Regular Session - March 07, 2017
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1 NEW YORK STATE SENATE
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9 ALBANY, NEW YORK
10 March 7, 2017
11 3:37 p.m.
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14 REGULAR SESSION
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18 SENATOR JOSEPH GRIFFO, Acting President
19 FRANCIS W. PATIENCE, Secretary
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S
2 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
3 Senate will come to order.
4 I ask all present to please rise
5 and join with us as we recite the Pledge of
6 Allegiance to our Flag.
7 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited
8 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: In the
10 absence of clergy today, I ask everyone present
11 to please bow your heads in a moment of silent
12 reflection and prayer.
13 (Whereupon, the assemblage
14 respected a moment of silence.)
15 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
16 reading of the Journal.
17 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, Monday,
18 March 6th, the Senate met pursuant to
19 adjournment. The Journal of Sunday, March 5th,
20 was read and approved. On motion, Senate
21 adjourned.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Without
23 objection, the Journal will stand approved as
24 read.
25 Presentation of petitions.
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1 Messages from the Assembly.
2 The Secretary will read.
3 THE SECRETARY: On page 10,
4 Senator Lanza moves to discharge, from the
5 Committee on Cities, Assembly Bill Number 1189
6 and substitute it for the identical Senate Bill
7 1865, Third Reading Calendar 107.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
9 substitution is so ordered.
10 Messages from the Governor.
11 Reports of standing committees.
12 Reports of select committees.
13 Communications and reports of state
14 officers.
15 Motions and resolutions.
16 Senator DeFrancisco.
17 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Yes, we've
18 handed up to the desk committee assignments from
19 Senator Flanagan for March 7th of 2017, pursuant
20 to Rule VIII, Section 1(c).
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: It has
22 been received and will be made a part of the
23 official record and Journal.
24 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: All right.
25 Can we now take up the Resolution Calendar and
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1 adopt it, with the exception of Numbers 876 and
2 946.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Okay,
4 the question is on adopting the Resolution
5 Calendar. All in favor of adopting the
6 Resolution Calendar before you, with the
7 exceptions of 876 and 906, please -- was that
8 906 or 946, Senator DeFrancisco?
9 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: 876 and 946.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Okay.
11 So the question is on the Resolution Calendar as
12 presented before the house, with the exception
13 of Resolution Number 876 and 946. All in favor
14 of adopting the Resolution Calendar signify by
15 saying aye.
16 (Response of "Aye.")
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Opposed?
18 (No response.)
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
20 Resolution Calendar is adopted.
21 Senator DeFrancisco.
22 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Yes, can we
23 take up Resolution Number 876, read the title
24 only, and call on Senator Golden.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
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1 Secretary will read.
2 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
3 Resolution Number 876, by Senator Griffo,
4 welcoming Consul General, Ambassador Zhang Qiyue
5 and members of the Chinese General Chamber of
6 Commerce to Albany on March 7, 2017, and
7 reaffirming New York's business ties with China.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
9 Golden.
10 SENATOR GOLDEN: Thank you,
11 Mr. President.
12 I rise proudly to introduce to our
13 conference here our Deputy Consul General and our
14 Consul General -- most importantly, our Consul
15 General and her complete -- I would imagine her
16 office is here, that represents economics,
17 education, science, technology, all of the
18 workings that go on within her nation and within
19 our nation.
20 That's the Consul General, Zhang
21 Qiyue. Thank you very, very much for being here.
22 And our Deputy Consul General, Cheng
23 Lei, thank you as well, and all of the different
24 entities that you bring from your office here
25 that represent the Chinese government and what
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1 we've been able to foster here in this great
2 nation.
3 She's been, this great lady, the
4 Consul General, in the City of New York since
5 12/29/2014. And the Chinese businesses have
6 invested over $15 billion dollars in New York
7 State, and over 1 million tourists visit our
8 great, great nation each and every year. And
9 close to a million residing within our tri-state
10 area and here in the City of New York, and
11 fostering great relations and good relations, and
12 creating the jobs and the education that we need
13 and the housing that we need for our communities;
14 we work together to make that happen.
15 There are six different regions
16 within China that are working presently today
17 here with ESDC and trying to come up with the
18 economics and being able to make the State of
19 New York a place and a destination for not only
20 jobs and for companies, but to cut the red tape
21 that is holding back the Chinese government and
22 the Chinese businesses from doing work here in
23 this great, great state.
