with this $79 million in 

 9    additional spending to get us to Monday?

10                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Well, as you 

11    pointed out, it's a very nominal amount in the 

12    scheme of the over 7 billion we've appropriated 

13    so far.  So these are just routine additional 

14    appropriations that the state needs to make 

15    payments.

16                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Through you, 

17    Madam President, if the Senator will continue to 

18    yield.

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Do you 

20    continue to yield?  

21                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Yes.

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

23    Senator will yield.

24                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Well, $79 million 

25    may not be a huge percentage of the overall 


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 1    budget that's going to be about 270 billion.  

 2    Seventy-nine million dollars still is not a 

 3    nominal amount, in my opinion, and I'm sure 

 4    neither in any opinion of any constituent that I 

 5    represent.

 6                 So can you give us some detail on 

 7    what the $79 million is actually going to go to?  

 8                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Sure.

 9                 I'll give you the whole list, since 

10    you asked, and since you like longer answers, 

11    from what I remember.

12                 (Laughter.)

13                 SENATOR GIANARIS:  Twenty-five 

14    thousand for personal service; $23.5 million for 

15    Social Security, 675,000 for the metropolitan 

16    commuter transportation mobility tax, 350,000 for 

17    SUNY pensions, 178,000 for auto accidents, 

18    4.28 for the Department of Health Center for 

19    Community Health.  What else do we have here?  

20    196,000 for the Community Support Program at the 

21    Justice Center.  Thirty million for unemployment 

22    benefits -- I'm sure you want those to go out.  

23    Thirteen-point-1 million for the MTA support; 

24    3.9 million for OPWDD non-Medicaid residential 

25    services; 960,000 for non-Medicaid day services; 


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 1    1.08 million for non-Medicaid family support and 

 2    services; 624,000 for non-Medicaid employment 

 3    services; 24,000 for homeless veterans housing; 

 4    and 160,000 for other non-Medicaid payments.

 5                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Thank you.  

 6                 Through you, Madam President, if the 

 7    Senator will continue to yield.  

 8                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Do you 

 9    continue to yield?

10                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Yes.

11                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

12    Senator yields.  

13                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Are there any 

14    table targets yet for our various budget 

15    conference committees?  

16                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   No.

17                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Through you, 

18    Madam President, if the Senator will continue to 

19    yield.  

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Do you 

21    continue to yield?  

22                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Yes.

23                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

24    Senator yields.

25                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Do you expect that 


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 1    we will have table targets on Monday for --

 2                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   No.

 3                 SENATOR O'MARA:   -- the joint 

 4    conference committees to start to work?  

 5                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   No.

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Through 

 7    you, Madam President, if the Senator will 

 8    continue to yield.

 9                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Do you 

10    continue to yield?  

11                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Yes.

12                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

13    Senator yields.

14                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Can you outline 

15    for us why not?  What are the sticking points to 

16    getting to table targets?

17                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   The sticking 

18    points are the same they've been since we've been 

19    having these conversations.  We continue to 

20    negotiate with the Executive over CLCPA 

21    rollbacks, SEQRA reform, auto insurance issues, 

22    immigration, aid to New York City, and various 

23    others.  

24                 I will say this week has been 

25    somewhat more promising, as discussions seem to 


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 1    be making slow and steady progress.

 2                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Through you, 

 3    Madam President, if the Senator will continue to 

 4    yield.

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Do you 

 6    continue to yield?  

 7                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Yes.

 8                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

 9    Senator yields.

10                 SENATOR O'MARA:   At least I've read 

11    in the news in recent days there's been a new 

12    proposal thrown out there on policy, and that's 

13    the pied-a-terre tax on second homes in New York 

14    City.  That's something new that's been thrown 

15    out.  Is that thrown out by the Governor or is 

16    that thrown out by Mayor Mamdani through the 

17    Governor?  

18                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Senator O'Mara 

19    has been here long enough to know that it was 

20    originally a Senate Democrat proposal by then 

21    Senator Hoylman-Sigal, now borough president of 

22    Manhattan.  

23                 And so the idea has been in 

24    existence for several years.  It's something that 

25    the Governor has thrown her support behind in the 


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 1    last couple of days.

 2                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Thank you, 

 3    Senator.

 4                 Madam President, if the Senator will 

 5    continue to yield.

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Do you 

 7    continue to yield?  

 8                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Yes.

 9                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

10    Senator yields.

11                 SENATOR O'MARA:   With regards to 

12    the CLCPA issues that are a stumbling point at 

13    this point, can you describe for us what 

14    proposals the Governor has put forth in regards 

15    to extending some of these deadlines on the 

16    CLCPA?

17                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   No.

18                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Through you, 

19    Madam President, if the Senator will continue to 

20    yield.  

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Do you 

22    continue to yield?  

23                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Yes.

24                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

25    Senator yields.


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 1                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Has the Governor 

 2    put forth specific issues with regards to changes 

 3    to the CLCPA?  

 4                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Yeah, there have 

 5    been conversations back and forth around elements 

 6    of the CLCPA.

 7                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Through you, 

 8    Madam President, if the Senator will continue to 

 9    yield.  

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Do you 

11    continue to yield?  

12                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Yes.

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

14    Senator yields.

15                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Another one of the 

16    major stumbling blocks seems to be auto insurance 

17    reform.  Can you tell us where the proposals on 

18    that stand in the discussions?  

19                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   The Governor's 

20    is what's publicly known through her proposals 

21    and statements.  And we are going back and forth 

22    to try and find the right balance for what is in 

23    the best interests of New Yorkers.

24                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Through you, 

25    Madam President, if the Senator will continue to 


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 1    yield.

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Do you 

 3    continue to yield?

 4                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Yes.

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

 6    Senator yields.

 7                 SENATOR O'MARA:   And another major 

 8    issue is Tier 6 reform that could be 

 9    all-encompassing or it could be certain aspects 

10    of it.  

11                 Where do those proposals stand up at 

12    this point on reforms to Tier 6?  

13                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Well, I think 

14    there's a genuine interest in making significant 

15    reforms.  

16                 Senator O'Mara was also here, I 

17    believe, when that was first enacted and the 

18    then-members of our Democratic Conference walked 

19    out in protest rather than supporting that.  

20                 So we recognize there's a need to 

21    make changes, and we're trying to figure out 

22    what's feasible while minimizing the burdens on 

23    our local governments.

24                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Through you, 

25    Madam President, if the Senator will continue to 


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 1    yield.

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Do you 

 3    continue to yield?

 4                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Yes.

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

 6    Senator yields.

 7                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Where do we stand 

 8    on the various SEQRA changes, proposals that are 

 9    out there on -- with regards to housing?

10                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   I think that's 

11    something that all sides want to get to yes on.  

12    And so I think, of all the issues we've talked 

13    about, that may be the one that's furthest along 

14    in terms of reaching agreement in line with what 

15    the Governor is seeking.

16                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Through you, 

17    Madam President, if the Senator will continue to 

18    yield.  

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Do you 

20    continue to yield?

21                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Yes.

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

23    Senator yields.  

24                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Can you give us a 

25    general outline of where you think that is, where 


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 1    everybody seems to be comfortable with?  

 2                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   No.

 3                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Thank you.  

 4                 Madam President, on the bill.

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Senator 

 6    O'Mara on the bill.

 7                 SENATOR O'MARA:   Not a lot of 

 8    helpful information for us, as usual on these 

 9    extenders, which is concerning.  

10                 And more importantly, no information 

11    for the citizens of New York State on what is 

12    really being discussed behind closed doors with 

13    three people in a room on what will be somewhere 

14    between a $263 billion and $270 billion budget.  