24 So we've got to work together. And
25 we're looking to grow and to expand this
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1 relationship, especially in our high-tech areas
2 like biotech, alternative energy, agriculture and
3 digital media. Fostering and deepening our
4 relationship is good for our people, our
5 economics, and for the peace of the world.
6 I will tell you that we had a
7 Ping-Pong game last year. She beat me. No
8 surprise. But I want to tell you, she is a great
9 individual, a great person. And just in my
10 community alone, we've seen in Brooklyn --
11 Chinatown 2, I believe we're going to call that.
12 Chinatown 1 is Queens, and Chinatown 3 is in
13 New York City. But I do believe the one in
14 New York -- Brooklyn will be New York 1 very,
15 very shortly.
16 The largest area, obviously, is in
17 California, in San Francisco, and someday we will
18 surpass them as well.
19 So I want to thank you. And I thank
20 you, and please accept our warmest greetings, and
21 wish you and your delegation health and
22 prosperity in all your dealings with our fair
23 state. God bless you, and thank you for coming
24 here today.
25 Ladies and gentlemen, if you could
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1 rise and give me a nice round of applause for our
2 Consul General and for the people that come here
3 today.
4 (Standing ovation.)
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
6 Stavisky.
7 SENATOR STAVISKY: Thank you,
8 Mr. President. And thank you, Senator Griffo,
9 for sponsoring this resolution.
10 I'm glad that Senator Golden
11 referred to Chinatown 1 as Queens, and I am proud
12 to represent so many people from the
13 Chinese-American community in Flushing, but
14 really throughout the borough. And I'm delighted
15 to welcome Ambassador Zhang back to Albany. We
16 have met on a number of occasions.
17 And this, I think, demonstrates the
18 close cooperation between the People's Republic
19 of China and New York State and of course the
20 entire country. The relationship is important to
21 our country, but especially to New York.
22 And it's a cooperation, it's an
23 economic cooperation based upon trading and upon
24 investment in our country, in our communities,
25 and particularly in my district in Flushing.
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1 It's an investment and a cooperation I think in
2 an educational sense, because we have many
3 students from the People's Republic of China
4 studying in the United States, as we send people
5 to China to study. And in fact, I had a student
6 from Hong Kong interning in my district office
7 this summer, and we still stay in contact.
8 And I think it's also a cooperation
9 of tourism, because tourism is extremely
10 important in New York State as well as to the
11 People's Republic of China.
12 So I think this is a relationship
13 built upon trust and respect, and I especially
14 want to wish my friends a happy Lunar New Year,
15 Year of the Rooster, Xin Nian Kuai Le. And may
16 you have many, many more happy and peaceful Lunar
17 New Years to come.
18 Thank you.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Thank
20 you, Senator Stavisky.
21 Senator Hamilton.
22 SENATOR HAMILTON: Yes,
23 Mr. President. I rise to pay tribute to the
24 ambassador to China, Zhang Qiyue, who we have met
25 on many occasions.
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1 I have the fastest growing Asian
2 population in the State of New York, in Brooklyn,
3 in Sunset Park. Many small business owners who
4 are the economic engine in Sunset Park. I have
5 my good friend John Chan, from the
6 Chinese-American Association, which hosts many
7 events in Brooklyn. Brooklyn will soon have the
8 popular arts for business and commerce for the
9 Asian-American community.
10 I want to thank also Cheng Lei,
11 deputy consul general for the People's Republic
12 of China in New York. I want to say ni hao, ni
13 hao ma to you.
14 I want to say to Xu Chen, president
15 of the China General Chamber of Commerce, ni hao,
16 ni hao ma, to you too.
17 So I stand here today as a proud
18 Senator for a proud people in the borough of
19 Brooklyn, my Asian brothers and sisters. And I
20 just want to wish you a happy Lunar New Year.
21 And not only is it the New Year of the Rooster,
22 it is the New Year of the Red Rooster.
23 And so I want to say to all my Asian
24 brothers and sisters in the balcony: Xie xie.
25 Xie xie. And thank you for coming to Albany.
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1 And thank you, Senator Martin {sic}
2 for this fabulous resolution recognizing our
3 Asian population, growing Asian population in
4 Brooklyn.
5 And for those of you who do not
6 know, the number one, two, and four banks in the
7 world are in China. China is the economic engine
8 of the world, and economic ties with China will
9 enhance the State of New York. So I look forward
10 to working in New York with the Asian-American
11 community, and China, and also on an
12 international level. Thank you so much. Xie
13 xie. Xie xie.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
15 question is on the resolution. All in favor of
16 the resolution signify by saying aye.