15                 As I've said before, New Yorkers 

16    deserve to know what's being talked about behind 

17    those closed doors and what progress is being 

18    made so that they can actually weigh in to us and 

19    tell us what they think about them, rather than 

20    just coming out in the middle of the night -- 

21    which is par the course around here -- and voting 

22    on them within a few hours.

23                 We need the time to review these 

24    things.  The public needs the time to review 

25    these things and provide us their input on those.


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 1                 Where this extender takes us:  

 2    Three more days, gets us through Friday, Saturday 

 3    and Sunday into Monday.  You know, I'll continue 

 4    to support this -- extenders at this point, but 

 5    it's growing increasingly concerning, the lack of 

 6    progress and, more importantly, the lack of 

 7    details on what is actually being discussed so 

 8    New Yorkers can know exactly what we're talking 

 9    about here behind closed doors in Albany.

10                 Thank you.

11                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Thank you, 

12    Senator O'Mara.

13                 Are there any other Senators wishing 

14    to be heard?  

15                 Seeing and hearing none, debate is 

16    closed.

17                 Senator Gianaris.

18                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Madam President, 

19    we've agreed to restore this to the 

20    noncontroversial supplemental calendar.

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The bill 

22    is restored to the noncontroversial supplemental 

23    calendar.  

24                 Read the last section.

25                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 


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 1    act shall take effect immediately.

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Call the 

 3    roll.

 4                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Senator 

 6    Weik to explain her vote.

 7                 SENATOR WEIK:   Thank you, 

 8    Madam President.  

 9                 It's April 16th.  That's 15 days 

10    past due, with no table targets, which is really 

11    a terrible thing.  

12                 We have one-party rule in the State 

13    of New York, and we can't seem to agree on enough 

14    to get a budget on time, let alone 15 days late.  

15                 I'll be voting in the negative.

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Senator 

17    Weik to be recorded in the negative.

18                 Announce the results.

19                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

20    Calendar 696, voting in the negative:  

21    Senator Weik.

22                 Ayes, 52.  Nays, 1.

23                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The bill 

24    is passed.

25                 Senator Gianaris, that completes the 


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 1    reading of the supplemental calendar.

 2                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Let's now take 

 3    up the calendar.  

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

 5    Secretary will read.

 6                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 7    382, Senate Print 354, by Senator Rivera, an act 

 8    to amend the Public Health Law.

 9                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Read the 

10    last section.

11                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

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

13    shall have become a law.

14                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Call the 

15    roll.

16                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

17                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Announce 

18    the results.

19                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The bill 

21    is passed.

22                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

23    388, Senate Print 1912A, by Senator Rivera, an 

24    act to amend the Social Services Law.  

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Read the 


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 1    last section.

 2                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

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

 4    shall have become a law.

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Call the 

 6    roll.

 7                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 8                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Announce 

 9    the results.

10                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

11    Calendar 388, voting in the negative are 

12    Senators Borrello, Oberacker, O'Mara, Ortt, 

13    Rhoads, Stec and Walczyk.

14                 Ayes, 46.  Nays, 7.

15                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The bill 

16    is passed.

17                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

18    454, Senate Print 2708A, by Senator May, an act 

19    to amend the Public Service Law.

20                 SENATOR LANZA:   Lay it aside.

21                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Lay the bill 

22    aside for the day.

23                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The bill 

24    is laid aside for the day.

25                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 


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 1    580, Senate Print 3352, by Senator Sanders, an 

 2    act to amend the Insurance Law.

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Read the 

 4    last section.

 5                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 3.  This 

 6    act shall take effect immediately.

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Call the 

 8    roll.

 9                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

10                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Announce 

11    the results.

12                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The bill 

14    is passed.

15                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

16    638, Senate Print 3575A, by Senator Cleare, an 

17    act to amend the Public Health Law.

18                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Read the 

19    last section.

20                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

21    act shall take effect April 1, 2027.