17 (Response of "Aye.")
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Opposed?
19 (No response.)
20 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
21 resolution is adopted. We again welcome the
22 Ambassador, the Consul General's office, the
23 members of the Chinese General Chamber of
24 Commerce, the remainder of the delegation, and
25 the Asian-American Business Development Center.
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1 So again give them the courtesies of
2 the house, and we extend the privileges of the
3 house.
4 (Standing ovation.)
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Thank
6 you.
7 Senator DeFrancisco.
8 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Yes, can we
9 now take up Resolution 946, read the title only,
10 and call on Senator Little.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
12 Secretary will read.
13 THE SECRETARY: Legislative
14 Resolution Number 946, by Senators Flanagan,
15 Klein, and Senator Stewart-Cousins, commemorating
16 the induction of three new inductees in the
17 New York State Senate's Historical Women of
18 Distinction 2017 exhibit.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Senator
20 Little.
21 SENATOR LITTLE: Thank you,
22 Mr. President.
23 I'm very proud, as is the Senate, to
24 sponsor the 2017 Women of Distinction historical
25 exhibit in celebration of Women's History Month.
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1 And I would just like to briefly talk about the
2 three women we are honoring this year.
3 The first woman, Ida B. Sammis, ran
4 for the Assembly the year after the right to
5 vote. In 1917, women got the right to vote. In
6 1918, several women ran for seats in the
7 Assembly; Mary Lilly and Ida B. Sammis were
8 elected.
9 She was from Long Island. She
10 actually challenged an incumbent in her own party
11 and continued on to win. She spent time in Cold
12 Spring Harbor and Huntington.
13 She in actuality had a very dramatic
14 entrance into the Assembly, because she was
15 stopped at the entrance and told that women could
16 not be on the floor by the sergeant-at-arms. She
17 told them she was an Assemblymember, and she
18 rummaged through her pocketbook to find her card.
19 Notably, the Assemblyman behind her didn't offer
20 any proof that she was an Assemblywoman, so she
21 had to pull it out.
22 But actually it held up her entrance
23 into the Assembly. And for the first time in
24 many, many years, the gallery in the Assembly was
25 filled with a number of women who stood and
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1 cheered upon her entrance.
2 She actually sponsored 15 bills, and
3 10 were enacted. One of the things that she
4 cared deeply about that was caring for the
5 mentally ill patients in state hospitals, and
6 that those people working in those hospitals --
7 doctors, nurses, staff people -- were paid the
8 same, whether they were male or female, working
9 in the same job. So many of the issues that we
10 still look at today.
11 Unfortunately, at that time the
12 Assembly terms were one year, and neither she nor
13 Mary Lilly were elected the following year. But
14 that was women's first entrance into the
15 Legislature.
16 A second woman we're honoring is
17 Inez Milholland Boissevain. She actually lived
18 in New York City but summered in the North
19 Country, in the Town of Lewis, in my district.
20 She graduated from Vassar. She was
21 an advocate on civil rights and the suffragette
22 movement. She was told and spoken of as being
23 one of the most powerful, persuasive and
24 beautiful orators in the suffrage movement. She
25 applied to Yale, Harvard and Columbia, was denied
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1 because she was female, they didn't accept
2 females. But in 1912, she got her law degree
3 from New York City University and, as a lawyer,
4 was involved in the women's garment workers
5 issues as well as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
6 struggle.
7 She is best remembered for her
8 suffragist movement when she led the parade with
9 women who walked from New York City to
10 Washington, D.C. And as they entered Washington,
11 D.C., in 1912, she was riding a white horse,
12 totally dressed in white, with a big white robe.
13 So there are many pictures of her in that.
14 Unfortunately, even though she
15 continued her advocacy and speaking, while she
16 was speaking to a crowd of about 1500 in
17 Los Angeles, California, she collapsed and died
18 at the age of 30. So she accomplished a great
19 deal in her short lifetime.
20 The third woman that we are honoring
21 is Constance Baker Motley. Constance Baker
22 Motley was a brilliant lawyer and distinguished
23 federal judge, an advocate for the civil rights
24 movement. And she became the first
25 African-American federal judge in 1966.
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1 She had graduated from New York
2 University and Columbia Law School, and in that
3 same year she worked at the NAACP Legal Defense
4 Fund under its leader, Thurgood Marshall. She
5 also worked very closely with Dr. Martin Luther
6 King in critical roles on many of the issues of
7 the civil rights movement.
8 But she was also the first
9 African-American woman to serve here in the
10 New York State Senate, and in 1965 stepped into
11 her role as Manhattan Borough president. So she
12 had many firsts in her life, and in 1966 she
13 became an African-American federal judge.
14 She is certainly considered as one
15 of the most prominent African-American lawyers
16 and females in our history. And she received a
17 Presidential Citizens Medal in 2001, and the
18 NAACP selected her for their highest honor, the
19 Spingarn Medal, in 2003. She died in 2005.
20 So all three women are certainly
21 women who are examples and inspirations to women
22 throughout history, but also to our young women
23 today, and I'm happy that we are honoring them.
24 Thank you, Mr. President.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Thank
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1 you, Senator Little.
2 The question is on the resolution.
3 All in favor signify by saying aye.
4 (Response of "Aye.")
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Opposed?
6 (No response.)
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
8 resolution is adopted.
9 Senator DeFrancisco.
10 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: I would like
11 to call an immediate meeting of the Rules
12 Committee in Room 332 of the Capitol.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There is
14 an immediate meeting of the Rules Committee in
15 Room 332 of the Capitol.
16 The Senate will stand at ease.
17 (Whereupon, the Senate stood at ease
18 at 3:55 p.m.)
19 (Whereupon, the Senate reconvened at
20 4:06 p.m.)
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
22 Senate will return to order.
23 Senator DeFrancisco.
24 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Do you have a
25 report of the Rules Committee at the desk?
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There is.
2 The Secretary will read.
3 THE SECRETARY: Senator Flanagan,
4 from the Committee on Rules, reports the
5 following bills:
6 Senate Print 1786, by Senator Klein,
7 an act to amend the Penal Law;
8 Senate 2492, by Senator Phillips, an
9 act to amend the State Finance Law;
10 Senate 2493, by Senator Phillips, an
11 act to amend the Education Law;
12 Senate 4407A, by Senator Lanza, an
13 act to amend the Domestic Relations Law;
14 Senate 4777, by Senator Carlucci, an
15 act to amend the Penal Law;
16 And Senate 4837, by Senator Klein,
17 an act to prohibit.
18 All bills reported direct to third
19 reading.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: I'll
21 entertain a motion.
22 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: I move to
23 accept the Rules Committee report.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There is
25 a motion before the house to accept the Committee
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1 on Rules report. All in favor signify by saying
2 aye.
3 (Response of "Aye.")
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Opposed?
5 (No response.)
6 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The Rules
7 report has been accepted and is before the house.
8 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Can we now
9 please take up the noncontroversial reading of
10 the calendar.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
12 Secretary will read the active list,
13 noncontroversial.
14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 90,
15 by Senator Ranzenhofer, Senate Print 2536, an act
16 to amend the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
18 last section.
19 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
20 act shall take effect on the 90th day.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
22 roll.
23 (The Secretary called the roll.)
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Announce
25 the results.
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1 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
2 Calendar 90, those recorded in the negative are
3 Senators Alcantara, Bailey, Comrie, Gianaris,
4 Hamilton, Hoylman, Krueger, Montgomery, Parker,
5 Peralta, Persaud, Rivera, Sanders and Squadron.
6 Ayes, 46. Nays, 14.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
8 is passed.
9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 95,
10 by Senator Little, Senate Print 2254, an act to
11 amend the Private Housing Finance Law.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
13 last section.
14 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This
15 act shall take effect on the first of January.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
17 roll.
18 (The Secretary called the roll.)
19 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 60.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
21 is passed.
22 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
23 107, substituted earlier by Member of the
24 Assembly Cusick, Assembly Print 1189, an act to
25 amend Chapter 306 of the Laws of 2011.
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
2 last section.
3 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
4 act shall take effect immediately.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
6 roll.
7 (The Secretary called the roll.)
8 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 60.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
10 is passed.
11 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
12 150, by Senator Amedore, Senate Print 905, an act
13 to amend the Labor Law.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
15 last section.
16 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
17 act shall take effect immediately.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
19 roll.
20 (The Secretary called the roll.)
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Announce
22 the results.
23 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
24 Calendar 150, those recorded in the negative are
25 Senators Bailey, Comrie, Hoylman, Krueger,
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1 Peralta, Persaud, Rivera, Sanders and Squadron.
2 Ayes, 51. Nays, 9.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
4 is passed.
5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
6 152, by Senator Bonacic, Senate Print 2052, an
7 act to amend the Labor Law.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
9 last section.