22                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Call the 

23    roll.

24                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Announce 


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 1    the results.

 2                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The bill 

 4    is passed.

 5                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 6    645, Senate Print 1984, by Senator Harckham, an 

 7    act to amend the Environmental Conservation Law.

 8                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Read the 

 9    last section.

10                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

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

12    shall have become a law.

13                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Call the 

14    roll.

15                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

16                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Announce 

17    the results.

18                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

19                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The bill 

20    is passed.

21                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

22    653, Senate Print 1673, by Senator Gounardes, an 

23    act to amend the Labor Law.

24                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Read the 

25    last section.


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 1                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

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

 3    shall have become a law.

 4                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Call the 

 5    roll.

 6                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 7                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Announce 

 8    the results.

 9                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

10    Calendar 653, voting in the negative are 

11    Senators Borrello, Chan, Helming, Murray, 

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

13    Walczyk and Weik.

14                 Ayes, 41.  Nays, 12.

15                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The bill 

16    is passed.

17                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

18    662, Senate Print 3190, by Senator Kavanagh, an 

19    act to amend the Real Property Tax Law.

20                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Read the 

21    last section.

22                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

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

24    shall have become a law.

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Call the 


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 1    roll.

 2                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

 3                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Announce 

 4    the results.

 5                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.

 6                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The bill 

 7    is passed.

 8                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 9    665, Senate Print 6817, by Senator Bynoe, an act 

10    authorizing the assessor of Nassau County to 

11    accept from the Incorporated Village of Hempstead 

12    an application for exemption from real property 

13    taxes.

14                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Read the 

15    last section.

16                 THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

17    act shall take effect immediately.

18                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Call the 

19    roll.

20                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   Announce 

22    the results.

23                 THE SECRETARY:   In relation to 

24    Calendar 665, voting in the negative:  

25    Senator O'Mara.


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 1                 Ayes, 52.  Nays, 1.

 2                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The bill 

 3    is passed.

 4                 Senator Gianaris, that completes the 

 5    reading of the calendar.

 6                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Thank you, 

 7    Madam President.  

 8                 Returning to motions for a moment, 

 9    on behalf of Senator Bailey, I wish to call up 

10    Senate Print 5265, recalled from the Assembly, 

11    which is now at the desk.

12                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

13    amendments are received, and the bill will retain 

14    its place on the Third Reading Calendar.  

15                 Excuse me.  The Secretary will read.

16                 THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

17    423, Senate Print 5265, by Senator Bailey, an act 

18    to amend the Correction Law.

19                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Move to 

20    reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed.  

21                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

22    Secretary will call the roll on reconsideration.

23                 (The Secretary called the roll.)

24                 THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 53.  

25                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The bill 


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 1    is restored to its place on the Third Reading 

 2    Calendar.

 3                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Now I offer the 

 4    following amendments.

 5                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

 6    amendments are received.

 7                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   And on behalf of 

 8    Senator Fahy, on page 26 I offer the following 

 9    amendments to Calendar 650, Senate Print 9268, 

10    and ask that said bill retain its place on the 

11    Third Reading Calendar.

12                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   The 

13    amendments are received, and the bill will retain 

14    its place on the Third Reading Calendar.

15                 Senator Gianaris.

16                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   Is there any 

17    further business at the desk?

18                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   There is 

19    no further business at the desk.

20                 SENATOR GIANARIS:   An early start 

21    Monday because of the need to do the next 

22    extender by noon.  

23                 I move to adjourn until Monday, 

24    April 20th, at 11:00 a.m., with the intervening 

25    days being legislative days.


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 1                 ACTING PRESIDENT MAYER:   On motion, 

 2    the Senate stands adjourned until Monday, 

 3    April 20th, at 11:00 a.m., with the intervening 

 4    days being legislative days.

 5                 (Whereupon, at 11:54 a.m., the 

 6    Senate adjourned.)

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