10 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
11 act shall take effect immediately.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
13 roll.
14 (The Secretary called the roll.)
15 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59. Nays, 1.
16 Senator Krueger recorded in the negative.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
18 is passed.
19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
20 175, by Senator Ranzenhofer, Senate Print 3144,
21 an act to amend the Public Authorities Law.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
23 last section.
24 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
25 act shall take effect immediately.
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
2 roll.
3 (The Secretary called the roll.)
4 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 60.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
6 is passed.
7 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
8 201, by Senator Alcantara, Senate Print 793, an
9 act to amend the Public Housing Law.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
11 last section.
12 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
13 act shall take effect on the first of June.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
15 roll.
16 (The Secretary called the roll.)
17 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59. Nays, 1.
18 Senator Gallivan recorded in the negative.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
20 is passed.
21 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
22 277, by Senator Bonacic, Senate Print 1030, an
23 act to amend the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
25 last section.
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1 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
2 act shall take effect immediately.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
4 roll.
5 (The Secretary called the roll.)
6 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 60.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
8 is passed.
9 Senator DeFrancisco, that completes
10 the noncontroversial reading of today's
11 active-list calendar.
12 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Yes, we're
13 now going to shortly be at ease. We're getting
14 clarification whether any of the bills from the
15 Rules Committee will be taken up today. We
16 should know shortly.
17 But in the meantime, I neglected to
18 say that both of the resolutions that we passed
19 today are open for cosponsorship. If you want to
20 cosponsor, notify the desk.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: So the
22 resolutions that have been previously passed are
23 open for cosponsorship. If you choose to be a
24 cosponsor, notify the desk.
25 And the Senate will stand
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1 temporarily at ease.
2 (Whereupon, the Senate stood at ease
3 at 4:12 p.m.)
4 (Whereupon, the Senate reconvened at
5 4:12 p.m.)
6 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
7 Senate will return to order.
8 Senator DeFrancisco.
9 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Yes, we have
10 a decision. We'd like to take up one bill off of
11 the Rules Committee report that we just passed.
12 That's Calendar Number -- well, sorry. I tried
13 to move it along, but the jacket is now being put
14 on it. If you want to watch it, it's being put
15 on right now at the desk.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Jackets
17 are required when you're in the chamber.
18 (Laughter.)
19 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
20 Senate will stand temporarily at ease.
21 (Whereupon, the Senate stood at ease
22 at 4:13 p.m.)
23 (Whereupon, the Senate reconvened at
24 4:23 p.m.)
25 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
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1 Senate will return to order.
2 Senator DeFrancisco.
3 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Yes, it's my
4 understanding that we now have the bill jacket
5 and everything ready to take up Senator Lanza's
6 bill, which is Senate Print Number 4407A. Could
7 we call that up, please.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
9 Secretary will read.
10 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
11 404, by Senator Lanza, Senate Print 4407A, an act
12 to amend the Domestic Relations Law.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Read the
14 last section.
15 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This
16 act shall take effect on the 30th day.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: Call the
18 roll.
19 (The Secretary called the roll.)
20 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 60.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The bill
22 is passed.
23 Senator DeFrancisco, that concludes
24 the supplemental reading of today's calendar,
25 noncontroversial.
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1 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: It's my
2 understanding that Senator Flanagan handed up to
3 the desk, in consultation with Senator Klein, the
4 following IDC committee assignments.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: The
6 committee assignments are at the desk, received,
7 and will be filed in the Journal.
8 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: I understand
9 there's another set of committee assignments, is
10 that correct, from Senator Flanagan?
11 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: That was
12 previously handed up and made a part of the
13 official Journal, Senator DeFrancisco.
14 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: That's
15 exactly what I told counsel, but she wouldn't
16 believe me, so I had to do it publicly.
17 (Laughter.)
18 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: I would
19 always yield to counsel.
20 (Laughter.)
21 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Thank you.
22 Is there any further business at the
23 desk?
24 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There is
25 no further business at the desk at this point.
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1 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: How about at
2 this point?
3 (Laughter.)
4 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: There is
5 no further business at the desk.
6 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Thank you.
7 In that case, I move to adjourn
8 until Wednesday, March 8th, at 11:00 a.m.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT GRIFFO: On
10 motion, the Senate stands adjourned until
11 Wednesday, March 8th, at 11:00 a.m.
12 The Senate will stand adjourned.
13 (Whereupon, at 4:25 p.m., the Senate
14 adjourned.)
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